The Girls are back in town

I have no idea what happened with this one but hopefully one of my readers can help me out. The fantastic indie rock band Girls was supposed to be one of the headliners at Free Press Summer Fest but dropped out since they recently "broke up". However, not a month later they announce a new album with no explanation of why they are now suddenly again a fully functioning band. I can't seem to find an article on it anywhere.

While I'm psyched Girls is still around, I feel like we might have gotten fucked out of seeing them for some stupid publicity stunt. Whatever. Fans like me have a new album to look forward to in the fall. That's enough to distract me from this conundrum for now -I guess.

Free Press Summer Fest: Houston's most kickass music festival of the summer!

Being an intern here at Free Press I feel obligated to continue to promote our upcoming Free Press Summer Fest but even I weren't working here this event would still be incredibly noteworthy to me, given the incredible lineup.

It's only our second annual festival and we've already managed to book the Flaming Lips as headliners this year. That's pretty fucking cool if you ask me. I've wanted to see these guys play for a long, long, time and given that I am from Connecticut there were not a lot of opportunities. The Lips don't seem to like going all the way up to the east coast. It should be just as special for Houstonians as it will be for me, given that the Lips haven't played a show here in Houston since they opened for Beck over ten years ago. Even though every Lips album so far has been great, it sounds like the trippy, enthralling, Embryonic will really lend itself to a great live show.

Other headliners I'm looking forward to are American DJ Girl Talk (who else can combine hip-hop, Foreigner, and the Doobie Bros in one song?), Canadian electronic band Stars, classic southern rap artist Bun B, Ra Ra Riot, Lymbyc Systym, Mic Skills, punk rockers Cro-Mags, and dancy musicians Sugar and Gold. In addition to these headliners we've got a bunch of local Houston and Texas bands like Caddywhompus, Blackie, The Takes, The Gold Sounds, and a LOT more. You can get tickets at any Urban Outfitters in Texas, Soundwaves in Montrose, or here at the Summer Fest home page (where you can also see the full lineup). Tickets will also be available both days of the festival (June 5th and 6th) and there are no one day passes.