Tune in KPFT 90.1FM today from 1-3 pm for radioACTIVE‘s winter fund drive, along with Nick and Zahira from Wild Moccasins, who will be in the studio to discuss the band’s upcoming European tour.
 

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This Saturday (2.12.11) at Rudz:

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It’s that time again. In just over a month, thousands of musicians, publicists, journalists, and fans will converge on Austin for the annual SXSW Music and Media Conference. Tomorrow (Friday, 2.11.11) is the final deadline to register to attend SXSW 2011 before prices increase to the walk-up rate.
Visit Done Waiting‘s excellent SXSW 2011 coverage, and […]

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Local funk rockers Fondue Monks‘ 20th anniversary tour continues this Friday night (2.11.11) with a show with The Shadowcasters in Spring at The Concert Pub North (2470 FM 1960 West, just west of Kuykendahl).

The show starts at 9:30pm.
Visit Fondue Monks online at www.fonduemonks.com.

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Don’t forget that Wild Moccasins plays a tour kick-off show at Fitzgerald’s with Young Mammals and Wicked Poseur this Saturday (2.12.11).

Doors open at 8pm. Show starts at 9pm.

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This Saturday (2.12.11), Glasnost plays a free show at Fitz’s with Austin’s best new band, Fresh Millions, and Knifight.

More info at www.fitzlivemusic.com.

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KTRU, Rice University’s much heralded independent radio station, will live on in HD (Pacifica’s KPFT HD radio channel, to be specific).
Here’s a snippet of info:

This means the station won’t be reduced to just broadcasting on the Internet, a move that didn’t make too many radio station supporters very happy when they were told […]

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This just in:

Hello, Friends of Two Star Symphony!
Thank you for supporting Two Star Symphony and the arts in Houston. For years, Two Star has been proud to call Houston our home. We love living and working here, and our original compositions and performances have always found great audiences and wonderful collaborators across the city.
In 2008, […]

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Southern Backtones frontman Hank Schyma, along with Johnny Falstaff, John Evans, and a number of other Houston area musicians and artists, has been working on the Honky Tonk Blood film for years. The film is finally complete (!), and a screening is scheduled for February 24, 2011, at River Oaks Theater.

The film’s soundtrack–which includes tracks […]

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A friend recently turned me on to Nashville musician Quinn Erwin, whose music blends a tinge of alt-country (even some very early R.E.M. on opener “Hold On Tight”) with Britrock influences like Starsailor and Travis. His album, A Million Miles Away, was released in 2010 and is worth checking out.
Buy the album via CDBaby or […]

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