Houston Calling

Entries from November 2009

Metric, Band of Skulls at Warehouse Live tonight

November 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Metric returns to Houston tonight (Monday, 11.30.09) for a show at Warehouse Live. You can get tickets here and find out more about the band on MySpace.

Band of Skulls opens the show.
You can preview Metric’s new acoustic EP, Plug In, Plug Out, after the jump. 

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Two Star Symphony on list of SXSW 2010 bands

November 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Houston’s own Two Star Symphony, a band I had the pleasure of seeing up close and personal a couple of months back during an episode of Live From Sugar Hill, is among the 200+ bands tapped for SXSW 2010 in a list announced earlier this week. Congrats!
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Chase Hamblin, Ragged Hearts at The Continental Club

November 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

This Saturday night is a great night for local music at The Continental Club. Chase Hamblin and Ragged Hearts both take the stage to help ease you out of the Thanksgiving turkey coma. Showtime is 10pm.

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Post-Thanksgiving show with Prairie Cadets, The Tontons, and more

November 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Come out this Friday night (11.27.09) to Avant Garden for Waste No Buffalo’s Turkey Hangover Bash, which features The Tontons, The Julys, Finnegan, Prairie Cadets, and Love Field.
Doors at 8pm. $7 cover at the door.

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The Umbrella Man CD release show this Tuesday

November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

The Umbrella Man celebrates the release of its new CD tomorrow night (Tuesday, 11.24.09) at The Continental Club. Opening the show will be Pokey LaFarge at 8pm.

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Give thanks for local music at Notsuoh

November 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

This Tuesday (11.24.09), Notsuoh hosts DEAL (Trey Lavigne from AWAKE’s music project), A Thousand Cranes (Travis Kerschen from Nectarine, Dom from Rusted Shut, Tyler Morris from Balaclavas, Adam Ferguson from Thou Shall Not Kill…Except, Snuggie from Entertainment System), Eat Grapes (Tyler Morris from Balaclavas’ noise project), Future Blondes (Dom from Rusted Shut’s noise project), and […]

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Neko Case, Deer Tick tonight at Warehouse Live

November 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

Tonight (Sunday, 11.22.09), singer Neko Case plays at Houston’s Warehouse Live. Deer Tick opens the show.
Tickets are $25 and are available via Warehouse Live.

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Runaway Sun free in-store at Cactus today

November 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Local blues-rock band Runaway Sun plays a free show at Cactus Music today (Saturday, 11.21.09) at 3pm.
More information on the band may be found at www.runawaysun.com.

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Something Fierce’s new 7″ now available

November 20th, 2009 · No Comments

“Where You Goin Man,” the new 7″ single from Houston punk band Something Fierce is now available from Action Town Records.

The B-side is a cover of The Party Owls’ “Spray Coat”. The first 30 copies of the record come with a silk-screened cover.
Get yours here.
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“Musique Non Stop” tonight at Mango’s

November 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Happy rainy Friday. Tonight (Friday, 11.20.09), Mango’s hosts “Musique Non Stop,” which features The Factory Party, A Thousand Cranes, DJ Ceeplus and the Bad Knives, and Mr. Castillo.
Should be a great time.

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Tags: Music · Reviews