In it’s second year, Day For Night is the festival that Houston deserves. Appropriately held in the abandoned Barbara Jordan Post Office downtown, the building projected the industrial grittiness of Houston, with its precarious lighting and dark swaths of space connected by dank metallic staircases. Occasional wafts of rotten seafood and sewage competed against the…
On tour nearly a decade after their first release, electro-dreamer duo, Phantogram, have shown no signs of regressing and still dwell on the cutting edge of their intricately curated infectious electro-beats. Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel have known each other since junior high, and their chemistry onstage is undeniably electric, making their live performances…
Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi missed playing live music in front of crowds, so he started his own band, CRX. Stepping out from his support role in the Strokes, Valensi has adapted to his lead role as writer/singer/frontman incredibly well. His new album, New Skin, bears the unmistakable mark of producer and QOTS front man, Josh…
Rishi Dhir has no reservations embracing the retro sounds and dated influences to form the unique dynamic that psych-pop trio, Elephant Stone, has become. Dhir, the group’s frontman and bassist, has a predilection for Beatles-esque 60’s style clean melodies that he then dresses with more contemporary psych-rock attributes. The Quebecois trio have elevated their songwriting…