Reptar hails from Athens, GA, a city that has been home to any number of influential indie bands over the years. The band played Houston late last month and was selected to play a showcase during South By Southwest 2012 in Austin, along with various day parties (including Filter‘s Showdown at Cedar Street). Reptar also [...]

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Scottish underground rockers The Jesus and Mary Chain plays a handful of shows in the U.S. this month, the first of which is tonight at Houston’s House of Blues. I hope I hear “Darklands”: Due to visa issues, the band was forced to reschedule earlier dates this week in New Orleans and Denton. New Orleans’ [...]

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2012 marks the fourth year that several Houstonians have helped organize SXSW‘s Christian hip hop showcase. On Friday, 3.16.12, and Saturday, 3.17.12, DaSouth.com Hip Hop Hope Unity Conference and CityTakers Weekend features performances from gospel hip hop artists and offers artist development workshops and networking opportunities during South By Southwest. The first event is a [...]

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Tons of bands come to Texas during South By Southwest each year, and Houston is fortunate enough to get a fair number of them as well. This year, Super Happy Fun Land (located at 3801 Polk St.) once again hosts the SXSW Overflow Fest, which runs through March 22nd. You can get a two-week festival [...]

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Sad news that long-time Houston band Bright Men Of Learning is calling it quits. You can read the details from Jeremy Hart at Space City Rock, but do yourself a favor and go to Vinyl Junkie (4202 Canal) today (Saturday, 3.10.12) to catch the band’s final show, along with a slew of other local bands [...]

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Here’s a list of bands performing at Cactus Music this month: Saturday, 3/10 @ 1:00pm – Anthony Barilla: Apocalypse Town Saturday, 3/10 – Dr. Dog @ 3:00pm Sunday, 3/11 – Kevin Barnes [of Montreal] @ 1:30pm – Solo piano performance Monday, 3/12 – The Mittenfields  @ 5:30pm Tuesday, 3/13 – Busby Marou @ 4:00pm Tuesday, [...]

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Houston’s Balaclavas are among the chosen few representing the Bayou City at this year’s South By Southwest 2012 in Austin, which kicks off next week. The band is known for its exciting, energetic shows and released one of Houston Calling‘s favorite local albums of 2011, Snake People, via Dull Knife. You can listen to tracks [...]

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Black Books have quickly made a name for themselves in the Austin area with impressive live shows and a respectable EP, 2011′s An Introduction To… I previewed the band in last year’s Houston Calling SXSW preview, and recently found out the band has been working on new material and will be performing shows in Austin [...]

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Musician James Mercer returns as The Shins (with a few new musicians in tow) with a new album, Port Of Morrow, and an upcoming tour, which includes a stop in Austin during South By Southwest 2012. Watch the video of new single, “Simple Song,” below: And here’s a video of the excellent “Sleeping Lessons”: The [...]

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Austin’s Pure X should be happy they get to ride on The Jesus and Mary Chain’s coattails so closely during this year’s South  By Southwest. The group’s 2011 album, Pleasure, made a few best of 2011 year-end lists with its fuzzy, droning rock, and continues to garner the band attention. Here’s a video for “Surface”: [...]

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