Tonight (Wednesday, 2.15.06), Vibe Committee and Miss Leslie and Her Juke Jointers play the Continental Club. Be sure to come out and show your support. This will be a good show of local music.

Also tonight, local indie rockers The Dimes (they’re awesome!) play at White Swan (4419 Navigation Blvd.) with Push To Talk, Like-Whatever, and Over Sea Under Stone (also awesome).

Lanky and Eleisha Eagle play at Brasil on Thursday night. Also on Thurday, Jucifer plays with Hell City Kings at Rudyards.

On Friday night, Dalek and Meat Beat Manifesto play at the Engine Room. Surely you’ve heard of MBM, but Dalek’s 2005 release, Absence, which mixes politics and a social conscience with the band’s “industrial hip-hop,” was hailed by some critics as one of the best albums of last year. It’s definitely worth checking out. Be sure to get to the show early tyo catch Dalek live — it’s sure to be a great show.

On Saturday night, Sharks and Sailors play The Proletariat with Record Hop and Woozyhelmet. The shows starts at 9 p.m. Be sure to pick up their new EP at the show.

Also on Saturday, The Linus Pauling Quarter and The Jonx play at Rudyards.

Other shows this week include:

Wednesday (2.15.06)

The Toasters/Satori/Westbound Train/Middlefinger/The Igents @ The Meridian
BR5-49/Avett Brothers @ Warehouse Live

Thursday (2.17.06)

Juanes @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Sidehill Gougers/Brennen Leigh @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Allan Holdsworth, Chad Wackerman, & Jimmy Johnson/Beetle @ The Continental Club

Friday (2.18.06)

The Damnations TX w/ King Coal @ Rudyards
Los Skarnales/Molly & The Ringwalds @ The Continental Club
Terri Hendrix @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult @ Numbers
Don Williams @ Stafford Centre (Stafford, TX)

Saturday (2.19.06)

!HEYBALE! @ The Continental Club
Ninth Kingdom/Masochism/Axe of Vengeance/Nodens/Condemned/Cerebral Rot @ Walter’s on Washington
Monte Montgomery @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Ek$on/Tzar Bomba/Foreign Affairs @ Super Happy Fun Land
Johnny Rivers @ Stafford Centre (Stafford, TX)

Sunday (2.19.06)

Nashville Pussy @ Engine Room
Cry Blood Apache/The Strange Boys/Rua Minx @ Super Happy Fun Land
Johnny Boy Moscioni/Joel Foy @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck

Advance Warning
Don’t forget, next week there are some really great shows in town. On Thursday night (2.23.06), Houston’s Flowers to Hide open for The Warlocks at The Proletariat. On Friday (2.24.06), Flametrick Subs play at Continental Club with local punk legends The Hates. Saturday night (2.25.06) holds two great CD release shows — Arthur Yoria at The Proletariat, with Tody Castillo and Millicent Friendly, -and- Southern Backtones, with Flowers to Hide and Slovak Republic, at Rudyard’s.

On Sunday evening (2.26.06) is the Eye Captain! benefit for local drummer Richard Cholakian, who was injured late last year with a wire brush to the eye (ouch!). The benefit is at Sam’s Pub on Richmond Ave., and features local experimental rockers Peaches & Cream (6 p.m.), Zenteno (7:30 p.m.), Lazy (9 p.m.), Drop Trio (10:30), and Rich’s Eye-Sore (midnight). Donations of $10 cover (or more) accepted at door.

Also on Sunday (2.26.06) is the Smoking Popes reunion show at Walter’s on Washington. This will be a good one.

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