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B L A C K I E

B L A C K I E performing live at Numbers in Houston, Texas. 2008.
Photograph: Mjlac23

Houston Local Band Registry, 2003–2018 · documented 2008–2017

B L A C K I E is a Houston musician whose abrasive, noise-driven performances were a fixture of Free Press Houston listings, which referred to “Houston’s own B L A C K I E” and to the “dystopian grime” of his sets. Coverage paired him with noise, hardcore and electronic bills, including a 2017 Walter’s Downtown show with the Japanese band ENDON, and FPTV profiled him that year in its Everything But Music interview series. The archive holds his appearances at Free Press Summer Fest in 2010 and 2011 and at Day for Night in 2015.

Biography sources (3)
  1. Surface Envy: The Best Of The Week · Free Press Houston Archive (held article) · accessed 2026-09-24
  2. FPH Picks of the Week: Going Dark · Free Press Houston Archive (held article) · accessed 2026-09-24
  3. Everything But Music with B L A C K I E · Free Press Houston Archive (held article) · accessed 2026-09-24

External sources are cited for reference only and are not Free Press Houston holdings or affiliates.

Held recordings

B L A C K I E at Free Press Summer Fest 2010
B L A C K I E at Free Press Summer Fest 2011
B L A C K I E
Printed schedule for Free Press Summer Fest 2011, an event B L A C K I E played
Held artifact from Free Press Summer Fest 2011, an edition the act played. 2011 stage guide, published on the festival lineup page alongside a PDF. Free Press Houston Archive holding.

3 appearances documented on Free Press Houston bills. Records are kept to the lineup sources the archive holds; nothing beyond them is stated.

Houston Local Band Registry, 2003–2018

Houston provenance
“They’ll have to really bring it though, as Houston’s own B L A C K I E is set to go on prior.”
Surface Envy: The Best Of The Week, David Garrick · 2015-04-15
Evidence
109 archive articles name the act · 47 by David Garrick
Confidence
high

Local booking provenance

Organizer provenance supplied to the archive by Omar Afra; not independent third-party verification.

Other held flyers, posters and schedules

  • Held artifact, Free Press Summer Fest 2010

    Free Press Summer Fest 2010

  • Held artifact, Free Press Summer Fest 2011

    Free Press Summer Fest 2011

  • Held artifact, Day for Night 2015

    Day for Night 2015

  • Held artifact, Day for Night 2015

    Day for Night 2015

Appearances

Free Press Summer Fest 2010
Venue
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Date
2010
Stage
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Set time
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Evidence
Lineup row held for Free Press Summer Fest 2010, source fpsf-dev-2014-previous-lineups.
Free Press Summer Fest 2011
Venue
Eleanor Tinsley Park, Buffalo Bayou
Date
2011
Stage
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Set time
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Evidence
Lineup row held for Free Press Summer Fest 2011, source fpsf-dev-2014-previous-lineups.
Day for Night 2015
Venue
Silver Street Studio, Sawyer Yards
Date
2015
Stage
—
Set time
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Evidence
The held hype deck for the first edition names Kendrick Lamar, New Order, the Philip Glass Ensemble, Janelle Monáe and Dillon Francis and counts 43 bands across three stages; it carries no full bill. The roster below is the announced lineup as recorded by JamBase, which sets out the two festival days and two acts whose day was still pending. It is a documented lineup, not a verified record of performance.

Related Free Press Houston coverage

Archive articles that name B L A C K I E. A mention is a sighting in the paper’s own pages, not a statement that the piece is about this performer.

Adjacent records