The Linus Pauling Quartet (Houston, TX)
https://www.worshipguitars.org/LP4/
Pure guitar muscle and Texas Stoner Metal Psych insanity with universal themes like drugs, beer, sci-fi/fantasy, and Bongs of Power. If you like your riffs heavy, the solos unyielding, and the smell of the bong to billow out of your stereo, the LP4 is your band.
“a core point about the Linus Pauling Quartet isn’t merely that they’re a great psych band, but a great band period, able to embrace a lot of styles and moods and work them well. ” – Ned Raggett, Allmusic.com
“Anthemic, stupid and selflessly unrestrained, the LPQ eventually attain self immolation of sorts during the sprawling chaos.”– Phil Mc Mullen, Ptolemaic Terrascope (UK)
“Variety through dementia indicative of excessive drug use and boredom.”– Flipside
“Compulsory listening for anyone interested in modern American guitar rock, or just plain alternative music.”–Crohinga Well (Belgium)
” [the band] should consider doing a few less bonghits”–Michael Davis of Option Magazine
“A quartet of Texas weirdos who’re smart enough to play it real stupid, mining that fine line between drug-induced idiocy and conceptual genius for way more than you might’ve thought it was worth.”– Kevin Moist, Deep Water.
“I don’t know what kind of drugs they’ve put in the Texas water supply, but I hope they keep doing it, because now we have these mutant sons of Yeti.”–Factsheet 5
“…possibly the most enigmatic yet bombastic rock band to emerge out of Texas inthe last 10 years.”–Mats Gustafsson & Lee Jackson – The Broken Face(Sweden)
“… a 2,500-microdot dose of conceptual zig-zaggery so daunting that Roger Dean would get a hernia trying to sketch the album sleeve. Imagine Captain Beefheart’s magic Band “reworking” Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother right on the cusp of the Rapture. ” –Fred Mills – Magnet(US)
“Not surprisingly for a product of the same hometown as the Red Krayola and Rusted Shut, Houston’s Linus Pauling Quartet is equal parts demented and lovable. A sevenpiece with several guests, the Quartet specializes in waves of psychedelic slog thicker than humidity coming off Buffalo Bayou in August. At the same time, C6H8O6 doesn’t abandon humor or melody in its overwhelming sonic onslaught…Like Slater says in Dazed and Confused, “You couldn’t handle that shit on strong acid, man.” On second thought, maybe that’s the only way you could.” – Christopher Gray, Austin Chronicle
Hearts of Animals (Houston, TX)
https://heartsofanimals.bandcamp.com/
“There’s room for a little bit of everything in HOA, yet the music never feels like a kitchen-sink contrivance. Superb songcraft and a delicate touch allow Mlee to create music that is at once astonishingly heavy and gossamer-light; under her spell, seemingly disparate concepts and styles play nicely with one another. Dense noise provides the perfect foil for power-pop sugar; cheaply effective Casio beats underscore stabbing waves of pseudo-shoegaze psychedelia. This is musical magical realism to turn Gabriel García Márquez green-eyed with envy.”— Nicholas L. Hall
Beer and Literature!
Literature and Beer!
We are excited to once again host the Gulf Coast Reading Series for the 2015-2016 season!
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
https://www.gulfcoastmag.org/
Gulf Coast is proud to present its 2016-2017 Reading Series, featuring readers from the University of Houston’s nationally-acclaimed graduate program in creative writing. All readings are free and open to the public. They begin at 7 p.m. on Fridays in the upstairs room at Rudyard’s British Pub, 2010 Waugh Dr., Houston, Texas, 77006.
Locate (Houston, TX)
https://www.locatetheband.com/
High energy jam rock quartet, Houston’s own LOCATE, fuses psychedelic rock, funk, and 4-on-the-floor dance beats with a heavy layer of improvisation…LOCATE is constantly taking musical risks so that every show is completely unique. The music morphs as a collective unit, adding subtle layers and going many places while keeping a minimalist approach. A combination of original material along with familiar and obscure covers collide into groove oriented ambiance, organized chaos, and at times, uncontrolled crescendos.
Heapin’ Helpin’ (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/heapinhelpin
Heapin’ Helpin’ was formed in the summer of 2014 when friends John Huston and George Waters decided to team up with long-time friend and guitarist Michael Mann. Based out of Houston, TX., the members collectively have over a decade of music-playing experience, and each member has been performing in a live setting for nearly five years. The members have played in previous bands in locations across Texas including Houston, Austin, San Antonio and the Fort Worth/Dallas areas. Influences range from Psychedelic Rock like Traffic and southern Blues such as The Allman Brothers Band to some of today’s artists like the Tedeschi Trucks Band and the Benevento Russo Duo. We’re in the game to serve up a whole heap load of music to help you feel alright.
9 Mile Skid
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