GALVESTON — To say Galveston band Come See My Dead Person has a cult following would be selling the band short. A cult is an exclusive group that shuts itself off from the rest of the world. Come See My Dead Person is much more like a rolling and rollicking tent revival that invites and [...]

Just a few months ago, very few people outside Kansas City, Missouri knew there was a young, dynamic musician named Samantha Fish getting ready to take the world by storm. In fact, it’s not all that long ago that the 22-year-old singer/guitarist first discovered the blues and started paying her dues on that city’s local [...]

“First off, it’s almost impossible to describe its music in some kind of pithy rock-crit manner. Psychedelic space metal for the Mensa set is about the best we could come up with, and it doesn’t quite encompass all that the LP4 does. It’s not quite a stoner rock band, nor pure psych rock. Some songs [...]

“I used to hear the birch leaves rattle through my spine,” frontman Matthew Hines sings on the opener to Plague, his stunning full-length debut with The Eastern Sea, an eclectic rock band from Austin, Texas. The line is a fittingly poetic opening for a poetic album: Plague’s lyrics are so finely composed you could almost [...]

Uncle Lucius returns to the Cactus stage. Uncle Lucius takes Rock and Roll from its deep roots and pushes it onward, putting their own honest interpretation on the essential elements of R & B, Blues, and Country. They pride their live show as a sacred and energetic experience, with a belief that this is still the [...]

Cactus is proud to host ‘A Very Sergio Christmas Thang’ this year featuring one of our favorite local songwriters, Sergio Trevino. After touring extensively for the release of ‘Nothing Here Seems Strange’ with Buxton, he will grace the Cactus stage with his collection of Christmas themed tunes. Written mostly on the road, the songs will [...]

Redrick Sultan has been playing and gigging together for over 9 years. Their live set is based on vocals, guitar, bass, drums and has included a saxophone for the past 4 years. In the studio the group utilizes their multi-instrumentalist talents, which includes keyboards, bass clarinet, flute, oud, mandolin, trombone. They have been inspired by [...]

Kevin L. Barnes is the singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter for the indie rock group of Montreal, part of the Elephant 6 Collective. Barnes started the band on his own and, although providing several stories as to the origin of the name, is said to have named it after a failed romance with a woman from [...]

Jon Read called himself the Wiggins before you graduated beauty school. He only showboats onstage; he never rings his own bell. He stays ahead of the game for one simple reason, he works harder than everyone else. This record took a long time coming. Each song here is a model of deformed rock and roll. [...]

One of our favorite singer-songwriters makes his debut on the Cactus Music Stage.  Former Pedro the Lion leader dude is fresh off of two downright brilliant solo studio efforts, Curse Your Branches and Strange Negotiations. Come see what all the fuss is about.