Tonight (Tuesday, 7.18.06), the legendary The English Beat play at The Meridian. At Walter’s, Dillinger Escape Plan play with Disrhythmia and Golden Axe.

Warehouse Live hosts Funk-N-Rock, featuring IV Thieves, Deafening, Little Brother Project, and Casino.

On Wednesday, Dashboard Confessional play the Verizon with /Say Anything and Ben Lee.

On Thursday, The Format plays with Rainer Maria and Anathallo at Numbers. I was recently turned on to The Format, and can honestly say their music is full of poppy goodness. You should check them out.

Friday, go check out Lanky at Rudyards with Alpha Rev and The Warning.

Saturday is Fitzgerald’s 29th Birthday Party, featuring 30footFALL, O’Doyle Rules, Al Shire, and Tripp Von Slipp.

Other shows this week:

Tuesday, 7.18.06

Park @ Super Happy Fun Land
Chris Knight @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Sean Reefer and the Resin Valley Boys @ Fitzdown
5.Bolt.Main/Neverset/Melovine/Saturate/Under The Green @ The Engine Room

Wednesday, 7.29.06

Clouseaux @ The Continental Club
Satin Hooks/All Things Are Lights/Warmer Milks @ The Proletariat
Information Tree/W-S Burn @ Super Happy Fun Land
36 Crazyfists/Re:Ignition/Falling Closer/Trigger Point/Cellcyst/Before There Was Rosalyn @ The Engine Room
Dark Faith/Cerebral Rot @ Walter’s on Washington
A.J. Croce/Steve Poltz @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Folly/Drop Dead, Gorgeous/Look What I Did/The Human Abstract/Black Box @ Java Jazz Coffeehouse (Spring)

Thursday, 7.20.06

The Flairs/Morgue City/Sister For Sale/Truth Breaks Down @ The Engine Room
USS Horsewhip/Something Fierce @ Rudyard’s
Danava/Wires on Fire/Snow Foxxes @ Walter’s on Washington
Another Werewolf Western Showcase No. 3, featuring Blackberry Smoke, Steven Reynolds & The Texas Two, & The U-Joints @ The Meridian
Reckless Kelly @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Arielle Silver @ Fitzdown
Ooga Booga/Mt. Gigantic/Jimmy Smith/Harmonious Monk @ Super Happy Fun Land

Friday, 7.21.06

Wayne “The Train” Hancock/Los Skarnales @ Fitzgerald’s
GWAR/As I Lay Dying/In Flames/Trivium/Cannibal Corpse/Terror/Behemoth/The Chariot/Through the Eyes of the Dead @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Midlake/Robert Gomez @ The Proletariat
Circa Survive/YouInSeries/The Receiving End of Sirens/Days Away @ Warehouse Live
Alpha Rev/The Warning/Lanky @ Rudyard’s
Skandhas/Latin Dynasty/Supersonic Regulators @ Super Happy Fun Land
The Romeo Dogs/The Dead End Cowboys @ Fitzdown
SS-Kaliert/Damage Case/Our Corpse Destroyed/The Quarentines/Countless Victims/Fatal Assault @ The Southmore House
Jimmy Lafave @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Pig/Mindless Faith/Digital Mindy/ERASEtheVIRUS @ The Engine Room
Joe Bonamassa/Tracy Conover @ The Meridian
Doyle Bramhall Sr./Seth Walker @ The Continental Club
Bout Time @ Sansone’s (14144 Westheimer)
Theory of a Deadman/Lynam/Anubis @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Saturday, 7.22.06

Fitzgerald’s 29th Birthday Party, featuring 30footFALL, O’Doyle Rules, Al Shire, & Tripp Von Slipp @ Fitzgerald’s
Three Fantastic/The Squishees/’Lectric Ninja @ Rudyard’s
The Ka-Nives/The Turkeys @ The Proletariat (early show)
Bob Wall @ The Vintage Bar
Lederhosen Lucil/DJ Jester the Filipino Fist/DJ Ceeplus & the House of Bad Knives @ The Proletariat
Dale Watson @ The Continental Club
Eye Against/Stadium/The Virgins/The Armada/Left Out/DJ Moonstomp/DJ Tiburon @ Fitzdown
Asylum Street Spankers @ Super Happy Fun Land (8PM)
New Mexican Disaster Squad/I Would Set Myself On Fire For You @ Walter’s on Washington
Paul Simon @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Django Walker/South First Band @ Sansone’s (14144 Westheimer)
Slightly Stoopid/Shark Attack @ Warehouse Live
Billie & Willey’s Classic Bike & Hotrod Show, featuring Flamin’ Hellcats, Hell City Kings, Donkey Punch, Zipperneck, The Highspeed Heartaches, Right On, Sugarball Express, & The Phantom Pains @ The Meridian
James Hand/Idgy Vaughn @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Doc Scott @ The Meridian
Rowe/Deafening/Popsy/Channel/Perkins @ The Engine Room
Torque @ Hotrods & Harleys

Sunday, 7.23.06

The Appleseed Cast/Criteria/Russian Circles/Radio Pioneer @ Walter’s on Washington
Mon Frere/The Pharmacy/Bullets on Broadway @ The Engine Room
Glass Intrepid/City Sleeps/Makeshifte/Paris Green @ Warehouse Live
Juntos en Concierto @ Toyota Center
Teddy Geiger @ The Meridian
Dot Heaven/TEF/Gil San Marcos/Ferveur Noire @ Super Happy Fun Land
The Black Diamond Revue @ Fitzgerald’s
Goodnight Records Showcase, featuring NINEVOLT & more @ Numbers (6PM)
Tommie Lee Bradley (CD release) @ Fitzdown
Southerly/Lauren Hoffman @ The Proletariat
Songwriters Night, featuring Walt Wilkins & Jason Eady @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Set Your Goals/The Distance @ Java Jazz Coffeehouse (Spring)

And please don’t forget to come out to the first-ever Houston Calling happy hour, featuring The Dimes, Sitka Sound, Miranda Sound, and Tody Castillo at The Proletariat, on Monday, July 24th, from 6-10pm.