Besides The Damnwells show with DuneTX and Army of Me at The Monk on Tuesday (9.19.06), there are a number of other great shows around town this week.

Tonight (Monday, 9.18.06), Muse and The Like play at Verizon. I assume this will be a good show–I have heard Muse puts on a great show. Unfortunately, I cannot make it. I think the last time Muse was in town, they played on the U of H campus, so this should be a different show.

On Tuesday night, The Long Winters play with Austin’s What Made Milwaukee Famous at Walter’s on Washington. I really wish I could make both The Damnwells and this show. I wonder if I can at least see WMMF first…

Also, on Tuesday, Kairos plays with T.E.F., Price Taggery, and Concrete Violin at Super Happy Fun Land. I’d like to see Kairos as well.

On Thursday, Lanky plays what is probably his last Houston show of 2006 at Rudyards. He’ll be recording new material and touring the east coast during the next couple of months. I, for one, cannot wait to hear his new stuff.

Friday night, Houston’s own Orange Is In and Lee Alexander play at Rudyards, and The Dimes open for French Kicks at Walter’s (with The Little Ones and So Many Dynamos). Also, Southern Backtones plat at Helios. The latest French Kicks album will probably make my best-of list, but all of these will be great shows–so flip a coin or something…

On Saturday, I suggest checking out The Contingency at Warehouse Live. Seriously. Check the August issue of Envy magazine for an article/interview on the band. Also, Casino plays at The Mink’s Backroom with The Ragged Hearts and The Prodigal’s Sons.

Saturday night is also The Proletariat’s Anniversary Party, which features Girl Talk, Witnes, Dayta, Damon Allen, DJ Hot Sauce, Dick Almighty, Witnes, and Dayta.

On Sunday, Art Brut–whose album I cannot stop listening to for some odd reason–open for We Are Scientists at Warehouse Live. The Spinto Band round out the bill.

Other shows this week include:

Monday, 9.18.06

Amber Pacific/This Day and Age/Just Surrender/October Fall/All Time Low @ The Meridian
Daughters/Russian Circles/The Roller @ Walter’s on Washington
Cop Warmth/The Amoeba Men/Hallelujah!/The Sporatics @ Super Happy Fun Land

Tuesday, 9.19.06

The Kings of Leon/The Stills @ The Meridian
Shakira/Wyclef Jean @ Toyota Center
Bayou City Saints/Second Chance/I Am Wolf/LMF @ The White Swan
Ginger Leigh/Susan Gibson @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
DJ Paramour/Underwarranty @ The Proletariat

Wednesday, 9.20.06

Brazil/Lola Ray @ The Meridian
The Lost Keys/Catch 35/Savoy Special @ The Proletariat
Architecture in Helsinki/The Blow @ Warehouse Live
Shindig/Free Range Robots @ Super Happy Fun Land
Dead End Cowboys @ The Continental Club
Tommie Lee Bradley @ Fitzdown

Thursday, 9.21.06

Alpha Rev @ Rudyard’s
Druha Trava @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
The Gossip/Mika Miko/Le Thargic @ Walter’s on Washington
Lebanon/The Snake Trap/Sinews/Ayn @ Super Happy Fun Land
Rockbox!, featuring Mai, DJ Cuba Gooding Jr., Witnes, & Dayta @ The Proletariat
Ray Cashman @ The Continental Club
Shawn Barker @ Stafford Centre (Stafford)

Friday, 9.22.06

Jet @ Warehouse Live
Chris Brown/Ne-Yo/Juelz Santana/Lil’ Wayne/Dem Franchize Boys @ Woodlands Pavilion
The Small Sounds/The Texas Sapphires @ The Continental Club
Unearth/Bleeding Through/Terror/Through the Eyes of the Dead/Animosity @ The Meridian
Saturate/Vaeda/Oedipus Complex/Laotzu @ Fitzdown
Dcyfer/Dawn Over Zero/Rainchild/Under the Green @ Fitzgerald’s
Latin Live Supershow 2006, featuring Optimo, Extreme, Aventura, Toby Love, Ivy Queen, Noriega, Rico Luna, & more @ 610 Arena (610 & Crestmont)
B-Side the Strange One/DJ Klinch/DJ Fo/Hundred Dolla Jonnie/The Clever Monkeys/Chuck T/Inspired 12/The Windtalkaz/Separated @ Birth @ Super Happy Fun Land
Cheryl Wheeler @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
The Brad Boyer Band @ The Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe

Saturday, 9.23.06

Avenger/The Seabrook Rude Boys/Heptic Skeptic/Captain Bringdown and The Buzzkillers/Stuck Lucky/The Jane Frequency @ Fitzdown
Rok’Um Sok’Um Midget Wrestling, featuring The Flamin’ Hellcats @ The Meridian
Amplified Heat/The Ugly Beats/Split Hoof @ Rudyard’s
Two Tons of Steel @ The Continental Club
The Colour/The Shys @ Walter’s on Washington
The Contingency @ Warehouse Live
TAD/Green Devon/Zapp em Dead/Klamath Falls/The Arcadia Crisis/AD @ Java Junction (8302 North Eldridge Parkway)
Dine Alone/August House/Chrome 44/Eve of Autumn @ Fitzgerald’s
Kelly Willis @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Gary Puckett and the Association @ Stafford Centre (Stafford)
Mark Zeus @ The Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe

Sunday, 9.24.06

Bullet for My Valentine/Eighteen Visions @ The Meridian
The Creeping Nobodies/Cry Blood Apache/The Wiggins @ The White Swan
Consumed/Lay to Waste/Expiration @ Walter’s on Washington
Emo Side Project/Nada Brahma/Jinxed at Twelve/A December Tragedy @ Super Happy Fun Land
Roger Turner/Rob Cambre/David Dove @ Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex
Tony Joe White @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck

Have a good week.

Advance warning: Houston’s Flowers to Hide will open for Serena Maneesh–whose record is great–next Saturday night (9.30.06) at The Proletariat around 9pm. Also on the bill are Woven Hand (Denver, CO) and Evangelicals (Norman, OK). $10 tickets at Sound Exchange or $12 at door. This is an all ages show. Don’t miss it.