There’s a lot going on in town this week. Tonight, The Ragged Hearts, whose new CD is available now (and is reviewed in the November issue of Envy magazine) play with Prodigal Son at The Continental Club. Miss Leslie & Her Juke Jointers are also playing.

On Thursday, Southern Backtones’ singer/guitarist Hank Schyma and John Evans (of, uh, John Evans Band) play at Cosmos (Washington Ave. @ Heights Blvd.) with Johnny Falstaff. This should be a good night of music.

Thursday is also the Burden Brothers CD release show at Warehouse Live with Paris Green and Three Fantastic. You can read an older interview with the band at Swizzle-Stick.

If you’re not into rockin’, then come to The Continental Club on Thursday to see singer/songwriter Lee Alexander. It’ll be a good one. His new CD is good. Read John Nova Lomax’s assessment of it in the Houston Press.

On Friday, The Mechanical Boy plays with Another Run, Desolate, Brown vs. Board, and Mooney Monday at Fitzgerald’s.

This Saturday (11.4.06) is the Westheimer Block Party, which features The Generic Tribe, Penny Royal, Stadium, The Medicine Show, Playground, Los Skarnales, Virgins, Million Year Dance, Poison Apple Martini, Honeysuckle, Make Your Own Maps, The Last Starfighter, Natty Turner, Scattered Pages, Standing Souls, Heist at Hand, The Contingency, Nosaprise, Skyblue 72, SinDaddy, Tzar Bomba, Nada Brahma, Mic Skills, Generation Landslide, The Jane Frequency, The Mechanical Boy, Nine Volt, Joe B., Tha Fucking Transmissions, & more. This is held in the usual spots on Westheimer: Helios, Numbers, La Strada, Mango’s. This is a free event that starts at noon and runs until 9pm. Come one, come all. This is a great way to catch a lot of great local bands.

Afterwards, go to Rudz to check out eveyrone’s favorite AC/DC cover band, Bonsfire. No, really. Check them out…
Or, check out Drop Trio with The Morrison Resurrection at The Concert Pub on Richmond Ave.

On Sunday, Social Distortion plays with Blackpool Lights and The Chelsea Smiles at Warehouse Live.

Other shows this week include:

Wednesday, 11.1.06

Fear Factory/Hypocrisy/Decapitated/Suffocation @ Warehouse Live
Witchcraft/Danava @ The Proletariat
Maria Muldaur/Tommie Lee Bradley/Ken Cordray/Janet Z. @ Fitzgerald’s
Golden Axe/400 Blows/Cop Warmth/Gay Marriage @ Rudyard’s

Thursday, 11.2.06

Bash/The Phlegmatics/Permanent Daylight @ Rudyard’s
Suicide Girls/Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re/The Watermarks @ Numbers
Youth Brigade/The Hates/LMF/Fatal Assault @ Walter’s on Washington
Scarlet Haze @ The Engine Room
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck

Friday, 11.3.06

Trivium/The Sword/Protest The Hero @ The Meridian
Primus/Drums & Tuba @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Against All Authority/The Flatliners/Time Again/The Know How @ Walter’s on Washington
Low Budget Thriller @ Rudyard’s
Junior Brown @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
The Bench, featuring The LowEnds, The Together Brothers, & DJ Iron Chic @ Warehouse Live
Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers @ Blanco’s
The Iguanas/Patricia Vonne @ The Continental Club
Lao Taijer @ 57 West Jazz Cafe

Saturday, 11.4.06

The Red Stick Ramblers/Jon Dee Graham @ The Continental Club
Dale Watson @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Miser/Drawback/A Silent Method @ Fitzgerald’s
The Lasting/Bullets on Broadway/Stompin White Pony @ Fitzdown
Sender Receiver/The Heartland/Forever Dies Tonight/Perilous Fight/All Hands On Deck/The Arcadia Crisis @ Java Junction (8302 North Eldridge Parkway)
Tret Fure @ Super Happy Fun Land
Osirus @ Last Concert Cafe
Don Omar/Aventura/Rakim & Ken-Y @ Reliant Arena
Brad Paisley/Carrie Underwood @ The Woodlands Pavilion

NOTE: Don’t forget to come to the Verizon early on Monday evening to catch The Damnwells open for The Fray. Stay for The Fray is you must, but definbitely come check out The Damnwells.