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Entries from July 2010

Free Press Houston and Pegstar to take over Fitzgerald’s

July 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments

This just in:

Fitzgerald’s of Houston, Texas announces new ownership effective September 2010Free Press Houston and Pegstar.net Concerts team up to become new owners of Fitzgerald’s
Free Press Houston and Pegstar.net Concerts, the people who brought you Free Press Summer Fest, are proud to announce they will be the new owner-operators of legendary Houston live music […]

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Review: qanda, floe

July 27th, 2010 · No Comments

qanda floe Self-released
On his first outing as qanda, musician Jordi Baizan expands on some of the songs he played with Houston band The Tiles. The five songs that make up his debut solo effort mostly follow the same, well-worn radio-friendly path as John Mayer, but thankfully Baizan doesn’t rely on the same level of hokey […]

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Main Street Music Festival downtown next weekend

July 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment

On July 30th and 31st, downtown Houston gets its own little music fest with the Main Street Music Festival at Dean’s Credit Clothing and Notsuoh. The line-up includes a good selection of bands, including Spain Colored Orange, Cornbreadd, Side Arms, Ellypseas, Arthur Yoria, The Watermarks, and Ceeplus.

Cover is a mere $5.

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Tambersaro’s final show tonight in Midtown

July 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Tambersaro‘s last show is tonight at The Exoskeleton (2808 Milam, in Midtown).
The line-up also includes Honey and Salt, Dear Human, Babar, and Spelling Bee. Doors open at 7pm and the music starts at 8:15pm.
Here’s more info about the show:

Tambersauro is presenting their last show while celebrating their latest album release ‘From The Last Day I […]

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Young Mammals and more at Cactus Music today

July 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Cactus Music has a busy Saturday of free live music planned. Today’s schedule includes:
1pm Jennifer Grassman3pm Searching For Signal5pm Young Mammals
The usual specials and libations apply.

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Keane, Fran Healy, Ingrid Michaelson tomorrow at Warehouse Live

July 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Keane plays tomorrow night (Sunday, 7.25.10) at Warehouse Live with Ingrid Michaelson and Fran Healy (front man from Travis).

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dUNETX “SummerfreaKout 7” at Rudz tonight

July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

Tonight (Friday, 7.23.10) long-time local rockers dUNETX bring “SummerfreaKout 7” to Rudyard’s. The line-up also includes Lotus Effect, Opposite Day, and Letters from Voltron.
The music starts at 9pm.

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Bright Men of Learning, Tody Castillo at Continental Club tonight

July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

It’s a great night for music at The Continental Club tonight (Thursday, 7.22.10). After Beetle plays its usual happy hour sets, Bright Men of Learning take the stage around 10om, followed by sets from Tody Castillo starting around 11pm. Don’t miss it.
Castillo played an in-studio set and was interviewed on KPFT this morning, during which […]

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Jude/Ross returns to Houston

July 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Jude/Ross, a band whose influences include Jonathan Richman, Frank Black, and Alex Chilton, returns to Houston after a stint in Austin and plays a show on Friday, 7.30.10 at Avant Garden.
More info on Facebook.
The line-up includes:
7:30pm Nicole Starch8:15 pm Kevin Dailey9pm Spitzer Space Telescope (Boston)10pm Leatherbag (Austin) 11pm Jude/Ross12am Goodbye Mister Albatross

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Inner Lights at Fitzgerald’s with Fallen Grey and Black Queen Speaks

July 19th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Local rock band Inner Lights plays Fitzgerald’s this Friday night (7.23.10) with Fallen Grey and Black Queen Speaks. It’s Fallen Grey’s CD release show. Presale tickets are $8 / $10 at the door.
Inner Lights is almost done with its self-titled debut album, which is hopes to have done before the end of the year. The […]

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