Sorry for the deadness of the site — was out of town for a couple of weeks.

Anyway, more information on tonight’s Houston Press Music Awards shows can be found online here.

There are a lot of good bands playing showcases tonight. Here’s the line-up as I last knew it:

306 Lounge
4:00 pm …..Glenna Bell
5:00 pm …..ESE
6:00 pm …..The Phlegmatics
7:00 pm …..O Pioneers
8:00 pm …..Arthur Yoria
9:00 pm …..Brandon Stanley

Boaka Bar
4:00 pm …..JD Arnold
5:00 pm …..Baby Jae
6:00 pm …..Little Martin
7:00 pm …..DJ Sun
8:00 pm …..Sean Carnahan
9:00 pm …..Champa Moore

Copa Cabana
4:00 pm …..Free Radicals w/ Harry Sheppard
5:00 pm …..Three Fantastic
6:00 pm …..Linus Pauling Quartet
7:00 pm …..Chango Jackson
8:00 pm …..Prognosis
9:00 pm …..Norma Zenteno

Hard Rock Caf?
4:00 pm …..The Delayed
5:00 pm …..Savvi
6:00 pm …..Satin Hooks
7:00 pm …..Drop Trio
8:00 pm …..Tony Vega Band
9:00 pm …..Carolyn Wonderland

Live
4:00 pm …..Lady D & the Zydeco Tornadoes
5:00 pm …..Cameron Dezen
6:00 pm …..Zwee
7:00 pm …..Spain Colored Orange
8:00 pm …..Dune TX
9:00 pm …..Faceplant

M Bar
4:00 pm …..Studemont Project
5:00 pm …..Bring Back the Guns
6:00 pm …..Clouseaux
7:00 pm …..Luxurious Panthers
8:00 pm …..Tody Castillo
9:00 pm …..Fondue Monks

Mercury Room
4:00 pm …..Flying Fish Sailors
5:00 pm …..deSangre
6:00 pm …..Chrome 44
7:00 pm …..Guy Schwartz
8:00 pm …..Bojones
9:00 pm …..Los Skarnales

Speakeasy
4:00 pm …..Modulator
5:00 pm …..The Watermarks
6:00 pm …..Meowcifer
7:00 pm …..Southern Backtones
8:00 pm …..The Dreambreakers
9:00 pm …..Miss Leslie & Her Juke Jointers

St. Pete?s Dancing Marlin
4:00 pm …..Sky Blue 72
5:00 pm …..LoneStar PornStar
6:00 pm …..Kemo for Emo
7:00 pm …..Morningside DRIVE
8:00 pm …..Molly & The Ringwalds
9:00 pm …..The Handsomes

Twelve Spot
4:00 pm …..Mr. Grinch
5:00 pm …..Mando Saenz
6:00 pm …..Mighty Orq
7:00 pm …..Lisa Novak
8:00 pm …..Filthy McNasty & The Rhinestone Life
9:00 pm …..Zydeco Dots

Ultra
4:00 pm …..God?s Temple of Family Deliverance
5:00 pm …..Sevrin
6:00 pm …..You (genious)
7:00 pm …..Rx Medicine Show
8:00 pm …..Paris Green
9:00 pm …..John Evans

Verizon Wireless Theater
5:00 pm …..Caliente
6:00 pm …..Silverleaf
7:00 pm …..Michael Haaga’s Plus & Minus Show
8:00 pm …..Dan Dyer
9:00 pm …..Rap Showcase, featuring Slim Thug & Devin the Dude

Enjoy.

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