Next Friday (5.21.10), Houston’s most popular indie-pop band, Wild Moccasins, plays a CD release show at Walter’s On Washington to celebrate the release of its latest album, Skin Collision Past. The cover charge of $10 gets you a copy of the new CD, plus performances by Roky Moon & Bolt and Giant Princess. Showtime is […]

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The Literary Greats plays a show at Walter’s On Washington tonight (Friday, 5.7.10) with Chase Hamblin, The Small Sounds, and Ft. Worth band The Orbans. Doors at 8pm. Showtime is 9pm.
Stream The Literary Greats’ “Happens Every Time” here.
Here’s more information on the band:

The Literary Greats are evolving. Their second release, Ocean, Meet the Valley, is […]

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For any Bay Area readers (I know you’re out there) and any Houstonians planning to be in San Francisco on May 12th, allow me to recommend a show while you’re there: Lime Colony at Bottom of the Hill. Passenger & Pilot and Blood & Sunshine are also on the bill.

For more information about San Francisco’s […]

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More information at Houstonist.

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Watch a video of Electric Attitude at the Peace Festival after the jump… 

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Psych rockers Indian Jewelry releases its new album, Totaled, on Tuesday (5.11.10). The first single from the album (“Oceans”) is out now, and you can download it here.

Visit IJ online at MySpace. The band kicks off a tour in June, which hits Houston on July 9th at Khon’s. Its album release show is 5.15.10 at […]

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The Jonx Vocabularian Herds Mustache Records
On its last album, 2006’s No Jonx Turn Red, The Jonx built upon the punk-meets-math rock foundation it started on its early EPs. Never a band to bow to trends, its latest release further expands the group’s sound, making for more accessible songs that don’t compromise its stripped-down indie aesthetic. […]

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As you may or may not know, Tyagaraja won Saturday night’s battle of the band at Warehouse Live.
Now, this information just came in, as apparently Los Angeles has pulled ahead of Houston in the Fiesta Movement challenge:

Help send local Houston band Tyagaraja to play at Bonnaroo!
Tyagaraja has a real chance to play at Bonnaroo this […]

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Tody Castillo plays Mango’s this Wednesday (Cindo de Mayo) with Arthur Yoria and Kentucky band These United States.
If you haven’t yet heard Castillo’s 2009 release, Windhorse, definitely make a point to check it out. Read my review of it here.
Yoria has a live EP available on his newly retooled website, and recently released a new […]

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In case you haven’t heard, Free Press Summer Fest is June 5-6, 2010, at Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park in downtown Houston. Free Press Houston has announced the complete line-up and schedule, which you can view online here.
There is also information on the Fest’s after-parties at Warehouse Live, which include Prince Paul and The Hood Internet. […]

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