Tonight (Wednesday, 7.6.05), be sure to catch Sound + Vision, featuring Flowers to Hide @ Clark’s (314 Mai St., downtown). You can also see Heist at Hand as they play with Philosophers, Ari Ari, The Walls You’ve Built, and Gone Be The Tyrans @ Fat Cat’s (Washington Ave).
Thursday night is the Texas Metal Fest, which features a ton of rock acts — Six Feet Under, Malevolent Creation, Will to Live, Origin, Images of Violence, Insidious Discrepancy, Nervewreck, & Incisor @ The Engine Room (downtown).
On Friday, you can see Tody Castillo at the Continental Club with Scattered Pages. This should be a great show.
On Saturday, Matt Hammon (who is not going to tour with Bob Mould, but who did play drums on his new album!) plays at The Well with Paige Lewis and Paul Michaels. The Well is located at 10234 Westheimer @ Steagler, 1 block inside Beltway 8. All ages. $5 cover. Show starts at 7 p.m.
Or, for the less acoustically inclined — and in celebration of Pink Floyd reforming for Live 8 — go see Us and Them at Fitzgerald’s (on White Oak in the Heights).
Also tonight:
Rusted Shut/White Mice/Coughs/Muzak John @ Super Happy Fun Land
Winds of Plague/Goby Blue @ Rhythm Room
LAO/as eden burns/Westview @ The Southmore House
Ray Cashman/Light Rock Express @ The Continental Club
Lifehouse/Rocca de Luca @ Numbers
Thursday, 7.7.05
Wee Beasties @ Fat Cat’s
TYGR! TYGR @ Super Happy Fun Land
Kevin Galloway/Sean Reefer/Beetle @ The Continental Club
PLF @ The Southmore House
Helicopter Jones/Benjy Davis Project/Glenn Eliot @ Rhythm Room
Plan-It-X Fest, featuring Ghost Mice, Soophie Nun Squad, This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb, The Max Levine Ensemble, One Reason, Madeline, Door-Keys, Saw Wheel, Erin Tobey, O Pioneers!!!, Rosa, Defiance, Ohio, & more @ Robinson Rd. Community Center (Tamina Hall, The Woodlands; 6PM)
Reckless Kelly/Mickey & the Motorcars @ Heritage Place (Conroe)
Friday, 7.8.05
Pale w/ Casey McPherson (formerly of Endochine) @ Rudz
Etta James @ Verizon Wireless Theater
John Cramer’s The Power of Light and Darkness/The Last Bastions/Charlie Naked @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sevenfold/Picees/Almost Sober @ Fitzdown
Superna/Underminded/Truck/Past Over/Fade in Fade Out @ Fitzgerald’s
Reno Divorce/Zombilly/Hell City Kings/Hellbound Hearse/The Unzipped @ Rhythm Room
Malevolent Creation @ Fat Cat’s
Canvas @ Walter’s on Washington
Call To Fly Movie Premiere Pre-Party, featuring Stage Dive, Deep Above Surface, Sevrin, Slappy’s Groove Shack, & Echolost @ The Meridian
Beres Hammond/Marcia Griffiths/Jimmy Cozier @ The Engine Room
Saturday, 7.9.05
Statistics/Maria Taylor @ Fat Cat’s
Bob Schneider @ Numbers
Cafe Tacuba/Kinky/Maldita Vecindad @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Texas Underground Records and Films Music Showcase, featuring Fires of Jubilee & Morningside Drive @ The Meridian
Split Lip Rayfield/The Weary Boys/King Coal @ The Continental Club
Cue/Stalking Chloe @ Rhythm Room
Nadiaunique/Poetik/MC Griot/Last Soul Descendents @ Super Happy Fun Land
Braver Madison/Law of All Ends/Holy Smokes @ The Southmore House
Jadewood/Placid Blue/ALligator Dave/Helicopter Jones @ Fitzdown
Sameless Noun Collection, featuring Dave Dove & more @ Super Happy Fun Land (6-8PM)
Lonestar Pornstar/Full Service/The Unknown Locals @ Acadia Bar (3939 FM 1960 West)
Alkaline Trio/Rise Against/Death By Stereo @ The Engine Room
Sunday, 7.10.05
Dave Balson @ Super Happy Fun Land
Alkaline Trio/Rise Against/Death By Stereo @ The Engine Room
I recently ran into a long-time Houston musician (to be named later). He’s got some interesting stories and was in one of Houston’s first punk bands. I hope to recant his tales here in the near future. A CD of the band’s early demos may see the light of the day soon. That’s all I can say for now.
Also, don’t forget to cast your vote in the Houston Press music awards: www.houstonpress.com.
Now Playing in My iPod: The Doors — The Best Of The Doors
