I was told I needed to post this: Hot is standing in the Mojave Desert, at high noon, and while mostly dry the heat is so intense you can feel not only your skin sizzling but your muscles beginning to boil and bake to oven-freshness. Couple that with something called humidity and suddenly you’re piping [...]

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A couple of years ago, I interviewed The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Anton Newcombe for the site. You can read it here. Be sure to come out tonight to Mary Jane’s/Fat Cat’s (yes, it’s been moved from Walter’s on Washington, according to the guys at Super Unison) to see The Quarter After, Innaway, and the Brian [...]

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Tomorrow night, Innaway will be in Houston at Walter’s on Washington, opening for the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Make sure to come check out this show — it will be a good one. I recently asked Jim Schwartz, lead singer and guitarist of Innaway, a series of questions for the site. He was gracious enough to [...]

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Check it out here. Support the little guys. While you’re there, you should check for a new CD I recently acquired by Innaway. Their CD, released in June on Some Records, is incredible (and is in the running for one of my top albums of 2005) — a perfect blend of classic rock, psychedelia, and [...]

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If you’ve read this week’s Houston Press this is probably old news, but I wanted to congratulate all of this year’s Houston Press Music Award winners. I will keep my opinions to myself on this one — you cast your votes (or didn’t, as the case may be). As expected, Michael Haaga and company were [...]

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If you haven’t heard the latest release from Atlanta’s Dropsonic, you have a chance this weekend to see the band in its live glory at the Southmore House. Their new album, which (uh) drops on August 23rd, is called Insects With Angel Wings, and sounds like a cross between GVSB and the Stones. It’s an [...]

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It seems that at every Dreamfest, I discover another local band I never heard of but that instantly blows me away. Last year, it was The Methods. This year, The Dimes made their mark. The band is heavily influenced by the Pixies, but that’s great. No one else in town is doing it and with [...]

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Here’s what’s going on this week around Houston: Monday, 8.1.05 Low Cloud Cover / Matt Hammon / Landfall / The Needles @ Super Happy Fun Land Jack Johnson / Matt Costa / ALO @ Verizon Life of Agony @ Engine Room Tuesday, 8.2.05 Machine Gun Romantics / Crime Desire / Iron Age / SSE @ [...]

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Adrian and the Sickness, a self-proclaimed “party rock” band from Austin, is playing at Dan Electro’s in the Heights this Friday, August 5th. More information on the band can be found on their website. Have you been to The Flat yet? If not, go check it out. On Waugh, just past West Gray. Now Playing: [...]

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