Detachment Kit is coming to Houston. The band’s latest album, Of This Blood (to be released on May 18th via Frenchkiss Records), is the follow-up to their 2002 debut, They Raging, Quiet Army. Detachment Kit play guitar-heavy alt-rock, and that’s really all you need to know.
Detachment Kit will play in Houston at Fat Cat’s on […]

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Local act By The End Of Tonight recently signed with Portland’s Temporary Residence label. Home to bands like Austin’s Explosion in the Sky and Fridge, among others, the label specializes in gaining expsoure for bands that otherwise would fall underneath the radar. A lot of their bands tour around the world, and their website often […]

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Maybe it was the rain that kept a lot of people at home, but yesterday’s Dreamfest at Fat Cat’s & Walter’s on Washington wasn’t teeming with people as I had hoped. There were decent-sized crowds at various times, but those who opted to stay in missed a great evening of music.
I watched Sound Theory, who […]

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Dreamfest is today beginning at 6 p.m. Come out, despite the rainy weather. More information here.

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Tody & The Falcon plays Thursday, April 22nd @ McElroy’s. The show starts on the back patio at 9 p.m.
The Scattered Pages plays Rudyard’s with Chad Hogue and Los Fantasticos on Friday night, April 23rd. The show starts at 9:45 p.m. Also, the band plays next Thursday, April 29th @ Brasil
This Saturday […]

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The Dreamfest benefit show is this Saturday, April 24th, from 6 p.m. until 2 a.m. More info below:
Where: Club Fat Cat (Mary Jane’s), and Walter’s on Washington, located in the 4200 Block of Washington Ave. (between Waugh and Shepherd).
Why: To benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation–Houston Affiliate, as well as to promote early breast cancer […]

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Saw The Pleased and Psychedelic Furs last night at Club V (Verizon Wireless Theater). Then, I was off to Fitz’s for a couple of bands. Missed The Contingency, unfortunately, but luckily caught two great acts.
More on both of these shows to come.

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This just in:
Drop Trio produces original track for Solange Knowles
Johnson Family Vacation soundtrack features the music of Houston’s instrumental funk jazz trio
April 7, 2004 | Houston, TX
Music World Music, the record label of Beyonc? Knowles and Destiny’s Child, has selected a track by Houston jazz funk band Drop Trio for a new song […]

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In town tomorrow night. Interview here.

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Tody Castillo plays live tonight, Friday 4.9.04 @ Rudyard’s. Show starts at 10 p.m. (w/ King Cole and Mando Saenz)
It’s Funk Jazz Friday at Brasil, featuring Drop Trio. If you haven’t yet seen this band perform, you must check them out. Afterwards, get their CD and go to their website and listen to some of […]

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