From Reuters: Julian Lennon, the 44-year-old elder son of John Lennon, has sold a financial stake in his late father’s compositions for the Beatles to Primary Wave Music Publishing, a year-old New York City concern, The Wall Street Journal reported. The deal is to be announced on Friday, the Journal said. Terms of the deal [...]

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Pale, whose recently released Mandatory Ambulance EP refuses to leave my head, plays at the official grand opening of James “Hellvis” Moody’s Full Throttle Coffee & Gallery this Friday night. Come early for some coffee and to check out the new place. Full Throttle opens on Friday at 7pm and the band goes on around [...]

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Saturday’s KTRU thing was great — except for the smell of DNR beef and prom-like gymnasium feel, that is. The bands, for the most part, were stellar. The Dimes were especially on fire and whipped the crowd into a frenzy early on. Norway’s 120 Days were, as expected, amazing. Despite some problems with the sound [...]

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Texas singer-songwriter Lisa Novak and her band play with Tucson’s Rich Hopkins along with local favorites The Scattered Pages at Rudyard’s this Friday night (4.13.07). Cover for the show is $7, and Novak begins around 10pm. The Scattered Pages play around 12:30am. Visit www.myspace.com/lisanovak for more information on Lisa Novak. The Scattered Pages can be [...]

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Notsuoh hosts a show this Friday night (4.13.07) featuring Houston bands Tzar Bomba and Motion Turns It On, along with Austin bands The Simple Pleasure and The Boxing Lesson. Should be a good one.

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If you’re a long-time reader of Houston Calling, you’ll know I have a fascination with some of the mid-90s bands from Chicago. One of which is Fig Dish (which beget Ness and Caviar, which beget The Prairie Cartel). The foursome broke up after 1997′s When Shove Goes Back To Push, but not before recording an [...]

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The KTRU Outdoor Show w/ Ratatat, 120 Days, Despot, The Dimes, and Moxie starts shortly. They’ve moved the event inside, for obvious reasons. More info on the event and parking can be found at KTRU’s website.

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I recently received a request on MySpace from a “Mytwilightpilot,” which sparked my interest since it’s a name I hadn’t thought of for a while now. I was cycling through the iPod yesterday and came across their EP and gave it a long overdue spin. I just checked out the MySpace page — it’s basically [...]

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Both bands are playing in Houston tonight. Yo La Tengo at Warehouse Live and TV On The Radio down the street at The Meridian. Both shows will undoubtedly be good (and packed), but my vote is for Yo La Tengo. TV On The Radio’s music just sounds too much “same old, same old” each time [...]

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The guys at Pitchfork are always tracking down quirky, obscure videos and songs. But this video of Alanis Morissette covering the Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps” is hands-down the best I’ve seen so far. Not only is it great in its ridiculousness, but it proves just now utterly inane that song truly is. I was [...]

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