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FFW – The Free Press Preview for February 02 – 08, 2012
February 2, 2012 – 1:00 am | No Comment

This Week’s Featured Show
Saturday, February 4
Buxton (record release)
with
Marmalakes
Featherface
@ Fitzgerald’s
This is a big week for local releases.  You’ve got Houston bands Co-Pilot, Bang Bangz and Machina TX also doing releases this week but this is …

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Mastodon at Cactus
October 26, 2011 – 11:24 am | No Comment
Mastodon at Cactus

Fans of Mastodon, rejoice! From 4:30 to 6 on Thursday, metal moguls Mastodon will be at Cactus Music to sign records and meet with fans. There will be no performance at Cactus although there will …

Justice – Audio, Video, Disco
October 24, 2011 – 4:00 pm | No Comment
Justice – Audio, Video, Disco

By Jack Daniel Betz
Justice’s latest release is by no means Cross pt. II. That should have been clear when the surprisingly eclectic single “Audio, Video, Disco” was released a few weeks ago. Although there certainly …

Interview with Wild Flag
October 20, 2011 – 10:29 am | One Comment
Interview with Wild Flag

     In highschool I remember seeing Sleater-Kinney with my friend Natalie. We’d go to these shows, sing along to all the words until the band was forgotten, and then hop over to the next band …

UFC136 came to town!
October 10, 2011 – 4:10 pm | No Comment
UFC136 came to town!

By Jacob Calle
I occasionally follow the sport enough to know what’s going on because of my brother, Chris who is a UFC fanatic. Like a nerd to a video game he’ll tell you each fighter’s weaknesses …

Comicpalooza 2011
May 27, 2011 – 1:02 pm | No Comment
Comicpalooza 2011

Summer Fest is coming up next weekend but if you’re into comic books make sure to clear your schedule this weekend for another festival. Comicpalooza has come a long way from its humble beginnings in …

Interview: Thomas Fec of Tobacco and Black Moth Super Rainbow
May 18, 2011 – 11:48 pm | No Comment
Interview: Thomas Fec of Tobacco and Black Moth Super Rainbow

-Jack Daniel Betz
Working in a day-glo palette of bright, analog synths, samples, and surreal vocoder tones Thomas Fec is able to create musical psychedelia sure to shock the even the most adventurous of listeners.
Fec, driving …

Houston Palestine Film Festival
May 12, 2011 – 12:57 am | No Comment
Houston Palestine Film Festival

The Houston Palestine Film Festival launches its fifth year this weekend and this kind of wealth of film deserves your attention. Over the next two weekends a combination of short films, and fictional narratives unfold …

Too much damn time on his hands: a trip through Rick Perry’s twitter feed
May 11, 2011 – 4:45 pm | One Comment
Too much damn time on his hands: a trip through Rick Perry’s twitter feed

By Alex Wukman
After word came out in early March that Texas Governor Rick Perry was blocking reporters from his twitter account Free Press decided to see if we could sign up. Not surprisingly we are …

Arcade Fire in organized chaos in The Woodlands
May 5, 2011 – 11:52 am | No Comment
Arcade Fire in organized chaos in The Woodlands

By Jacob Calle
I couldn’t imagine being any where else other than seeing Arcade Fire perform at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion last night on May the fourth, which fell on national Star Wars day. Have never …

Chat Rouletting with ROKY MOON & BOLT
April 4, 2011 – 9:59 pm | No Comment
Chat Rouletting with ROKY MOON & BOLT

Roky Moon and BOLT are more than a band. They are great friends of mine that I hope the best for. Knowing them separately through out the years and then watching them form together to …