The Abyss, Project Dopamine, The Razorblade Dolls (Dallas), subNatural (Austin), and Brown Acid play tomorrow (Friday, 8.12.11) at the 19th Hole, located at 202 Sawdust Rd. in Spring.

Show starts at 9pm.

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The Mathletes return this month with Excalibur, a limited-edition, vinyl-only release (with digital download included) that comes with a bizarrely impressive and entertaining 24-page zine. To celebrate the release, the band is hosting a release show at Fitzgerald’s this Saturday night (8.13.11). For a mere $5, you get a ton of great (mostly) local music.

That’s:
Giant […]

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Roky Moon & BOLT!, fresh off its CD release show for American Honey last weekend, plays a free in-store show at Cactus Music this Saturday (8.6.11) at 3pm.
Musician Brad Absher plays a free set at 1pm, so be sure to get there early.
More information may be found at www.rokymoonandbolt.com and www.zenhillrecords.com.

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This just in from Ume:

You can now pre-order our new record Phantoms on limited edition translucent pink 12″ vinyl (includes full album download) and CD here!
NYLON Magazine just premiered the first single Captive.  Click here to download.  The song recently hit number #2 on the national specialty radio charts!
We’re playing the amazing Kanrocksas Festival […]

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El Paso rock band Sparta–led by musician Jim Ward–has announced a show on November 17th in El Paso. In a post on the Tembloroso Creative Lab site–which Ward and company use to “provide a worldwide voice for El Paso’s artists and musicians,”  he wrote:

Hi everyone- here is the official word from the sparta headquarters-
Sparta, awake!
After […]

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Earlier this year, Two Star Symphony–a band I had the privilege of seeing up close and personal a couple of years back on episode 8 of Live From Sugar Hill–asked its fans and well-wishers to help fund the recording of its new album, an original ballet score composed for the Dominic Walsh Dance Theatre’s […]

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Visit www.leavingtheground.com to see Co-Pilot‘s updated website (designed by Ben Godfrey of listenlisten, no less). The site offers current news about the band, upcoming and past shows, press reviews, and contact information — as well as links to the band’s Facebook and Bandcamp pages and a YouTube channel.
While you’re there, you can get […]

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Co-Pilot, Defending The Kingdom, Peloton, and more play this Saturday night (8.6.11) at The Mink. This will be a good one, so make plans to come out for the show. Doors open at 6pm, and cover is $10.

More information may be found at www.minkonmain.com/backroom/

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