The Bible Spelled Backwards Does Not Change the Fact that You Cannot Kill David Arquette and Other Things I Learned in the Black Math Experiment
Jef With One F
Self-published
The Black Math Experiment is a quirky Houston rock band that is most famous for getting actress Courteney Cox’s husband to get them to organize a gig [...]

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George Lassos The Moon, the debut album from Chicago’s Scott Lucas and The Married Men, hits stores today (Tuesday, 2.16.10). The music on George… is quite a departure from Lucas’ “day job”: frontman for rock duo Local H, one of the few rock bands from the mid-90’s that remains relevant, and part of electronic rockers [...]

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Motion Turns It On’s latest album hits stores this Tuesday, 2.16.10. The band–guitarist Bill Kenny, keyboardist Andres Londono, and drummer Steve Smith–recently moved from Houston to Austin, where it hopes to continue to capitalize on its prog-influenced instrumental rock.

The songs on Kaleidoscopic Equinox (released via Chocolate Lab Records) build on the intricacies of jazz, the [...]

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2009 was the best year for local music I can recall since I started Houston Calling nearly seven years ago. The range of music coming out of the city is impressive–experimental rock and hip hop, punk, noise rock, folksy singer-songwriters, electronica, and indie pop–and Houston’s musicians really stepped it up a notch this year. It [...]

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listenlisten plays with The Small Sounds and Til We’re Blue or Destroy tonight (Saturday, 12.19.09) at The Continental Club in Houston. listenlisten’s Hymns From Rhodesia is one of my favorite local albums of 2009 (check back soon for my list of local 2009 favorites), so be sure to go check them out.

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It’s been another great year of music, so without further ado…
Houston Calling’s favorite albums of 2009

1. Doves, Kingdom of Rust (Astralwerks)
This Manchester band never fails to impress me with the way it reinvents its music with each release. From spacey beginnings to the more refined songs on recent releases, the trio weaves admirable styles and [...]

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Local musician Shellee Coley celebrates the release of her album, The Girl The Stencil Drew, with a show at The Woodland’s Dosey Doe coffeehouse this Tuesday, 12.15.09. This is an early show (doors at 6pm/show at 7pm). Musician Mason Lankford opens the show.

Fans of Lisa Loeb, Sarah McLachlan, and Sheryl Crow should enjoy Coley’s songs. [...]

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Tomorrow night (Friday, 12.11.09), Austin-by-way-of-Houston musician Tody Castillo returns to town to play songs from his latest album, Windhorse (read my review here). What Made Milwaukee Famous is the show’s headliner, so this should be a great show.
Videos by both artists after the jump…

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On December 2nd, instrumental band Unwed Sailor plays in Houston at Super Happy Fun Land. Native Lights (Johnathon Ford from Unwed Sailor’s other band), Jaret Ferratusco, Magic Marmalade, and Autumn Smith are also on the bill.
You may recall that Unwed Sailor’s album, Little Wars, was among my favorites of 2008. Be sure to come out [...]

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Happy rainy Friday. Tonight (Friday, 11.20.09), Mango’s hosts “Musique Non Stop,” which features The Factory Party, A Thousand Cranes, DJ Ceeplus and the Bad Knives, and Mr. Castillo.
Should be a great time.

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