Columbus, Ohio is home to some great bands, a great number of which are relatively unknown outside of their city or the Midwest. Kopaz comes to mind, The Miranda Sound, 84 Nash, countless others.
I was recently turned on to another great band out of Columbus, Manda and The Marbles. Mainly, I was told about Manda’s […]

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Tonight at 6 p.m., we’ll see you at Cactus Music to watch mytwilightpilot perform at their first of two CD release shows planned for tonight (Friday, August 29).
They will also be playing at River Cafe later tonight. Hope to see you there. Be sure to pick up the band’s new Feel Records release, 555.
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Houston’s MYTWILIGHTPILOT recently signed with NYC’s Feel Records and just their debut EP, 555, is released today. The band is going to be touring soon in support of the CD and hopes to record a full-length album later this year.
On Friday, 8.29.03 at 6 p.m., the band will give a free in-store performance at Catcus […]

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Live tonight in Houston:
Stride (see interview below) with special guests @ ForgetAboutIt Club (Jones Rd. @ Grant Rd.)
J Church/Storm the Tower/DFI/The Fighting Type @ Fat Cat’s
Rise Against/Shai Hal’ud @ Fitzgerald’s
Savvi/Zin/Desperado @ The Bodega (4816 Almeda)
Strangelight/Mur/iSOLA/DJ Jeffrey Thames @ The Axiom
Soilent Green/Black Dahlia Murders/Lick Golden Sky/Braced For Nails/Incisor @ Fitzdown
goneblind @ Rhythm Room
Pong/The Meat Purveyors/Spot @ […]

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Say the words “prog rock” and several bands automatically come to mind–classic rock giants like Yes, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and Rush, to more modern rock acts like Dream Theater or King’s X.
Stride is a band based in suburban Houston that takes its music very seriously. All of the band members are excellent and well-trained […]

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NME reports that pop star (and former Take That cheeseball) Robbie Williams is threatening to quit pop music, saying he would rather be a nobody.
The star, fresh from playing three sold-out nights at Knebworth, says he’s sick of living life in the spotlight.
Williams told the Sun on August 18th: “I can’t leave the house without […]

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Yesterday, I was talking with a guy at work about Houston record stores. Turns out, his son-in-law runs one of the major independent shops in town. A pretty famous one–at least as far as Texas music is concerned.
Anyway, he mentioned how the floods of Tropical Storm Allison and computer programs like Napster and Kazaa have […]

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I watched the Classic Albums program on VH1 last night. The show featured Metallica‘s Black album, which was released in 1991 and blew the band into the mainstream. It’s an album that I have loved since it was first released and is an album that many of the band’s die-hard fans didn’t like. The fact […]

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The pick for live music tonight is Spain Colored Oranges with The Singles, Das Automatik (ex-Refuse To Fall/DANSEPARC) @ The Axiom. This is a band with members of meoWcifer so I am sure it’ll be a good show.
Also playing on Friday:
Starlight Mints/Steve Burns/Modulator @ Stuka *This should be a good show*
Black Forest/Black Sea /Christina Carter […]

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In a moment of weakness recently, I was listening to the radio in my car. Bored with the typical “Takin’ Care of Business” or “More Than A Feelin’” fare on the classic rock station, I tuned to what is touted as Houston?s Rock Station. This is probably the only station in town (besides public radio) […]

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