I recently heard about a band from Portland called adelaide [website]. Their music is instrumental, mellow rock along the same lines of The Mercury Program, Tristeza, and Godspeed You Black Emperor! The band incorporates film loops as the backdrop for their shows (a la Manitoba, I mean, Caribou), and it is supposedly a sight […]

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In the more than 10 years I’ve lived in Houston, I have seen countless bands perform. But in the almost two years that I have been doing Houston Calling, I have been more impressed with the quality of musicians gracing the city than ever before. There are far too many to mention right now, but […]

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Sound Theory is (unfortunately, in my opinion) on hiatus for a while, but lead guitarist/vocalist Seans Evans is now involved with another band called Sitka Sound. Other members include Larry Horn (from Casino on guitar & vocals), Rod Hodges (from Spain Colored Orange and Blueprint on drums) and Steve Aikey (bass and backing vocals).
These popsters […]

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With Hands Up Houston down for the count, there is an opening for someone to step in and put together showcases of local bands. Thankfully, a member of one of Houston’s best independent bands stepped up last year and formed Down With The Scene.
According to the DWTS website, Down With the Scene is a […]

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Southern Backtones are doing a stripped-down electric/acoustic show tonight at Onion Creek (in the Heights). Show starts at 9 p.m.
More details can be found at the band’s website here.
Also tonight: Pale & Flowers to Hide at The Proletariat. This should be a good one as well. Pale is about to embark on a tour this […]

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Here’s hoping you have seen this movie. If not, the DVD set of Dig!, featuring The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols, will be released in April via Palm Pictures (home to Earlimart and one Local H album, so that’s good). Even if you haven’t heard either band’s music or if you not a […]

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There are a lot of good shows in the Houston area this weekend. I have listed a few bands that I recommend checking out.
Tonight (Friday, 2.11.05), check out Arthur Yoria [website] (w/ band) at Helio’s around 9:30 (Lazlo and Elman are also on the bill). You could also go downtown to see Tody Castillo [website] […]

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Since I am a huge fan of a lot of bands that have come out of Chicago in the past 10 years or so (Fig Dish, TripleFastAction, Local H, The Webb Brothers, Ness, Caviar, Hushdrops, Made to Fade, to name a few), I have often kept an eye on the Chicago press, and especially the […]

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Wilco will play in Houston on Saturday, April 23rd, at the Verizon Wireless Theater. You can get tickets before they go on sale to the general public by going to the band’s ticketing website. You have to email them for a password and then log in to the site.
Tickets are $20 (general admission) plus […]

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I see that The Oots [website] are playing again this week (Thursday @ Rhythm Room). I highly suggest you go check these guys out.
On Friday night at Rudyard’s, Fondue Monks [website] are playing around 10:30. The guys have supposedly been writing some new stuff for a 2005 release so maybe we’ll get a preview. Either […]

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