Local musician/recluse/underground legend Jandek, who recently played a rare show at Rudyards, plays at DiverseWorks this Sunday (5.3.09). MV & EE is also on the bill.
Doors open at 6pm and the show begins at 7pm. Tickets, which are $12, are available at www.diverseworks.org.

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I was recently fortunate enough to see one of Paul Weller‘s few 2009 U.S. dates. In advance of his set at Coachella, the former Jam and Style Council front man played at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco on Friday, April 17th.

You can read my review of the concert at Space City Rock.

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Inner Lights plays tonight at Jet Lounge with Rescue Signals, Three 60, and The Liquid Kitchen.

Check out this interview with Inner Lights.

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Musician Tody Castillo returns to Houston for a gig at Rudyard’s tonight (Saturday, 4.25.09). Local folk musician Teresa Kolo and Lance Smith are also on the bill.
Castillo’s new album should see the light of day this year. Fingers crossed…
Showtime is 9pm tonight.

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Tonight (4.24.09), Mango’s hosts Heptic Skeptic, The Manichean, and American Fangs.

Doors at 8pm. The show starts at 9pm. Cover is $8.

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I recently got the Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears album, Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is, which was released on Lost Highway earlier this year. While looking through the packaging, I noticed a familiar face: former Houston musician (and Drop Trio keyboardist) Ian Varley. I ran into Varley in Austin during South By Southwest […]

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Local funk-rock band Electric Attitude plays at Dean’s this Friday night (4.24.09).

Electric Attitude also appears on TV’s Alternative Scream (Comcast Channel 17) this Saturday at 4pm.
The band’s EP, Laser Laser Laser Beams, hits iTunes soon. Be sure to support the band by purchasing its music.

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Robert Ellis celebrates the release of The Great Re Arranger — which will be available on vinyl — on May 15th with a release party at Mango’s (403 Westhiemer @ Taft).
The show also features Houston bands Listenlisten and Buxton.
Doors at 8pm.

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Spoon’s shows are always good so if you haven’t seen the band before, now’s your chance.

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Houston’s newest live music venue, Mango’s, hosts a free show for Earth Day this Wednesday (4.22.09). Here’s the line-up:
9pm Sew What
10pm Chase Hamblin
11pm Free Radicals
Mango’s is located at 403 Westheimer (@ Taft) in Montrose.

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