I had a hard time figuring out which bands to see at this year’s Houston Press Music Awards showcase. As usual, some bands I thought should be nominated didn’t make the cut and many that did I have seen too many times to count. So I instead decided to check out a few bands I […]

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Here’s some of what’s going on around town this week:
Tuesday, 7.31.07
The Deformities/Dumbarton/Punk Bunny/Pan De Sal @ Super Happy Fun Land
Lady MacBeth @ The Engine Room
Chris Knight @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck
Rhinoceros/XrepresentX/To This Day @ The Junction (Cypress)
Ludo/HaHa Tonka/The Ride Home/Without A Face/Stadium/The Baristas @ Java Jazz Coffeehouse (Spring)
Wednesday, 8.1.07
Murder By Death/The Papermoons @ Walter’s on Washington
Adamptvee/Rachel […]

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Mark your calendars for these upcoming concerts:
Interpol w/ Liars @ Verizon, September
Queens of the Stone Age w/ Arctic Monkeys @ Verizon, September
Earlimart @ Backroom (The Mink), October 16th
The Cure w/ 65daysofstatic @ Toyota Center, October
Porcupine Tree @ The Meridian, October 27th
More to come…

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This show has not been advertised much, if at all, but fans of experimental music and spacey rock should head to Jet Lounge (downtown, next to Engine Room) tonight (Saturday, 7.28.07) to catch A Pink Cloud, along with Nymph (a New York band).

More informaion on A Pink Cloud can be found here. More info […]

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This Sunday’s Houston Press Music Awards showcase is one of the best ways to experience downtown Houston and also take in many of this city’s finest musicians. And it’s cheap! A $10 wristband gets you access to a ton of Houston’s downtown hot spots, which turn into what we all wish they were in the […]

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A UK band I came across earlier this year, 65daysofstatic, plays tonight (Thursday, 7.26.07) at The Meridian. The instrumental experimental band opens for Fear Before The March of Flames, along with the impressive This Will Destroy You and YouInSeries.

This will be an excellent show, perfect for fans of harder, experimental and instrumental rock. I can’t […]

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This Friday (7.27.07), jazz combo extraordinaire Drop Trio play their first-ever gig at the historic Fitzgerald’s. The band opens for O2’L (the duo of Jane Mangini, keyboardist with the Trans Siberian Orchestra, and Al Pitrelli, former Megadeth guitarist).
Friday night’s show is all ages, starts at 8pm, and cover is $10.
Then, on Sunday night, Drop […]

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Interesting portrait of life on the road.
Check it here.

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Local band Riff Tiffs play tonight at Notsuoh with the amazing We Versus The Shark (from Athens, GA). California rockers The Valley Arena are also on the bill.
You can get Riff Tiff’s new CD, Afflictinnitus, here. More info on We Versus The Shark can be found here.

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Two Danish bands, Plök and The Spy in the Mes, play in Houston tonight (Friday, 7.20.07) at Super Happy Fun Land.
Houston musicians Over Sea Under Stone (!), rachel t(oombstone) aka sew what, and Indian Jenny are also on the bill.

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