Local rockers Pale will play Envy magazine’s issue release party tonight at The Roof. You can get on the VIP list by visiting the magazine’s MySpace page and doing some text message thing. The VIP event runs from 7-9pm.
That’s tonight, Friday the 13th at The Roof (2600 Travis at McGowen).
Pale can be found on the […]

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This Sunday (10.15.06), KPFT is hosting a special free hip hop show at Miller Outdoor Theater.
Here’s what HoustonSoReal‘s Matt Sonzala says about the event:

Damage Control, The Groove and SOS Radio are presenting some of the newest, freshest hip hop talent Texas has to offer. MOJOE is headining. They are from San Antonio and have a […]

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Local musician Jenny Westbury will be today’s guest on KPFT’s radioACTIVE show from 2-3pm on 90.1FM (or stream online at www.kpft.org. She will play some tunes live and discuss her music. If you like Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley) or Liz Phair you should tune in.
The show will also include some “Friday-the-13th-Bad-Luck” songs as well. Be […]

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Fallcore is this Saturday (10.14.06) at The Meridian. Doors open at 1pm and the bands start at 2pm. This is an all ages show.
The Meridian is located across Hwy 59 from the George R. Brown Convention Center just off the feeder road at 1503 Chartres in downtown Houston. There’s plenty of parking in the parking […]

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Right-click this link to download my very first podcast, which I created to help promote the upcoming Houston Calling happy hour show at The Proletariat on Monday, October 23rd, from 7-10pm.
The podcast features the music of the bands playing the happy hour show — Houston’s own Bright Men Of Learning, Something Fierce, and Southern […]

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The Chronicle has a good article about Scattered Pages. Check it out here.

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Regardless of your political views, you should come out this Sunday to The Continental Club for the Kinky Friedman fundrasier. There are four great local bands performing.
Here’s the line-up:
The El Orbits
orange is in
John Evans Band
Southern Backtones
The shows starts at 6pm and runs until 11pm (in the order listed above). Hope to see you there.

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MyCityRocks.com is hosting the Stand Against Violence event this Saturday (October 14, 2006), in Webster.
Here’s some of the press release:

At a time in which the news media is filled with stories of horrific acts of violence being committed against young women in our schools, and in support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, MyCityRocks (http://www.MyCityRocks.com) invites […]

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There’s a lot of good music around town this week.
Tonight (Monday, 10.9.06), you can catch the talented Matt Wertz with Justin Rosolino at Warehouse Live. Or, head over to Walter’s to see The Hold Steady and Sean Na Na with Houston’s own Bright Men of Learning.
On Tuesday night, Bane plays with Strike Anywhere, A Global […]

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This is hilarious. Someone has taken the time to slow down songs from Houston punk band Something Fierce‘s recent debut CD, Come For The Bastards, and has posted it on MySpace under the Something Screwed moniker.
Check it here.
You can listen to the real thing on Something Fierce’s MySpace page and also see them live on […]

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