Tonight (10.7.06), the Houston Press music award-winning Drop Trio will play in Houston at Helios. The show starts at 9:30 and the band will play two long sets. For $5 cover (18 & up), this is a steal.
You can also catch Drop Trio tomorrow afternoon (Sunday, 10.8.06) at 3:30pm at Texas House Concerts, playing with […]

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I’d have to say that the Engine Room is the place to be for a good show tonight. The Ragged Hearts will play their CD release show for their new CD, Her Bright White Light, which was releaded Tuesday.
To hear The Ragged Hearts’ music, visit their MySpace page.
Tody Castillo and Arthur Yoria are also playing […]

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Tonight (Tuesday, 10.3.06), is the new weekly Tuesday Night Music Club, an open mic and networking gathering for musicians and anyone that wants to get better acquainted with the local music scene and various creative outlets. This takes place each Tuesday night at Cosmos (Washington Ave. @ Heights).
On Friday night (10.6.06), there is a great […]

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Check out Pitchfork‘s review of the new Jet album.
Ouch.

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Earlier this summer, a friend of mine turned me on to a relatively new local band called Blades. I caught the band live at Rudyards about a month ago and loved it. It’s that instrumental rock stuff that almost always impresses me.
They have a live version of a new song called “Thickass Cables” on their […]

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Tonight (Monday, 10.2.06), the Monday Sessions at Dean’s Credit Clothing features Lee Scaffolds, Cory Todd, and Gretchen from The Western Civilization.
The Monday Sessions run each Monday night downtown at Dean’s from 8-11pm.

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Local hardcore band The Jonbenet were SPIN magazine’s “Artist Of The Day” on September 22, 2006.
Here’s some of what the magazine had to say:

Ugly/Heartless is both the name of the album and a fair introduction to the disc’s contents: Murland screeches and wails through a thrashing set of tunes that will get you banging your […]

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