We first wrote about Glass Candy last November. If you went to the show, you probably burned a hole in the sole of your shoes when what should have been a show turned into a synth-fueled dance party. Currently featuring both John Alexander: A Retrospective and Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program, the Museum of Fine Arts and Starbucks' Mixed Media Series is keeping with the Texas theme. The Portland-based Glass Candy......

We missed our chance to properly warn you of Cryptacize's previous show in Houston earlier this year, but we won't do it again. The Oakland-based band plays The Backroom on Thursday, June 19. MP3: "Cosmic Sing Along" from Dig That Treasure (Purchase from Asthmatic Kitty) MP3: "No Coins" from Dig That Treasure (Purchase from Asthmatic Kitty) From the Asthmatic Kitty label, Cryptacize is the fateful union of indie talents Michael Carreira, Nedelle Torrisi and Chris......

Fun and pretty music is for Friday night. However, Saturday night is for outragously loud, all-out intense rock, which is why you should go catch The Jonx, Golden Axe and Awake play at The Backroom on Saturday, May 10. For almost six years, the Jonx has given Houston its fair share of their uniquely noise-garage-punk sound. For reasons unknown to us, they seemed to have taken a hiatus from live shows, with the single exception......

We really wish we could spend Friday night at a really cool, outdoor venue listening to crunchy guitar lined with fuzzy vocals, indie rock with one of the strongest rhythm sections in our 10 mile radius and two guys on guitar righteously rocking the stage. Lucky for us Hearts of Animals, Young Mammals and Wicked Poseur play The Orange Show on Friday, May 9 at 7 p.m. As you should be well aware of by......

We forewarned you a couple of weeks ago. We gave you another heads up a few days ago. With less than 24 hours left, you had better made up your mind about whether or not you’re going to the The Free Press' Westheimer Block Party. The last one was pretty much a rousing success with a blown out generator being the only exception. This year, though, the Free Press has upped the ante by bringing......

There’s something about Casiotone for the Painfully Alone that really strikes us as brilliant. Actually, there are two things: the name and the music. Both are probably why the Chicago act dominates our “Recently Played” playlist so often. Casiotone’s Owen Ashworth is gracing Houston with another visit on Sunday, April 6 that will likely go over just as well as his previous stops here have. If you have any affinity for The Magnetic Fields......

Are you missing something from your afternoon iced soy non-fat latte? Sugar? Cream? How about a little punk rock? To be completely honest, we don’t know terribly much about this event except that it sounds pretty perfect for a rousing Friday afternoon: show at the end of the universe TODAY at 5PM 2050 w grey. that's right. at the starbucks across the street from the starbucks. there will be a pretty rad show. featuring alarma!!!!......

We're a little behind on this local music news bit, but only because we're just now getting over the music festival phobia SXSW instilled in us. Last year's KTRU outdoor festivities had to be outdoor in name alone after a miserable rainy cold front swept our good city, despite KTRU having one of the strongest line ups this city has ever seen in recent years. Hopefully the weather warms up for KTRU's 17th Annual Outdoor......

Two years ago marked the debut of Baltimore's dreamy pop duo Beach House with their self-titled release. It was good stuff. We find ourselves in March of 2008 (already?) and Beach House has served up another album for our reviewing pleasure. Devotion, released last week, features some of the same that Beach House's self-titled album had: the flawless and foolproof voice of Victoria Legrand, the melodies on strings and keys played by Alex Scally and......

Not-so-fresh off the heels of last year's Wild Mountain Nation, Portland's Blitzen Trapper swings by the Bayou City tonight at Walter's on Washington. Even though they're painfully under the Houston musical consciousness' radar, it'll do you some good to check their set out. Released on Sub Pop Records last year, Wild Mountain Nation proved to be one of the strongest releases of 2007, although somewhat overlooked considering the heavyweights that ended up dominating the ridiculous......

It's March now; the freakish weather is in full effect and your allergies are making you wish the spring was a figment of your imagination. What better way to celebrate than to go outside? We know: go outside and listen to good music, look at some great art and meet your Montrosian neighbors at The Free Press' Westheimer Block Party on Saturday, April 12. It looks like a veritable schmorgasboard of local goodness, folks. If......

Oh, indie rock. Does such a genre even really mean anything anymore? What was once "independent" is now major label material; a few major label material acts are now "independent." The grass is blue, the sky is green, up is down, down is up; nothing makes sense in this day and age. Leave it to Built to Spill to defy space and time by continuing to rock the same songs they've been playing since 1993......

Do you remember what fun is? More to the point, have you ever voluntarily subjected yourself to the bizarre and inexplicably enjoyed it? If you haven't, that probably only because you haven't heard the music of Leslie and the Ly's performed live yet. No worries, though; such a problem can be easily remedied and sooner than you think. Whether it be in gem sweaters or spandex pants, Leslie Hall knows how to rock the party.......

We're noticing a trend in great local bands: the older we get, the younger they get. The Wild Moccasins just happen to be one of those bands. Don't get us wrong. Despite our aging ways, it's refreshing to find a local band that can take the sensibilities of twangy pop/rock that subliminally (or blatantly) encourages the audience to interact . The gang of five take subtle power pop melodies and give it a folk......

We hope you have your Saturday cleared out because The Proletariat is dishing out so much local music goodness this weekend that we just don't know what to do with ourselves. Besides Friday's Fatal Flying Guilloteens and Co., the Pro serves up the always great Elaine Greer, the indomitable Hearts of Animals and the band formerly known as The Dimes on Saturday, February 2. Oh, and the Fiery Furnaces happen to play, too. Besides the......

As you might have heard by now, after five excellent years or celebrating the local music scene in every shape, size, form and capacity, the Proletariat is closing. But it's not going out without a bang. Start the your mourning period on Friday when the Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Cop Warmth, O Pioneers!!! and Whorehound rule your senses. If you’ve never seen them before, there are three things you need to know about the Fatal Flying......

Rumor has it that Joe Williams shared the stage with the likes of The Rapture and Black Dice back in 1999. That would mean that at 15, Williams shared the stage with some of the most innovative indie electro acts of the time. Eight years later, he continues to rub elbows with some of the finest names in the industry, including Dan Deacon, Greg Gillis of Girl Talk and Battles, only this time as White......

It’s hard enough to come up with enough words to entertain the masses of readers who flock to Houstonist as it is, but what do you do when the concert is a secret? J.D. and Stacy Tucker started booking these free secret shows last year, sharing what we can only imagine to be secretive and highly confidential communications with an impressive list of Houston music acts. Aptly naming the weekly daytime shows the Secret Saturday......