The Sour Notes kicks off 2010 with a new album and tour, which brings the group back to Houston this Friday night (1.1.10) for a show with Spain Colored Orange at Rudyard’s. You can pre-order It’s Not Gonna Be Pretty from the band’s MySpace page or get it at the show. The Sour Notes’ frontman [...]

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2009 was the best year for local music I can recall since I started Houston Calling nearly seven years ago. The range of music coming out of the city is impressive–experimental rock and hip hop, punk, noise rock, folksy singer-songwriters, electronica, and indie pop–and Houston’s musicians really stepped it up a notch this year. It [...]

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Ken Sarmiento, guitarist for local band Phuz and producer-about-town has a new band, Channel K, and has posted a demo of his new music on the band’s MySpace page. Go check it out.

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listenlisten plays with The Small Sounds and Til We’re Blue or Destroy tonight (Saturday, 12.19.09) at The Continental Club in Houston. listenlisten’s Hymns From Rhodesia is one of my favorite local albums of 2009 (check back soon for my list of local 2009 favorites), so be sure to go check them out.

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It’s been another great year of music, so without further ado… Houston Calling‘s favorite albums of 2009 1. Doves, Kingdom of Rust (Astralwerks) This Manchester band never fails to impress me with the way it reinvents its music with each release. From spacey beginnings to the more refined songs on recent releases, the trio weaves [...]

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Here’s some of what’s going on around Houston this week. On Tuesday (12.15.09), Paleo, Elaine Greer, Robert Ellis, and Sergio Trevino play at The Mink. Wednesday (12.16.09) is “Local Licks” at Warehouse Live. This week features Ashbury Keys, Jeff Canada, and Danny Lopez. On Thursday (12.17.09), 29-95.com Presents features Springfield Riots and Beetle at The [...]

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Today (Sunday, 12.13.09) is the Rock The Shelter Toy Drive XXIII, which features performances by Blaggards, The Mighty Orq, The El Orbits, Dog Party, Whiskey Brisket, and Harbor Light Choir. The event starts at The Continental Club in Houston at 2pm and ends at 8pm.

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Local musician Shellee Coley celebrates the release of her album, The Girl The Stencil Drew, with a show at The Woodland’s Dosey Doe coffeehouse this Tuesday, 12.15.09. This is an early show (doors at 6pm/show at 7pm). Musician Mason Lankford opens the show. Fans of Lisa Loeb, Sarah McLachlan, and Sheryl Crow should enjoy Coley’s [...]

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Chase Hamblin and Ragged Hearts play this Saturday (12.12.09) at Mango’s. Showtime is 9pm. Hamblin also plays a free acoustic set with Ragged Hearts’ Corey Power at Cafe Brasil tonight (Thursday, 12.10.09) from 9-12pm.

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