The Linus Pauling Quartet tonight on KTRU - Rice's besieged student run station

We will be performing with a host of other local bands tonight on the KTRU local show. For those outside of Houston who are unaware, Rice University has quietly negotiated for the sale of the Student Run Radio Station over the summer while the students were away. KTRU has been an invaluable part of the community and... in particular the music community in Houston. Exposing listeners to artists that would otherwise not have a way to reach their audience. To kill the station after 40 years of broadcasting would be a huge loss for the city and given the secretive manner in which the deal was handled, a sad day for students at Rice University.

Please be so good as to check out SaveKTRU.org below and lend your support.

See you guys at 8pm central time on KTRU radio on 91.7fm.
This may be the last time but we hope not.

Egads! 7" is on Youtube...

Weirdness, we only just released this last week and already the 7" is on Youtube.

First review for the new 7" is in....

Well it looks like the new single got some love over at Space City Rock. Jeremy Hart wrote:

"...First off, the Quartet’s track, “Monster,” eschews the band’s trademark thundering guitar attack (at least at first) in favor of a hypnotic, raga-sounding drone that brings to mind the Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows,” of all things; definitely not what I was expecting, given the band’s general leanings...

The sitar-esque guitars, the repetitive riffs, the flat, Donovan-sounding vocals — put it all together, and you could be forgiven for thinking you’d slapped on the wrong damn record. But hey, they make it work surprisingly well...

The track comes off like Nick Cave doing some kind of half-sarcastic take on raw garage rock, and it’s frighteningly addictive."

You can read the full review at Space City Rock


Thanks Jeremy. We're glad you liked it.