New York City Queens emerged in 2011 from Kingwood, in the Houston area, around singer, guitarist, and recording engineer John Allen Stephens. With members including Daniela Hernandez, Kitty Beebe, Tom Guth, and Isaac Chavez Garza, the group developed melodic guitar pop that expanded toward electronic textures. Somewhere Different, Somewhere New preceded the full-band album Burn Out Like Roman Candles (2012). Free Press Summer Fest appearances and local performances connected its layered guitars and dance-oriented rhythms with Houston’s early-2010s independent scene, while Stephens’s recording work linked the band to the city’s wider community of musicians.
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Held artifact from Free Press Summer Fest 2014, an edition the act played. Free Press Summer Fest 2014 lineup announcement, as published wide on the festival site. Free Press Houston Archive holding.
2 appearances documented on Free Press Houston bills. Records are kept to the lineup sources the archive holds; nothing beyond them is stated.
“One of Houston’s best indie rock bands, New York City Queens will also be there, and will be performing some of their new songs alongside fan favorites.”
Lineup row held for Free Press Summer Fest 2014, source fpsf-dev-2014-previous-lineups.
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Archive articles that name New York City Queens. A mention is a sighting in the paper’s own pages, not a statement that the piece is about this performer.
