Tonight (Thursday), I suggest you check out Mono at Fat Cat’s with Parlour and By the End of Tonight. Friday night, go see Tody Castillo downtown at St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin. On Saturday, might I suggest the incredible Flametrick Subs at Continental Club.

Here’s some of the other shows in and around Houston this weekend.

Thursday (3.10.05)

Big Head Todd & The Monsters w/ Carbon Leaf @ The Meridian
Chuga Chuga w/ Boogdish @ Super Happy Fun Land
American Velvet @ Rhythm Room
Rodeo Houston, featuring Rascal Flatts @ Reliant Stadium

Friday (3.11.05)

Lou Barlow @ Rudyard’s
De La Soul w/ Zin @ Jones Hall
Seventh Star w/ Bloody Sunday, xLooking Forwardx, Clear Convictions, Endless Fight, and Hollow Ground @ Fat Cat’s
Los Skarnales @ Fitzgerald’s
Castanets w/ Lazarus, and The Weird Weeds @ Walter’s on Washington
Thomas Lehn w/ Gerry Hemingway @ Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex
Jakuta & Carl w/ Chimeneas @ Super Happy Fun Land
Deauxmain w/ Mark Zeus & Thunderboltz, and Romeo Dogs @ Rhythm Room
Rodeo Houston, featuring Pat Green @ Reliant Stadium

Saturday (3.12.05)

Indian Jewelry w/ The Wiggins, and Rua Minx @ Bill Hicks Resurrection Labs
Herbie Hancock w/ Michael Brecker, and Roy Hargrove @ Wortham Theater Center
The Tuna Helpers w/ The Slurpees, and Organ Failure @ Super Happy Fun Land
Xiu Xiu w/ A Pink Cloud, and Rome in May @ Fat Cat’s
Habitat House Concert Series, featuring Emily Kaitz & Mary Reynolds @ 10037 Hazelhurst
Luxurata w/ Destroy The Bridge @ Rudyard’s
Rodeo Houston, featuring Martina McBride @ Reliant Stadium

Sunday (3.13.05)

Arthur Yoria @ Heilo’s
Sage Francis @ Fat Cat’s
The Blues Hound’s 3rd Annual Spring Howl (KPFT Benefit), featuring Joe Miranda and The Wildcatters, Dave Nevling and the Blues Kats, The Holland K. Smith Band, & The Malford Milligan Band @ The Meridian
Elvis Costello and The Imposters w/ Tift Merritt @ Verizon Wireless
Ian Moore @ Rudyard’s
(Hed)Pe @ The Engine Room
Rodeo Houston, featuring Duelo & Jimmy G y El Grupo Mazz @ Reliant Stadium

Have a good weekend.

Now Playing in My iPod: Roky Erickson — I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology (CD 1)