Tonight, local singer/songwriter Arthur Yoria will perform at Onion Creek Cafe (3106 White Oak Dr., 713-880-0706) in the Heights, right down the street from Fitzgerald?s. Yoria will do a solo acoustic set at 9:30pm and will be followed by Tody Castillo. Yoria’s song, “I?ll Be Here Awake,” was used on an episode of MTV?s Camp [...]

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Hope you had a nice Christmas holiday. Here’s what’s going on in Houston this week. If I have missed any shows, please feel free to email me and I’ll add it. Sunday, 12.28.03 Redding St. Band/Jarm/Lucky South/Secondhand Solution/Innermost Aggression/Carousel Shy @ The Engine Room Felix Madison & Friends @ Rhythm Room Monday, 12.29.03 Eisley/Radiant/The Vanished/Passerby/The [...]

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Enjoy the holiday season. Merry Christmas! Now Playing: Steely Dan — Aja

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One of the times I was sitting up at Cecil’s, a song came on the jukebox that made me pay particular attention to it and find out what band it was. Not that the place doesn’t have a good jukebox, but none of the stuff on it is that new so to hear something I [...]

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More than ten years ago, in a Central Texas city caught in a cultural time warp, two friends got together and started a band. At a time when metal and grunge ruled the airwaves, rockabilly was a music form few seemed to pay attention to, much less paid to see. However, this band was different [...]

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Tonight, you can catch Tody and the Falcon at Onion Creek Cafe in the Heights around 9:30 p.m. Also, Tody Castillo will play a solo show at Cafe Brasil this Wednesday night at 9:30. Other notable shows this week: Tuesday, 12.16.03: Pernice Brothers/Blake Hazard/Chasmatic @ The Proletariat Wednesday, 12.17.03: Southern Riot/Coexist/JFK Suicide @ Fitzdown Trachtenburg [...]

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Southern Backtones are perfoming tonight (Friday, Dec. 12th) at Cafe Brasil on Westheimer from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. They also play on Saturday night at Fitzgeralds at 11 p.m. Pale is playing at Rudyard’s, with Endochine from Austin, on Saturday night. Also, The Scattered Pages bring their rock tunes to The Warehouse Music Cafe [...]

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I recently received an email from a close friend who is going to get married in a few months. He recently moved to a faraway city and started a new job, and we haven’t been in touch as much as when we lived in the same town. In an earlier email I had asked him [...]

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A few Fridays ago, I ended up at Walter’s on Washington for a late-night show by The Damnwells. My friend and I really didn’t know what to expect from the opening act–could’ve been anyone. Much to our surprise, it was an incredible band from Houston called Tody and The Falcon. Every song was great, and [...]

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