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Entries from May 2007

Hayes Carll @ The Continental tonight

May 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Hayes Carll, whose Lost Highway debut hopefully is released very soon, plays tonight at The Continental Club.
More information here.

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Spain Colored Orange, Dizzy Pilot at Jet Lounge this Saturday

May 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Need I say more?

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Advance warning: Feel Good Hits Of The Summer Fest

May 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Spain Colored Orange’s Gilbert Alfaro, along with The Skyline Network, have put together what they’re calling the Feel Good Hits Of The Summer Fest. The event is June 9th at The Proletariat and features an all-day line-up of great local bands.
Confirmed so far: Spain Colored Orange, Paris Falls, The Kimonos, Western Civilization, Tody Castillo, Arthur […]

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Double your chances to see Lanky tonight

May 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Local musician Lanky plays two shows in Houston tonight (Thursday, 5.10.07). First off, catch him play the Heartbreak Happy Hour show at Deco (in Midtown). 6pm show.
Then, around 9:30pm, yopu can head to Brasil and see him play again. Brasil is located at Westheimer and Dunlavy in the Montrose area.

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Pre-order the new Maserati album

May 9th, 2007 · No Comments

You can finally pre-order the new album (vinyl or CD) by Athens, GA instrumental rock group Maserati at www.temporaryresidence.com

Maserati plays in Houston at Walter’s on June 12th with Houston’s own Sharks and Sailors.

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Bring Back The Guns tonight at Rudz

May 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Local rockers Bring Back The Guns play tonight at Rudyards with Raleigh’s Birds of Avalon and Austin’s Woozyhelmet.
More information on BBTG can be found here. The band will reportedly have a new album out sometime later this year.
More about Woozyhelmet can be found here. More info on Birds of Avalon can be found here.

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Back Door Slam at Warehouse

May 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Back Door Slam, a British band that made theur U.S. debut at this year’s SXSW, play at Warehouse Live studio in Houston this Wednesday (5.9.07) and again on Monday (5.14.07).
Their debut album, Roll Away will be released in July and Houston’s one of the places they’ve chosen to help build support for the CD. Both […]

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Mute Math tonight at The Meridian, Satin Hooks at Rudz

May 6th, 2007 · No Comments

You can read my interview with Mute Math frontman Paul Meany in the May issue of Envy magazine, and then come check out the band tonight at The Meridian. The Cinematics and Somebody Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsen open the show.
I haven’t seen Mute Math up close, but caught their set at this year’s SXSW […]

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Pale frontman Calvin Stanley’s video of Rosie O’Donnell love song makes ExtraTV.com news

May 5th, 2007 · No Comments

A video of Calvin Stanley, lead singer and guitarist for Houston rock band Pale, was featured on the tabloid news website ExtraTV.com this week. In the video, Stanley sings a humorous ode to Rosie O’Donnell (“Sweet Little Rosie”) while playing acoustic guitar.
I have no clue what this is all about, but a friend pointed me […]

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Something Fierce and more tonight at Walter’s w/ The Pharmacy

May 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Happy Cinco de Mayo.

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