This year, Houston will get another new festival and it's being thrown by everyone's favorite totally underground publication (I'm thereal, guys): Houston Press. The midtown based BestFest so far boasts a no more than "ok" lineup containing Cake, Bun B, and Deer Tick. Cake is pretty decent live and Bun B is fantastic but if these are the "it" attractions of the fest then Houston Press is going to feel pretty stupid when almost no one except hippie-ass Cake fanatics and hardcore Bun B fans show up. There's not a very wide appeal yet.
I don't think it's going to be able to touch Free Press Summer Fest as far as style and sheer quantity of outstanding music but- eh no buts. It's light years behind Free Press Summer Fest. Houston Press don't seem to realize yet that their latecomer status in the festival department means that we're going to necessarily expect more from them.
So far, BestFest is nothing to get excited about.
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