Readers who’ve been checking out Houston Calling for a while might remember my ramblings on my musical past–pointedly, how I was introduced to independent music and went from there. (You can read some of it here if you’re curious.) Anyway, more or less the first album that I was turned on to that was outside [...]

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I covered the The Raconteurs show at Verizon Wireless Theater last night (Thursday, 9.14.06) for Space City Rock and was blown away. I bought the band’s debut, Broken Boy Soldiers, when it came out and the songs slowly grew on me. I knew their show would be good–they’re all talented musicians and I particularly enjoy [...]

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Today’s Houston Chronicle has an interesting article/opinion about the CBS “reality show,” Rockstar: Supernova, and the potential career of Houston’s Dilana now that the show has ended. Here’s a snippet: Tom Petty sang that even the losers get lucky sometimes. Houston’s Dilana Robichaux, runner-up on the CBS reality show Rock Star Supernova, could be one [...]

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If you go to one show next week, I suggest you check out The Damnwells live at The Mink. This will be a good night of music. You can buy tickets online at the Pegstar website. It’s only $10 and none of those pesky Ticketmaster fees. If you haven’t yet heard Air Stereo, the new [...]

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Lots of good stuff here this week–Austin City Limits can be credited for much of that–including Sparklehorse at The Proletariat on Wednesday night, Calexico at Fitgerald’s on Thursday, a free Gnarls Barkley show at Warehuse Live on Thursday, The Raconteurs at Verizon on Thursday, Massive Attack on Friday night, and The Octopus Project and Enon [...]

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As previously mentioned, Satin Hooks and Motion Turns It On play with The Advantage Walter’s on Washington on Wednesday night. Lanky plays at Rudyards on Thursday night. If you haven’t yet caught his live show, come out and show your support. He’s great to see live. Drums and Tuba play with Atarimatt Super Happy Fun [...]

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Today (Sunday, 9.3.06 @ 7pm) is Organ Failure’s CD release party at Super Happy Fun Land. This is a free show which features a ton of bands and other special features. Here’s a tentative schedule of the show: Econo 7:30pm-8pm | The Dimes 8pm-8:30pm | The Bluebirds 8:30pm-9pm | Chim Charoo 9pm-9:30pm | Suspenderman 9:30pm-9:45pm [...]

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Sacramento noise-pop bands The Advantage plays with Houston’s Satin Hooks and Motion Turns It On this Wednesday night (9.8.06) at Walter’s On Washington. $8 cover at door, all ages. The show starts at 8pm. Now Playing: Mummy Calls — Self-titled

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At The Proletariat tonight (Saturday, 9.2.06), Flowers to Hide, Something Fierce, and The Blaggards will play starting at 9pm. This will be a great show — I am a fan of all three bands and always enjoy thier shows. If Britrock, punk rock, and Irish folk with a touch of 80s metal aren’t really your [...]

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I just found out about this Denver-based band called A Shoreline Dream, whose music is similar to Radiohead (Pablo Honey era), Spacemen 3, and My Bloody Valentine, or more recently, Innaway. Check out the band online at their website and on MySpace. Their album, Avoiding The Consequences comes out on September 19th. You can download [...]

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