If you didn’t make it out to the new Walter’s location (now on Nance behind Diverse Works) I’d like to report that it is looking quite promising. Sure there are some issues with the space but all those were easily overcome.   Getting there can be a bit tricky the first time you go but that’s due to the road work on Main Street which is temporary; just follow the detour signs and you’ll be fine. Parking was a bit baffling but I just parked at Diverse Works and walked over.   Lastly, the space itself is a cinder-block cube which is always tricky for ... Read More »

Saturday night had some pretty decent options.  Bummerfest looked like a hoot but I ended up deciding to go to Fitz for the Mathletes album release just because, as it should be apparent from my two-part interview last week with Joe Mathlete, I’m pretty enamoured by the new album, Excalibur.  I got there pretty early just after the doors opened and found these two guys in the back… I was sitting back, talking with a few people about stuff like how B L A C K I EE’s amp caught fire at Friday night’s show and these two dudes just sat there with ... Read More »

Yesterday, Joe Mathlete took us through Side 1 of the new Mathletes album Excalibur (Link to Part 1). Today we conclude as he takes us through side 2. FPH –OK, so I’m Your Shoe.  This, Elephants, and Culture, are my three favorite songs on the record.  I love Mlee’s guitar tone too. Joe – That’s me. FPH – Wow, you stole the Hearts of Animals guitar tone? Joe – (shrugs and smiles) Yeah. No amp; just a guitar into a fuzz pedal then straight into the input. Mlee and Chris [Cascio] used to live above me; we and a few ... Read More »

Sometimes you pick up an album and it’s so lovingly packaged that you can just tell that the maker is trying to tell you it’s important. With its great cover and exhaustive inserted booklet, The newest album by The Mathletes, Excalibur, is one such album. Drop the needle and you’ll understand why Joe Mathlete went the extra mile with this one. Sure, The Mathletes haven’t lost their sense of melody, wit, or youthful charm but underneath all the catchy tunes and ear-grabbing DIY-meets-studio production is quite a bit of serious business about life, relationships, heartbreak, insecurities, and a whole lot ... Read More »

Saturday was one of those days where there were so many options of what to do that you couldn’t shake a stick without finding a good show. Over at Indie Houston World Headquarters there was the Buxton/Robert Ellis tour kick off with Listen Listen, Super Happy Funland had a great evening benefiting the ever scrappy Sedition Books that included A Thousand Cranes, Anarchitex and Room 101, Dansparc over at Numbers was celebrating a 7 million years of bootie shakin’, and Rudyards had the Hell City Kings record release going on to name a few. Ironically, given all the things to ... Read More »

I remember having a conversation with April 5K a while back about the music scene. Her basic premise was that there has been a sea change in the scene with an old wave is finding itself pushed out by a new wave of kids and a lot of the grumbling about “The Scene” had to do with an old guard not willing to recognize or accept what was overtaking them. I think to some extent April had it pegged. Nowhere was this sea change more apparent than at Indie Houston’s hugely successful New Year’s Eve party. You want to know ... Read More »