Check out the recently uploaded demo version of “Johnny and Paul” written and performed by local musician Chris Knudson, and inspired by the partnership of Houston-based jeweler Johnny Dang and international rap star Paul Wall.
Hear it and more at the Chris Knudson MySpace page.

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There are some good shows this week, along them John Evans at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck on Tuesday, May 30th.
On Wednesday at The Proletariat, catch All In Your Head, Million Year Dance, Tony Bandanas, DJ Suma, and Simiyu.
On Thursday, I suggest heading to Houston’s concert hotspot, Warehouse Live, to see Austin’s The Octopus Project and dios […]

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Spend your Memorial Day at Rudyard’s for their Memorial Day party, which features Tody Castillo, The Rehabilateens, Fired For Walking, Whorehound, Golden Axe, Something Fierce, and more.
The festivities begin at 1 pm.

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This just in!
Drop Trio is playing a show tonight at Cafe Brasil on Westheimer.
Come out and show your support.
Visit Drop Trio online here.

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KPFT’s radioACTIVE plays host to the Sugar Hill Session No. 2, which features local bands Ume and Bring Back the Guns. Be sure to tune in today from 2-3pm.
Both bands play tonight at Rudyard’s with Sharks and Sailors. Visit Ume’s website here. Visit Bring Back the Guns online here.
You can listen online here.

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Thursday night is the second installment of JamHouston.com‘s Extemp-O-Rama at Super Happy Fun Land. This improv show features Plump, Blendt, Graham Reynolds, and Brandon A. Brown.
This Friday night (5.26.06), three of Houston’s finest indie rock bands — Ume, Sharks and Sailors, and Bring Back the Guns — play at Rudyard’s. The shows starts at 10pm, […]

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Tonight at Super Happy Fun Land, Atlanta’s The Press play with Bang Sugar Bang. Showtime is 8pm. This should be an incredible show. I recently got a copy of The Press’ The Red Comes Ringin’ 7″ / Noxious Saucy Beast EP — it’s one of those crazy, all-over-the-place records that mixes styles, from pop, underground, […]

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I recently came across this article, which reports Dixie Chick member Martie Maguire as saying the following:
“I’d rather have a small following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and […]

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Obviously, Tool is a major influence on today’s rockers. Just as Limp Bizbit and Korn spawned nu-metal imitators during the mid-nineties, hard-edged bands for the most part now stay a good distance away from the stereotypical rap rock genre and stick with the tried-and-true. There are a few exceptions here, however. Lonestar Pornstar, voted “Best […]

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This just in from the guys in Strangelight:

Dear Strangelight Family,
It is with sadness that we announce the dissolution of Strangelight. We want to offer great thanks and gratitude to you, our fans, friends, and fellow bands, for the support you have given us over the past 5 years. Each of our lives has been enriched […]

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