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FREE PRESS REVEALS FALL BLOCKPARTY LINEUP
Sep 1st
OOOOOOOOOH FIZZLE BIZZLE. You know, in the midst of a truly LOL Vice Presidential vetting disaster, it’s harder than Gary Hart to compete for your attention – and we recognize this. But fortunately, some news that will in no way raise to the DailyKos or Redstate radar has come across our desks and it’s with massive relief that we’re able to quit hitting refresh on Huffington and be able to put some actual NEWS YOU CAN USE into your hands. Granted, this won’t make your choice on November 4th any easier, but it will leave you better equipped to pull the lever on your plans for October 11th.
Yessiree, the folks at the Free Press have announced the tentative lineup for their Fall Westheimer Block Party, and as in the past it does not disappoint. Rather than list out the parade of hitmakers, let’s take a moment to contemplate this poster (the less whip ass but more informative of the two crowding out post-vacation hurricane emails in our inbox):
SHAKA! As always, the show will be free except for the final ‘main event’ at Numbers late in the evening, which, at present, appears to be headlined by Austin’s Voxtrot. Party. One day we should send Innoculist up there to headline Jester Jam Fest. Joax. More details, including individual stage lineups and set times (along with additions and subtractions of acts) are likely to head our way over the next month. We’ll keep our researches doing all the due diligence and report it back here faster than you can find Wasilla.
ATTN THIS WEEKEND: PREPARE FOR BRACELYN SIGHTINGS
Aug 22nd
CRAP. It’s already Friday. How does that happen? First it’s Sunday and we’re totally ill on the prospect of the return to the punch-card pay-clock, but atleast you’ve got some decent work and a stack of records to write, and then the next thing you know BAM. Friday. And like, two posts? We’re getting paid for this?! What happened?
Oh. Yeah, well, now we remember. Our bad. Anyways, though we’re sorry the collective staff got sucked into the story of Jana Hunter’s current haunt, know safely that we’ve completed the entire fourth season and the writing drought should be over soon cause, let’s face it, they killed off one of our favorite characters and McNaulty has gone from making us feel good about ourselves to making us feel like dirtbag drunks. Faaaahq.
FRIDAY
Rudyard’s 30th Anniversary Party
SAY SAY SAY! What’s the best thing about Rudyards? The burgers? The bands? The bartenders? The Bracelyn? Hard to decide. AHHH! The BIRTHDAYS. YUSSS. Every year they make a weekend of it, and this ain’t no different. Tonight the celebrations kick off with Spain Colored Orange, and Three Fantastic.
ALSO
Shake & Pop, featuring Witnes, Squincy Jones, Gracie Chavez, & more @ Boondocks
DJ Jester the Filipino Fist/Dayta/Ceeplus @ The Mink
Guitars on The Revelry Report (6pm on KTRU 91.7 FM)
SATURDAY
Rudyard’s 30th Anniversary Party: Poor Dumb Bastards, Linus Pauling Quartet and Something Fierce
You Ain’t Grunge @ Fitz
We posted so little in the past two weeks that you can actually scroll down and read what we wrote about this. In summary, like the Hootenanny, but with bands that don’t usually come across our desk. Features the Smoke Eaters (Foo Fighters), Deus Machina, Full Release (The Toadies), Sun Machine (Stone Temple Pilots), Darwin’s God (Soundgarden), Dine Alone (Deftones), Cellcyst (Korn), Numero Unos (Screeching Weasel), Brown vs. Board (Rage Against The Machine) and Meaningless Conflict (Helmet)
ALSO
Saturday Secret Show @ The Shady Tavern (2pm, free, four bands)
Judas Priest, Heaven and Hell, Motorhead, Testament @ The Woodlands
Rad Rich’s Birthday Bash, featuring Machete, Luxurious Panthers, Streetwise, The Takes, UYUS, Smugglaz, American Sharks, Full Contact, more @ Notsuoh
SUNDAY
Rudyard’s 30th Anniversary Party: The Dolly Rockers, The Trian Woodburns and Bring Back the Guns
ALSO
Lucas Gorham (Satin Hooks), Dave Dove @ Avante Garden (6pm)
SSSF LIVE: OH TRUCK MONTH! POLICE ON THE SCENE
Aug 2nd
Houston’s finest has rolled up! But now rolled out! Shady Tavern owner Dennis had a few words with him, and the show is SAVED! WAY TO GO MANAGEMENT!
Perseph One just got off the stage, extended aces set with lots of her crew raiding up on the mix like vikings opening a port. Wild Moccasins or UME are about to play. Hard to tell, this deep in. But maybe we not worry so much and drop some GLITTAH:
JEFF OF UME:
SHADES OF BLADES:
SO FRESH, SO CLEAN – YOU(GENIOUS):
DAVID GET DOWN, BATTLESTATIONS CONFUSED:
LUCAS G OF SATIN HOOKS:
SSSF LIVE: PRODUCING WORDS WITH STEVEN FIERCE
Aug 2nd
The Gold Sounds are on TEXAS HEAT PRESENTS REFRESHING SHADE OF A MIGHTY OAK STAGE, but meanwhile we just had a few words with the hot man of shredding Steven Fierce (Something Fierce) about this and that. Though their free MP3 Modern Girl EP hit the streets only a few months ago, the trio has another full length already in the can and have turned from the relative ease of writing and recording epic up-beat garage jams to the serious pain in the butt that is actually putting a record out. After things went sour milk with the label that was to put out Modern Girl, the band is determined never to sit on a recording for so long again. At this point in the interview, we stopped taking notes and have no idea what happened next.
Steven also delved briefly into the idea of maybe getting into the producing business (for people who have not been in such widely recorded bands as Kiss Kiss Kill Kill, the producer is the person who comes in the studio and helps you more fully realize a vision of what your sound should be. Think Bruce Dickenson). When asked who he would like to work with in the land of microphones and isolation booths, he doesn’t hesitate to say The Monocles, Teenage Kicks and Satin Hooks. Man’s got good taste.
The Gold Sounds are fuzzing their way through a set that owes to the bayou and the bordello with a bit of the best of late 60′s SoCal thrown in. Party. Oh JUGGALO, the Tontons are here, guesss their slot is this afternoon. They’ve also got a slot at Avante Garden tonight at some sort of Jacob Calle naked lady picture event. Two show in a day! Them kids got heart.
ATTN THIS WEEKEND: THE HEIGHTS ARE THE NEW MONTROSE
Aug 1st
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 too, but we recommend the weekly show there on an ongoing basis). What’s truly odd about this is that its the first time we can ever really not recommending a single gig in the ‘Trose. Damn. It won’t be long before we’re all holding court and flooding the bathroom at The Shiloh. Nevermind.
FRIDAY
SHARKS AND SAILORS CD RELEASE SHOW W/UME and THE JONX @ WALTER’S
YUSSS. PLUS DJ UNDER WARRANTY. YUSS!
LEAVE YOUR GENRE AT THE DOOR @ FITZGERALDS
Featuring: The Tontons, Perseph 1 & Andacc, Hueman, Kam, Evak 1, The Television Skies, Satin Hooks, Lower Life Form, Babel Fish, Two Star Symphony, Peekaboo Theory, B.B. Aeroplane and Dirty De.
Hey Fitz. We remember when we used to go to you all the time. It was kind of the highlight of our young lives, recently minted drivers license in our wallet and super big gulp Dr. Pepper in the cup holder of our parents’ Olds 88. We heard a rumor that this whole Leave Your Genre at the Door thing might turn into a regular event. If it does, and you keep having APPROVED mash-up line-ups like this, we might need to get a bigger cup-holder.
ALSO
Spain Colored Orange, You(genious), Arthur Yoria, Program @ The Mink
SATURDAY
SATURDAY SECRET SHOW FESTIVAL @ THE SHADY TAVERN
Check out our post earlier in the week for the skinny on this fatty of an event. Five bucks for two days, tons of bands, cheap beer and setups in the sunshine. Helluva lineup, even if who is playing when and on what day is SECRETS. Party
ALSO
TEXAS SKA FEST @ DAN ELECTRO’S GUITAR BAR
You know, ever since a few weeks ago when some friends of the Skyline went to check out the Les Than Jake show and reported back about the epic time they had, we’ve had a bit of the twin tone on the brain. So then, add to that little pique of interest our desire to go give a fresh listen to Los Skarnales, who we thought were no longer a band (we swear to blog we went to a final show of some sort a few years ago at Fitz) and yet somehow bested Fatal Flying Guilloteens, Hell City Kings, Poor Dumb Bastards and Something Fierce in the Houston Press Music Awards punk category (granted, we called it at the time, but didn’t actually think it would happen). So, while checking them out, we stumbled across a poster for this event, which features eight ska bands, including Houstonians Los Skarnales, The Failed Attempt, The Pocket and Molotov Cocktail. Yeah. A band headlining a ska festival beat out all you punks. BANKSHOT. Doors at four. Ten Bucks.
Data vs. Data, Flowers to Hide, Wicked Poseur @ Rudyards
BLACKIE and Giant Princess @ Notsuoh (followed by)
BLACKIE, Cop Warmth, Delta Block, Cheney Young, PWI @ Franciscos (in the basement)
SUNDAY
SATURDAY SECRET SHOW FESTIVAL @ THE SHADY TAVERN
TWO DAY SATURDAY!
LANCE HIGDON’S 25th BIRTHDAY SHOW @ DOUBLE DAVE’S PIZZA
The Tambersauro drummer is taking the opportunity of his turning a quarter century to offer up the live debut of THREE of his musical projects. QUOTE: “B L A C K I E vs. Limb vs. Gray Tapes (weirdo avant-rap jams), Holy Fiction (Acoustic guitars and beats and strong vocals) and Golden Cities” Woah. Starts at 7pm at the DD on Ella near 34th. Free.
