ATTN THIS WEEKEND: WE GOT NOTHIN. NOT EVEN A PICTURE

October 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

HEY. Check out this intro paragraph. We got nothing. Hit it.
FRIDAY
HEALTH, BLACKIE, The McKenzies, The Wiggins, Female Demand, Rusted Shut, the Krinkies @ Notsuoh
The original Health show, from Wednesday, was cancelled due to the rain. But Health stuck around and is now headlining a lumber length bill combining that show with [...]

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ATTN THIS WEEKEND: HEAD COLD FTW!

October 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

We love Pittsburgh, we really do. Mad shouts to all our people rocking the yellow and black. If there are two things we don’t like about your city, it would have to be 1) Your Hilton Hotel and its lack of Internet and 2) How all those beautifully changing leaves on your trees [...]

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MYDOLLS REUNITE FOR 2ND NOISE AND SMOKE FEST

October 5th, 2008 · No Comments

LOOFA DONCHAKNOW! Way back in June you may recall we were pretty breathless in our review A World of Her Own, the exhaustive career retrospective of early 80s syrup city New Wavers the Mydolls. In the aftermath, we were positively starstruck when bassist Dianna Ray wrote us to say thanks for the write [...]

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ATTN THIS WEEKEND: YOU ARE DAYS 17, 18 AND 19 WITHOUT POWER

October 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

OH WHAT THE MOOSEMEAT?! There we were, enjoying a cognac and smoked salmon as equally as the post VP debate spin, when suddenly we were plunged into darkness. DARKNESS. And not the I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE JUST LISTEN TO THE RHYTHM OF MY HEART type darkness. NO NO. [...]

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ATTN THIS WEEKEND: THE HEIGHTS ARE THE NEW MONTROSE

August 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

UPDATED: ok.  turns out there is a show in Montrose afterall. This is a weird weekend kinda, and not just cause we’re recommending shows at Fitzgeralds, Dan Electro’s Guitar Bar and Double Dave’s Pizza (to some of you it will also be weird that we’re all frosted tips about a weekend at the Shady Tavern [...]

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WE PLAY CATCH-UP: WHAT YOU HOPEFULLY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE EPIC FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND.

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments

HOLLA! So, between the already part three-demanded HOOTENANNY! and the Houston Press Music Awards Showcase, you may have not turned your eyes up from the pavement to what is coming up this weekend. Oooh man. You see, not only will you get to see our own DJ UNDER WARRANTY play an all [...]

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SPECIAL REPORT: SPORTS FANS AT HIPSTER EVENTS?

July 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Thanks to the intrepid work of the Houston Chronicle, we all recently learned that it is possible to find the usually one-dimensional species of homo-hipster-sapien at such un-white belted events as an Astros Game. It got us to thinking, is the reverse true? Is it possible to find a fan of sports and [...]

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VIDEO: NEWS ON THE MARCH - CLAPPIN GOOD TIME

July 22nd, 2008 · 7 Comments

UPDATE: The video should be working now.
Roy Mata calls them his favorite band in Houston right now, and that’s saying something considering the salad shooting Black Congress bassist has most mathematically seen more than a thousands bands during his tenure as a bartender at Walter’s on Washington. At their show Sunday with fellow heavily [...]

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GLITTERATTI: SCENE THE OTHER DAY

June 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Meg, Geoaf (The Monocles) and a Ramdom Metal Fan at Walter’s

Roy (Black Congress) tends bar at Walter’s

Tom (The Tontons) and Sean (The Riff Tiffs) make beautiful eyes at you.

Brandi and Jay get all Woozyhelmet in this chicken

TOTO! (Woozyhelmet)

Arthur Yoria @ The Free Press’ Recession Thursday!

Chris Grey (Houston Press) covering Arthur Yoria!

adr of The Skyline [...]

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