Matthew Ramirez

Not Just For Dads: Red Hot Chili Peppers at Toyota Center

Not Just For Dads: Red Hot Chili Peppers at Toyota Center

Red Hot Chili Peppers at Toyota Center. Photo: Matthew Ramirez   It’s…

Two Nights With The 1975

The 1975 are not an easy band to love. I know because I didn’t always love them. There was their name, for starters. (Somehow, they used to be called Drive Like I Do, which is objectively worse.) And what was the deal with the singer’s hair?…

Travis Scott vs. Vince Staples

Two rappers — who outwardly appear to be similar — performed in Houston this past Monday and Tuesday. First was Houston’s own Travis Scott, and Tuesday night was Vince Staples, a 22-year-old rapper from Long Beach. Both have fanbases that skew way young and reach outside a typical hip-hop audience. For Scott, it was a homecoming, a free show at a small club just 24 hours after opening for Rihanna. …