Free Press Festival in Houston

Sometimes in the past, I've been pretty excited about the Free Press Festival lineup down in Houston. For a small fest, last year they had Decemberists, Weezer, Mastadon, St. Vincent, Gary Clark Jr., Band of Horses, Skrillex, and Sturgill Simpson.  Not bad.  The year before they got Jack White, Lauren Hill, Vampire Weekend, Wu Tang, Dwight Yoakam.  Serious bands and artists who would be fun to see.

So, I was excited to see the lineup this year, thinking maybe I'd figure out a way to sneak off to Houston for a weekend in June to check out the action.  They released the lineup today, and I think I'll pass.



Not tragically awful or anything, but beyond Modest Mouse and Leon Bridges, most of this actively bad or is purely curiosity stuff.  Deadmau5 was awful in Austin last year.  Would Logic be as good live as in the studio?  Would the blood vessels in my head pop with how hard I would sing "Blister in the Sun?"  Does Big Grams actually work?  Would Refused actually make me KILLKILLKILL if I heard them live?  How awesome is a band named Chicano Batman and can I get a t-shirt?  Are most of the band names at the bottom of that lineup straight fake names?  Seriously, those last four lines are awesome in the pure WTF'ness of them.

I hope the ACL poster looks nothing like this one.