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Rock Talk, Vol. IX
We’ve got a busy week on the concert front. Our favorite duo from New York arrives at The Meridian tomorrow night. They Might Be Giants have been making quirky alt/pop songs for grown-ups over 20 years now, and a few albums for the kids that us grown-ups enjoy, too. Wilco’s Friday night show at Verizon Wireless Theater is sold out, but if you’re willing to pay a little, you can still get your hands on some tickets (believe us, it’s worth it). Finally, a great double-bill Monday night with Yo La Tengo opening for My Morning Jacket, also at Verizon. We're in concert heaven!
Also, check out the SXSW Overflow Fest at Super Happy Fun Land, nightly starting on Friday. The annual Hometown Showdown displays a wide range of Houston acts Saturday night at Warehouse Live. And, of course, the rodeo goes on with your usual country flare, but also with Grammy-winner R&B artist John Legend on Friday night.
Did we miss something? Let us know. Here’s the full week line-up. Local bands are noted by an asterisk (*):
Wednesday
• Rodeo: Kevin Fowler – country | 7 p.m. at Reliant Stadium
• Pat Metheny Trio/Christian McBride/Antonio Sanchez – jazz/rock | 8 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Theater
• Blitzen Trapper/Fleet Foxes – indie/alt.country | 8 p.m. at Walter's on Washington
• Twiztid/Project Born/Boondox/*LoneStar PornStar – rap/hip-hop/rock | 8 p.m.at Warehouse Live
Thursday
• Rodeo: Alan Jackson – country | 7 p.m. at Reliant Stadium
• They Might Be Giants/Oppenheimer – alternative | 8 p.m. at Meridian
• Take Action! Tour (feat:Every Time I Die/From First to Last/The Bled/August Burns Red/The Human Abstrac) – metal/rock | 7 p.m.at Warehouse Live
• Beach House/Papercuts/Inoculist – indie/various | 8 p.m. at Walter's on Washington
• *Nosaprise/*Free Radicals/*I and I – indie/various | 9 p.m. at Notsuoh
• The Love Me Nots/*Born Liars/*Black Black Gold – rock | 9 p.m. at Rudyard's
• The Bluerunners – roots rock | 10 p.m.at Continental Club
Friday
• Rodeo: John Legend – R&B | 7 p.m. at Reliant Stadium
• Wilco/John Doe – rock/alt.country | 8 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Theater
• Silverstein/The Devil Wears Prada/A Day To Remember/Protest The Hero – rock/post-punk | 8 p.m. at the Meridian
• Louis XIV/Electric Touch – rock | 8 p.m.at Warehouse Live
• SXSW Overflow Fest (feat: The Vincent Black Shadow/Wolff) – indie/rock | 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land
• Sugar Bayou – Americana | 7 & 9:30 p.m. at Mucky Duck
• Joe Ely/Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses – alt.country | 8 p.m. at Fitzgerald's
• Luxurata/Lull – alt/rock | 9 p.m. at Rudyard's
• Andre Williams – R&B | 10 p.m.at Continental Club
Saturday
• Rodeo: Martina McBride – country | 7 p.m. at Reliant Stadium
• Hometown Showdown (feat: *Paul Wall & Friends/*Skepticynic/*Capgun Suicide/*Young Redd & The Grit Boys/*Another Day/*Three Fantastic/*Full Service/*The Mighty Orq/*Dirty/*Hearsay/*Smitty) – various | 7 p.m.at Warehouse Live
• SXSW Overflow Fest (feat: AutoVaughn/The Payola Reserve) – indie/rock | 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land
• Texas Metal Fest (feat: DevilDriver/Napalm Death/Walls of Jericho/36 Crazy Fists/Divine Heresy/Asesino/Invitro/Pinhed/Burnt Face Jack/Necrofaith/Lycophile/Paegan, more) – metal | 9 a.m. at Meridian
• The Tiles/Hadji – indie/rock/pop | 8 p.m. at Walter's on Washington
• *The Black Math Experiment – indie/rock | 9 p.m. at The Backroom @ The Mink
• Alpha Rev/*Jud Johnson Band – indie/rock | 8 p.m. at Fitzgerald's
• Ian Moore – rock | 10 p.m.at Continental Club
• Kelly Willis – alt.country | 7 & 9:30 p.m. at Mucky Duck
• Mint Condition – R&B | 8 p.m. at Arena Theater
Sunday
• Rodeo: Hannah Montana– pop | 7 p.m. at Reliant Stadium
• SXSW Overflow Fest (feat: Have Gun Will Travel/The Vettes/Brenn/Mermaid Police/Band LeGrand) – indie/various | 8 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land
• Gunther & The Sunshine Girls – techno | 8 p.m. at Meridian
• The Black Hollies – indie/rock | 9 p.m. at Rudyard's
• Bone Thugs-n-Harmony/The Pack/Kenika – hip-hop | 8 p.m.at Warehouse Live
Monday
• Rodeo: Sugarland – country | 7 p.m. at Reliant Stadium
• My Morning Jacket/Yo La Tengo – rock/alternative | 8 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Theater
• SXSW Overflow Fest (feat: Everthus the Deadbeats/Grampall Jookabox/All American Werewolves/Infected/Kill Toby Wyatt/Mumpsy/The Swimmers) – indie/various | 4 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land
• Nicole Atkins & The Sea/*Papermoons/Parlour Mob/*Astra Heights – indie | 9 p.m. at The Backroom @ The Mink
Tuesday
• Rodeo: Rascal Flatts – country | 7 p.m. at Reliant Stadium
• SXSW Overflow Fest (feat: We Versus the Shark/Pash Band/The LK/Justice Yeldhelm/Mossyrock/Meredith Bragg and the Terminals/Knifeworld/Biclops/All Parallels/You, Me, And Everyone You Know) – indie/various | 4 p.m. at Super Happy Fun Land
• Flogging Molly – punk/rock | 8 p.m.at Warehouse Live
Pictured L to R: They Might Be Giants, Wilco, John Legend
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Two to think about:
Teenage blues trio, Back Door Slam, from The Isle of Mann, will be at Warehouse's studio side Monday night. I caught these guys at sxsw last year and they are phenomenal. Definitely try to check them out, if you can.
English punk band The Cribs will be at The Engine Room on Tuesday night - they've got quite a buzz over in their homeland and put on a fantastic, bruising show.
Two to think about:
Teenage blues trio, Back Door Slam, from The Isle of Mann, will be at Warehouse's studio side Monday night. I caught these guys at sxsw last year and they are phenomenal. Definitely try to check them out, if you can.
English punk band The Cribs will be at The Engine Room on Tuesday night - they've got quite a buzz over in their homeland and put on a fantastic, bruising show.