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ATTN THIS WEEKEND: YOU ARE ALL THAT IS RIGHT IN THE WORLD
Jul 25th
Can we take a step back and just bask in the freaking glory of this weekend? We got CD releases and old bands saying farewell, we got ten of the city’s finest cuttin’ rugs at the TWOTENANNY!, we got the Houston Press Music Awards showcase with 60 bands on ten stages. Man. We got it made. Let’s go dig that ditch.
FRIDAY
TWO STAR SYMPHONY CD RELEASE SHOW w/ The Invisible Czars and Opposite Day @ Rudyards
We ran into the dapper but always darling in the dress-down duds quartet at the KTRU studios the other night, playing some songs from their forthcoming and yukking it up on the air. You gotta love Two Star, even though they play some of the classiest tunes (and by classy we do mean they have played in formals) in the city, when it comes right down to dropping the wax on the street – where do they choose to have it? Rudyards. Bless them, and go check them out if you haven’t done yourself that favor yet.
ALSO:
The Western Civilization, The Flyers, Pura Pharm, Wicked Poseur @ Walter’s on Washington
Green Jelly @ The Meridian (yes, we are just as shocked they are still around)
Foreigner, Bryan Adams @ Woodlands (look for one of these bands to be covered in HOOTENANNY 3: TROITINANNY!)
SATURDAY
HOOTENANNY TWO: TOOTENANNY!
You’ve no doubt heard all the details by now. For your one stop shop convience, however, we’re going to reprint the details of this Summer’s highlight right here and now. TWOTENANNY is the second in a series of shows where ten hand picked most extreme party call me local bands play as some of the JACK FM pleasures you listen to with the windows down and the volume up. It takes place at the Mink, in the backroom, on two stages, doors at seven, first band at eight, five bucks. Get there early, it sold out last time. The line up is:
DOWNSTAIRS EXTREME CLOSE UP SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE PARTY “STAGE” :
Custom Drinker as Rod Stewart
Welfare Mothers as Johnny Cash
Paris Falls as Rush
American Sharks as The Cars
UPSTAIRS OH MY LAWD PLEASE DON’T COLLAPSE THE FLOOR STAGE :
The Kimonos as Blondie
Buxton as Bjork
Wild Moccasins as the B-52s
Tody Castillo (and friends) as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Flowers to Hide as The Cure
Sharks and Sailors as The Police
Nuff said on this one. Get there early, don’t be in the got turned away crew from last time.
ALSO
Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick @ The Woodlands (ditto again – more TROITENANNY fodder)
SUNDAY
HOUSTON PRESS MUSIC AWARDS SHOWCASE SHOWDOWN!
Ok, it’s not actually a showdown, and we didn’t exactly realize that it was going to be this weekend when we setup the TWOTENANNY oh so many months ago, but really, make a whole weekend of epic music happenings, including in this instance over 60 bands at ten venues all in walking distance downtown. Wristbands are ten bucks, and worth it. We won’t try to tell you who to see and when this time around, because the lineup is stacked too thick with hitmakers, and we don’t even know ourselves what we are gonna check out. Peep the lineup here, and don’t forget to vote for the awards if you haven’t already.
Over Sea, Under Stone, Mostly Bears @ Rudyards
This is OSUS’ final show, and they’ll be giving away copies of one of their CDs at the door (though which one we don’t know). An era ends, but a new one will begin, and are reunions really that uncommon now adays? Maybe the future will hold more. Party!
ALSO
Reggie O’Farrell (Western Civilization), Phillip Foshee, Elsinore, Another Run @ The Mink
Mastadon, Dragonforce and a bunch of crap metal bands we don’t care about @ Sam Houston Race Park
FLOWERS TO HIDE PREVIEW TWOTENANNY SET WITH PLAINSONG
Jul 22nd
HEY GUESS WHAT THIS WEEK IS? HOOTENANNY TWO: TWOTENANNY! YUSS! We here at The Skyline Network and our most extreme party call me co-curator Mr. Ben Murphy are stoked like the Pope at what lies just a few days hence. And so are the bands! EVIDENCE: Flowers to Hide have recorded themselves playing The Cure’s “Plainsong” as a super sneak preview of their set. CHECK IT:
OH MAN GET HYPE! A few more details for the TWOTENANNY, the doors are opening at 7pm, with the first band hitting the stage at 8! LETS TAKE A LOOK AT THAT LINEUP AGAIN.
DOWNSTAIRS EXTREME CLOSE UP SPIRIT OF THE HOUSE PARTY STAGE
Custom Drinker as Rod Stewart
Welfare Mothers as Johnny Cash
Paris Falls as Rush
American Sharks as The Cars
UPSTAIRS OH MY LAWD PLEASE DON’T COLLAPSE THE FLOOR STAGE
The Kimonos as Blondie
Buxton as Bjork
Wild Moccasins as the B-52s
Tody Castillo as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Flowers to Hide as The Cure
Sharks and Sailors as The Police
GREAT SCOTT. MORE UPDATES TO FOLLOW! DON’T GET LEFT OUT IN THE HOT, SHOW UP EARLY. FIVE BUCKS!
HOOTENANNY 2: TWOTENANNY! UPDATES!
Jun 20th
AVAST! The next HOOTENANNY is a mere MONTH AWAY! NO! We are not talking about the new Weezer tour of the same name (Sorry Weezer, Awesome! played as you during the first Hootenanny, but if you would like you can play as Awesome! at HOOTENANNY 3: TROITENANNY!). We’re talking about that ultra plus super max fun night where some of our favorite Houston bands get all under the covers by playing a set as one of their fav bands. First off: Lineup Updates.
Joining the lineup are two new additions since the last time we wrote: Welfare Mothers and Wild Moccasins. Now, the Welfare Mothers are going to be breaking the stage lights as none other than Mr. Johnny Cash. Stoked. Wild Moccasins are still keeping it a little close to the chest on their choice… but could it be, could the rumors be true? Streetlights? People? We won’t stop believing.
Also in TWOTENANNY! news, you’ll recall earlier that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are being performed by Tody Castillo and “Friends.” Well, sorry ’bout that Ross and Rachel cause we just got news as to who these so-called “Compadres” actually are. Read em and weep like a Joey spin-off: Benjamin Davis Murphy (Bright Men of Learning), Arthur Yoria, Kurt Coburn (The Scattered Pages) and Travis Foster. Talk about a super group! They should have just played as the Traveling Wilburys. For your memory banks, here is the full lineup:
American Sharks as The Cars
Buxton as Bjork
Custom Drinker (Marshall Preddy) as Rod Stewart
Flowers to Hide as The Cure
The Kimonos as Blondie
Paris Falls as Rush
Sharks and Sailors as The Police
Tody Castillo and Friends as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Welfare Mothers as Johnny Cash
Wild Moccasins as TBD
Buxton as Bjork
Custom Drinker (Marshall Preddy) as Rod Stewart
Flowers to Hide as The Cure
The Kimonos as Blondie
Paris Falls as Rush
Sharks and Sailors as The Police
Tody Castillo and Friends as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Welfare Mothers as Johnny Cash
Wild Moccasins as TBD
Woah. Just take a step back at look at that lineup. Damage man, Damage. TWOTENANNY! will once again be at the Mink’s Backroom, both upstairs and down with staggered sets, on Saturday July 26th and will set you back a measly $5. We’ll have more details when the date gets closer. Party.
ATTN THIS WEEKEND: YOU ARE LIKE THE OPPOSITE OF THE CRYING GAME
Jun 5th
(UPDATED: Frightened Rabbit cancels, Hearts of Animals now on bill. See Below.) Why? Because we’re going to have a non-gender confusing interaction with a hairstylist? NO, BECAUSE WE AINT CRYING NO MORE BECAUSE THE SCATTED PAGES ARE BACK! CAN SOMEONE PLEASE FIND US A VIDEO OF SHAQ DOING SOME SORT OF RIDICULOUS DANCE, CAUSE ITS HOW WE FEEL RIGHT NOW?
THANK YOU.
Yep, you heard it right the Good People we all know as the Scattered Pages are back from their previously announced hiatus and are taking the stage this Friday night! YUSSS. So let’s get to that and ALL the weekend’s action. STOKED.
FRIDAY
Scattered Pages, Literary Greats @ The Continental Club
YUSS. A dangerously pleasing band near and dear shares one the better sounding stages in town with an up an comer who’s alt-country chops are bonafied like Forrest Whittaker. Get into it, Americant.
The French Kicks, Frightened Rabbit Hearts of Animals and The Young Mammals @ Walter’s
Watch the Mammals eat rabbits and the French for dinner. JKs. But hot off the shoot of their newest video and midway through recording their next release, the Young Mammals well set one hell of a bar for their touring acts to live up to. Also, odds are that Roy Mata and/or Emily Driskill will be slinging drank at this show. Into it. UPDATE: The Frightened Rabbits had to cancel. Hearts of Animals have stepped up and are now on the bill. Party call me.
The Watermarks, Slivered, Flowers to Hide @ Rudyard’s
See our review of Flowers to Hide’s EP in the post before this. Its in there somewhere. Oh yeah, there it is – HIGH PRAISE. Plus, apparently one of the guys from Echo and the Bunnymen is a is all cheers mate about locals The Watermarks.
Arthur Yoria @ Fox Sports Grill Galleria
YOU KNOW YOU ARE TEMPTED. They have good sliders, btw.
SATURDAY
The Guilty Hearts, Born Liars and the Welfare Mothers @ Rudyards
We were gonna make a joke about how there is a law that Born Liars, Welfare Mothers and The Monocles are part of a triumberant where atleast two of them are required to play a show if one does, but Bryan from the Welfare Mothers beat us to the punch.
Ladytron, Datarock @ The Meridian
We wonder, did Ladytron have to sell 50 tickets in advance to get this show?
Saturday Secret Show @ The Shady Tavern
As always, free, secret, and starting around two. Maybe Mr Secret will post some hints about the bands in the comments. WE SAID, MAYBE MR SECRET WILL POST SOME HINTS IN THE COMMENTS.
SUNDAY
Carrots, Stove Blow and The Wiggins @ The Mink
Carrots are getting good press, good mentions and good props. It includes members of one of our Austin favorites, Finally Punk but has its roots in 60s girl pop rather than, well, punk. Should be killer and cooler than The Wiggins sunglasses.
