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, 21+ only. Cover is $8.

Also on Friday, Pushmonkey and Vallejo play at Forgettaboutit (Jones Rd. at Grant Rd. in NW Houston).

Saturday is the rain date for Westfest 2006. The show this year features great music by a ton of local musicians, including The Dimes, PennyRoyal, Arthur Yoria, J.W. Americana, The Generic Tribe, Medicine Show, Million Year Dance, Q.U.E., The Program, The Riff Tiffs, Skyblue72, The Mechanical Boy, Studemont Project, Morgue City, Eldridge, DubTex, Vicarious Me, The Wiggins, Los de Verdad, Vibe Committee, bojones, Eye Against, Seraphim, Clouseaux, Bowel, Sean Reefer and the Resin Valley Boys, Two Star Symphony, Guy Schwartz, Tody Castillo, Liviya Compean, Bullets on Broadway, A-S-H-S, Otenki, Jack in the Pulpit, & more. Just go to the Numbers/Helios area on Westheimer (near Montrose) and you’ll see the festivities.

On Saturday night, Flowers to Hide, Casino, and The Mechanical Boy play at The Proletariat. This will be an incredible night of rock.

Saturday night is also Permanent Daylight’s CD release show at Rudyard’s with Deep Ella and Luxurata.

Also on Saturday, Eagles of Death Metal and The Giraffes play at Warehouse Live. Snow Patrol, Augustana, and The Duke Spirit play the Verizon Wireless Theater. You can check out some audio streams of EODM’s songs below:

“I Gotta Feeling” (RM / WM)

“Cherry Cola” (RM / WM)

For those who enjoy more rock than pop, Lizzy Borden and W.A.S.P. play at Forgettaboutit.

Other shows this week include:

Wednesday, 5.24.06

Tim Sweeney @ A38
Tiesto/Sean Carnahan @ Warehouse Live
The Haymakers @ The Continental Club
The Press/Band Sugar Bang @ Super Happy Fun Land

Thursday, 5.25.06

Liars/The Apes/Deerhunter @ Walter’s on Washington
Extemp-O-Rama, featuring Plump, Blendt, Graham Reynolds, & Brandon A. Brown @ Super Happy Fun Land
Train/Need to Breathe @ Verizon Wireless Theater
The Lions/Max Cady/Fired for Walking @ Rudyard’s
Jimmy Lynch/Longpoint/Brandon Matthew @ Fitzdown
Pinmonkey @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Tom Ben Lindley @ The Continental Club
Playground/The Interest Kills/The Riff Tiffs @ The Engine Room

Friday, 5.26.06

The Epoxies/The Phenomenauts/Teenage Bottlerocket/O Pioneers!!! @ Walter’s on Washington
UME/Sharks and Sailors/Bring Back the Guns @ Rudyard’s
His Name Is Alive/Nomo @ The Proletariat
Cocker Spaniels/Emperor X/The Pilot Lights/The Dimes @ Super Happy Fun Land
Plastilina Mosh/Kinky @ Warehouse Live
Dremt the End @ The Engine Room
Juan Gotti/Easy Jesus Coe/Rasheed/Low-G/Quota/Fliero/Grimm/Stooie Bros./Killa/J Big/BIGBIZ/Bronse/Dirty Werk/D Ray/Mr. Mata/Baby Bash @ The Meridian
James Hunter/Thunderado @ The Continental Club
Patrice Pike @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Neopocracy/1000 Mile Stare/Duro/Deep 6/Lao Tzu @ Fitzgerald’s
ERASEtheVIRUS/Supavillain/Quartershackle/Deus Machina @ Fitzdown
Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers @ Blanco’s

Saturday, 5.27.06

Eagles of Death Metal/The Giraffes @ Warehouse Live
Community Garden Fundraiser, featuring Two Star Symphony, Helicopter Jones, Chim Charoo, & Econo @ Bill Hicks Resurrection Labs (2915 Delafield)
Flowers to Hide/Casino/The Mechanical Boy @ The Proletariat
Snow Patrol/Augustana/The Duke Spirit @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Sue Foley/Two Hoots & A Holler @ The Continental Club
Deep Ella/Permanent Daylight (CD release)/Luxurata @ Rudyard’s
Kelly Willis @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Cinema of Fear/Triseven/Zen Philosophy/Sever the Silence @ Fitzdown
Deafening/Sevrin/Advent/Saturate/Bless The Broken @ The Engine Room
Blabat/Downtown Grapeshot Band/South Chamber Trio @ Super Happy Fun Land
Trellis/Dog Man Poets @ Fitzgerald’s
Pride Battle of the Bands Voting, featuring Skyblue72 @ Chances

Sunday, 5.28.06

People Under The Stairs/Time Machine/Gym Class Heroes/Psalm One @ Warehouse Live
Glass Candy/Chromatics/Dum Dum Crue @ Rudyard’s
King’s X/Mardo/Rowe @ The Engine Room
Astrogenic Hallucinauting/Murex/The Secret Geography/Respirator/Crawling Iris/S-21/Pedestrian Deposit/Oscillating Innards @ Super Happy Fun Land
Big Brown Truck @ The Proletariat
Katt Williams & Friends @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Have a good week.

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