Yr Weekend (In Miniature): Summerfest + Spain Colored Orange + Otep + 13 Black Coffins + Big Walter + More

Okay, folks — I’m afraid I don’t have time to ramble about all the good shows going on this weekend, partly because I’m kinda focused on the Free Press Summerfest thing. There is plenty else going on, though, so here’re my picks off the list:

Fri., August 7:
Method Man/Redman/Ghostface Killah/Duo Live @ House of Blues
Spain Colored Orange/Clouseaux @ The Continental Club
Otep/Destrophy/Hypernova/The Hectic @ Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Pre-Summerfest House Party, featuring Muhammidali, Legsweeper, The Takes, & Reverberation @ 3605 Bremond
Tax the Wolf/Ellypseas/Ghormeh Sabzi @ Dean’s Credit Clothing (9:45PM; free/$5)
Krum Bums (CD release)/Molotov Compromise/Roots of Exile/The Framed @ Walter’s on Washington
Mother’s Anthem/Nothingmore/The 71’s/Glass Intrepid/The Canvas Writing/Another Run @ Fitzgerald’s
Fulton Read/Charles P. and The 10 Percent/The Fox Derby/B L A C K I E @ Warehouse Live
White Rhino/Whorehound/Trian Woodburns @ Rudyard’s
Mötley Crüe/Godsmack/Theory of a Deadman/Drowning Pool/Charm City Devils @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sat., August 8:
Free Press Summer Fest, featuring Explosions in the Sky, Broken Social Scene, The Sword, The Octopus Project, Tha Fucking Transmissions, DJ Ceeplus, GRRRL Parts, The Riff Tiffs, O Pioneers!!!, H.I.S.D., Fat Tony, B L A C K I E vs. Cop Warmth, Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans, Young Mammals, Los Skarnales, Muhammadali, The Watermarks, I am Mesmer, The Tontons, Perseph One, JuzCoz, Mechanical Boy, & Ghost Town Electric @ Eleanor Tinsley Park (12PM-10PM; $10 one-day)
Ese (CD release)/Yayo/Hell’s Engine/13 Black Coffins @ Walter’s on Washington
Green Day/Franz Ferdinand @ Toyota Center
Flawlessly Inadequate @ Java Junction
Badfish (A Tribute to Sublime)/Full Service/Scotty Don’t/Ryan Scroggins & the Trenchtown Texans @ Sam Houston Race Park

Sun., August 9:
Free Press Summer Fest, featuring Of Montreal, Devin the Dude, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Voxtrot, Riverboat Gamblers, Prince Paul, UME, Buxton, The Wild Moccasins, Sideshow Tramps, Hearts of Animals, The Manichean, The Eastern Sea, Grandfather Child, Southern Backtones, Roky Moon & Bolt, Skyblue72, News on the March, The Hates, Elaine Greer, The Small Sounds, Chase Hamblin, Come See My Dead Person, & The McKenzies @ Eleanor Tinsley Park (12PM-10PM; $10 one-day)
Big Walter’s Birthday Bash, featuring a bunch of folks @ The Big Easy (2-7PM)
Sun., August 9 – Krunkquistadors/I.C. The Throwdest/T.H.U.R.O./Throwed Texas Boys (T.T.B.)/T-Lee/Killa Flow/J.O.N.K.T of 8Set/Hood Classic Music Productions/Black Mo$ez @ Jet Lounge (6:30PM; $10)
Official Summerfest After Party, featuring DJ Jester the Filipino Fist & Come See My Dead Person @ El Pueblito (1423 Richmond)
Totally Wired, featuring Dean Dirg, Autistic Youth, & No Talk @ The Mink