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Radiohead have brought forward the digital release of their new album The King Of Limbs by 24 hours with the album now being sent to those who pre-ordered it earlier this week. It is also available for new orders through www.radiohead.com at a fixed price of $9 for MP3, $14 for WAV.
With everything […]

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Fat Tony is not what most people would think of when they think of a rapper from Houston. But it should be. For a few years now, Fat Tony has been creating some of the most interesting and unique hip hop music to come out of the Houston area. It’s not the Dirty South stuff, […]

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This Friday (2.18.11) at Mango’s Cafe in Montrose, Houston’s The Abyss plays with Austin’s Love Hate Affair and San Antonio’s Pop Pistol. Cover is $5 and doors open at 8pm.
On Saturday, 3.5.11, The Abyss hosts a fundraiser at BFE Rock Club (Jones Rd. near 1960) to raise money to cover medical expenses incurred by Zain […]

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While making your plans for seeing bands during SXSW 2011, which is March 16-20 in Austin, be sure to check out the following online resources:

DoneWaiting.com
Showlist Austin
Do512
Austin Chronicle
SXSW official website
sched.org

Also, be sure to check back here on Houston Calling for more interviews and information on bands performing during this year’s South By Southwest. I’ll […]

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Scottish instrumental rock band Mogwai returns to Houston on 5.17.11 at Warehouse Live. Tickets are available here for $20.
The band’s new album, Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will, hit stores yesterday (2.15.11) via Sub Pop Records.
If you haven’t yet seen the band live, I highly recommend you make plans to do so. Even if […]

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Houston’s The Wheel Workers recently released its new album, Unite, and celebrates this Friday (2.18.11) with a show at Walter’s On Washington. Featherface–which recently released its impressive debut–and Fort Worth’s The Orbans are also on the bill.

The Wheel Workers’ Steven Higginbotham answered a few questions in advance of the band’s CD release show.
Houston Calling: What […]

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The line-up for 2011 Free Press Summer Fest–which will be held at Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park on the edge of downtown on June 4-5–was announced last night at Fitzgerald’s. Among the huge line-up are the usual suspects of local and regional acts (Buxton, Fresh Millions, Grandfather Child, Indian Jewelry, B L A C K I […]

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Tonight (Monday, 2.14.11), all you music-loving lovebirds head to Fitzgerald’s to find out the line-up for Free Press SummerFest 2011.

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Paris Falls plays a free show at Cactus Music on Saturday, 2.26.11, at 1pm. The band, which recently relocated to Taylor, TX, will have its latest album (Reverse Mirror Image)–one of my favorite local releases of 2010–available.
I cannot recommend the group’s live show enough, so be sure to come out, check out the band, and […]

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Sketch The Journalist (aka music journalist Jason Bellini) pens a blog on the Houston Chronicle‘s website, which the paper has smartly mined for articles from time to time. In today’s Chronicle, he writes about Houston rapper Bun B‘s Religion and Hip Hop Culture course at Rice University.
Read the article here.

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