Who: The Black Math Experiment
What: Last show
When: Saturday, 6.14.08 @ 9:30pm
Where: The Mink’s Backroom (Main St. @ W. Alabama)
Why: See What

[Read more →]

The Orange Show presents the experimental Afro-jazz-funk band Extra Golden live this Saturday (6.14.08). DJ Sun is also on the bill.
The trans-oceanic collaboration of DC Indie rockers and Nairobi-based benga musicians, Extra Golden has burst on the American music scene with a sound that mixes jangling guitars and driving drums with soaring rock riffs and […]

[Read more →]

Headlights, a band I caught and liked at SXSW a couple of years ago, open for Mates Of State tomorrow (Thursday, 6.12.08) at Warehouse Live.

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears are also on the bill. You can get tickets at the Warehouse box office or online.

[Read more →]

This Friday (the 13th!), Sharks and Sailors play at Walter’s with Motion Turns It On (their tour kick-off show).

St. Louis’ Riddle Of Steel is also on the bill.

[Read more →]

Tomorrow (Wednesday, 6.11.08), LL Cooper and Austin Collins–whose Roses Are Black is one of my favorite albums so far this year–open for Ryan Bingham at Warehouse Live. This will be a good show, so make plans to check it out.

[Read more →]

Here are a few photos from last night’s show at Toyota Center.

[Read more →]

If you’re planing on going to see The Cure at the Toyota Center tonight (Monday, 6.9.08)–and you know you are–do yourself and whoever you’re going with a huge favor and get there early enough to catch opening act 65daysofstatic. These guys were hand-picked by Robert Smith to open their tour and if you’ve ever heard […]

[Read more →]

I hope you like the new design of Houston Calling. The last one was hobbled together quickly when I switched off the Done Waiting site, so I took some time this time around.
Feel free to share your comments.

[Read more →]

Today (Saturday, 6.7.08), from 1-4pm, Cactus Music/Record Ranch is having a party that features DJ Clint Broussard, host of KTRU’s (91.7 FM) Blues In Hi-Fi show. The best part is that while this is going on, the store will give customers who buy vinyl (new or used) a 15% discount if they say, “I heart […]

[Read more →]

Local rockers Flowers To Hide play at Rudyards tonight (Friday, 6.6.08) with Slivered and The Watermarks. Showtime is 10pm. Rumor is that the band will have copies of their new EP, Down The Stairs, available at the show.

You can read my review of Down The Stairs in this week’s Houston Press.

[Read more →]