Part four of our series!  Don’t forget, voting for the Sammies closes tomorrow at noon!
Runin Down - Fired For Walking
Fired For Walking (Self Released)
You know the whispers in the back of the room when people talk about this track are usually about Pearl Jam so screw that we’re just going to come on out and [...]

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Beautiful.

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THUNDERBOLT! HOW ARE YOU? WE MISS YOU! Yes, we’re three days into a ten day jaunt to Las Vegas to attempt to re-create the time Shawn Adolph got kicked out of the House of Blues during an impassioned Rock Star Karaoke performance of Paula Abdul’s “Straight Up.” So far, the safe [...]

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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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Maybe you’ve heard that Woozyhelmet’s Toto Miranda occasionally spends him time in another band called The Octopus Project. Well, turns out that, in addition to touring pretty much non-stop, the band has had the time to release a new video from “I Saw the Bright Shinies,” a track off their latest Hello, Avalanche. [...]

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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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Weeeell, the results are in from the 2008 Houston Press Music Awards, and while there were some winners in the scene we all breathe and love, we have to say that our enthusiasm for the results is tempered.  Be it voter apathy or competitive categories splitting the Hands_Up vote, it looks like that the sector [...]

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UPDATE: 2:26 PM: Breakdown of the Ballot by Artist and number of nominations. Fatal Flying Guilloteens and Indian Jewelry come out on top in our cloud with four each:

Fatal Flying Guilloteens (4) – Musician of the Year, Best Guitarist, Best Punk, Best Male Vocalist
Indian Jewelry (4) – Best Album, Best Song, Musician [...]

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