Continuing on from yesterday’s preview…..Here is what is going on for the rest of this Halloween week. Saturday, November 1st The Hates / The Delta Block / Anarchitex / Room 101 @ Rudyard’s Old School Punker’s The Hates and the Anarchitex the young whippersnappers Delta Block and Room 101. As Eden Burns (CD Release) / Carry The Storm / Before…There Was Rosalyn / Torsectomy / Feast of Dead Animals@ Walter’s on WashingtonScreamy grinding double-kick metal CD release. Yessssss!Dirty Honey, featuring Brett Koshkin & Special Guest@ BoondocksDJ’s at Boondocks – Wo’d ‘ave thunk it. DANSEPARC presents A John Waters Halloween@ NumbersDJ’s ... Read More »

THE GOLD MEDAL GOES TO…. Long Live the Dead, featuring Dannzig (Misfits/Samhain/Danzig tribute), The Monocles, News on the March, Wild Moccasins, & Young Mammals @ Walter’s on Washington 8PM $8 with costume $10 without I remember back when Jeoaf over at Walter’s was telling me how he was going to really put on one amazing show for Halloween. I just kind of scratched my head wondering what he could pull off. Well, he seems to have accomplished his goal with flying colors. Opening is Young Mammals doing an encore of their show stopping Pixies set from the first Hootenanny. The ... Read More »

We just saw this on Hands Up Houston this morning and thought we’d share in case you missed it. Something Fierce’s songwriting and performance skills have put them at the top of the pop-punk heap. If you’ve missed their 7″ Modern Girl and Teenage Ruins earlier in the past year then you missed out on some of the best waxy goodness to rise out of the Bayou. Luckily you poor turntable-less folks won’t miss out too much longer as it seems those singles will be part of the new full length. So enjoy, we’ll be back to reviewing live shows ... Read More »

THIS WEEK’S SPOTLIGHT IS ONEL REY Sunday October 26thVicente Fernandez@ Toyota CenterAttention Wild Moccasins, check out the VF ‘stache. Yes that’s right Nick, Cody, and both the Andrews this is no wee ‘stache but a huge manly one that could likely join forces with his awe inspiring brow and take on some Banditos then turn around and woo the loveliest Señorita all by themselves while Vicente relaxes back in his Rancho. With his awesome sombrero and horse at the ready I wouldn’t be surprised if Vicente wisked away Zahira into the sunset (watch out Cody!!!). But dig it, Vicente has ... Read More »

Friday, October 24OK what the hell is with you, Friday? Talk about front-loading a week! OK fine! I’ll give you all of today and plug the rest of the week Saturday morning. For today here is what the citizens of Montrose will have to choose between. Health / The McKenzies / B L A C K I E / The Wiggins / Female Demand / Rusted Shut / The Krinkles@ Notsuoh (Doors 8PM)Ok let’s face it, the Wednesday deluge totally mucked things up. Robert from Indie Houston messaged me to tell me that The McKenzies were stranded then Omar said ... Read More »

Photo Ulrike Biets (Link) Health is a furious mix of drums, noisy guitars, and electronics. Being a band that can shift into a slow smooth groove then abruptly jump into a jittery beat or plow into a noisy hail of beats and sound, their songs have a disjointed unity in construction that makes the whole thing seem to barely hold together yet somehow they do and in this very adventurous way that leaves the audience unprepared as to where they are going next. Check out their first eponymous album to hear the band in its more raw and frenzied state ... Read More »

Mention it before I did: Jack Of Heart & Welfare Mothers @ SoundExchange 7PM EARLY/FREE/FREE BEER But mention not Free Pizza I did! (Wooo!) Journey to Numbers to see the awesome Health show at Numbers you must! But free food and beer at Sound Exchange, also a must. There is no try, there is only do! Read More »

THIS WEEK’S SPOTLIGHT IS ONThe show we hate the most. Saturday October 18thCommerce Street Arts Foundation BenefitThe Jonbenet / A Dream Asleep / Balaclavas / Basses Loaded / Bridge & Tunnel 2215 Commerce St.$10 8PMComplimentary Food and Drinks. Plus Fire Spinners, Belly Dancers, Aerosol Warfare Installation, and Body Painting. This week we swam in shows whose sauce was indeed awesome but we have to go with the one show that we hate most. Why do we hate it? Is it because it’s for a great cause? No, that’s a good thing. Commerce Street has been a Houston institution and the ... Read More »

Band Camp is coming to Caroline Collective this Sunday October 9th. I say fuck that noise. Ian Wells, Phillip Beck, and Matt Wettergreen are totally overlooking the real issues facing the Houston Music Community. So, we’re having our own band camp next month at the Ferrel’s Ice Cream Parlour in Almeda Mall. It will be an entire day of real talk that is unflinching in its gaze at the Houston music community. Here is a listing of our speakers and some of the topics they will be discussing in depth: Ramon Medina (Free Press Houston / undisclosed band) Who is ... Read More »

Remember that scene in 2025: A Space Odyssey where the ape approaches the monolith, grabs a jawbone, then proceeds to mercilessly slaughter the rival tribe of apes? If you can imagine being on the receiving end of the jawbone, that is pretty much what I got when I saw Awesome Color last year. The band just played with a cro-mag fury that left you stunned and helpless. Derek Stanton’s guitar played with a chaotic fury while bassist Michael Troutman held down a heavy-ass raga in the dirty muddy lowlands and drummer Allison Busch pounded her kit with a precise assault ... Read More »