CutLoose doesn’t just give good hair, they give give good damn. That’s why they’re sponsoring Sensory Overload, a fashion and multi-media event held in conjugation with the 12th Annual Texas Skate Jam and benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The evening includes a 1968-themed style show by Dawn Bell, Duo and Contents, food by Chef [...]

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The Hilton in Pittsburgh is a Internet barren dump. The lobby bar is called Scenes and it’s where we were told to setup camp if we needed the unternet to work. Who doesn’t need the Internet to work? How was the block party?

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HUZZAH!  What’s our second favorite local BEST OF (aside from our own) every year?  You got it, the, uh, Houston Press’ Best of Houston issue, where bands who might have missed out of the Trophey earlier in the year vie for a wall plaque, and many of the fine folks, eateries, establishments and abstract concepts [...]

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OH DEAREST CENTERPOINT!  Are not we, the dutiful denziens of citizen music journalism, part of this city’s crucial infastructure?  Do we not comfort and heal like a hospital?  Do we not teach like a school?  Do we not discuss songs of praise that make some raise hands to the heaven (POWERHOUSE!)?  Do we not stop [...]

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We’re still out of the power, as are most of the places we go.  Francisco’s has power, we are told, so this is as good a time as any to start a band.  Practice early, thought - the curfew has been extended.  We saw tree and power trucks in the Montrose last night, however, so [...]

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OH DEMENTIA! Unfortunately, tonight’s show with The New Year has been canceled at Rudyards. Decidedly un-FEMA to say the least. Alas, though that opportunity of rock is off the docket, Mike Simms is still looking to put something together for the evening. It will likely be a free show and it [...]

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FAAHQ. We can’t seem to write anything today. FAAHQ. So, rather than try to lure you in with some sort of metanarrative that we connect to the events of this weekend in a way that makes you think we have too much time on our hands, we’re going to surrender to log-jam [...]

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WE SAY “PARTY”, YOU SAY “CALL ME!” It’s our chant, and its taking the nation by storm surge. But while you may be resting comfortably on your couch, eating fro-yo and alternatively flipping on your Web TV between The Skyline Network and the Weather Channel, laughing your way though a dubious day off, [...]

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OH MAN OH MAN GOSSIP! Hearts of Animals was almost done with their set when it happened. Eschewing her usual one lady and laptop setup for one that included a pair of keyboards and Cley from Young Mammals (their set started with a cover of YM’s “The 848″, btw), HOA was showcasing a [...]

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Gold Sounds are setting up on the outside stage (that’s a totally weak name for a stage - it needs a better one.  We shall herefore refer to it as the “THE TEXAS HEAT PRESENTS THE UNDER THE REFRESHING SHADE OF A MASSIVE OAK STAGE.” Or, just the outside stage to be brief).  Just hitting [...]

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