El Paso band Sleepercar (Jim Ward of Sparta, At The Drive-In fame) comes to Houston this Tuesday (7.15.08) to play at The Mink with locals Buxton and Giant Princess. I first heard of the band earlier this year and caught one of their sets at South By Southwest. Sleepercar’s debut, West Texas, is one of […]

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The Chicago band Kill Hannah plays tomorrow night (Saturday, 7.12.08) at The Meridian. Tickets are $13 and will be available at the door or online.
Innerpartysystem, The Medic Droid, and The White Tie Affair are also on the bill.
Total guilty pleasure.

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Join Free Press Houston tonight at Numbers for the latest Recession Thursdays installment, which features Studemont Project, Wicked Poseur, Trusty Tape Recorder, and Wolves at the Door.
Cover is a mere $5. Doors at 9pm.

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The gothfather himself, Peter Murphy, plays tonight (Thursday, 7.10.08) at The Meridian. The $25 tickets are available online via Live Nation. I defy anyone not to like Bauhaus’ “She’s In Parties” — what a song!

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Papermoons celebrate their record release this Friday (7.11.08) at The Mink’s Backroom. This will be their final show for a while. The show also features The Sour Notes. Showtime is 9pm.

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Local songstress Julin plays a gig downtown at Dean’s Credit Clothing this Thursday night (7.10.08) at 8:30pm.

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The Sour Notes
The Meat of The Fruit
Self-released
Lush and quiet, the sad songs that make up The Meat Of The Fruit take listeners on a slow-paced journey full of sometimes spacey, always melodic pop. Guitarist/vocalist Jared Boulanger shows a definite knack for introspection–for The Sour Notes, love is a trivial pursuit and pining away for a […]

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This will hopefully be my only post about this, but Houston Calling is now running BlogAds. Check the right of the page or click here for more information.
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Bands playing include: 3oh!3, A Day To Remember, Against Me!, Aggrolites, Alesana, Anberlin, Angels and Airwaves, As I Lay Dying, August Burns Red, Beat Union, Bedouin Soundclash, Between The Trees, Blake, Charlotte Sometimes, Cobra Starship, Evergreen Terrace, Everytime I Die, Forever The Sickest Kids, Forever the Sickest Kids, From First to Last, Greeley Estates, Gym […]

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