H-Town Rock

For the Weekend of June 25th-28th, 2009

Houstonist wants you!... to see some shows this weekend. Good grief Charlie Brown, would you look at that list down there? It is our professional snark-delivering opinion that if you are cooped up all weekend and do not make it to a single event, you are indeed lame. So please do not disappoint us, Houston. Where will our Joe Cool-ness be found? Read on to find out.

On Thursday, we'll pass on the pop offerings that Ben Kweller is sure to bring through House of Blues. If it were a different Ben, say a Mr. Folds, we might show up hoping that he'd remind us about the rules of relationships. Instead, we'll head over to Mango's for a loud, sweaty, and most likely sloppy show that happens to be B L A C K I E's tour kick-off.

Friday we have a gig, so we're slightly biased, but we'll try to be objective. Our dad will most likely stop by Mucky Duck to catch Hadden Sayers, while we expect plenty of people will venture over to see the Arena Theatre show. The Starlight Mints should be a good show as well. If you want to hang out with us, we'll be watching closely as Sara Van Buskirk works her magic at Avant Garden and praying we don't screw up our set.

Saturday is packed, and if you're one of those folks that enjoy watching people emulate your favorite rockstars, you have not one, but two choices before you. We'll politely decline visiting the past, and seek out two great concerts that showcase some local talent: Indian Jewelry is playing The Mink, while The Goods and Hollywood Black are hanging out at Super Happy Fun Land. If you're into reggae and dubstep, you should make sure to catch Dubtex at The Last Concert Cafe.

After all those choices, we're happy that our decision on Sunday is a bit easier - you'll find us drinking Lone Star on tap as we take in the Cryptacize show at Walter's on Washington.

So let's hear it Houston, where will you be? We know there's a lot of random events Saturday concerning Pride, so if there's a show we missed please list it in the comments.

Thursday, June 25th
7 Witches, Cryptic Psychosis, What Lies Beneath, Shining Force at Fitzgerald's [upstairs]
Ben Kweller, Jones Street Station at House of Blues
B L A C K I E, Cop Warmth, sIngs, I Am Mesmer at Mango's
Death On Two Wheels at Bohemeo's
Ember, Tetrafusion, After Time Has Passed at Gary's Spot
Goodtrain Sessions at Charlie's Big Top
Governor's Chair at Rudyard's
Joe Ely at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Joel Stein, Rebel Crew at Avant Garden
Jon Dee Graham, Beetle at The Continental Club
Moses Guest at Discovery Green
The Raft, Taylor Brown at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]

Friday, June 26th
Altercation, Silenced WIthin, Carry The Storm, Cryptic Psychosis at Walter's on Washington
The Blue Poptarts, betterLUCK, The Hit, Otenki, Tigerparty, Await the Day at JavaJazz
The David Beebe Three at Charlie's Big Top
Dollyrockers, World's Most Dangerous at Rudyard's
Dwele, Leela James at Warehouse Live
Evans Blue, Rains, Trancend, Another Day at Meridian
Flawless Escape, Sounds Under Radio, The Last Great Assault, Dawn Over Zero, Legion of Air at Gary's Spot
Fondue Monks at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Fox Derby, Ember, Proto-Stereo, Stone side, Suburban Warefare at Fitzgerald's [upstairs]
Funkotron, Dmitri's Ascent at The Last Concert Cafe
Hadden Sayers at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Heavy at The Mink
Moses Guest, Kozmic Pearl [Janis Joplin Tribute] at The Continental Club
Neon Collars, Tax the Wolf, Journey Agents, Ellypseas at Dean's Credit Clothing
Parabelle at Scout Bar
Phil Lee, Freddie KRC at Anderson Fair
Prairie Cadets, Sara Van Buskirk, Frank Freeman, Paula May at Avant Garden
Starlight Mints, Evangelicals at House of Blues
Synthetic Fiend, Light, A Modern Day Story, The Handshakes, Tetrafusion at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Randy Travis at Arena Theatre
Taylor Brown at Notsuoh
Unsparing Sea, Maxwell & His Demons at Super Happy Fun Land

Saturday, June 27th
3 Doors Down at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Alison Fisher at Charlie's Big Top
Anjelah Johnson at Verizon Wireless Theater
Arcane Flowers, Flash Boys, Chelsea Hotel, Left of the Dial at Rudyard's
Aska, Vougan, Six Minute Centry, Conspiracy of Thought, Off the Zodiac at Fitzgerald's [upstairs]
Bino (of Mo Thugs), Charlie B., Paris Green, Dimitri's Rail, The Fallen Kings, Diversity Camp, Paypa Chase at Warehouse Live
Carolyn Wonderland at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Dash Rip Rock, Ragged Hearts at The Continental Club
Destroyer [KISS Tribute], Love It To Death [Alice Cooper Tribute] at Meridian [Blue Room]
Dubtex at The Last Concert Cafe
Frontiers [Journey Tribute], The Early Republic at House of Blues
Ghoularatti, Blue Light Traffic, Just Us, Skaberry Jam, Rio Tripiano, Proud Wine, Oncoming Traffic, Flawless Escape at Meridian [Red Room]
Indian Jewelry, Wicked Poseur, Flowers to Hide at The Mink
Knocturnal Maddness, Sounds Under Radio, No Exit, The Mind’s Eye, Avenger at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Last Rosary, Sever The Silence, Diminished, The Critical Assembly, Nailed Shut at Walter's on Washington
Marshall Tucker Band at Sam Houston Race Park
Michael Troy, Jamie Lin Griffin at Anderson Fair
Modern Convenience, The Caprolites, The Takes, Rapeworm at Notsuoh
Ralpheene, The Goods, Lithium Waltz, Hollywood Black, Two Capitals, Hear You Me at Super Happy Fun Land
Shifted Fate, Tyrant Virus, Battle of Champions, Sinister Minister, Ascertain Catastrophe, Through His Death at JavaJazz
The Spazmatics at Scout Bar
Top Notch, Sober, Dayta, at Boondocks

Sunday, June 28th
Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, Son Cats, Fiskadoro at Super Happy Fun Land
Cryptacize, Wols, Ghormeh Sabzi at Walter's on Washington
Ember at Scout Bar
From Guts to Glory, Hard Way Down, Atomic Alive, Laconic, Fairchild at Gary's Spot
Ingebrigt Haker Flaten at Avant Garden
Otenki, Amely, Better Luck, Make Your Escape, From Guts To Glory at Warehouse Live
The Rocketz, Faraway Boys, HotRod Hillbillies, Ghost Stories at The Continental Club
Texas Johnny Boy, Milton Hopkins at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Vago at Notsuoh