Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
This weekend marks the beginning of South By Due East 2006, which is held at Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar in the Heights. Musicians will perform on two stages from Saturday, 3.18.06 to Tuesday, 3.21.06.
SXDE features more than 50 local and national touring acts, all showcasing original music. You’ll see Zydeco Queens […]
Entries from March 2006
Houston’s South By Due East 2006
March 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment
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Blondie in Texas
March 16th, 2006 · 5 Comments
Here’s a chance for some free stuff:
Celebrate Blondie’s newest release Greatest Hits: Sound & Vision, and be a part of their last U.S. tour EVER! 1 grand prize winner will receive a pair of ticket to the Blondie/The New Cars concert on May 13th at Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie in Grand Prairie, TX. 5 […]
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The week in Houston rock
March 13th, 2006 · No Comments
SXSW is this week in Austin, so there are a lot of shows passing through town.
Mogwai plays Tuesday night (3.14.06) at Numbers. This is going to be a good show — get your tickets from Super Unison.
Houston musician Lanky also plays Tuesday at The Big Top (3700 Main St, a few doors down from the […]
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Sunday Sessions at Dean’s
March 12th, 2006 · No Comments
Tonight (Sunday, 3.12.06), is the weekly Sunday Sessions series downtown at Dean’s Credit Clothing (316 Main).
Tonight’s series features musicians Greg Klyma, Jennifer Fitts, and Steve Reno. 8pm.
This evening at 6 pm, Arthur Yoria and Tody Castillo play an in-store at Cactus Music and Video.
Enjoy.
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Pale at Engine Room
March 11th, 2006 · No Comments
On Monday, March 13th, Houston rockers Pale will be at The Engine Room with Los Angeles bands Clear Static and Shiny Toy Guns. they reportedly will be previewing some songs that will be on the next Pale record.
Enjoy.
Now Playing: Beans — Only
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A new generation latches onto classic rock
March 11th, 2006 · Comments Off on A new generation latches onto classic rock
This is a great article — and good news. As jaded a music listener as I may be, there is one thing I am, and will always be, a fan of: “classic rock.” Stuff like Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Hendrix, Grateful Dead.
Rolling Stone recently ran an article about a sector […]
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Southern Backtones, Bring Back the Guns, Arthur Yoria, Tody Castillo
March 10th, 2006 · No Comments
The contest is over. Congrats to Geremy George for winning The Subways CD and tickets to their concert at The Meridian.
In other news…
Tonight, Southern Backtones will play a show at Helios at midnight. Enjoy them while they’re still in Houston. The band recently signed a deal to get their song “Forever” available digitally in the […]
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Free tickets to The Subways’ Houston show
March 10th, 2006 · 3 Comments
The first person who posts below my post will win a free guest list spot (+1) to the upcoming concert by The Subways at The Meridian’s Red Room on Sunday, March 19th.
The winner will also receive a free copy of the band’s CD, Young For Eternity, courtesy of Filter.
Good luck!
I will post when it’s done.
Now […]
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KPFT hosts SXSW preview show
March 8th, 2006 · No Comments
This Friday from 1-3 p.m., KPFT 90.1 FM’s RadioACTIVE will host a SXSW preview show of a few of the Houston bands performing at this year’s SXSW
RadioACTIVE will feature God’s Temple of Family Deliverance, Makeshifte, Dizzy Pilot, and maybe The Dimes.
Tune in from 1 to 3 p.m. this Friday. For more info on RadioACTIVE, visit […]
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The week in Houston rock
March 7th, 2006 · No Comments
Last night’s BRMC show at The Meridian was, as expected, well-attended and two hours of great music. Rumor has it that Peter Hayes from BRMC and members of The Morning After Girls played acoustic sets at The Proletariat after the show. Sorry to have missed that…
Since the music portion of South By Southwest in Austin […]
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