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Rock Talk, Vol. IX
Happy Halloween ghosts and ghouls! There’s a slew of great bands playing in Houston this week before heading up to a certain festival this weekend (hint: ____ ). We’ve got mega-celebs that have their own fragrances wrecking the Toyota Center in English AND Espanol on Wed., we’ve got huge indie bands Spoon and the New Pornographers teaching class on Thurs, and we have the Houstonist pick o’ the week: M.I.A. and Paul Wall on Friday. It doesn’t stop there, Blue October/Yellowcard and hardcore vets Sick of It All round out the weekend.
Did we miss something? Let us know. Here’s the full week line-up. Local bands are noted by an asterisk (*):
Wednesday
• Helmet/Burning Brides/Totimoshi/Sharks and Sailors – rock | 8 p.m. at The Meridian
• Rusted Shut/The Krinkles/Bully Pulpit – thrash/punk | at Notsuoh
• Jennifer Lopez/Marc Anthony – husband and wife superstar pop | 7:30 p.m. at Toyota Center
•Fatal Flying Guilloteens, MV + EE, & American Sharks– hardcore/punk/blues | 9 p.m. at The Proletariat
Thursday
• Spoon/The New Pornographers/Emma Pollack – indie rock | 8 p.m. at Warehouse Live
• Girl Talk/Busdriver/Daedelus– mashup DJ/hip hop | at Engine Room
• As I Lay Dying/All That Remains/Haste The Day/Through The Eyes of the Dead– hardcore| 6 p.m. at The Meridian
Friday
• M.I.A./Paul Wall/The Cool Kids– global mishmash/bling bling/hiphop | 8 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Theater
• The Angry Samoans/Bark Hard/Shot Baker/Deathbed Repentance/The Quarenteens– punk| at Fitzgerald's
• She Wants Revenge/Kenna/The Start – rock/pop | 8 p.m. at The Meridian
• Sideshow Tramps/Clouseaux– retro pop and dancing | 10 p.m. at The Continental Club
• Of Montreal/Grand Buffet/MGMT– indie pop | 5 p.m. at Number’s
•Brad Paisley/Rodney Adkins/Taylor Swift– country | 7:30 p.m. at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Saturday
• Blue October/Yellowcard/Shiny Toy Guns/Lovedrug– rock/dance | 6 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Theater
• Upon a Burning Body/The Kill Artist/Her Haunting Killigraphy/A Widows Offering/With Guns Drawn/Depths and the Dauntless/Silent Vengeance/Charlameigne/On Impact/From Beneath the Ashes–rock | at Java Jazz Coffee House (Spring)
Sunday
• Fog/The Dimes/Listen Listen – indie rock | at The Proletariat
• Sick Of It All/Modern Life Is War/Viva Hate/Down To Nothing/Die Young – hardcore punk | 7 p.m. at The Meridian
Notable Upcoming Shows
Here are some coming shows that you may want to grab tickets for:
• Regina Spektor - Wed. 11/07/07 @ Warehouse Live (tickets)
• Ghostland Observatory – Fri. 11/09/07 @ Warehouse Live (tickets)
• Mutemath / Eisley - Sun. 11/11/07 @ Warehouse Live (tickets)
• Three Days Grace/Breaking Benjamin – Tue. 11/13/07 @ Reliant Arena (tickets)
• Peter, Bjorn and John – Fri. 11/23/07 @ Warehouse Live (tickets)
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