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 spring. More information can be found at their website.

Other shows this week:

Tonight (2.16.05)

Norma Jean/Atreyu/Scars of Tomorrow/Unearth/Fallen Line @ The Meridian
Maria Chavez (CD release) @ Sound Exchange (free show!)
Zee Rok @ The Continental Club
Dan Dire @ Rhythm Room

Thursday, 2.17.05

Scattered Pages @ Brasil (10 p.m. show)
Drop/Beetle @ The Continental Club
Perpetual Groove/Plump @ Rhythm Room

Friday, 2.18.05

Tody Castillo w/ Bo Jones @ Ovations
Jens Lekman/Impossible Shapes/Benjamin Davis Murphy @ Fat Cat’s
Swellbone/Carousel Shy/Marcy Died Twice/Alaska Is For Players @ Fitzgerald’s
Voodoo Organist/2 Star Symphony/The Invincible Czars @ Super Happy Fun Land
Bob Schneider @ The Engine Room
Guy Forsyth/The Goodtrain Sessions @ Rhythm Room
Poor Dumb Bastards/Yuppie Pricks @ Rudyard’s
Arizenme/My Own I/Bad Sun/Yuna @ Fitzdown
Dynah/Johnny Goudie/Lanky @ Helios
High-Dive/Honky/Molly & the Ringwalds @ The Continental Club
Particle/Drums and Tuba/Drop Trio @ The Meridian
Kelly Doze Band/Johnston Brothers Band @ Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
The Skatans/Zero Heros/DJ K-Rox/CD-RAD @ Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe

Saturday, 2.19.05

Drop Trio w/ Drop @ Last Concert Cafe
Tody Castillo @ Flying Saucer (downtown)
Equality Now/PASA Benefit, featuring By the End of Tonight, O Pioneers!, Deep 6, Humanicide, Nadiri, & Doctor Doctor @ Fat Cat’s
Dubtex @ Rhythm Room
Everton Blender & the Reggae Angels @ The Engine Room
The Hex/The Oots/Cartwheels In Central Park/Chim Charoo @ Super Happy Fun Land
Jucifer/Buried Inside @ Rudyard’s
The Hightailers @ Fitzdown
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men/Sean Reefer & the Resin Valley Boys @ The Continental Club
Volatil @ Helios
Billy Joe Shaver @ Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar
Wayne “The Train” Hancock/Chad Hogue and the Hellcats @ Fitzgerald’s
Cruiserweight @ Java Jazz Coffeehouse (Spring)

Sunday, 2.20.05

Modest Mouse @ Verizon Wireless Theater
The Johnny & Joseph Show @ Side Car Pub (Johnny Goudie/Joseph King)
Black Lipstick/White Whale @ Rudyard’s
The Broken Hearts Show: A Final Salute to Dimebag Darrell, featuring Lao Tzu, Hellchurch, Suture, Lycophile, Infliction, Skinned, Victimas, Vicious South, Burnt Face Jack, & Deep 6 (DVD filming) @ Cardi’s
Duran Duran @ Toyota Center
Dig @ Rhythm Room
2005 MTM Texas Music Awards, featuring Shake Russell, Tommy Elskes, Back At The Ranch, Mark Jungers and Whistling Mules, Dog Men Poets, Highspeed Hayride, Brennen Leigh, 5 Mile Band, Jean Synodinos, The Jay Johnson Band, Jen Rathbun, & more @ Big Texas Dancehall & Saloon (803 E. Nasa Rd. 1, Webster)

See you out and about.

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