Local group Phuz returns to the Houston stage this Friday, March 3, 2006, at Clark’s in downtown Houston to debut their new singer, Margaret Menchaca.
The band, with varying line-ups, has been around for nearly 15 years, and has played with such artists as Sade, Tony Bennett, K.D. Lang, Alanis Morissette, Natalie Merchant, and Alicia Keys. […]

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Tonight at Walter’s, Chicago’s Smoking Popes bring their reunion tour to town. This should be a great show. More information can be found at the Super Unison website.
This week’s Houston Press has a write-up about Super Unison’s Ryan Chavez, who plays drums for the Popes on the current tour. How cool is that? Read it […]

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Arthur Yoria
Something Must Be Wrong EP
12 Records
Those who wondered if Yoria had blown the proverbial wad with his stellar 2003 release, I’ll Be Here Awake — which is still getting airplay and garnering the musician well-deserved praise — will be glad to note that the musician is back with a handful of new songs. We […]

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Local rockers Flowers to Hide count the likes of The Stooges, The Jesus & Mary Chain, T. Rex, The Afghan Whigs, 13th Floor Elevators, The Pink Fairies, Ride, Primal Scream, and The Church among their influences, but the modern Britrock often outweighs the garage influences. Their music is edgy, raw — guitar-heavy with the right […]

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Here are some shows around town this week:
Tonight (Monday, 2.20.06)
Brandon Stanley Duo/The Benjy Davis Project @ The Meridian
Tuesday, 2.21.06
Bon Jovi @ Toyota Center
45 Grave/Dinah Cancer/The Deadend Guys/The Phantom Pains @ The Meridian
Trish Murphy @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Wednesday, 2.22.06
Bring Back The Guns @ The Proletariat
Deftones/Thrice/Atreyu/Story Of The Year/As I Lay Dying/Funeral for a Friend/The Receiving End […]

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…is that your favorite musicians, most of which are undoubtedly older than you when you first started liking them, are growing older too.
Frequent Houston Calling readers know that one of my favorite bands from my childhood (see, growing older makes you refer to your teenage years as “childhood”) is the Welsh band The Alarm. I […]

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Be sure to check it out here. Good article. I am glad the Chronicle continues to support local music.
Don’t forget about the Southern Backtones’ CD release show next Saturday night at Rudyard’s with Flowers To Hide and Slovak Republic. This will be a great show.
Of course, that same night at The Proletariat is the Arthur […]

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This Wednesday night (2.22.06), Bring Back The Guns play The Proletariat with The Show is the Rainbow and Bojones.
This will be your first chance to pick up the band’s new 7-inch split, which features two songs from Bring Back The Guns and one from So Many Dynamos.
Now Playing: Josh Rouse — Dressed Up Like Nebraska

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There’s all kinds of craziness in Houston this weekend, which can be chalked up to the NBA All-Star Weekend events in and around downtown. The George R. Brown Convention Center plays hosts to much of the festivities — and the game is at the Toyota Center (of course). But the parties and music will definitely […]

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The Febrary 16 issue of Houston Press has a good article by John Nova Lomax on the plight of local independent musicians.
Check it out here.
Now Playing: Porcupine Tree — Coma Divine

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