[From All Music.com-Neil Z. Yeung] Los Angeles hard rock outfit Badflower brought grit and swagger inspired by the Sunset Strip when they made their debut in 2013. Armed with dark anthems that often g
rappled with themes like addiction, pain, and mental illness, they earned their first modern rock radio hit with "Ghost" in 2018. Their debut, OK, I'm Sick, arrived in early 2019 on Big Machine, topping the U.S. Heatseekers chart. Two years later, they returned with their sophomore effort This Is How the World Ends.
[From All Music.com-Stephen Thomas Erlewine] Sturgill Simpson became the face of 21st century outlaw country, a self-styled maverick who didn't follow the rules of either modern or classic country. High Top Mountain, his 2013 debut, recalled the brawny swagger of Waylon Jennings, but by the time he released its sequel, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, the following year, it was clear that Simpson wasn't limited to either country or Americana. The neo-psychedelic undertones within 
the title and music of Metamodern Sounds in Country Music only hinted at the stylistic ground the singer/songwriter would cover. A Sailor's Guide to Earth, an arty concept album from 2016, incorporated soul and symphonic pop in a manner so audacious it helped snare him a Grammy for Best Country Album in 2017, a win that solidified his position at the vanguard of Americana and roots rock. Though he'd take some wild detours, such as the fuzz-drenched 2019 album Sound & Fury, he'd wind back to his bluegrass roots, as on 2020's Cuttin' Grass albums and The Ballad of Dood and Juanita, an old-fashioned country record.
[From All Music.com-Neil Z. Yeung] As they matured from their indie dance-rock roots into torchbearers of new wave- and Americana-inspired 
anthems, Las Vegas rock quartet the Killers earned global success. With a mix of '80s-styled synth pop and fashionista charm, the band's multi-platinum 2004 debut, Hot Fuss, became one of the decade's biggest releases, spawning four hit singles -- including their most enduring hit, "Mr. Brightside" -- and catapulting the group into the international spotlight. After the abrupt stylistic shift on 2006 sophomore effort Sam's Town -- which de-emphasized the band's new wave revivalism in favor of the heartland rock of Bruce Springsteen and Rattle and Hum-era U2 -- they struck a balance between their two sides on a consistent run of Top Ten releases that peaked with 2017's chart-topping Wonderful Wonderful. In 2020, their sixth album, Imploding the Mirage, garnered critical praise and scored them a U.S. alternative chart-topper with the single "Caution." Less than a year later, they released the pensive tonal shift Pressure Machine.
This weekend in Houston at the Hobby Center its Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski, better known as Theo Von. Von is a favorited of the meleniuous generation.
His podcast's, This Past Weekend, is one of the top 
comedy podcasts with reportedly five million listeners monthly. Von did a Netflix special titled No Offense back in 2015.
Von has appeared numerous times on Joe Rogan's podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, regularly on Joey Diaz's The Church of What's Happening Now, and was voted guest of the year on The Fighter and The Kid by TFATK listeners in both 2017 and 2018. Von was the host of TBS's hidden camera show Deal With It from Executive Producer Howie Mandel, which ran for three seasons. He also hosted Yahoo's popular daily recap show Primetime in No Time - one of the most-watched shows on the web with nearly one million views per day. Von has made appearances on Inside Amy Schumer, Why? with Hannibal Buress, Arsenio, Last Comic Standing, was the winner of Comedy Central's Reality Bites Back, and Live at Gotham.
Established in 2020, Art Museum TX is a not-for-profit institution in Fort Bend County, 
Texas, dedicated to presenting the region's contemporary art to the public. Art Museum TX provides an interchange for visual arts of the present and recent past, presents new directions in art, strives to engage the public, and encourages a greater understanding of contemporary art through education programs.
