Yep, that time again — trying to be a wee bit earlier today, so I’m typing one-handed with our little Kuato attached to my torso and hoping he doesn’t wake up five seconds from now… Some good stuff going on both tonight (Sun., January 10th) and tomorrow (Mon., January 11th; hence the “+ Beyond” bit […]
Another busy night, and I’m late as always; sorry, the determined few who read this blog regularly. Tonight, Saturday, January 9th, is looking pretty good, though — here’s what I’m liking: The Tontons/Roky Moon & Bolt/Ghost Mountain @ Walter’s The show of the evening, in my book — a rare appearance by fiery psych-soul act […]
Some good shows going on this weekend, so I figured I’d send a quick note on tonight’s (it’s Fri., January 8th, those without calendars). First up, though, I’ve got some bad news, if you haven’t heard it elsewhere already. Due to Tom Araya of Slayer‘s continuing medical issues, it appears that the January 29th show […]
Another cool-sounding event for the holidays — tomorrow night, Wednesday, December 23rd, that crazy gang known as the Sideshow Tramps and countrified songsters Robert Ellis and the Boys will be leading a crew of Christmas carolers around the Montrose ‘hood, singing and marching and partying as they go. They’ll start off at Taft Street Coffee […]
Yeah, I know it’s late, sorry; I got the email last night & didn’t get a chance to slap the info up here right now. The show, which was set up by Room 101‘s Roburt Reynolds, is a benefit for a hospital in the impoverished/ coup-stricken country of Honduras, run by a guy named Dr. […]
On a less-cheery note, apparently on the night of December 16th some asshole confused the whole “giving” spirit of the holidays with a more “taking” spirit and stole the quasi-legendary El Camino belonging to Kirston Otis (of Dead Roses/Future Blondes fame). Kirston was hanging out at Poison Girl and parked the car at Dunlavy and […]
Gotta hand it to those Caroline Collective folk — they always come up with quirky, unique, fun stuff to do. This time out, they’re staging what will (hopefully) be their First Annual Gingerbread Build-Off, just in time for the holiday insanity. You’ve probably already guessed the idea: teams of up to three (in categories for […]
Got one heck of a weekend coming up, although yours truly will sadly be missing out on all of it — the little guy’s only now beginning to sleep for more than three hours at a time, so that’s taking up a lot of my time, as well as the obligatory Christmas-type par-tays I’ve been […]
I knew it was going to be cold; I mean, the forecasts all said it’d be chilly. But from when co-organizer Marcus Gausepohl (also of Esotype Records & Golden Cities) told me a couple of months back about this “Lost In Space” festival thing he wanted to put together, with a bunch of spacerock/psych-rock bands […]
Sunday now (December 13th, to be precise), and tonight’s got me fairly excited, actually, even in comparison to the last couple of nights, primarily because of the first thing on the list below, the show at Walter’s with Seattle duo The Dutchess & the Duke. I was able to chat a bit on the phone […]
Piecemealing it out this weekend, yep…more to come for tomorrow, but here’s a quick look at tonight: A Big Upstairs/ Downstairs Benefit Show, featuring Smoky Mountain, Lisa’s Sons, Satin Hooks, Jacob Calle, The Caprolites, Massive Improv, Winter Wallace, Ghost Mountain, Limb, Female Demand, Muhammidali, Davement (mem. of Young Mammals), & Fat Tony @ The Mink […]
Gotta keep it brief, as always, so I’m only going to hit tonight’s high points for now — “tonight” being Fri., December 11th, that is. And yes, it’s a crazy-good start to what promises to be a crazy-good weekend. Here goes… The Wild Moccasins/ Buxton/ Giant Princess @ Walter’s Ahhh. I know people who’ve been […]
Plenty going on this weekend, that’s for sure; it’s kind of turned out to be somewhat of a red-letter couple of days, in fact… And hey, the snow’s mostly melted, it seems like, so you’ve really got no excuse to stay home, right? Sat., December 5th: The Pons/ listenlisten/ The Tontons/ Gretchen Schmaltz @ The […]
Damn, damn, damn. I’m afraid that the snow dazzled and bewildered me, and so I totally forgot about all the awesome shows going on this very evening (Fri., December 4th) while out being pelted with grassy/muddy snowballs by my daughter. Argh. (Okay, and my sleep-deprived brain for some reason thought the freaking show was tomorrow […]
As mentioned a week or so ago, the Lost In Space Fest is set to explode (er, implode?) this coming Saturday (Dec. 5th, for the calendarless), so it seems like some updating is in order. First off, the schedule — the show starts at 6PM at Khon’s Bar (2808 Milam), and it’ll start up on […]
I think I’ve mentioned this before, back when the announcement came out that local jokesters/rockers The Black Math Experiment were reforming, but now I can’t remember for sure. Either way, the fateful day is (almost) upon us — this coming Saturday, December 5th, the BME gang will be getting back together and playing their first […]
In the unlikely event that you haven’t heard about this before now, yep, the title there is pretty much true. Tonight (Wed., December 2nd) up at DiverseWorks, The Catastrophic Theatre — several members of which theater-going folk will probably recognize from the sadly-departed Infernal Bridegroom Productions — is staging a “preview” of its new play, […]
Weekend’s not over yet, obviously, so there’s still stuff to do these next couple of days. First off, though, we’ve got a bunch of new reviews up on the site, including reviews of stuff by Mew, local songwriter Arthur Yoria, Foreign Born, and local heavy-rocking dudes A dream Asleep, who’re having their CD release show […]
Running around getting Christmas presents & whatnot (while avoiding the mass insanity of places like Target or Wal-Mart, thankfully), so I’m going to have to make this one pretty short. Here’s the first part of what sounds good to me in the next couple of turkey-fueled days: The Tontons/The Julys/Finnegan/Prairie Cadets/Love Field @ Avant Garden […]
Yep, another music festival — seems like there’ve been quite a few of ’em this year, but this one is fairly unique, not to mention somewhat more specialized than most. The inaugural Lost In Space Fest will be happening Sat., December 5th (as in, the weekend after next), showcasing a slew of excellent psych/ experimental(-ish) […]
These things always strike me as being damn cool, I have to say, and this year sounds like it’s no different… Today and tomorrow (Sat., November 21st & Sun., November 22nd), the Center for Hearing and Speech — a local Houston nonprofit that helps kids who can’t hear learn how to speak — is having […]
Yeah, I missed out completely on this past weekend’s Westheimer Block Party, for the first time in a while now. Spent my weekend meeting up with friends from college (some of whom I haven’t seen in a freaking decade) and taking care of the little guy, so y’know… At any rate, it sounds like there […]
Late on this one, as always… Plenty going on this weekend, of course, so here’s some to start you off: Dax Riggs/Duncan, Johnson, and the Gentleman @ The Mink Ooh, yeah. Dax Riggs wasn’t here all that long ago, really, but hell, I’m not complaining. A kind friend handed me his 2007 album, We Sing […]
Thursday night coming up, and there’s some good stuff going on, so I didn’t want to miss it again in the weekly run-down of Cool Shows to See or Dwell in Suckland. Ignore the ominously dark clouds overhead & get on out tonight: 29-95.com Presents, featuring Grandfather Child & Beetle @ The Continental Club The […]
Yeah, yeah — believe me, I know the Westheimer Block Party somewhat gets (and deserves, I should add) top billing for this weekend, but it’s far from all that’s on. Check out the WBP, definitely, but then head further afield… Fri., November 13: The Swell Season/Rachael Yamagata @ Warehouse Live Ah, this one breaks my […]
Short notice on this one, I know, but I couldn’t pass it up. It turns out that the Houston Lebowski Bash is occurring tonight, Fri., Nov. 13th, up in downtown, complete with costume contests, trivia contests, bowling, live music, lots of White Russians (naturally), and a screening of The Big Lebowski itself on the hill […]
Obviously, it’s subject to serious revision — I suspect it’s already been revised, actually, since I’m pretty sure Defend the Ghetto are dead & buried and Golden Cities can’t play the show — but the kind folks at Free Press Houston have released the official schedule for both days of this weekend’s Westheimer Block Party, […]
Non-musical, really, but still damn cool — I’ve always wondered why the great-but-kinda-amateurish Houston International Film Festival was H-town’s one and only real film fest. I mean, I’ve loved going to the “old” IFF over the years and have gotten to see some very cool stuff I’d never have caught otherwise (as well as an […]
Okay, so you can ignore the date over there on the flyer — apparently the Shonen Knife show that was scheduled for tomorrow (i.e., Monday, Nov. 9th) is actually going to be, um, tonight, Sunday, Nov. 8th. Uh-oh. Not sure how/when the change happened, folks, but if you were planning on checking out the Ultimate […]
Late start to the weekend, yeah, but eh, that’s how it goes… First off, there’s been some odd/weird cancellations & reschedulings lately, like the Stryper show that was supposed to be this past Thursday but has been pushed back to Dec. 21st, due to, um, the guys in the band having the flu. Considerate of […]
Another cool-sounding thing happening tonight (Thurs., Nov. 5th, again), this time for all your musicians & band members & whatnot out there. Seems Martin Atkins (ex-Killing Joke/PiL/Ministry/Pigface) will be holding a “band seminar” tonight from 7-9PM at the AvantGarden, where he’ll be talking about, well, the perils of touring. He’s apparently got a book out […]
Here’s another film-/music-type thing I ran across recently that sounded pretty damn cool, going on tonight (Thurs., November 5th) up at Röcbar in downtown. Caveat first, for this one: this is apparently an RSVP-only deal, where you have to go to this Website to sign up, and I’ve got no idea how many spaces they’ve […]
Got email about an interesting thing going on this evening up at Mango’s — it’s a dance contest, of all things, with the unwieldy-yet-entertaining title “New York Night Train Soul Clap and Dance-Off,” and it sounds pretty entertaining. The organizer (and DJ for the event) is a hometown boy, Jonathan Toubin, and he’s really hoping […]
A bit early for the weekend rundown, I know, but I wanted to mention a pair of shows going on tonight (Tues., November 3rd) and tomorrow (Wed., November 4th; duh), because I’ve heard bits & pieces of the headlining band of each lately and have found myself mightily impressed… Surfer Blood/ Muhammidali/ Buxton @ Mango’s […]
Okay, so you remember how I grumbled & moaned, oh, a little more than a week ago about how local retro-garage-psych-y rockers Guitars (or GTRS, or GUITARS, or guitars, take yr pick) were headed off to North Carolina — to start up a recording studio, I hear — and were playing one last H-town show […]
More to do, more to do, so I figured I’d better get it out there now for folks who aren’t already committed to dressing up as deranged hillbillies or Twilight rejects for parties at their friends’ houses. Have a safe, freakish weekend, y’all. Here goes: Sat., October 31: Final Walter’s Show on Washington, featuring Dannzig […]
That time again (well, past it, actually), and there’s good, good shit to do tonight, so get on out of the house, eh? Springfield Riots/Ringo Deathstarr/The Factory Party @ The Mink (9PM; $5/$8) Yep, this one’s just about to start, so get your ass over to The Mink — headliners Springfield Riots play some awesomely […]
Damn, I love stuff like this; tomorrow night (Wed., October 28th), Left Of The Dial mag and The Mink are presenting a showing of the indie documentary Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records, and it sounds damn cool. Directed by Jeff Alulis, the film’s basically about the BYO Records label […]
Yes, i’s that time again, folks — the Westheimer Block Party has rolled ’round once more. I’m utterly in awe of how the Free Press Houston gang is able to consistently pull these things off, and not only that but make ’em bigger each freaking time. I have a theory that Omar doesn’t actually sleep… […]
Gah…late, late, late — spent today with the fam, so I’ve fallen tragically behind and missed mentioning a few things, like the nearly-over Foam Raiser over at The Orange Show with the awesome Grandfather Child & The Wild Moccasins, and this Low Carbon Rally thing that was at least supposed to happen in the early […]
