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Entries from May 2006

Fondue Monks at Engine Room

May 8th, 2006 · No Comments

Houston’s favorite funk-rock combo, Fondue Monks, are playing a downtown gig at the Engine Room this Friday night (5.12.06). Be sure to come out and show your support for these guys — you know it’s been a while since you’ve seen them, right?
Fondue Monks bassist Rozz Zamorano is currently working on his second solo release […]

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The weekend in Houston rock

May 5th, 2006 · No Comments

Here’s some of the stuff going on around Houston this weekend.
Tonight (Friday, 5.5.06)
Flaming Hellcats @ Rudyard’s
Rock-N-Roll for a Reason Leukemia Benefit, featuring Pennyroyal, House of Moist, & Psychosis @ The Engine Room
Los Skarnales/Los Supervatos/Molly & the Ringwalds @ The Continental Club
Matt Costa/The 88 @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Tody Castillo @ Briar Shoppe
Tzar Bomba/Warsaw Taxi/Chim Charoo/Alan […]

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Article on John Evans Band in this week’s Chronicle

May 4th, 2006 · No Comments

You can read it here.

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Tzar Bomba hosts Cinco de Mayo party at SHFL

May 3rd, 2006 · No Comments

This Friday night at Super Happy Fun Land, Tzar Bomba is hosting a Cinco de Mayo party with Stare Decisis, Warsaw Taxi, Chim Charoo, and rapper Kane Frost. Local comedian Alan Ostrovsky will be hosting the night.
Enjoy.

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A couple of notable new releases this week

May 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

The new album by Tool, 10000 Days, was released today, as was the debut by Australian hard rockers Wolfmother. I highly recommend both records.
You can read more about Wolfmother here.
You can see more new releases at Insound. It’s a good place to buy CDs and the occasional vinyl online.
Now Playing: Wolfmother

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Local rapper killed in overnight shooting

May 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment

Local rapper HAWK, who had recently released a CD, was killed in an overnight shooting in Houston. Details are minimal, but the Houston Chronicle and the HoustonSoReal blog both have information on their websites.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3834071.html
http://houstonsoreal.blogspot.com
Now Playing: David Gilmour — On An Island

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Austin Collins Houston shows

May 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

Austin musician Austin Collins is in town this week for a couple of shows. The first is Tuesday night (5.2.06) at the Mucky Duck. The other show is at the Armadillo Palace. I suggest hitting the Mucky Duck show — I caught Collins’ set at Waterloo Ice House in Austin during SXSW and was impressed.
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