Category: Gigs
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Drive-By Truckers, Houston House of Blues
Gig review: Drive-By Truckers at the House of Blues, Houston on 19 June 2024, on a VIP ticket. Read more
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Lady Godawful
Last week I was at the SAPPHIRE conference, in Orlando, FL. It’s a big, corporate event, and they do a pretty good job of looking after the 30,000 attendees, from providing free food and beverages (Coke and Pepsi so as to not curry favor!) throughout the conference, to laying on company-sponsored dinners and drinks in the evenings (and into the very early hours…). The last night of the conference always features a live band or performer, and this year that was Lady Gaga. Now, full disclosure, I can’t exactly claim to be a fan, being fairly indifferent to her music,… Read more
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Come Downtown And See The Show
Yesterday I was back out on the town to see another live band. This one was a bit off my usual radar: Guster. Ever late to the party, I hadn’t even heard of them until a friend insisted I listen to her favorite album ever, which was Lost and Gone Forever by the said Guster. So I tracked it down on Amazon Music and gave it a few spins (“a few streams” just doesn’t sound right), and it wasn’t bad! – a few pretty decent tracks on it. Then when I acquired a job lot of CDs from Ebay about… Read more
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A Whale Of A Time
Last night I went to see The Decemberists in concert, again. They haven’t been to Houston for several years (usually choosing to confer their patronage on the more bohemian Austin) so I bought a ticket as soon as they were announced, and booked the day off work. The reason for the day off was because I splurged on the ‘VIP concert experience’ package. For about 4x the regular ticket price, this gives you some free merch, early entry to an ‘exclusive two-song set’ and a Q&A session with the band, all of which was set to kick off at 3pm,… Read more
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Silversun Pickups & Foals, Revention Center, Houston
So I thought it was about time I got my ageing indie kid on again, and took myself out to a gig. I think the last band I went to see was The Jackfields in DC back in 2004, so I’ve been keeping my eye on the local gig listings to see if anyone interesting was coming to H-Town. When I saw that Silversun Pickups were passing through, I was a bit apprehensive. I loved their first album, Carnavas, but each successive album has been harder to love at first listen. What drew me to Silversun Pickups was the sense… Read more