In advance of their shows tonight at Groundhall (with Warpaint, The Tontons, Tax The Wolf, and more), Ume and Girl In A Coma play free early sets this afternoon (Friday, 12.31.10) at Cactus Music.
Ume starts at 12:30pm and Girl In A Coma plays at 1:15pm.
Here’s a video of Ume’s “The Conductor”:
And here’s a video of […]

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Last year I wrote:

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 […]

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More information at www.fitzlive.com.

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The Sour Notes are ready to work on new music and need your help. Here’s a message from the band:

I just wanted to let you know about the Kickstarter project we have created to fund the newest, most ambitious Sour Notes album yet. We just finished recording it and need a little help from […]

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A great way to end 2010, with a great line-up of music at Groundhall (the recently re-opened Engine Room location) for “Pease Out” this Friday night (New Year’s Eve, 12.31.10). Warpaint, Girl In A Coma, Ume, The Tontons, Tax The Wolf, The Handshake, and Young Girls are all on the bill.

Doors open at 8pm.

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Tonight (Thursday, 12.23.10) is the Reprogram Music & Media Annual Holiday Bash at Fitzgerald’s. This event features local music, DJs, art, and the 6th annual Trills the Season Toy Drive. The fun begins at 8pm.
More details after the jump… 

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2010 was another great year for music, with more musicians blurring genres and creating wild and interesting styles and sounds. It’s simple for lesser-known bands to spread the word about their songs these days, and hopefully this widespread availability and new ways of finding out about and distributing music continues to expand. It will be […]

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Houston dramatic rockers The Manichean celebrate the release of its EP, Lacerus Rising, with a show this Thursday night (12.23.10) at Avant Garden.

Here is more information from The Manichean’s Cory Sinclair:

The spirits of our pasts and futures seem to coalesce in the face of another ending, another year, and the ghosts of the present are […]

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Castle Lights Paint the Stars EP Magnolia Red
From the outset, the members of Houston’s Castle Lights make no bones about the torch they carry for the semi-recent wave of brooding, radio-friendly Britpop bands, and the group’s songs reflect the Coldplay-Snow Patrol-Keane-Starsailor-Travis school of pop songwriting. The thing is, Castle Lights’ songs are every bit as […]

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Details on Facebook.
Tonight’s (12.16.10) festivities for “Canned Acoustica” start at 6pm at Warehouse Live. There will be 12 unique acoustic performances by local musicians. Also, there will be two food trucks on hand serving some of Houston’s best on wheels.
The cost of admission to this event is canned food items for the Houston Food […]

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