Well would you look at that! Houstonist has found some more local music for you, so dip your toes in that proverbial pond and wade into the water. This lake gets bigger each time we look at it, and each time the swim feels a bit better. We can't really explain it, but there's something addictive about local music.

Volume IX

Trills - Super groovy electronic music from audio-visual artist Jonathan Jindra. This stuff seriously jams, and as Jindra notes online, "is music that is meant to be imagined within a colorful space in your mind." Don't let the term acid scare you, this is some serious jam. Other sites: Blog, Facebook, MySpace.

Yokomono - This is Latin rock with some heavy funk tones. Admittedly, we have no idea what the lyrical content is, but the groove's pretty good. Other sites: .

Cavernous - Here we have some more thundering instrumental metal music. This is yet another example of the fact that sometimes a band doesn't need lyrics to rock. Or maybe Houston suffers from a dearth of talented metal singers. Either way it's tasty. Other sites: Facebook, MySpace, Purevolume.

Craig Kinsey - Houstonist runs into this fine gentleman at Catalina Coffee all the time, and he's always a great conversation partner. Craig fronts Sideshow Tramps, but he's got a healthy collection of solo Americana work under his belt as well. Other sites: MySpace.

Wicked Poseur - This is the brainchild of Arthur Bates, who we now know as the frontman for local punks The Energy. Wicked Poseur finds Bates employing his familiar doom, gloom & hate lyrics over synthesized new wave grooves. Suddenly, it all makes sense.

From the Vault

The Gold Sounds - We haven't bragged about these Deer Park boys in a while. Their throwback rock n' roll is thundering and loud, but turns mellow and sweet with some fantastic hooks. Houstonist still thinks their album Seismic Love tops our best of 2010 list at the moment. This is everything we love about 70s rock; it's big, brash & groovy. We're pretty sure Bonham came back in the form of Dee Donnelly, too. Other sites: Facebook.

Photos: Craig Kinsey, Cavernous

Filed in Arts & Events and tagged cavernous, craig kinsey, houston bands, houston music, houston rules, htown rock, jonathan jindra, music emporium, ol' samuel's music emporium, the gold sounds, trills, wicked poseur, yokomono

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