Locals The Manichean releases its Whispers EP this Friday night (4.2.10) with a show at Mango’s that includes Peekaboo Theory, Tax the Wolf, and B L A C K I E.

Showtime is 8pm. Cover is $8.

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Local indie popsters Wild Moccasins, which played a great showcase at this year’s SXSW, heads out on the road this week after a tour kick-off show at Walter’s On Washington on Thursday night (4.1.10). Something Fierce and Ghormeh Sabzi are also on the bill.

The show is all ages and cover is $6.

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A great night of music happens tonight (Saturday, 3.27.10) at Rudyards. Tody Castillo, Bright Men of Learning, and The Sour Notes play tonight beginning at 10pm (Castillo opens the show). All of the bands have local ties, and BMOL doesn’t play that often these days (other than maybe last weekend), so be sure to come […]

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Local band Golden Cities plays a free in-store show today (Saturday, 3.27.10) at Cactus Music at 3pm.
Ramon Medina wrote about the band on 29-95.com:
Golden Cities’ guitar duo of Marcus Gausepohl and Brian Smyth have grown into one of the best shoegaze duos in Houston. The two mesh together so well that at times it’s hard […]

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Tomorrow night (Saturday, 3.27.10), Fondue Monks and Yokomono take the stage at Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar in the Heights.
The fun starts around 10pm.

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Local designer Tom So (Soso Design) has an art show of his concert posters coming up on April 8th at Warehouse Live‘s Green Room, from 6-9pm. Be sure to clear your calendar.

You can view more of So’s artwork at gigposters.com and at feelingsoso.com.
Music will be provided by Grrrl Parts.

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It’s been years since Norwegian shoegazers Serena-Maneesh have put out a new album. Thankfully, the wait is over: the band’s new release, S-M 2: Abyss In B Minor, was released this week on 4AD Records.

You can read a review of the album by Adam P. Newton over at Dryvetyme Online.

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Austin Collins & The Rainbirds
Wrong Control
Eight Dollar Music

It was inevitable with the progression of his albums that Texas musician Austin Collins would eventually make a record as accessible as Wrong Control. The musician’s latest release finds Collins and The Rainbirds–guitarist Dylan McDougall and drummer Craig Bagby–relying less on the twangy riffs and Americana of Whiskeytown […]

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Pre-sale general admission weekend passes to Free Press Summerfest, organized by Free Press Houston and Pegstar Concerts, are only $22.50–if you get them before midnight tomorrow (Tuesday, 3.23.10). As noted previously, a “Fancy Pants” $50 package is also available to those looking for a more comfortable festival experience with access to air-conditioned tents.
More information and […]

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Local music lovers/photographers Mark C. Austin and Amber Roussel are the proud drivers of the new Ford Fiesta, which you may have seen at some places around town recently. As long-time supporters of local bands, they are organizing a battle of the bands, which you can read more about (including how to participate) here.
The battle […]

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