Local indie rockers Paris Falls plays an in-store at Cactus Music at 5:30pm today (Friday, 7.24.09).
At 7pm, The Tontons hosts a listening party of their new CD at Little Big’s on Montrose near Westheimer.
See you there.

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Local funk-rockers Fondue Monks plays at House Of Blues on Friday night (7.25.09) as part of a local music showcase. Also on the bill are the Krissi Minten Band and the Jeff Boortz Band.
Doors open at 7pm. Showtime is 8pm.

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Local rockers Flowers To Hide brings its Britrock-influenced songs to The Meridian this Saturday (7.25.09) as it opens for The Beauvilles and The Live Lights.
Tickets are only $8. Doors at 8pm. Showtime is 9pm.

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Paris Falls, whose Volume III was recently released, plays an in-store performance at Cactus Music this Friday (7.24.09) at 5:30pm.

Hope to see you there.
More information on Paris Falls may be found at www.myspace.com/parisfalls. Read my review of Volume III here.

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London’s Kitty, Daisy & Lewis open Coldplay‘s show at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on Wednesday (7.22.09).
Check out the band online here.
Here’s a BBC Real Britain documentary on the band:

Interesting stuff. Be sure to get to the Coldplay show early so you can catch the band.

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The Tontons celebrate the release of its debut self-titled album this week with a pre-release CD listening party on Friday (7.24.09) at Little Big’s (2703 Montrose), from 7-10pm, and a CD release party on Saturday (7.25.09) at Caroline Collective from 6-10pm.
The band is currently nominated for “Best Indie Rock,” “Best Female Vocals,” and “Best Guitarist” […]

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On Sunday, 7.26.09, downtown Houston venues once again host the annual Houston Press Music Awards showcases. This year, the House of Blues gets in on the action.
50 bands on 10 stages for $10–can’t beat it.
View the line-up and schedule.

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Tomorrow (Friday, 7.17.09), Austin musician Austin Collins and The Small Sounds play in Houston at the Firehouse Saloon.

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While checking out the recent WOXY Lounge Act session from Houston’s Wild Moccasins and Austin’s Ume, I saw that WOXY.com, one of the net’s best online radio stations, is moving from Cincinnati to Austin.
Here’s the scoop from their site:
WOXY is headed south. Come September 8th, WOXY will be broadcasting full-time from Austin, Texas. Our new […]

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Advance warning: The Dandy Warhols plays at Houston’s Warehouse Live Studio on September 7th.
Surely you remember this:

Tickets are only $15.

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