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Written and Photos By Israel Lerma (more photos coming soon) On November 7th, at the beautiful White Oak Music Hall in Houston, Texas I saw Thundercat headlining his Distracted Tour, with 54 Ultra as the opener. And oh boy, what a show. This was a special show for...

Written and Photo By Israel Lerma IL) How are you doing ? T.CAT) Doing quite well on this day.  IL) We gotta talk about Distracted. Your last album It Is What It Is came out April 3, start of quarantine. Now exactly 6 years later Distracted came out. What was...

Written by Margo Gee Have you ever driven through a West Texas sunset? If so, you might have an idea of what it is like to listen to Hermanos Gutiérrez. Being only anecdotally familiar with Hermanos Gutiérrez through their song “Low Sun”, when I walked into 713 Music...

Written and Photos by Israel Lerma To start this review, I must admit that Vince Staples is personally one of my favorite rappers of all time. I even dissected his new album, Crybaby, on my YouTube channel. He is the new generation of Childish Gambino, with...

Written and Photos by Poema Sumrow and Will Howley The intimacy of the House of Blues’ Bronze Peacock was the perfect place to introduce Shallow Water and This Is Lorelei to Houston. The room was dark, slightly eclectic, and homey, with low lighting, chandeliers, and...