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Entries from October 2005

Julin’s debut at Brasil — free show!

October 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on Julin’s debut at Brasil — free show!

This just in:
Cool B, Julin, and K’monte’ will be performing a free show at Cafe Brasil on Saturday starting at 9:30 p.m. This is Julin’s first live performance, so be sure to come out and show your support. Her album, Transitions, should be available soon.
Now Playing: Queens of the Stone Age — Lullabies to Paralyze

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10 Questions for The Life and Times

October 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on 10 Questions for The Life and Times

Some of you might remember the band Shiner, a band whose prog-rock influenced music peppered the nineties and undoubtedly influenced a lot of bands over their decade of existence.
Well, former Shiner mastermind Allen Epley has been busy with another band — The Life and Times — since Shiner disbanded in 2003. The band’s latest […]

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Anarctica Starts Here, w/ Mansion, Sitka Sound

October 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on Anarctica Starts Here, w/ Mansion, Sitka Sound

Houston indie rockers Sitka Sound and Mansion will be playing a show this Wednesday night at The Proletariat. The show will be Sitka’s first show with new drummer Steve Torres. Also, it will be the first show for a new band Antarctica Starts Here. Mansion rarely plays live anymore so be sure to catch them […]

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Jerry Cantrell, duneTX at The Tavern?

October 16th, 2005 · Comments Off on Jerry Cantrell, duneTX at The Tavern?

Ah, how the mighty have fallen. Seattle music veteran Jerry Cantrell (you may remember him from a little band called Alice In Chains) is playing this Saturday (October 22nd) at local sports bar The Tavern on Gray (West Gray at Waugh). Yes, that’s right — Jerry Cantell at The Tavern.
And despite what The Tavern’s ads […]

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Remember God’s Own Medicine?

October 13th, 2005 · Comments Off on Remember God’s Own Medicine?

I recently wrote an article on The Mission‘s God’s Own Medicine album for Splendid. Feel free to check it out online here.
Visit The Mission World Information Service here.
Enjoy.
Now Playing: Kinski — Alpine Static

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The rest of Westfest Compressed (wow, I’m a poet & didn’t know it) + a rant

October 11th, 2005 · Comments Off on The rest of Westfest Compressed (wow, I’m a poet & didn’t know it) + a rant

Here’s the additonal schedule for bands performing as part of Saturday’s Westfest Compressed.
Number’s:
Southern Backtones 1:00-1:30
Novus 1:45- 2:15pm
Studemont Project 2:30-3:00pm
Dremnt The End 3:15-3:45pm
Heist at Hand 4:00-4:30pm
Satin Hooks 4:45-5:30pm
Hognose 5:45-6:30pm
Los Skarnales 6:45-7:30pm
Woozy Helmet 7:45-8:30pm
DJ Sun 8:30pm to end
Helio’s (outside stage):
The Generic Tribe 1:00-1:30
The Kidnap Soundtrack 1:45-2:15
Q.U.E. 2:30-3:00
Bo Jones 3:15-3:45
The Mighty Orq 4:00-4:30
Eldridge 4:45-5:15
Million Year Dance 5:30-6:45
Medicine Show […]

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Westfest Compressed’s Imagine That line-up

October 11th, 2005 · Comments Off on Westfest Compressed’s Imagine That line-up

Here’s the line-up for the bands at Imagine That during Saturday’s Westfest Compressed.
Imagine That is located at 2402 Montrose. Other venues hosting bands include Number’s, Helio’s, and Mangoe’s. More information on Westfest Compressed can be found online here.
Here’s the schedule for bands performing on Saturday at Imagine That:
Hellfire Revival 1:00pm-1:45pm
flowers to hide 2:00pm-2:45pm
The Dimes 3:00pm-3:45pm
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The week in Houston rock

October 10th, 2005 · Comments Off on The week in Houston rock

Tonight (Monday, 10.10.05), Jethro Tull is playing at Jones Hall. I caught the band’s Verizon show a few years and it was incredible. If you’re not doing anything, I suggest checking it out.
For some reason, Tuesday night is *the* night of music this week in Houston. Seventies pop-punk heroes Gang of Four play The Meridian […]

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New issue of Space City Rock

October 10th, 2005 · Comments Off on New issue of Space City Rock

It’s now online at www.spacecityrock.com.
Enjoy.

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Ten In Texas CD

October 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Ten In Texas CD

Have you heard the new release from Houston’s Icehouse Music? Titled Ten In Texas (XIT), the album features 10 new recordings of classic country songs by Texas musicians — some famous, some soon-to-be-famous.
Included are songs originally written by legands like Kris Kristofferson, Ernest Tubb, Buddy Holly, Guy Clark, and Billy Joe Shaver, among others. The […]

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