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Shows with local Houston bands in funky gold text.
Shows that we think will be particularly cool are in bold.

== link to a blog post about the show.

== link to a review of one of the bands.

== link to an interview/feature with one of the bands.

== link to the writeup for a Featured Band.

Last updated: 5/19/2010 05:19:40 PM

Wed., May 19 - Stardeath & The White Dwarfs/The Besnard Lakes @ Walter's

Wed., May 19 - Deadbolt/Poor Dumb Bastards/Blackmarket Syndicate/The Hot Things/Skeleton Dick @ Rudyard's

Wed., May 19 - Eye Alaska/Windsor Drive/Over 9000/Skyscrapers Walk Among Us/Juneau @ The Junction

Wed., May 19 - Turnin' Headz feat. Dirty & Nasty/Daraja/First Day of Skool @ Mango's (free!)

Wed., May 19 - Roberto Carlos @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Wed., May 19 - Flaw/Saturate/Trancend/The Morning Becomes @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Thurs., May 20 - The Most Serene Republic/Annuals/What Laura Says @ Mango's

Thurs., May 20 - Peekaboo Theory/The Manichean/A dream Asleep @ Rocbar

Thurs., May 20 - Soulhat @ Discovery Green (6:30PM)

Thurs., May 20 - Drake @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Thurs., May 20 - The Knitters @ The Continental Club

Thurs., May 20 - Wendy Colonna @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Thurs., May 20 - Pear Ratz (CD release) @ Firehouse Saloon

Thurs., May 20 - Jimmy Buffett @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Thurs., May 20 - Mick Taylor @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)

Thurs., May 20 - Pachanga en Pasadena, featuring The Caprolites, Somosuno, & Andres and Rafael @ Cardi's (Pasadena)

Thurs., May 20 - Obsolete August @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Fri., May 21 - The Wild Moccasins (CD release)/Roky Moon & Bolt/Giant Princess @ Walter's

Fri., May 21 - Everybody Was in the French Resistance...Now @ Mango's

Fri., May 21 - Shanty Vamps/No High Fives to Bullshit/Muhammad Ali/Davey Crockett/Whatabreaker @ The Mink

Fri., May 21 - Hell City Kings/Bexar County Bastards/Dykes On Bikes @ Rudyard's

Fri., May 21 - Labretta Suede and The Motel 6/Born Liars/The Nightmare River Band/Nashville Snake @ Super Happy Fun Land

Fri., May 21 - A Fistful of Soul @ The Mink

Fri., May 21 - Fang Island @ House of Blues (restaurant)

Fri., May 21 - Red Black Tree/Absolute Pistol/Alkari/Fake Believe @ BFE Rock Club (11528 Jones Rd.)

Fri., May 21 - Friends Are Electric, featuring Flowers to Hide, Ceeplus Bad Knives, Mr. Castillo, Cuba Gooding Jr. & local artists @ Dean's Credit Clothing

Fri., May 21 - Analog Rebellion/Mansions/The Skies Revolt @ The Junction

Fri., May 21 - Dash Rip Rock/The Hickoids @ The Continental Club

Fri., May 21 - The Glitch Mob/Free The Robots @ Rich's

Fri., May 21 - Steel Panther @ House of Blues

Fri., May 21 - Laura Marling/Smoke Fairies/Pete Roe @ Warehouse Live

Fri., May 21 - The Killdares @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Fri., May 21 - Smoke Fairies @ Cactus (5:30PM)

Fri., May 21 - Train/Bob Schneider/Jason Castro/Angel Taylor @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Fri., May 21 - Granger Smith/Jamie Talbert @ Firehouse Saloon

Fri., May 21 - Parabelle/Moving Atlas/Forever Falls/Easy Sleezy @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sat., May 22 - Girls Rock Camp Houston Benefit Show, featuring Black Congress, Omotai, Elaine Greer, No Resistance, & Mydolls @ Dean's Credit Clothing

Sat., May 22 - Come See My Dead Person/Two Star Symphony/The Invincible Czars @ The Continental Club

Sat., May 22 - Woven Bones/The Caprolites/Ghormeh Sabzi @ Mango's (9PM; $8)

Sat., May 22 - MDC/The Restarts/H.R.A./Dead To The World/Room 101 @ Walter's

Sat., May 22 - Jody Seabody & The Whirls @ Super Happy Fun Land

Sat., May 22 - Houston Hearts Haiti @ Cactus Music (1-3PM)

Sat., May 22 - One Mic Houston, featuring D-Risha, Dustin Prestige, Dante Higgins, Guerilla Foco Clan, John Dew, Hashbrown, & DJ Acebooncoon @ Warehouse Live (Studio)

Sat., May 22 - Jeffree Star/Brokencyde/Blood On The Dance Floor/Stereos/Baby Starjet @ The Warsaw (1515 Pease; formerly The Engine Room)

Sat., May 22 - Letters to Voltron @ Rudyard's

Sat., May 22 - Unknown Pleasures, featuring DJ Amber, DJ Ryan, & Shoe @ Numbers

Sat., May 22 - Sukhwinder Singh @ Arena Theater

Sat., May 22 - qanda (CD release)/The Tiles @ Warehouse Live

Sat., May 22 - The Trishas @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Sat., May 22 - Aaron Watson @ Firehouse Saloon

Sat., May 22 - Raspberry Criminal: Michael Jackson vs. Prince, featuring Prince Klassen & Orion @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)

Sat., May 22 - Le Cure (The Cure tribute) @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sun., May 23 - Shock Treatment, featuring Blackmarket Syndicate @ Rocbar

Sun., May 23 - +DOG+/CCR Headcleaner @ Super Happy Fun Land

Sun., May 23 - Sebastian Whittaker Trio @ Discovery Green (3-5PM)

Sun., May 23 - The Magpies @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Sun., May 23 - AftonLive Showcase, featuring I Sing the Body Electric, Assylim, Troublemaker, Defon 7, Clory Martin, The Truth, Skepticynic, & Wood 'n Wind @ Warehouse Live

Sun., May 23 - DJ No Fun @ Cactus Music (2-5PM)

Sun., May 23 - Ronny Cox @ Listening Room (NiaMoves, 508 Pecore)

Sun., May 23 - Black Robot/Faulter 42/Black Queen Speaks @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Tues., May 25 - 16 Volt/Chemlab/Left Spine Down/Mike Terror @ Numbers

Tues., May 25 - Cute Is What We Aim For/Friday Night Boys/The Bigger Lights/Down With Webster @ The Warsaw (1515 Pease; formerly The Engine Room)

Tues., May 25 - Lazy Ass Destroyer @ Super Happy Fun Land

Tues., May 25 - Austin Collins @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Tues.-Wed., May 25-26 - Taylor Swift @ Toyota Center

Wed., May 26 - The Classic Crime/Madina Lake/Ivoryline @ Warehouse Live

Thurs., May 27 - Buxton/The Small Sounds @ Discovery Green (6:30PM)

Thurs., May 27 - Call To Preserve/Take It Back/Kills and Thrills/Battle of Champions/Caveman @ The Junction

Thurs., May 27 - Rita Hardt (CD release) @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Thurs., May 27 - Obsolete August @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Thurs., May 27 - Raul Malo @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)

Fri., May 28 - Scale The Summit/Another Run/The Pant Factory/Peekaboo Theory/Female Demand @ Warehouse Live

Fri., May 28 - Scott H. Biram @ The Continental Club

Fri., May 28 - The Spits/Nobunny/The Energy/No Talk @ Rudyard's

Fri., May 28 - Barrington Levy @ Club Riddims

Fri., May 28 - The Bamboozle Road Show, featuring All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, LMFAO, Third Eye Blind, Good Charlotte, Hanson, Forever The Sickest Kids, Hellogoodbye, Cartel, A Cursive Memory, Cady Groves, Great Big Planes, I Fight Dragons, Mercy Mercedes, Shwayze, Simple Plan, Stereo Skyline, The Downtown Fiction, The Ready Set, Vedera, & Vita Chambers @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Fri., May 28 - Andre Nickatina/Raider Dave @ The Warsaw (1515 Pease; formerly The Engine Room)

Fri., May 28 - Chris Duarte @ Dan Electro's Guitar Bar

Fri., May 28 - Mark McKinney/Rosehill @ Firehouse Saloon

Fri., May 28 - Sisters Morales @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Fri., May 28 - Mint Condition @ House of Blues

Fri., May 28 - Asleep At The Wheel @ Cypress Saloon

Fri., May 28 - Alejandro Fernández/Marco Antonio Solis/Joan Sebastian @ Toyota Center

Fri., May 28 - Metal Shop @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sat., May 29 - Warsaw Grand Opening Party, featuring Heavy As Texas, Defending The Kingdom, Burn the Boats, Donkey Punch, Inner Lights, Dollyrockers, The American Heist, & The Failed Attempt @ The Warsaw (1515 Pease, 5PM, $10; formerly The Engine Room)

Sat., May 29 - ST-37/Linus Pauling Quartet (split-7" release)/Golden Cities @ Rudyard's

Sat., May 29 - Dax Riggs @ Mango's

Sat., May 29 - LAX/Fat Tony/Hospital/Sensory Memories/Brandon Duhon/GRRRL Parts @ Walter's

Sat., May 29 - Nameless Sound, featuring Koboku Senju @ The El Dorado Ballroom Building (2310 Elgin, downstairs corner suite; 8PM, $13/$10 students)

Sat., May 29 - Chlorine/Dev Electric/Pale/Black Queen Speaks/Low Frequency/Blue Light Traffic @ Warehouse Live

Sat., May 29 - Robert Cray Band/Shemekia Copeland @ House of Blues

Sat., May 29 - Andrew Karnavas @ Cactus Music (3PM)

Sat., May 29 - 13 Black Coffins/DeadRabbits/The Hounds @ Walter's

Sat., May 29 - O'Jays @ Arena Theater

Sat., May 29 - The Louvres @ Cactus Music (1PM)

Sat., May 29 - Blue Oyster Cult/Foghat @ Sam Houston Race Park

Sat., May 29 - The Tubes @ 18th Street Pier Bar and Grill

Sat., May 29 - The Bangles/Tonic @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)

Sat., May 29 - Blackmarket Syndicate @ W. Airport & Murphey (Stafford)

Sat., May 29 - The Southern Kill/Elysian @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sun., May 30 - La Roux @ House of Blues

Sun., May 30 - Korn/2 Cents/Big Jay Oakerson @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Sun., May 30 - In Memoriam Festival, featuring 25 Ta Life, Rise To Conquer, & more @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Sun., May 30 - Band of Heathens @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Sun., May 30 - The Lettermen @ Arena Theater

Sun., May 30 - From Guts To Glory/The Better Death/38 Caliber Hero @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Mon., May 31 - Fugitive Kind/Muhammad Ali/The Wiggins @ Khon's Bar ($5; 7PM)

Mon., May 31 - Leatherface/Ninja Gun/Young Livers/Hell City Kings @ Walter's

Mon., May 31 - The James Reese Band @ Warehouse Live

Wed., June 2 - Jon Crocker @ Super Happy Fun Land

Thurs., June 3 - Los Skarnales/Karina Nistal @ Discovery Green (6:30PM)

Thurs., June 3 - City of Ships @ Super Happy Fun Land

Thurs., June 3 - Mike Mancy @ Firehouse Saloon

Fri., June 4 - Neil Young @ Jones Hall

Fri., June 4 - Mishka @ Warehouse Live

Fri., June 4 - Peter Mulvey @ Listening Room (NiaMoves, 508 Pecore)

Fri., June 4 - Greg Trooper @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Fri., June 4 - Eric Nelson/Black Reign/J-cost/P.Blades @ House of Blues

Fri., June 4 - Django Walker/Zack Walther and The Cronkites @ Firehouse Saloon

Fri., June 4 - Pete Asher @ Dosey Doe Coffee House (The Woodlands)

Fri., June 4 - Texas Hippie Coalition/Pimpadelic/Southern Reign/Born From Ruins @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sat., June 5 - Free Press Summerfest 2010, featuring Girl Talk, Come See My Dead Person, Caddywhompus, Saviors, Ghost Mountain, Hollywood Floss, Givers, The Growlers, The Entrance Band, Detroit Cobras, Kid Sister, Dissent, Tyagaraja, Sugar and Gold, Nosaprise, Yppah, Perseph One, I am Mesmer, Something Fierce, Golden Axe, Ra Ra Riot, Balaclavas, American Fangs, Sideshow Tramps, Guerilla Foco Clan, Squincy Jones, The Eastern Sea, Roky Moon & Bolt, Omotai, Medeski Martin & Wood, Mix Master Mike, Many Birthdays, Chase Hamblin, Fat Tony, Fixture, G.Wizz, Spain Colored Orange, Golden Cities, The Wild Moccasins, Ghost Town Electric, Gracie Chavez, Ceeplus Bad Knives, DJ Czech One, Prince Klassen, DJ Richard Gear, & Dan Castillo @ Eleanor Tinsley Park

Sat., June 5 - Free Press Summer Fest After Party, featuring Prince Paul @ Warehouse Live

Sat., June 5 - 21st Annual Accordion Kings & Queens @ Miller Outdoor Theatre (6:30PM)

Sat., June 5 - The Aerial Second/Floorbound/The Lotus Effect/This Year's Tiger @ Fitzdown

Sat., June 5 - Goatwhore/Revocation/The Nephilim Terror @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Sat., June 5 - Nelo @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)

Sat., June 5 - Underworld, featuring DJ Mina, DJ Pthalo, DJ vvJames, & The Dead Bang @ Numbers

Sat., June 5 - 3OH!3/Cobra Starship/Travis McCoy/I Fight Dragons @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Sat., June 5 - The Fab Four @ House of Blues

Sat., June 5 - Phil Pritchett @ Firehouse Saloon

Sat., June 5 - the last place you look/Hindsight @ The Pour House (Stafford)

Sat., June 5 - Guns 4 Roses (Guns N' Roses tribute)/Out of the Cellar (Ratt tribute) @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sun., June 6 - Free Press Summerfest 2010, featuring The Flaming Lips, Miniature Tigers, The Mahas, Dead Prez, Shina Rae, Mic Skillz, Municipal Waste, Ashes of Babylon, Young Mammals, Slim Thug & Bun B, Stars, Yoko Mono, The Watermarks, Cro-Mags, LIMB, Squincy Jones, 30footFALL, Somosuno, Sharks and Sailors, Lucero, Lymbyc System, The Handshake, Legsweeper, Neilyo, Ceeplus Bad Knives, B L A C K I E, Michael Kingcaid & The Black Power, Uh Huh Her, Grandfather Child, Weird Party, Bull Thieves, Terry Sleeser, DJ Czech One, Prince Klassen, Buxton, The Small Sounds, The Energy, Black Congress, Robert Ellis, Plump, Hell City Kings, Female Demand, DJ Richard Gear, Dan Castillo, Tax the Wolf, D.R.U.M., Giving Tree Band, Muhammad Ali, Free Radicals, Giant Princess, Rusted Shut, G.Wizz, DJ Meshak, The Manichean, Elaine Greer, The Western Civilization, Blacklisted Individuals, Gracie Chavez, Fixture, The Gold Sounds, listenlisten, & The Takes @ Eleanor Tinsley Park

Sun., June 6 - Free Press Summer Fest After Party, featuring The Hood Internet @ Warehouse Live

Sun., June 6 - Webb Wilder @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Sun., June 6 - Machina/Saturate/Pandemic @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Mon., June 7 - The Melvins/Totimoshi @ Warehouse Live

Mon., June 7 - Obituary/The Weight of Respect/Venomous Supremacy/Killer Ape/While They Slept @ Numbers

Mon., June 7 - MGMT @ House of Blues

Tues., June 8 - Imogen Heap @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Tues., June 8 - Nas/Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley/Nneka @ Warehouse Live

Tues., June 8 - Truth & Salvage Company @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)

Tues., June 8 - Truth & Salvage Company @ Cactus Music (5:30PM)

Wed., June 9 - Country Throwdown, featuring Montgomery Gentry, Jack Ingram, Little Big Town, The Eli Young Band, Eric Church, The Lost Trailers, Heidi Newfield, Ryan Bingham, Jonathan Singleton & The Grove, Emily West, Ashley Ray, Brad Tursi, Cory Branan, Dave Pahanish, Heather Morgan, Jedd Hughes, Sarah Buxton, Troy Olsen, & Walker Hayes @ Sam Houston Race Park

Wed., June 9 - Reverend Horton Heat/Cracker/Th' Legendary Shack Shakers @ Warehouse Live

Wed., June 9 - Knights of the Abyss/Burning the Masses/Those Who Lie Beneath/And Hell Followed With @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Wed., June 9 - Jungle Noise/Thread Atlas/Only Revolutions @ Super Happy Fun Land

Wed., June 9 - Wonder Girls @ House of Blues

Wed., June 9 - Maxwell/Jill Scott @ Toyota Center

Thurs., June 10 - Mike Stinson/Robert Ellis & The Boys @ Discovery Green (6:30PM)

Thurs., June 10 - Mono/The Twilight Sad @ Rudyard's

Thurs., June 10 - G.B.H./Outernational/The American Heist/Molotov Compromise @ Warehouse Live

Thurs., June 10 - Hernan Cattaneo @ Stereo Live

Thurs., June 10 - Pitbull @ Escapade

Fri., June 11 - Iron Maiden/Dream Theater @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Fri., June 11 - Randy Travis @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Fri., June 11 - Grayson Capps @ Listening Room (NiaMoves; 9PM)

Sat., June 12 - Mirah/Thao @ The Orange Show

Sat., June 12 - The Lee Boys @ Miller Outdoor Theatre (8:30PM)

Sat., June 12 - The Wild Moccasins @ Cactus Music (3PM)

Sat., June 12 - Primal Fear/Luna Mortis/Of Raven and Ruins @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Sat., June 12 - Richard Ramirez/Ze'r0-sum/Respirator/Tärr/Cornelius F. Van Strafin III @ Super Happy Fun Land

Sat., June 12 - PJ Morton @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)

Sat., June 12 - Mike Terror @ Walter's

Sat., June 12 - Loreta Kovacic @ Cactus Music (10:30AM)

Sat., June 12 - 50 Cent @ Arena Theatre

Sat., June 12 - Strings & Fuzon @ House of Blues

Sat., June 12 - Anders Osbourne @ Cactus Music (5PM)

Sat., June 12 - No Justice/Josh Ward Band @ Firehouse Saloon

Sat., June 12 - Chuck Allen Floyd Band @ Dosey Doe Coffee House (The Woodlands)

Sat., June 12 - The Veer Union/Dev Electric @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sat., June 12 - Village People @ Sam Houston Race Park

Sat., June 12 - Beach Party Madness, featuring Fat Tony & Balls Deep @ Crystal Beach (Bolivar Peninsula)

Sun., June 13 - Erykah Badu @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Sun., June 13 - Space City Gamelan @ Discovery Green (3-5PM)

Sun., June 13 - Lynyrd Skynyrd/Bret Michaels/.38 Special @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sun., June 13 - Incendio @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Sun., June 13 - The Hectic/Red Pyramid @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Tues., June 15 - Cowboy Junkies @ House of Blues

Tues., June 15 - Seventh Calling/Serpent Sun/Agony Within @ The Jet Lounge

Wed., June 16 - Sage Francis/Free Moral Agents/B. Dolan @ House of Blues

Wed., June 16 - Summer Skavaganza Fest, featuring Whole Wheat Bread, Chase Long Beach, & more @ Numbers

Wed., June 16 - Good Old War/Yukon Blond/Audrey Mae @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Wed., June 16 - Bitter End/The Mongoloids/Donnybrook!/Venia @ Walter's

Thurs., June 17 - MC Chris/MC Lars/Math The Band @ Walter's

Thurs., June 17 - Passion Pit/Tokyo Police Club/Brahms @ Warehouse Live

Thurs., June 17 - Sara Hickman/Leah White and the Magic Mirrors @ Discovery Green (6:30PM)

Thurs., June 17 - Grupo Fantasma @ House of Blues

Thurs., June 17 - The Who Show (Who tribute) @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Thurs., June 17 - Josh Golden/Jokersdeck @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)

Fri., June 18 - Lovedrug/All The Day Holiday @ Mango's

Fri., June 18 - Johnny Winter/Richard Cagle and Voodoo Choir @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Fri., June 18 - Mingo Fishtrap @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)

Fri., June 18 - Skyrocket! @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Fri., June 18 - Stoney LaRue @ Firehouse Saloon

Fri., June 18 - Ten (Pearl Jam tribute)/Badmotorfinger (Soundgarden tribute)/Bleed the Freak (Alice in Chains tribute) @ House of Blues

Fri., June 18 - Taproot/Anew Revolution/Ice Nine Kills/Destrophy/Elysian @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sat., June 19 - Raekwon @ Warehouse Live

Sat., June 19 - This Will Destroy You/Chiaroscuro/Omotai @ Mango's

Sat., June 19 - Landon Pigg/Madi Diaz @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Sat., June 19 - Monster Metal Showcase, featuring RAZR13, Necrofaith, Metavenge, Metalloyd, Legion, Ethreal, & Sol34 @ Warehouse Live

Sat., June 19 - Emory Quinn/Rich O'Toole/Mike Kelly @ House of Blues

Sat., June 19 - Ronald Isley @ Arena Theater

Sat., June 19 - Juneteenth Summer Jam, featuring Morris Day & The Time & more @ Sam Houston Race Park

Sun., June 20 - Tool @ Toyota Center

Sun., June 20 - Slang/World Burns To Death @ The Mink

Sun., June 20 - Shock Treatment, featuring Blackmarket Syndicate @ Rocbar

Sun., June 20 - Filbert/Telephone Hat @ Super Happy Fun Land

Sun., June 20 - Idol Hand @ Discovery Green (3-5PM)

Mon., June 21 - Gashcat @ Super Happy Fun Land

Tues., June 22 - Haste The Day/My Children My Bride/Upon A Burning Body @ Numbers

Tues., June 22 - Smile Smile/Steve Poltz @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Tues., June 22 - From Legends to Nancy/To Stage A War @ The Junction

Thurs., June 24 - Carrion Sun/Omotai/Wildfires/Moose @ Mango's

Thurs., June 24 - Joe King Carrasco/David Beebe and The Conrads @ Discovery Green (6:30PM)

Thurs., June 24 - Jenni Rivera/Paquita La Del Barrio @ Escapade 2001

Fri., June 25 - Sting & The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Fri., June 25 - Sullen Serenade/The Spiritual Bat/Dead Frail Honesty @ Super Happy Fun Land

Fri., June 25 - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ House of Blues

Fri., June 25 - Kahna's 2nd Annual Brutal Bday Bash, featuring Chant, Mike Terror, Zone of Inhibition, The Razorblade Dolls, Synthetic Fiend, After Time Has Passed, Witness to the Fallen, Calling Chase, Venomous Supremacy, Not Amongst The Living, Lao Tzu, The Hectic, & Tragedy @ Fitzgerald's

Fri., June 25 - Mike Terror @ Wired Live

Fri., June 25 - America @ Stafford Centre (Stafford)

Fri., June 25 - Marty Stuart/Rosie Flores @ Crighton Theatre (Conroe)

Fri., June 25 - The Spazmatics @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Fri., June 25 - Born To Lose/Blackmarket Syndicate @ Trash Bar (Humble)

Sat., June 26 - Alex Arizpe Benefit Show Part II, featuring Blueprint, Latch Key Kids, The Tie That Binds, Pretty Boys, & L.J. All Stars @ Walter's

Sat., June 26 - Athlete/Carney @ Walter's

Sat., June 26 - Chicago/The Doobie Brothers @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sat., June 26 - FAB 40 @ Discovery Green (8-9:30PM)

Sat., June 26 - Asleep At the Wheel @ House of Blues

Sun., June 27 - Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers @ Discovery Green (3-5PM)

Sun., June 27 - Dave Koz/John Butler/Sheila E. @ House of Blues

Mon., June 28 - Nominon/Infinitum Obscure/Quinta Essentia/Blaspherian/Venomous Supremacy @ Walter's

Mon., June 28 - Jordin Sparks/Kate Voegele @ House of Blues

Mon., June 28 - The James Reese Band @ Warehouse Live

Wed., June 30 - Agent Orange @ Rocbar

Wed., June 30 - Boyce Avenue @ House of Blues (Bronze Peacock Room)

Wed., June 30 - Lizards Have Personalities/Texas Instruments @ Super Happy Fun Land

Thurs., July 1 - Theotis Joe @ Super Happy Fun Land

Thurs., July 1 - Twitchback/A Friend of A Dead Friend/Mythra @ The White Swan

Thurs., July 1 - Aventura @ Toyota Center

Fri., July 2 - Vans Warped Tour 2010, featuring Every Time I Die, Dillinger Escape Plan, Fake Problems, We The Kings, Andrew W.K., The All-American Rejects, Mayday Parade, We Are The In Crowd, After Midnight Project, & more @ Sam Houston Race Park

Fri., July 2 - The Psychedelic Furs/She Wants Revenge @ Warehouse Live

Sat., July 3 - A.R. Rahman @ Toyota Center

Sat., July 3 - Nevermind (Nirvana tribute) @ House of Blues (Peacock Room)

Sat., July 3 - 40 oz. to Freedom (Sublime tribute) @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sun., July 4 - Miyavi @ House of Blues

Tues., July 6 - Thrice/Kevin Devine/Bad Veins/The Dig @ Warehouse Live

Tues., July 6 - Hole @ House of Blues

Thurs., July 8 - Mates of State/Free Energy/DJ Jason Hammel @ Warehouse Live

Thurs., July 8 - R Sun @ Super Happy Fun Land

Fri., July 9 - Lightning Bolt/Indian Jewelry @ The Mekong Skyline (Khon's rooftop/parking garage)

Fri., July 9 - Gary Morris @ Listening Room (NiaMoves; 9PM)

Fri., July 9 - Fates Warning/Futures End/Six Minute Century/One of Sixx @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sat., July 10 - MOTO @ Rudyard's

Sat., July 10 - Monsters of Rock Tribute Tour, featuring Gene's Addiction (KISS/Gene Simmons tribute), Sunsett Stripperz ('80s hair-metal tribute), & Judith Priest (Judas Priest tribute) @ House of Blues

Sat., July 10 - Kevin Fowler @ The Showgrounds (Sam Houston Race Park)

Sat., July 10 - Colin Hay @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)

Sun., July 11 - Pianos Become the Teeth/iDreaminstereo/Diving/My Brother's Keeper @ Super Happy Fun Land

Mon., July 12 - Girlfriends @ Super Happy Fun Land

Tues., July 13 - Nekromantix @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Thurs., July 15 - The Octopus Project @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Fri., July 16 - The Delta Spirit/David Vandervelde/The Romany Rye @ Mango's (8PM)

Fri., July 16 - Michael Bublé @ Toyota Center

Fri., July 16 - Sara Hickman @ Listening Room (NiaMoves; 9PM)

Sat., July 17 - Weird Al Yankovic @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Sat., July 17 - Hod/Gravehill/Cardiac Arrest/War Master/Birth A.D./P.L.F. @ Walter's

Sat., July 17 - Liza Minnelli @ The Grand 1894 Opera House (Galveston)

Tues., July 20 - Silversun Pickups/Against Me!/The Henry Clay People @ Warehouse Live

Tues., July 20 - Prawn @ Super Happy Fun Land

Wed., July 21 - Phosphorescent @ House of Blues

Fri., July 23 - The Manichean (video release) @ Avant Garden (8PM; $7)

Fri., July 23 - Quintron and Miss Pussycat @ Super Happy Fun Land

Fri., July 23 - Truth Movement (feat. Corey Feldman) @ Rocbar

Sat., July 24 - Robert Plant and the Band of Joy @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sat., July 24 - We Are The Fallen @ Warehouse Live

Sat., July 24 - Hayes Carll @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Sat., July 24 - Jackson Taylor and the Sinners/Matt Rawls @ Firehouse Saloon

Sun.-Mon., July 25-26 - Lady Gaga/Semi Precious Weapons @ Toyota Center (both shows sold out)

Tues., July 27 - As I Lay Dying/Underoath/Between the Buried and Me/blessthefall/Architects/Cancer Bats/War of Ages @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Tues., July 27 - Mark Chesnutt @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)

Wed., July 28 - Scream It Like You Mean It Tour, featuring Silverstein, Emery, Dance Gavin Dance, I Set My Friends On Fire, Sky Eats Airplane, Ivoryline, Close To Home, & more @ Warehouse Live

Thurs., July 29 - Grandma Folk @ Super Happy Fun Land

Fri., July 30 - Jason Boland and the Stragglers @ Firehouse Saloon

Sat., July 31 - Melissa Etheridge @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Sat., July 31 - Down Home Texas Blues Harmonica Festival, featuring Sonny Boy Terry Band, Dave Nevling & The Blues Cats, & Adam Gussow's One Man Band @ Dan Electro's Guitar Bar

Sat., July 31 - Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra @ House of Blues

Sat., July 31 - Charley Pride @ Stafford Centre (Stafford)

Wed., August 4 - Middle Finger Mob/Freekshow @ Super Happy Fun Land

Thurs., August 5 - Merchant Ships/Analacta Band @ Super Happy Fun Land

Fri., August 6 - Brad Paisley/Darius Rucker/Easton Corbin/Steel Magnolia @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Fri., August 6 - Kaskade @ Rich's

Sat., August 7 - Soilwork/Death Angel/Augury/Mutiny Within/Swashbuckle @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Sat., August 7 - Roger Creager/Reckless Kelly @ Sam Houston Race Park

Sat., August 7 - American Idol Live! @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Thurs., August 12 - Cyndi Lauper @ House of Blues

Fri., August 13 - Pat Benatar @ House of Blues

Fri., August 13 - Y&T @ Warehouse Live (Studio)

Fri.-Sat., August 13-14 - Eyes Behind The Wall Festival, featuring Richard Ramirez & more @ Super Happy Fun Land

Sat., August 14 - Frontiers (Journey tribute) @ House of Blues

Sat., August 14 - Patty Smyth & Scandal @ Sam Houston Race Park

Sat., August 14 - Moe Bandy @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)

Sun., August 15 - Lilith Fair 2010, featuring Corinne Bailey Rae, Sarah McLachlan, Debi Nova, Ximena Sarinana, Court Yard Hounds, Norah Jones, Brandi Carlile, Miranda Lambert, Katzenjammer, & Sia @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Wed., August 18 - Jack Johnson/G. Love @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Thurs., August 19 - Pat Travers/Rick Derringer @ House of Blues

Sat., August 21 - Natalie Merchant @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Sat., August 21 - Cross Canadian Ragweed @ The Firehouse Saloon

Sat., August 21 - Darden Smith @ Listening Room (NiaMoves, 508 Pecore)

Sat., August 21 - Tony Arata/Mark Germino/Vincel Gill @ Crighton Theater (Conroe)

Sat., August 21 - Cowboys From Hell Paso (Pantera tribute) @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Wed., August 25 - Billy Idol @ House of Blues

Fri., August 27 - Rooney @ House of Blues

Fri., August 27 - Sheryl Crow/Colbie Caillat @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sat., September 4 - Creed @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sun., September 5 - John Mayer/Owl City @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Wed., September 8 - Paramore/Tegan and Sara/New Found Glory @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Wed., September 8 - Michael Bolton @ Jones Hall

Fri., September 10 - Dave Matthews Band/Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sat., September 11 - Nick Cannon @ House of Blues

Thurs., September 16 - Cheryl Wheeler @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Sat., September 18 - Don McLean @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands)

Sun., September 19 - Patty Larkin @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Sun., September 19 - Susan Werner/Kellie Lin Knott @ Listening Room (NiaMoves, 508 Pecore)

Wed., September 22 - Kings of Leon/The Black Keys/The Whigs @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Fri., September 24 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers/Joe Cocker @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Fri., September 24 - The Black Crowes @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Sat., September 25 - Rush @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sat., September 25 - B.J. Thomas/Billy Joe Royal @ Stafford Centre (Stafford)

Fri., October 1 - Clint Black @ Arena Theater

Sat., October 2 - Katatonia/Swallow The Sun/Orphaned Land @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Wed., October 6 - Carrie Underwood/Billy Currington/Sons Of Sylvia @ Toyota Center

Thurs., October 7 - Steven Curtis Chapman @ First Baptist Church

Fri., October 8 - Leaves Eyes/Blackguard @ The Warsaw (formerly The Engine Room)

Fri., October 8 - Shakira @ Toyota Center

Sat., October 9 - Terri Hendrix @ Listening Room (NiaMoves, 508 Pecore)

Sat., October 9 - Sugarland/Randy Montana @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

Sat., October 16 - Guy Forsyth @ Listening Room (NiaMoves; 9PM)

Thurs., October 21 - Paul Anka @ Jones Hall

Fri., October 22 - California Guitar Trio @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Sat., October 23 - Jerry Jeff Walker/Joe Ely @ Arena Theater

Sat., October 23 - David Wilcox @ Listening Room (NiaMoves; 9PM)

Sat., October 23 - Raven/Owl Witch @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake)

Sat., November 6 - Malford Milligan @ Listening Room (NiaMoves; 9PM)

Sat., November 13 - Celtic Thunder @ Verizon Wireless Theater

Sat., November 13 - Monte Montgomery @ Listening Room (NiaMoves; 9PM)

Sat., November 20 - Roger Waters (performing The Wall) @ Toyota Center