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PULL OVER THE INTERNET: SPRING BLOCK PARTY LINEUP WILL MAKE YOU CRAP YOUR PANTS
Jan 29th
ANGELS AND MINISTERS OF GRACE DEFEND US FROM THIS EPIC EVENT!
HOLY CALAMITY! BEATS OF INSANITY! ARE YOU READY FOR THIS! Like adding a mustache to your dasheeki, the folks over at the Free Press have taken the delicious pizza that is their twice annual Westheimer Block Party and have sprinkled a metric ton of fresh grated awesome on top. Stoked. And things are a brewin, here’s a quote from organizer (and Free Press editor) Mr. Omar:
We hope to snowball the block party into a legitimate arts and music festival and marquee event for the city. Ambitious? Yes. Risky? Yes? But we have an undying faith in this city, our community, and the potential for big, wonderful things to happen.
Now, snowballing anything other than snow takes time, effort and most of all money. But how to bring in income from something that has had, traditionally, being free near the core of it’s whipsistentialism? You do it by being smart, which is what the Free Press has done. They’ve kept the day part of the event free, so you still can have big bonanza fun in the sun for $0, but then they’ve added an impressive lineup of evening acts, playing at different venues, that will require (and are worth, in our calculation) buying a wristband to see. Peep the lineup:
Advance wristband sales have already started, get them online here. We’re sure we’ll have lots more to say about this in the run up to the event, including how our efforts to move a conflicting wedding will go. YUS.
ATTN THIS WEEKEND: GET WORD TO THE DJ, TELL EM OAK FORREST IS IN THE HOUSE; PUT THE RECORD ON REPLAY
Jan 23rd
please enjoy this rant.
HEY we just had a revelation. Seriously. We can remember all the time when we were younger how we would see flyers for an afterparty for nearly every big show that came through town. We’re not just talking about the DJ and dance stuff (especially considering there are many well done after-parties in that scene going on all ready) but in rock and roll in general. Why was that? Or rather, why doesn’t that happen here (you guessed it, it wasn’t in this city). Well, for one, we would bet it’s the whole geographic proximity thing. Although, in a sense, that’s kinda bunk because you can catch a ride from Verizon or House of Blues down to someplace like the Mink or Notsuoh or Art Storm with a minimum of effort. What was the name of that club that got siezed by the Feds because it was a front for an X ring? The one with $1 cape cods on Wednesdays? We feel like we maybe went to some parties there. Maybe it’s the fact that no show here is able to end before 1:30 am, and most people don’t want to go to a warehouse that late (since, you know, bars will be closed). Does anyone know what time shows end at House of Blues? Can someone please put together an afterparty for the Andrew Bird date? KTHNX.
FRIDAY
Wild Moccasins CD Release Show with Buxton, Teenage Kicks, DJs ADR and BDM
You can get our full-sentence show and tell about this event from a post earlier this week, but essentially you’re going to get 1) a copy of the cd with your cover, 2) a Homopolice CDr cover of a Wild Moccasins song if you are one of the first 25 to ask for one, 3) a screened poster for the show if you are one of the first 50 in the door, 4)a hand-screened t-shirt with a design only available at this show, if you bring your own t-shirt, 5)Free pizza, 6)Free cupcakes, 7)three super good bands, 8 ) two NEXT LEVEL djs, who have the ability to decide if they want to play ‘Cool it Now’ as a radio single or an extended mix. Party. All Ages.
Grupo Fantasma, Vallejo, Yoko Mono @ Warehouse Live
Sometimes we feel really bad for Yoko Ono. I mean, one minute you’re just some avant garde artist who meets a guy named John, and the next thing you know a bunch of goofball Canadians are writing a song about you and then the bass player from Chango Jackson has done a little twistaroo with it and is now opening up for someone nominated for a Grammy (Grupo Fantasma) or an alt-rock outfit that ~swooon~ all the AEPhi girls liked in college. I mean, you think Yoko herself is hanging out backstage with any Grammy nominees tonight? We’re gonna go ahead and say the the little word written on the ceiling once you climb the ladder and view through the magnifying glass is ‘no.’
ALSO
The Caprolites, Battle Rifle and 50-50 @ The White Swan
KRS One @ The Meridian
SATURDAY
Leave Your Genre at the Door 2: Grandfather Child, Fat Tony, Satin Hooks, Heptic Skeptic, Nosaprise, Perseph-One and News on the March @ Fitzgeralds
YUS! We always love it when there are shows we like at Fitz. We love that place. Sue us. This second installment of Leave Your Genre at The Door features a hunk a hunk a burning indie rock and rap, including many of our favorites. As a heads up Grandfather Child, a project featuring Lucas G (Satin Hooks) and Ryan Chavez (Panic in Detroit) is playing, not Sad Gorilla (Lucas solo) as has been seen promoted in most places. BONUS: LSPS (the band formerly known as Lone Star Porn Star) is headlining the show upstairs, and that should be fun.
Saturday is also an evening of many many ‘events’, including Downtown Pavilion for the HYPA Fire + Ice Gala featuring Glasnost, Houston Music Revival, featuring Memphis May Fire, Runner Runner, Before…There Was Rosalyn, Driver F, Scarlett O’Hara, A Kid Named Thompson, Visceral, Otenki, Novista, Skyscrapers Walk Among Us, Love She Wrote, Bonnie Blue and Set It Off @ The Meridian and Houston Press Artopia, featuring Sideshow Tramps, Karina Nistal, Arthur Yoria, Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater, Travesty Dance Group, & more @ Winter Street Studios
Wana keep it on the noise tip? be sure to hit up Future Blondes, Venison Whirled, Concrete Violin, Kairos and Amputee @ Notsuoh
NEXT LEVEL: HOUSTON’S MOST HATED LAUNCHES GLASNOST REMIX CONTEST
Jan 16th
Glasnost chills out in front of the future
Oh man. Oh. man. Are you a regular reader of Houston’s Most Hated yet? There’s a little bit of overlap between what we do and what they do, but they’re more in the know on the party scene, especially when the party is DANCE DANCE WATCH MY FEET. And they do good stuff. But we have to say, they have taken things next level by pairing up with local synth lords Glasnost for a remix contest. That’s right, HMH has the stems for three tracks by the band at their website, along with a pep talk and rules for the contest. Deadline for submission is February 12th, after which HMH readers and a panel of judges pick the best track. Grand prize is a DJ spot debuting the track at the HMH SXSW party, not to mention the fact that the remix will appear on Glasnost’s upcoming The Great Divide EP.
So, all you producers, choppers, noizers, remixers and general owners of recording equipment: congratz, you’ve got a new project with a deadline (deadlines rule). We think our in-house superstar DJ Under Warranty might take a crack at it. We’ll let you know.
GOBBLE GOBBLE HEY! THANKSGIVING WEEK STUFF!
Nov 24th
ONLY 72 HOURS TO GO! TURKEY MAKES YOU SEDATED! Hey Hey Hey! A special Skyline Network welcome to all of our Houstonians in Exile returning home this week to enjoy in the Turkeyness, the Stuffingness, and the Thanksgivingness of it all. And my don’t we have quite a bit to tip our hat towards this fair fall. Now, just in case we get too caught up in cranberry sauce and old friend revelry, we thought we’d give you a bit of a head-up as to whats headed your way so that when you’re beloved show up and say “whats up?” you know with the quickness
MONDAY
FREE THE AXE Warren Hatfield Legal Benefit featuring GOLDEN AXE @ Rudyards
SO. Warren and the rest of Valiant Thor were on tour, minding their own in the van, when a police officer pulled them over for being guys with beards in a van. Then, because they have beards and were a band in a van, the officer searched through all of their possessions, no doubt because all the crimes in his particular jurisdiction had already been solved and this was the best use of limited taxpayer-funded resources. In the end, it turned out that Warren had a prescription-required pill given to him by his sister among his possessions. And so, he got to goto jail. There’s always expenses with that sort of thing, you can guess, and so a show by his other band, Golden Axe, to help defray the cost of being innocent until proven guilty. It’s been far too long since the gleaming duo of Warren and scene luthier James Love has played a show together, so be sure to catch while the catchings catchy. There is rumored to be t-shirts as well. Love it.
Sad Gorilla, Benjamin Wesley @ Boondocks
We don’t know much about Sad Gorilla, other than it’s a new project from Lucas Gorham (Satin Hooks). They don’t even have a MySpace. Kids these days. We caught up with Lucas a while ago playing some pretty mean lap steal, and we can only hope this is more of the same. If you haven’t caught a Benjamin Wesley (Basses Loaded, The Fucking Transmissions) solo set yet, you’re doing it wrong. For serious.
TUESDAY
Eagles of Death Metal, The Duke Spirit @ The Meridian
Our favorite anecdote about Eagles of Death Metal is the time Joey Promahoney was wandering down Sixth Street at SXSW one year and heard them playing inside a club and was so stoked that he rushed up to the door and said “Eagles of Death Metal!” with such enthusiasm that the doormen mistakenly believed that he played in the band and was running late and immediately rushed him into the club. It sure would be great to see Joey this holiday season.
WEDNESDAY
Born Liars, Guitars, Lazy Horse @ Rudyard’s
Ahh, Thanksgiving eve. With all your food prep no doubt accomplished, and a long day of Normal Rockwellesque photo-ops impending, why not let loose one final time with some ripping local-core. Born Liars have been killing it live lately, along with GUITARS, the super-band featuring members of Alarma, The Monocles, and Lennie Briscoe. Lazy Horse get’s it started, playing the Indians to your pilgrim’s first Thanksgiving. Or perhaps a better joke if time allowed.
Zach Hill (Hella) @ Walter’s on Washington
This is a last minute addition to this week’s lineup – a super treat from Hella’s multi-instrumentalist. You like Hella.
Devin the Dude @ Warehouse Live
Weed.
THURSDAY
GOBBLE GOBBLE FOOTBALL HEY!
FRIDAY
Gab-E’s Birthday Party w/Glasnost, Damon Allen, DJ Jeffe, Bobby DJ @ The Mink
Glasnost, which features long time friends of the Skyline Mike Automatik (Das Automatik – you know, we bet he wants a new last name now), Paul The Falcon (Tody and the Falcon) and hella tone. They’re joined by a WHO IS WHO thick book of some of the city’s best Party DJs. Whoever you are Gab-e, you’ve got a good sounding party coming on.
The Riff Tiffs, The Eastern Sea, Piano Vines, Earnie Banks, The McKenzies @ Walter’s on Washington
Depending on if you believe the Eastern Sea’s Calendar or Walter’s, this show is either Friday or Saturday. Guh. Completely excellent lineup. PIANO VINES! OH SHALL WE FINALLY SEE YOU?!
- Little Joy, The Dead Trees, The Tontons @ Warehouse Live
- Inner Lights, PuraPharm, Gretchen Schmaltz @ Rudyard’s
- Hollywood Black, The Goods, Circuit Slomo, The Shiny Darks, Jody Seabody & The Whirls @ Fuel
- Secret Awesome Fest 9000, featuring Hollywood FLOSS, The Mermaids of Judaism, Ellypseas, Monoceros, Female Demand, Breathe In Your Neighborhood, Bear Kraft, Eddie T, Giant Battle Monster, ?//, Charger Fits, & Ryan Evans Jazz Oddyses @ 10553 Fisher Rd. (free!)
SATURDAY
The Riff Tiffs, The Eastern Sea, Piano Vines, Earnie Banks, The McKenzies @ Walter’s on Washington
See Above.
Arc Angels, Electric Touch @ House of Blues
ATTN THIS WEEKEND: PLEASE CURE OUR WRITERS BLOCK
Aug 15th
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 in the creative part of our minds and just be all typy type about it. BRONCO!
FRIDAY
Todd the Fox EP Release House Party
We first caught wind of Tod the Fox when they were participating in one of those Gorilla Productions battle of the bands a few months back (see – they get you media coverage after all). Since then, we’ve been playing their song “Asteroid B-16” for just about everyone that would listen, including the collective audiences for KTRU, the Sharks and Sailors CD release show, and everyone still sticking around at the end of the Old Farts Early Show. Oh yeah, them and every unfortunate visitor to The VIP Skyline Network Beergarden BBQ Ranch, where the only three other CDs available are by Roy Orbison, Girl Talk and POWERHOUSE!
And tonight is their EP release show. Way out in Katy. It’s a house party pot-luck, no less. Get the details on their MySpace. Starts at six, over at ten with three other bands that we haven’t had the luxury to check out yet, but we can tell you that it includes at least two of the following three: Amanda Tankersley, Gabe Montoya, The Radiant Mind. Note: Standard ANGRY DAD house party pre-lecture invoked – be respectful of people’s homes, don’t steal or mess with their shit and generally carry yourself like you’re not a fucking idiot.
Avant Disco@ Avant Garden
This monthly headbopper by Reprogram Music (and friends!) features music just slightly off most of our collective radar, but likely to pop up on it in the future. Featuring a blend upbeat sounds, from italo disco to leather jacketed rock n roll, and this month a second listening option on the upstairs stage (let’s take a minute to remind our readers that, if you haven’t been to Avant Garden since it was redone after Helios, you’re missing out – it’s quite spectacular now and out of the Avis camp). Upstairs sounds are curated by Esthetic Noise records, and includes performances by Studemont Project, San Antonio DJ crew Radscarsssss and lady rapper Uzoy. Downstairs the beats will be serviced by the Skull Gang Disco, which features Ceeplus Bad Knives, PRKL8R, Juan the Terrible and special guest Michael from Danseparc. PS – Free Patron Coffee shots from 10-12. Yuss.
Warehouse Party with Riff Tiffs, The Eastern Sea, Wild Moccasins @ 2220 Commerce
Get’s kicked off at 9pm and, as we pointed out yesterday, is the last chance you’ll have to catch the Riff Tiffs over the summer. Free show, BYOB. Into it.
ALSO
CEX, Stove Blow, Best Fwends @ The Mink
Nate Singleton & His Sideshow Tragedy, The Literary Greats @ Rudyard’s
SATURDAY
Left Alone @ Art Storm Gallery
If we get another fucking reminder from Facebook that we have been invited to this event, we are going to lose our freaking minds. Does anyone know how to turn this shit off? Free SKYLINE T-SHIRT to the first person who makes a Facebook app that auto-replies to ‘event invitations’ with thousands of requests that the sender join the JEEP BRAH SOCIETY BRAH. Actually, this event has some Rachel Hewlett works in it which we’re sure are good cause she’s wicked hot for real. DETAILS.
Arthur Yoria, Pale, Glasnost @ Rudyards
While Yoria continues to drop a new preview track from his forthcoming every week or so, the folks in Pale recently put out a new video for their song Glowing Black. We think we remember catching the premiere at Etro, but we can’t be certain of anything anymore given that we’ve remembered how hot Rachel Hewlett is. Can you tell we’re riding the horse down the writer’s block trail today? Good. Glasnost opens, their first show in a while.
ALSO
Saturday Secret Show @ The Shady Tavern (4 bands; 2-5pm; free)
Nine Inch Nails @ Toyota Center
SUNDAY
Ghost Town Trio, Tin Armor, O Pioneers!!!, Bright Men of Learning @ The Mink
Um. Rachel Hewlett is hot?
ALSO
Super Happy Fun Land Annual Leo Party, featuring Poopy Lungstuffing, The Annoysters, Acoustic ?, A Bubble in the Sun, Michael Fletcher, Concrete Violin, The Delta Block, Lluvia Dreams @ Numbers
