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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HOLLA. Tonight there are three pretty fine shows to choose from, including an early in-store, a short bill at a small club and a long bill at a big one. Take a look at the contenders.

Jack of Heart are from France and they play garage punk. That’s all we could figure out. They’re [...]

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Tonight you’ve got many fine options to choose from in the entertainment department, to say nothing of the VP Debate between Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden or, as Palin might have named him, Beans Harpoon Biden. So, whether you’re planning on hitting the town for some jams or sticking around the house [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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If you’re like us, then you’ve no doubt been more than a little stoked about this shin-dig behind this poster:

I mean, not only does it feature one of our favorite mic shunning outfits, Octopus Project, but it isn’t just a coincidence that that young man’s vomit spells out Andrew WK. If we freaked out [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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You know the one thing that those kickball games that Robin Rubber Duckie organizes are missing? (Ahem - Pause for a minute for some disastrously overdue praise to the whips for Miss Robin. Not only does she do the whole kickball thing, but she was the lady behind the inner loop-wide game of Assassin last [...]

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