Crap. This one sounded like a very cool deal, and I was getting all ready to enthuse-enthuse-enthuse about it (no, really). The Heartworn Highways show was supposed to take place tomorrow (Sat., March 14th) over at The Orange Show, but due to the nonstop rain we’ve had these past 48 hrs. or so in various […]
Plenty to do this weekend, folks, so much that I’m having (again) to split it up somewhat… Here’s the best & brightest hopes for this here Friday, March 13th evening, for all those inclined to brave the abruptly chilly weather: Forests (album release)/Co-Pilot/Robert Ellis/Golden Cities @ The Mink ($5; 9PM) I’m not real familiar with […]
Yes, it’s that long-awaited moment: H-town prodigals (now dwelling in Austin, apparently) Papermoons have returned, albeit temporarily, to grace us with their amazingly cool presence. Last year the duo put out their debut full-length, blowing away folks here and elsewhere with their gentle, comfy-blanket, folk-fringed indie-pop masterpiece New Tales (and since I’m all about the […]
Yeah, I’m so dang behind I hadn’t even listed it yet (sorry; dead tooth = much pain + infection + vomiting + etc., etc.), but just in case you read about it elsewheres & were planning to run on over to the U of H Satellite this afternoon from 11AM-2PM, the inaugural Indiehouston.org UH showcase […]
Whoo, boy. Late night last night, so I’m damn behind (again) on the ridiculously huge pile of shows going on tonight; trying to make up for lost time now, so here goes: Pajama Kegger Party, featuring The Tontons, Heptic Skeptic, Female Demand, B L A C K I E, Babel Fishh, Evak1, & Nosaprise @ Analog Warehouse (2010 Commerce; $8 in […]
Yep, yep, yep — Friday night, and so here I am again posting this last-minute little note to mention that we’ve got a pile of brand-new reviews up (along with the excellent MI Ami interview I blathered about a few days ago). The reason for the hurried posting? Well, because this latest batch includes a […]
First we got local indie/punk supergroup Guitars, then the buzzy, trippy, extremely loose confederation calling itself Time Machine Veterans (any hope of an actual release, y’all?), and now we have brand-spankin’-new local crew Bolt, comprised of Jeoaf of The Monocles, Chad of Black Black Gold, Aaron of Pirate Bones, & Mike of American Sharks — […]
I’ll admit that I’m tempted by tonight’s show at Fitzgerald’s, because The Hudson Falcons are pretty great, but honestly, The Mink is The Place to Be this evening. Local boys Tambersauro will be opening this evening (Wed., March 4th), starting around 9PM, for Baltimoreans (Baltimories?) Thank You and San Franciscans (and ex-Black Eyes members) Mi […]
Well, it’s better than that, really — tonight’s looking pretty damn good to my homebound ass. If you have yet to decide your evening, well, it’s not too late; enjoy those chilly evenings while you can, y’all… No Idea Festival, featuring Mario de Vega, Jawwaad Taylor, Annette Krebs, Jason Kahn, Bonnie Jones, David Dove, & […]
I’m all for helping folks out when you can, and when it comes to local art institution The Orange Show, that help is well-deserved & beyond. It’s a cool place, one of the most unique of H-town’s many (no, really) unique things, and on top of that, the upcoming bands they’ve got scheduled are pretty […]
Attention all band folk — want to play South By Southwest this year, but you didn’t get the coveted nod from the festival organizers? Well, don’t get too down on yourself, ’cause relatively few (23 in total, I’m told; see the full list here) of your H-town compatriots are; not sure if that means fewer […]
The last 24 hours have been somewhat of an up-and-down experience. The clutch on the car died last night, leaving us dead in the water on Chimney Rock and requiring two new parts that I can’t get put in ’til Monday night; gah. At the same time, though, my faith in humanity was somewhat restored […]
Okay, so there’s a crap-ass-load of good things going on this weekend (tonight being no exception), but I’m still staggering back to my feet, so I’m going to have to give the quick-fast, mile-high overview. I am behind, behind, behind, folks, and it’s a sad thing. sigh… At any rate, here’s my picks for the […]
A bit of administrative-type news first — I’m heading out shortly for a much-needed vacation to the wife’s sister’s place in London (well, Ealing, actually, but it’s technically London, although that’s a bit like saying Surfside is technically Houston), so things’re likely to be a bit quiet on the blogging/reviewing/etc. front for next week-and-a-half or […]
I know, I know — spent the last two days running around like a chicken with my head cut off, for reasons I’ll hopefully enumerate soon in another post, and so I’ve been slacking big-time on writing up the good shit going on this weekend. And yeah, there’s a ton of it (hell, that almost […]
Got two updates for the week, although if I get my shit together, there’ll hopefully be a few more reviews going up soon… First of all, I owe a big thank-you to new writer Michelle, who tracked down Scottish free-improvisation vocalist Maggie Nicols for what turned out to be an intriguing interview (check it out […]
[UPDATE: Okay, so I apparently jumped the gun; sadly, the Dead Roses crew had to cancel tonight’s festivities due to weather & Bronwyn being sick. Dang. They’re now pushing it back to after SXSW & the Rodeo are both over…] Got an email warning that tonight, in honor of the anniversary of the band’s founding, […]
This illness thing has me way, way behind — I’m still pissed that I missed this Tuesday’s reportedly-excellent Loney, Dear/News on the March/Alkari show, not to mention the fact that I totally blanked on awesome post-hardcore guys A Wilhelm Scream coming to the Javajazz. Argh. But dammit, I am determined — I won’t be in […]
I’ve dodged the Twitter bullet so far, and I have to say, I’m fairly glad of that. Heck, ’til the recent dive into Facebook hell and not counting the Myspace “mirror” for this wee blog, I’ve mostly avoided the whole social-networking thing completely. Yeah, I’m a cyber-Luddite on some levels, it’s true; it just feels […]
Yeah, I’m a fantasy nerd; I’m not going to deny it. I spent my formative years devouring every sci-fi and fantasy book, TV show, movie, and comic book imaginable, pretty much starting with a family trip across Europe when we lived in Germany — I read The Hobbit traveling past ancient castles and snow-capped mountains, […]
Well, this is some good news — I’d all but given up hope this last year or so of ever getting a chance to check out murky, bleak, indie-folk songstress Teresa M., aka georgia’s Horse. live & in full color & all that. She plays really sporadically, even here in town, which is a shame […]
Dammit, this cold-from-hell thing is getting really annoying. If I the fam weren’t still wiped out by this thing, I’d be seriously considering getting my ass up to the Warehouse Live tonight (Mon., February 9th) to catch Devotchka and Crooked Fingers… I’m not super-familiar with Devotchka, admittedly, but I like what I’ve heard so far […]
Already posted about the review of the eponymous Golden Cities album, but I didn’t want to skip over the other excellent reviews up this week, as well, esp. since some of ’em are coming to town in the next week or so. Next up on the list, in fact, is Loney, Dear, who’ll be here […]
Got a bit of bad news tonight from the On Your Feet Foundation crew down in Alvin — apparently Sunken Teeth had to drop off tomorrow night’s (Sun., February 8th) show up at Walter’s on Washington, due in part, at least, to some asshole swiping a band member’s car from their driveway. Damn, y’all… At […]
Yet another crazy, spoiled-for-choice Saturday night, it looks like (Saturday, February 7th, that is). Missed Friday, for the most part (spent several late hours wrestling with the future direction/design of this here site, but that’s a subject for another two or three posts; suffice it to say that my brain still feels singed), but tonight […]
Gotta make this a quick one, a very cool review got slapped up on the site just in the nick o’ time, and I’d be very remiss if I flaked on it completely, y’know? So, here we go… Tonight at Rudyard’s, local boys/Esotype Recs honchos Golden Cities will be opening for The Appleseed Cast (along […]
Ready to get the jump on the weekend before it comes up and blindsides you with the bazillion or so good shows that’re going to be going on? Well, you’re in luck — to get started on your Weekend o’ Good Shit one day early, you can head yourself on up to either The Mink […]
No time to write right now, sadly — off to The Munchkin’s b-day party — but there’s a ton of cool shows tonight, both local & (well, one) non-. Here’s a pile of flyers; if there’s a show flyer here, though, that means I think the show’s damn good (I couldn’t dig up a flyer […]
If you happen to be in a band that includes at least one person from Rice University, you & your band could be in luck — KTRU is holding a real-live Battle of the Bands at 7PM on February 20th, at the Lovett Undergrounds. Win, and you and your band could find yourselves playing the […]
All band folk who want to get noticed & play to bigger crowds & get reviewed & whatnot: a half-assed Myspace page is not enough. As somebody who writes about this stuff quasi-professionally, I can’t even count the number of times I’ve heard/heard of a band, then tried to check out their site — on […]
[UPDATE: Well, apparently my attempt at embedding the Far video below didn’t work as well as I’d hoped; it appears to work in some browsers (like Firefox on my home Macbook) but not in others (like Firefox on my work PC). Dang. I’ve included the actual link to the video below, for folks who can’t […]
Did you see the thing a while back where the good-hearted, all-for-The Scene Secret Saturday Shows crew finally bailed on their longstanding abode at The Shady (And I Do Mean “Shady”) Tavern? The future looked grim for our heroes. Where would they go? What would they do? Would they ever again be able to release […]
Here’s a bit of good news — turns out that in spite of all the damage that has yet to be fixed down on Galveston Island (some of which, I suspect, never may be), nothing stops Mardi Gras. The island may be down, but apparently some things never die, and drunken purple-and-gold-festooned revelers are among […]
If you happen to think the only thing going on here in town this weekend is the sure-to-be-awesome Wild Moccasins CD release show, well, you couldn’t be further from the reality. These next few weekends are gonna be jam-freakin’-packed, honest. Here’re my picks for the next several days, beyond the Wild Mocs show: Fri., January […]
Barely three weeks into 2009, and believe it or not, there’s already a seeming torrent of eagerly-anticipated releases exploding out of H-town. Seriously; there’s now new stuff out by The Wild Moccasins and The Born Liars, with stuff right around the corner from Young Mammals, The Tontons, Teenage Kicks, and listenlisten. Oh, and then there’s […]
Yeah, I know I’m running behind — sorry about that, but it’s pretty much my life… If on the odd chance you’re a foolish blockhead who doesn’t immediately run out & buy every freakin’ disc we here at SCR tell you is So Good It Will Rule Your Life, then you may well not yet […]
Ah, Rad Rich — man, you amaze me. Not only is he a walking embodiment of H-town skate-punk, but he also comes up with some craaaaazy-yet-entertaining ideas. The latest? He’s planning to dress up in his wrestling gear to go see tonight’s 10PM showing of (duh) The Wrestler over at the River Oaks Theatre. And […]
[UPDATE: Okay, so I talked a bit w/Jacob about the “afterparty” show, and it turns out that yep, it is really an afterparty, music-wise — it’s the DJing that starts at 9PM. The actual live music-ness, with Balls Deep & Shunda K, kicks off at 11:30PM, after the “main” Yo Majesty show. Got it? Good…] […]
A good one tonight up at Walter’s on Washington — Austinites Followed By Static will be playing, as will fellow out-of-townies (Dallasians) Nervous Curtains and very, very, very cool local folks Antarctica Starts Here. Beyond the fact that I’m extremely happy to see ASH playing once more (it seemed like there was a quiet period […]
In a week that’s seen on-the-ground fighting in Palestine, cops shooting young guys for no reason whatsoever in both Oakland and Bellaire, an Austin activist outing himself as an FBI informant, bizarro Senatoria/Gubernatorial circus mayhem in Illinois & DC, and the company I work for laying off a slew of people and cutting back everybody […]
