Saturday
11/23/2024
1:00 PM

LISA MORALES - IN-STORE PERFORMANCE

Marrying different genres — Mexican and American, traditional and contemporary — had of course long been part of her wheelhouse, especially in Sisters Morales. But on Luna Negra, 2022’s She Ought to Be King, and now Sonora, her vibrant melange of musical flavors and different languages (even if not always within the same song) is artful enough to distinguish Morales’ embrace of “Spanglish” not just as part of the mix, but as practically a genre onto itself.

“Sonora is an emotional ride to be sure. But the album isn’t consumed by grief.  The feeling is more like relief, even celebration. Morales calls it “an eruption…a total purge.” —Hobart Rowland Magnet Magazine

"..one of the most multifaceted artists to watch.”  Stephen Betts- Rolling Stone Magazine

Saturday
11/23/2024
3:00 PM

THE MATHLETES - IN-STORE PERFORMANCE

Saturday
11/16/2024
3:00 PM

OPIE HENDRIX - IN-STORE PERFORMANCE

Houston's adopted son, OPIE HENDRIX has released his 6th studio album, MONSTERS AND ROBOTS.  Never one to follow the rules, this polyjamorous masterpiece blending Alternative Rock and Honky Tonk is ready for the unsuspecting world. OPIE HENDRIX hits every branch on the way down of the American Roots Music Tree. Vinyl LP's, CD's and cassette tapes will be available at the show.

Wednesday
11/13/2024
5:30 PM

LISTENING PARTY! - ST. VINCENT "Todos Nacen Gritando"

Saturday
11/9/2024
4:00 PM

LISTENING PARTY! - LINKIN PARK "FROM ZERO"

🗣️Calling all Houston area @LinkinPark fans! Roll up to @Cactus_Music 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟰-𝟱 𝗣𝗠, to have an early listen to their highly anticipated eighth studio album and their first to feature new singer Emily Armstrong, ‘𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘡𝘦𝘳𝘰’ 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱𝘁𝗵 via @WarnerRecords.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

• The event is free to attend! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

• Free posters for attendees 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵⠀⠀⠀

• Enter to win an exclusive t-shirt⠀

• 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 Include pizza from @StarPizzaHoustonTX and drinks from @SaintArnoldBrewing 🍕🍻 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲‼️ ⠀⠀
Before Linkin Park, our first band name was Xero. This album title refers to both this humble beginning and the journey we’re currently undertaking. Sonically and emotionally, it is about past, present, and future—embracing our signature sound but new and full of life. It was made with a deep appreciation for our new and longtime bandmates, our friends, our family, and our fans. We are proud of what Linkin Park has become over the years and excited about the journey ahead.⠀

Saturday
11/2/2024
1:00 PM

CHRIS LIVELY - IN-STORE PERFORMANCE

Native to Houston, TX, Lively began songwriting in the late 2000’s with a focus on lyricism and melody underpinned by euphonic chording and a blend of folk/blues/Americana-inspired rhythms and instrumentation. Following the release of his debut EP, the Faintest (2013), Lively amplified his presence in the Gulf Coast music scene with the release of two full-length compilations, Feather (2015) and Distance (2017). Replete with spacious vocals, layered guitars, and a diverse array of meditative picking styles, the albums chronicle the evolution of an artist maturing into his own truly distinctive sound. October 2024 will mark the release of his fourth studio compilation, Where We Are Right Now.

As a whole, Lively’s work is a collection of soulful, twangy, and sometimes haunting stories that each contain a magnetism that leaves you wanting more.  The songs bespeak a songwriter unafraid of charting new terrain and interweaving a vast and ever-evolving range of influences in the process. Whether solo or with his band, Lively’s hypnotic and dynamic performance style can both introspectively calm you and energetically tug at your heart.  If it doesn’t, the songs will at least be stuck in your head.

Saturday
10/26/2024
1:00 PM

MEET THE AUTHORS - DAVID ENSMINGER + BILL SASSENBERGER

Join authors David Ensminger and Bill Sassenberger, as well as special guests, on Oct. 26, 1 pm, for a discussion and book signing regarding their new publications hot off the press -- Austin Punk Invasion: Second Edition and Toxic Shock Records: Assassin of Mediocrity!

As many Cactus Music customers know, Austin, Texas is home to a thriving, long-running punk scene. In this cut-and-paste style layout scene history and homage, David A. Ensminger interviews and prints the recollection of members of MDC, The Dicks, Terminal Mind, The Huns, The Next, Offenders, Black Salve, and Spoon. Plus, it features a eulogy for Roky Erickson and a Texas zine overview by John Slate, aka Control Rat X, who is now a Dallas historian. Filled with flyers, photographs, and art documenting the local "wayward and disobedient" music scene's birth in the 70s, Ensminger has produced a vivid document designed to bring you back in time or launch you into the future. Originally, it was published in a rare slim volume of 88 pages, but that has now been increased to 200 pages!

Toxic Shock ... is the story of unflagging love-for music, for a partnership forged in passion and steel, for a life chosen, not imposed. Bill Sassenberger, owner of Pomona's Toxic Shock (who released records by Zero Boys, Raw Power, and The Hickoids, among others) and Tucson's Toxic Ranch, friend and mentor to hundreds of music aficionados, writes with honesty and without self-aggrandizement about the adventure he shared with Julianna Towns, a brilliant beauty who walked into his record store and never left. Together they nurtured musicians, started their own record label, and explored the world, even when Julianna became confined by a series of strokes at an early age. Their love story intertwines with the history of punk rock and the musical revolution and will expand minds and break hearts.

Saturday
10/26/2024
3:00 PM

MARSHALL FALCON - IN-STORE PERFORMANCE

“Contrary to ordinary...the songs are fresh and fun. I’ve played T For Texas many times, but never this much fun”-Lloyd Maines (Texas music legend)

”Border rocking…..quite the biography.“ -Joe Nick Patoski (author/historian)

“Falcon’s infectious personality brings the record to life in a way so visceral that he may as well add the accolade of being the Dr Frankenstein of hillbilly music to his long list of achievements” - Amelia Vandergast (anrfactory)

With relentless touring and deep passion, Marshall Falcon is delivering Tex-Mex CountryPunkSoul to fans far and wide.  Less than a year of performing live and Falcon has toured across the United States sharing the stage/studio with legendary and notable acts including; Tejas Brother, Santiago Jimenez Jr., Los Skarnales, Pińata Protest, Nick Gaitan, Jenny Don’t and The Spurs, Lloyd Maines and many more.  Expect 200-250 domestic shows in 2025 including debut international dates.

Thank you – Let the good times roll.
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𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹—𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. ⠀ Tony Todd, an actor who played the killer in Candyman and its 2021 sequel and appeared in the Final Destination franchise and Platoon among more than 240 film and TV credits spanning 40 years, died November 6 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 69.⠀ ⠀ His reps confirmed the news to Deadline but did not provide a cause of death.⠀ ⠀ Born on December 4, 1954, in Washington, D.C., Todd pursued acting at the Eugene O’Neill National Actors Theatre Institute and Trinity Rep Conservatory, where he honed his skills and developed his commanding style. Among his first screen roles was playing the heroin-addicted Sergeant Warren in Oliver Stone’s Best Picture Oscar-winning Vietnam War classic Platoon.⠀ ⠀ Todd went on to guest on such popular 1980s and ’90s series as 21 Jump Street, Night Court, MacGyver, Matlock, Jake and the Fatman, Law & Order, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, Beverly Hills 90210, Xena: Warrior Princesss and Murder, She Wrote and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager. He also recurred as pesky TV news reporter Matt Rhodes on Homicide: Life on the Street and as Gus Rogan in more than a dozen 2013 episodes of The Young and the Restless.⠀ ⠀ All the while, Todd continued to act for the big screen. He appeared in 1980s dramas Lean on Me, Colors and Charlie Parker biopic Bird, starring Forest Whitaker. But his best-known film roles came during the following decade.⠀ ⠀ The 6-foot-5 Todd starred in the 1990 remake Night of the Living Dead as Ben, the role played by Duane Jones in George A. Romero’s iconic 1968 original. His next big role likely is his most famous — playing the mythical title creep with a hook for a hand in Candyman (1992) — a character he reprised in the 2021 sequel of the same name.