This has been a great year for Houston music, both locally and nationally. A lot of musicians made great music this year — here is a list of a dozen of my favorites.
Houston Calling‘s favorite independent Houston releases of 2005
Tody Castillo, “Self-titled”
Houston Press named him the best unsigned act and the Houston Chronicle dubbed him […]

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In between egg nogs and shopping, why not go see some live music?
Here’s what’s happening around Houston this week:
Tuesday, 12.20.05
Socialburn/The Vanished/A.D. @ Engine Room
Wednesday, 12.21.05
Commune Music, featuring Zipperneck, Bare Knuckle Knockout, & LDV @ The Proletariat
The Terms @ The Continental Club
Thursday, 12.22.05
7th Annual Christmas Songwriter’s Showcase, featuring Roger Creager, Randy Rogers, Billie Joe Shaver, Wade […]

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Tonight, you can catch one of Houston’s best indie rock bands The Dimes at Walter’s on Washington. If you like the Pixies and Talking Heads mixed in with some poppy modern rock, you should check them out. They play with CICP, Like-Whatever!, Morrow, and Dumbarton.
Also tonight, the Cameron Dezen Band and DJ Ash […]

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Check it out at www.richardashcroft.com.
The new single is called “Break The Night With Colour” — the album’s out in late January in the UK. I don’t have any news on a U.S. release date. HMV, here I come.

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Tonight (Wed. 12.14.05), The Proletariat hosts their weekly Commune Music, which features Sons of Evil, Bayonette, and Radio Pioneer.
On Thursday, you can catch skyblue72 at Cactus for an in-store performance in preparation for their CD release show at Rudyard’s on Friday night, with Vibe Commitee (also doing their CD release show) and The Medicine Show.
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Chicago’s Ness is one of my favorite bands. Yeah, I know — you haven’t heard of them. But you may have heard of some of the bands that the members used to be in (or still are, in some cases), particularly Fig Dish (Rick Ness, Bill Swartz) and Hushdrops (John San Juan). Rick Ness has […]

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One of Houston’s best venues, the Engine Room, has a new website and a lot of good shows coming up in the next couple of months. Most importantly, Explosions in the Sky will be there with The Octopus Project in late January.
Check out their new website and their upcoming schedule here.
Now Playing: The Editors — […]

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Tonight (Sunday December 11th), HoustonSoReal presents Devin the Dude with The Odd Squad/Coughee Brothaz, The Chicharones featuring Sleep and Josh Martinez, Jokaman, Lower Life Form, PKT, DJ Witnes, and DJ CeePlus will spin an exclusive dance party set after Devin the Dude.
The show is at the Havana Latin Bar & Grill (818 Travis St., downtown) […]

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Swizzle-Stick ran my Top 10 favorite albums of 2005.
Check it out here. Poke around and check out some of the reviews and interviews while you’re at the site. Good stuff.
My Top 20 favorites are posted on donewaiting’s 2005 favorite albums page.
Now Playing: 20 Songs from my 20 favorite albums of 2005 mix

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In 2005, I probably listened to more albums than any other year of my life, and with so much new music out there it was sometimes tough to find bands that really stood out. This year, the bands on my list are ones whose albums really “said” something to me — lyrically or musically.
The Warlocks […]

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