British rock band The Cult was a favorite of mine in the mid- to late-80s. I still keep up the band, more out of curiosity than anything, but the band’s harder-edged music doesn’t really do it for me. However, the band has a ton of rabid fans that will undoubtedly turn up at Houston’s House […]

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Local photographer/music fan Mark C. Austin debuts his permanent music photo exhibit tomorrow night (Wednesday, 9.29.10) at Warehouse Live‘s Green Room. Be sure to come out and show your support–Mark has done a lot for Houston bands and is a tireless promoter of local music.
The show starts at 7pm and runs until 11pm. Houston musician […]

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Governor’s Chair Straight Out To The Future Self-released
Houston four-piece Governor’s Chair melds influences from the radio-friendly rock canon on its new album–hints of The Doors (“Black Highway”), Hootie & The Blowfish (“Joy”), and Rolling Stones (“I’m In Love With Rock and Roll”) run throughout–which makes for a competent, straight-forward addition to the local musical landscape. […]

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Musician Alex Dezen, lead singer/guitarist of The Damnwells and brother to local musician Cameron Dezen, plays two solo sets in Houston in October. The first gig is opening for the Old 97s at the Continental Club on Thursday, 10.14.10. Tickets are $28 and are available now.
Dezen’s second gig is at Taft Street Coffee on Friday, […]

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Local classic-rock influenced band Tax The Wolf plays a free in-store set at Cactus Music this Saturday (9.25.10) at 5pm to support its new album, Hold The Sun.

Hold the Sun is available at Cactus, Amazon.com, iTunes, and CDBaby.com. If you are unable to make Saturday’s show, the band also plays Ghoulsfest in October.
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Get “Blue & Silver” from Lower Dens (Jana Hunter’s latest band) here.

More information on Lowers Dens may be found on MySpace.

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Historic local music venue Fitzgerald’s reopens tonight (Thursday, 9.23.10), under the coordination of Free Press Houston editor Omar Afra and Pegstar‘s Jagi Katial (who also brought you Free Press Summerfest). Tonight’s show is free for 21+ (with RSVP) and $5 otherwise, and features the current line-up of The Drums, along with Young Friends, Black Congress, […]

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The Black Crowes play this Friday (9.24.10) at Houston’s Verizon Wireless Theater. The band is on its “Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys” tour in support of its compilation, Croweology.

The show will feature acoustic and electric sets by the band, which reportedly plans to take a break after the tour. Tickets are still available for […]

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Tonight (Wednesday, 9.22.10), from 6:30-8:30, local bands Two Star Symphony and Roky Moon & Bolt play at the newly renovated Market Square Park on the edge of downtown as part of The Houston Sound Fall Concert Series.
Should be a good time.

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