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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:
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: THANKS TO DADS EVERYWHERE
Jun 13th

Updated. Well, our WEEK OF GARAGE ROCK REVIEWS OF ROCK WEEK is winding to a close, and we’d like to take a second out here and give a big thanks to our Dads and all the Dads that made life possible. Thanks for everything, seriously. And also, for us not starting a garage band in your garage when we were young – you’re welcome. Enjoy the stuffed grape leaves. But there’s a weekend a brewing, and we need to let the people know about the ROCK. Wish you were here.
FRIDAY
Riddle of Steel, Sharks and Sailors, Motion Turns it On @ Walters
Motion Turns it On is about to head out on tour. Brave, with gas prices being what they are – send them off right, with coffers full and spirits high. Also, have you heard the new Sharks and Sailors stuff? No? Too good to listen to Tite Jams Radio? Well, you should, because it’s the jam. Party.
Welfare Mothers, Black Black Gold, Guitars, DJ Suzi Puke @ River Oaks Theater
Great Venue, great acts, great axes. Starts at midnight, and remember that River Oaks has a full bar.
Also
Fat Tony, You(Genious), DeeRail, Kam @ The Mink
SATURDAY
Saturday Secret Show @ Shady Tavern
We got this tip from the organizers:
yozer. this week there is a TON of shit. some acoustic dude i dont know. obviously TONS of shit. a new solo project from a member of bases loaded, and a solo dude who hasn’t played out in years but is awesome, he used to be in a band last summer? what? wait and see!
As always, bands start at two and the bar does set-ups. Yuss.
Black Math Experiment’s Final Show @ The Mink
Yep. Their final show. Bummer, but that’s the circle of life we guess. They’ll be no doubt rolling out their many fan favorites from over the years and pushing it to the limit like a flashdancer. Not to be missed.
Miss Leslie (CD Release Show) @ The Continental Club
You know, we were always fans of bands like BR-549, so it goes to follow that we tap the steel-tips to Western Swing stalwarts like Miss Leslie. Aren’t we all a little bit country, after-all.
Also:
Extra Golden @ The Orange Show
Chicago, The Doobie Brothers @ The Woodlands
SUNDAY
Dysrhythmia, AWAKE and ACT of God @ Rudyard’s
You know, last night we were watching the fourth Die Hard movie, which is kind of one of the best movies of all times and could lead us to question our slavish devotion to the science fiction cannon of Vin Diesel. We’ve been so distracted by how BA it was that we totally forgot to mention this equally Yippie Ki Yay show. Dude. Act of God never plays anymore, btw.
Teenage Kicks, Boats!, PMRC, The Caprolites @ The Mink
PUNK ROCK WRITERS BLOCK!
Rancid, Complete Control, Deathbed Repentance, Hell City Kings (aftershow) @ Warehouse Live
It’s kind of a given that Jay Merritt and Will Adams will be at this show.
TODAY IN NEWS: FEOW GETS PITCHED! GANGSTA ZYDECO DRIVEBYS! A FESTIVAL FOR THE REST-A-Y’LL!
Aug 13th

Well HAPPY MONDAY HOUSTON. You’re gonna a need a dedicated dancer/ecstasy dealer to keep up with all the news and goings on this fair day. Let’s ROUND UP the best of who and what from the blogs, the message boards and the papers.
FEOW RECORDS KICKS OUT PR MACHINE LIKE GANGBUSTERS
Feow – if you hadn’t seen mention of em online yet, you must not read many music sites. Yep, the lean mean record releasing machine that is the join love child of Bring Back the Guns’ Matt Brownlie, Wicked Poseur’s Arthur Bates and Jana Hunter started to get mad press this weeks. Raddage. First up, go check out the dating advice and sneak peek tracks that I Guess I’m Floating has for the label’s upcoming first releaser, Deer Tick.
Then, mosey on over to an article on Pitchfork, which totally scoops us with such badass news as an impending Jana Hunter/Indian Jewelry split plus full lengths by Wicked Poseur, Sharks and Sailors and Woozyhelmet. Woah! Score! You read it here second!
TRIFILIN HATERS BE SHOOTIN UP KPFT!
We were more than a little stupdefied this AM to read on houstonsoreal that someone had fired shots at KPFT’s studios last night. A story in the chronicle has more detail. No doubt, KPFT has had some violence pointed its way in the past, and let’s face it – their programming choices sometimes makes our piss boil – but we’re totally at a loss as to what would make someone do a drive-by during the zydeco show of all things? Maybe the genre is a lot more gangster than we previously estimated.
HE SAID SHE SAID PRODUCTIONS REVEALS DECEMBER FESTIVAL LINEUP
Over on hands_up, Travis from He Said She Said dropped the bomb that not only is a WICKED ACES festival in the works, but that its confirmed lineup contains the legendary The Mike Gunn. INTO IT. Peep the lineup for this slammer, and set December 14th-16th at Rudz on your calendar: The Ugly Beats, Amplified Heat, Alright Tonight, Wayward, Born Liars, The Bad Rackets, The Monocles, Something Fierce, The Pumpers, The Hex Dispensers, The Ape Shits, The High Beams, The Wax Museums, The Takes, Linus Pauling Quartet, The Mike Gunn and Hearts of Animals. More ‘surprise guests’ are to be announced. We’ll definitely be talking about this more as the date draws neigh.


