Lucas Gorham of Grandfather Child discusses the band's new album on the eve of their record release show show at Fitz. Read More »

Singer & Guitarist Kenny Hopkins discusses their new album and the dangers of Red Stripe bottle caps. Read More »

This Week’s Featured Show(s) Friday, August 31 Grandfather Child (album release) with The Suffers Marmalakes @ Fitzgerald’s Saturday September 1st Featherface “Actual Magic” Album Release @  Cactus Music (3PM) Oh record releases in Houston.  This summer has seen more releases than you can shake a stick at.  Go back and check the previews and it seems that (especially as we near the end of this summer) we’ve had a flood in the Bayou City of new material from local artists and this weekend brings up two of the summer’s most anticipated releases from Grandfather Child and Featherface.  (Note - I will ... Read More »

By: Amanda Hart This past Saturday I was on the hunt for bookshelves and stopped by the Goodwill located in the Heights. As I turned into the parking lot I was greeted with signs that read, “We need good jobs, not Goodwill.” I parked and made my way towards the picketers. Kimberly Flores, President of the National Federation of the Blind of Texas (NFTB), greeted me as I walked up. Ms. Flores explained to me that the protesters were asking for “Goodwill to stop paying subminimum wages to disabled employees.”  Ms. Flores went on to say, “Goodwill participates in a ... Read More »

Remember John Robie the suave cat burgular from To Catch A Thief? In Robot and Frank it’s as if a similar character finds himself old and outcast. Set in the near future, perhaps tomorrow, such a retired criminal now needs a caretaker, which in this case is a robot. Frank Langella brings his A game to this rather charming movie, filled with a wry sense of comedy amidst its tale of forgotten people. Langella reluctantly accepts the help of his care robot mostly egged on my relatives and friends. At first he almost wants to short circuit his automated house ... Read More »

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The Wild Moccasins perform as part of the Mixed Media series this Friday at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston Read More »

2 Days in New York, opening this weekend at the downtown Sundance, hands down deserves your laughs. This is a funny film; in fact if it weren’t for Ted, I’d say 2 Days in New York is the funniest film this year. Chris Rock and Julie Delpy topline as a couple in Manhattan coping with Delpy’s relatives from France, with Delpy also helming. In a sense, the film is a sequel to Delpy’s (2007) 2 Days in Paris, with some of the same characters playing her family. 2DINY finds Delpy and Rock establishing the bonds of their nuclear family while ... Read More »

"God wants nothing to do with this record." - Steven Garcia Read More »

This Week’s Featured Show Friday, August 24 I Can Do Anything! Curated by Sarah Gish With Performance by GRCH Camper All-Star Band Aurora Picture Show, 2442 Bartlett Street (7PM Free RSVP Kindly Requested) A couple weeks back we felt kind of bad when the Girls Rock Camp Houston Showcase had the bad luck to be scheduled the same week as the Houston Press Music Awards thus missing out on our featuring the show on our weekly round-up.  Still a lot of folks headed out to the catch the young ladies rock out and, by all accounts, it was quite a ... Read More »