Results tagged “girltalk”

Houston, Summer Fest is upon us. Before everything gets lost in the music orgy at Tinsley Park this weekend, we beseech you to check out the news we've dug up in the past week. Then have a blast this weekend. more ›

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. more ›

::Live Downtown Kick-off Party:: Before you have to battle the Spoon vs. Girl Talk decision tonight, stop by an event that doesn't require you to choose between your two favorite children. Ok, maybe missing Spoon isn't THAT life changing. We'll be at Girl Talk. Tonight, in preparation for Saturday's Live Downtown Home Tour, guests are invited to the Live Downtown Kick-Off Party on the rooftop terrace of the Commerce Towers. From 6 - 8 p.m.... more ›

Happy Halloween ghosts and ghouls! There’s a slew of great bands playing in Houston this week before heading up to a certain festival this weekend (hint: ____ ). We’ve got mega-celebs that have their own fragrances wrecking the Toyota Center in English AND Espanol on Wed., we’ve got huge indie bands Spoon and the New Pornographers teaching class on Thurs, and we have the Houstonist pick o’ the week: M.I.A. and Paul Wall on... more ›

Mash-up DJ Girl Talk rolls into town to play a show at the Engine Room on Thursday night. Armed with his laptop and ready arsenal of body-thumping mixes, Girl Talk’s Gregg Gillis will make you move. If you don’t know, now you know; less than two years ago, Gillis worked as a biomedical engineer by day-turned-mad scientist of beats and samples at night and on the weekends, mixing potent mash-ups and performing in front of... more ›

Between fake terrorist alerts and scandals big and small, this just might be the Best Best of the -ists ever. We're exhausted just thinking about it. First up, SFist, who saw their little 'ole site be the center of what was a nice little scandal (even getting their editor on TV) only to find their scandal dwarfed by the even bigger scandal caused by their Mayor boffing one of his aides' wife. We're not... more ›