I highly suggest you check out Low.Z and Gil Mantera’s Party Dream at their early shows at The Proletariat today. There are three bands on the bill, and it is scheduled to start at 6pm due to the HoustonSoReal-sponsored DJ event at 9pm. That show features OxyCottonTail, among others.
Just go listen to the bands online […]

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I have been told some pretty bad things recently about a local club called The Coffee Retreat/The Dark Room out off Hwy. 529. They have treated some Houston bands poorly, refusing to pay them or refusing to pay minor expenses after the club cancelled gigs or refused to let them play.
They also typically charge $10 […]

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There is definitely some great local music this Saturday night (9.2.06) — Luxurious Panthers at Walter’s, Something Fierce and The Blaggards at The Proletariat, and Tody Castillo at The Continental Club with another great musician, Austin Collins. And, Dallas indie rockers The Deathray Davies play at Rudyard’s.
On Wedneday, Chris Knudson plays The Continental Club. You […]

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Delusions of Adequacy has one of my favorite albums (I sometimes listen to it while exercising) as its “Underappreciated Album of the Month” — The Verve’s A Storm In Heaven.
Here’s a snippet:

A highly burnished synthesis of the warbling hard rock of the Doors, the infinite rhythmic groove of Can, the space-fried improvisations of Yeti-era Amon […]

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Stadium, Sitka Sound, and Buckley play tonight at Walter’s. This is Buckley’s CD release show, so be sure to come out and pick up new music. The door open at 8pm, show starts at 9pm.

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That’s right, lanky and the john evans band this Friday night at Cosmo’s!!
Tonight (Friday, 8.25.06), catch local musicians Lanky and the John Evans Band at Cosmos (69 Heights Blvd. @ Washington Ave.).
Show time is 9pm.
Also, you can read articles on both musicians in the August issue of ENVY Magazine. If you haven’t yet picked up […]

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Today’s SugarHill Sessions on 90.1 KPFT hosts one of Houston’s best new bands, Spain Colored Orange, who recently were voted Local Musician of the Year, Best Indie Rock, Best Keyboardist, and Album of the Year.
This month’s session includes an in-studio performance by the band, which play songs off their 2006 EP, em>Hopelessly Incapable Of Standing […]

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Just a reminder that Primal Scream’s latest album, Riot City Blues, was just released in the U.S. this week. The band will be touring soon (here’s hoping for a Houston date).
Visit the band online at their official site or on MySpace.
You can listen to a stream of the recent Primal Scream single, “Country Girl,” below.
WM […]

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Tonight (Wednesday, 8.23.06), come out to The Continental Club (Main St. near W. Alabama) to catch three great local bands. First up is Miss Leslie and Her Juke-Jointers, who go on for the happy hour set from 7-10pm.
Houston Press Music Awards winners (for best traditional rock) Southern Backtones go on at 10pm and the […]

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VH1 Classic: We Are The ’80s
Loverboy / Eddie Money / Scandal / Rick Springfield
Sony/BMG
The eighties is a funny decade. On one hand, some of the finest, most memorable music of the century was released. On another, some of the most forgettable music was also created. None of the former […]

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