It’s late January, and I typically post Houston Calling‘s year-end local favorites list during the same year in which the music was released, but there are valid reasons for the delay. Sure, life gets in the way. But 2012 was also the best year for local music in the 10 years of Houston Calling‘s existence. […]

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Tonight (Friday, 1.25.13), What Made Milwaukee Famous plays with Grandfather Child–whose 2012 debut was among my local favorites last year [favorites list will be posted soon]–and Charles P And The 10% at Fitzgerald’s.
WMMF’s new album, You Can’t Fall Off the Floor, is now available.

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Roky Moon (aka Mike Hardin), whose short-lived project with BOLT ended last year, has a new band called The Kiss Goodnight that is set to play Fitzgerald’s this Saturday (1.12.13) with Young Girls, A Giant Dog, and Psychic Palms.
Tickets available here.

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Long-time Houston blues rock band Fondue Monks–a band that has been playing shows around town for 20 years–are scheduled to headline at Houston’s House of Blues on Thursday, January 10th. Tickets to the show, which also features the Paul Ramirez Band and Jonathon Boogie Long, are available here.
Doors open at 7pm.

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Let’s kick off 2013–Houston Calling‘s 10th year (!)–with my list of favorite albums from last year. In keeping with short attention spans in today’s era of Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, I’ve kept my comments about each album to a minimum (as much as possible). Listen for yourself and let the music do the talking.
Also, I’ll […]

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Houston Calling’s 2012 favorite albums coming soon…

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