Tonight!
View the flyer here.

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Flowers to Hide
Demos
Paying homage to Britrock and late seventies rock is a gamble for bands these days, but those that can pull it off in new and interesting ways offer listeners more than just the requisite jangle and drone from drug-addled misfits suckling at the teats of shoegazers and psychedelic garage bands (not that it’s […]

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Come out to Dan Electro’s tonight (even after BSS or Pete Yorn) to see Houston’s rock and rollers Casino. They go on around 10pm or so.
You can hear some of the band’s music on MySpace.
Now Playing: Pale — Here

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Tonight’s a great night for shows around town. Canada’s Broken Social Scene play with Do Make Say Think at Warehouse Live. Had I not seen them live at SXSW a couple of years ago, I’d probably go see Pete Yorn at The Meridian, but BSS put on an amazing live show so I don’t want […]

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Casino‘s Damon Murrah has a great post about his experience at Sunday night’s Rolling Stones show in Austin.
Here’s a snippet:

I don’t think there was anyone more skeptical than me. Everything I’ve heard, everything I ever saw, everything about a Rolling Stones stadium-extravaganza foretold a less-than-fruitful experience. In fact, any stadium experience is gonna […]

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Tonight, Joseph Arthur and Annie Stella play The Meridian. I heard the Dallas show was amazing, so I can only assume this one will be as well…
On Wednesday night (10.25.06), Sharks and Sailors play with Caspian, Listen Listen, and Seraphim at Walter’s on Washington. Bring you own taser.
Also on Wednesday: the Houston Press Concert Series, […]

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You can view a pretty cool video for The Raconteurs’ “Level” here.
Despite what Pitchfork has to say, watching this video reinforces my thoughts about how great of a show the band put on recently at the Verizon. They’re really good live.

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Thanks to everyone that came out to the happy hour show yesterday at The Proletariat. We had a good crowd, great music, and the bands made a little money. All in all, I’d say it was a success.
I appreciate all of the support. Special thanks to all of the bands — Something Fierce, Southern Backtones, […]

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Please make plans to come out to The Proletariat TONIGHT (Monday, October 23rd) from 7-10pm for the Houston Calling happy hour show I organized.

Here are links to the bands’ websites:
Bright Men Of Learning
Something Fierce
Southern Backtones
You can also download a podcast I made to advertise the show. Right-click this link to download the file. The podcast […]

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Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis plays at Number’s tonight (Sunday, 10.22.06) with her side project, The Watson Twins. Okkervil River and Oakley Hall open te show, which starts at 8:30pm.
More information at the SuperUnison website.

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