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Entries from July 2011

Reminder: Roky Moon & BOLT! releases American Honey tonight

July 30th, 2011 · No Comments

One of the most anticipated local releases of 2011 gets the release show treatment at Fitzgerald’s tonight (Saturday, 7.30.11) as the unique and impressive Rocky Moon & BOLT! celebrates the release of American Honey.
More information may be found at the ZenHill Records website. 29-95.com has a great article on the band as well.

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One Red Martian coming to Acadia

July 30th, 2011 · No Comments

Dallas rock band One Red Martian will be performing at Acadia in Houston on Saturday, 8.6.11, in support of Spit My Brain.
More information on the band may be found at sonicbids.com/oneredmartian and www.oneredmartian.com.
Acadia is located at 3939 FM 1960 W.
The band also returns to Houston on 9.30.11 for a show at Rudz.

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Big weekend for Cactus Music — tons of free live music, including Wild Moccasins and Robert Ellis

July 29th, 2011 · No Comments

This just in from Cactus Music:
FREE! LIVE MUSIC WEEKEND
Hadden Sayers
Fri, 7/29
@ 5:00pm
SHARP!

Former Houstonian Hadden Sayers returns to Houston and Cactus to perform tunes from his new album, Hard Dollar. Hadden will perform at the Mucky Duck later tonight.

DJ Session & Listening Party!

Wild Moccasins
Fri, 7/29 @ 7pm til 9pm

Houston’s own […]

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There’s a new kid in town: Wire Road Studios

July 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Wire Road Studios–located in the Heights–is Houston’s newest recording facility, and features two recording studios, a live room, and a video editing suite.
This Sunday at 5pm is the studio’s grand opening, and there will be a lot of local musicians in attendance, with performances by Hazy Ray, Trucker’s Choice, and Mantis. Please note that this […]

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Inner Lights plays two sets at The Mink this Friday night

July 26th, 2011 · No Comments

Local rockers Inner Lights–which will be releasing its new album soon–play this Friday (7.29.11) at The Mink. The band will play two sets, with projections by Raygun and DJ sets by Stewart Anderson from A Fistful Of Soul.
Should be a good time, so check it out.

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Roky Moon & BOLT! album release show at Fitz’s

July 25th, 2011 · No Comments

The fantastic Roky Moon & BOLT! will celebrate the release of its new album, American Honey, with a show at Fitzgerald’s this Saturday (7.30.11) that will undoubtedly prove to be yet another great night of local music.
Also on the bill are: sIngs | Tax the Wolf | Fat Tony | listenlisten | Young Girls | […]

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Soulshine Scholarship Foundation features live music at Firehouse Saloon this Sunday

July 21st, 2011 · No Comments

Billed as “a day of celebration and an evening of acoustic healing,” the Soulshine Scholarship Foundation‘s inaugural fundraising event–which runs from 3-11pm this Sunday, 7.24.11, at the Firehouse Saloon–will feature live music from Stoney Larue, Bleu Edmonson, The Will Callers, Stewart Mann and The Statesboro Review, Hunter McKithan and The Offenders, as well as raffle […]

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Advance warning: Dex Romweber Duo plays Fitzgerald’s

July 21st, 2011 · No Comments

The Dex Romweber Duo comes to Houston on August 5th to play a show at Fitzgerald’s in support of its new album, Is That You In The Blue. The album hits stores on 7.27.11.
Musician Jack White credits Romweber as an influence:
Dex Romweber was and is a huge influence on my music. I owned all […]

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The Wooden Birds (ex-AmAnSet) at Cactus this Tuesday

July 15th, 2011 · No Comments

The Wooden Birds–Andrew Kenny (American Analog Set, Broken Social Scene), Matt Pond (Matt Pond PA), Leslie Sisson (AmAnSet, Matt Pond PA), drummer Sean Haskins, and Matt Pond PA guitarist Chris Hansen–have a new album, Two Matchsticks, and come to Houston this Tuesday (7.19.11).You can catch the band free at Cactus Music at 5:30pm.
Here’s the band’s […]

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Pale releases video for “That Sinking Feeling”

July 12th, 2011 · No Comments

You can view the new video for Pale‘s “That Sinking Feeling” on aol.com.

More information on Pale may be found at www.palerocks.com.

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