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 […]
Entries from February 2006
The week in Houston rock
February 15th, 2006 · No Comments
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Flowers to Hide to open for The Warlocks in Houston
February 10th, 2006 · No Comments
Local rockers Flowers To Hide will open for The Warlocks at their Houston show on Thursday, February 23rd at The Proletariat. This is a SuperUnison show, which means you can buy your tickets in advance online at their website: www.superunison.com. This is sure to be a packed show, so get your tickets now ($10 in […]
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New local music promotion group
February 10th, 2006 · 1 Comment
One of the coolest chicks (I can use the word chicks, right?) in local music — Logan Bosemer — has branched out with her own promotion company, Miscellaneous Music Group. As part of Dan Workman Music (he of Sugar Hill Studios fame), she’s been helping out local acts like John Evans Band, Southern Backtones, Glenna […]
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Fondue Monks at the beach
February 9th, 2006 · No Comments
This Saturday (2.11.06), Houston’s Fondue Monks play the historic Balinese Room in sunny, breezy Galveston. It’s on Seawall Blvd., so take the short-ish drive down and enjoy some live music.
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The week in Houston rock
February 8th, 2006 · No Comments
It’s a week of new stuff.
On Thursday (2.9.06) skyblue72 will host a CD release show at Twelve Spot. Friday night (2.10.06), The Riff Tiffs play their CD release show at Super Happy Fun Land with The Dimes, Another Run, King Louie & the Swinging Monkeys, and Bojones. On Saturday (2.11.06), Three Fantastic plays their […]
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Houston Music Rountable tonight
February 7th, 2006 · No Comments
This just in:
This month at the Houston Music Roundtable, join entertainment attorney Mary Jane Hancock for a meetup on the topic of “Houston Media Source”. Learn about TV opportunities for local musicians.
The Roundtable is held on the first Tuesday of every month (tonight, Feb 7th 2006), at Under The Volcano (2348 Bissonnet, near Rice Village). […]
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Southern Backtones launch new website, plan CD release show
February 5th, 2006 · Comments Off on Southern Backtones launch new website, plan CD release show
Go here to visit the new and improved Southern Backtones website. The band is reissuing their stellar self-titled CD with a handful of newly recorded tracks (which you can listen to right now on the band’s MySpace site).
The band plays a Kinky Friedman benefit on February 11th and will play their CD release show at […]
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Out and about tonight
February 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on Out and about tonight
Tonight’s Spoon show with Sons of Hercules at Numbers is sold out, so go check out Dizzy Pilot at Walter’s with the impressive Over Sea, Under Stone and The Wiggins. This should be a great show.
Here are a few of the other shows around town this weekend:
Eye Against w/ The Igents, Will To Live, […]
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Cactus Music & Video to close this March (wah!)
February 3rd, 2006 · 6 Comments
Sad news:
Cactus Music & Video, one of Houston’s best-loved and best-stocked independent music retailers, will close on March 31.
General manager Quinn Bishop announced the closing in a letter today.
Several reasons for the closing were cited. On the business side, Bishop’s letter mentioned industry-wide problems that have plagued the music business: high list prices and […]
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Pop Songwriter Night at Rudz — Listen Up Ya’ll
February 2nd, 2006 · No Comments
Tonight, catch local musicians Lanky, Mando Saenz, and Chris Sacco (of duneTX) at Rudyards for the first Listen Up Ya’ll of 2006.
This show will start (yes, actually start) at 9 p.m. Doors at 8:30. $6 cover.
Rudyards is located at 2010 Waugh in Houston. http://www.rudyards.com
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