Instrumental Canadian collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor will return to Texas this falls with shows in Austin and Dallas. The band plays The Mohawk in Austin on 10.9.12 and in Dallas at the Grenada Theatre on 10.11.12. No word yet on a Houston date, but the band also will play in New Orleans on 10.7.12, [...]

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Help support Aurora Picture Show by contributing to its Kickstarter campaign. More information from APS: This June, Aurora has an exciting opportunity to relocate to a new space that will not only be our homebase for indoor screenings, but also give us room for more education programs, as well as accommodate administrative offices, video library, [...]

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Southern Backtones La Vie En Noir ZenHill Records In 2004, Houston’s Southern Backtones released a self-titled EP that marked a radical shift in the band’s sound. Originally a rockabilly project–with a fairly rabid fanbase–the Backtones instead channeled glam-era Bowie and late-80s college rock, alienating some fans but gaining many more in the process. In the [...]

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Beastie Boys member MCA (Adam Yauch) has died at age 47. As many of you likely do, I have a close friend who is a gigantic Beastie Boys fan. Ross, this one’s for you: More local coverage–including more video links–may be found on 29-95.com and Rocks Off.

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The Treaty Oak Collective has released the vinyl version of the Co-Pilot/Alaskan split, which features Co-Pilot‘s massive “The Bering Sea” and Alaskan’s throaty “Euthanize”. You can buy one of 500 copies in black or clear with black haze vinyl here for $9 (plus S&H).

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Houston’s The Watermarks plan to release a series of new singles and EPs on German label AF-Music leading up to the band’s new full-length. The first single will be released this Tuesday (5.8.12), and includes the songs “Run Away” and “Empty Heart”. A video for “Run Away” should be released soon. Catch The Watermarks live [...]

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Wild Moccasins head out on another tour this May, supporting Saturday Looks Good to Me (Polyvinyl). The band kicks off the tour this weekend with a Houston show with Limb at Fitzgerald’s this Saturday night (Cinco de Mayo, 5.5.12). Showtime is 9pm. In other Wild Moccasins news, the band will sell its new single via [...]

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Today (Saturday, 4.21.12) is Record Store Day 2012, and local record stores are in on the annual action. From 10am-12pm, Cactus Music hosts local band The Tontons for a DJ session in the Record Ranch, rock band Evanescence will sign autographs for 250 people from 2-3pm, and Rhett Miller (Old 97s) will play a free [...]

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As you may have already read on Rocks Off, Space City Rock, or 29-95.com, local glam rockers Roky Moon & BOLT! have called it quits. On Rocks Off, the Houston Press‘ music blog, frontman Mike Hardin gives details about the band’s demise, along with his plans for moving on with new music. Read it here.

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Benjamin Wesley Think/Thoughts Self-released/The Convoy Group With Geschichte, Benjamin Wesley’s debut solo release, the Houston-based musician introduced himself as dark and talented, with songs that did ample justice to his wild and impressive one-man-band-style live performances. On his latest album, Wesley thankfully doesn’t stray far from the inventive songwriting that’s made him one of Houston’s [...]

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