For the Weekend of July 9th - July 12th, 2009
Sweet crispy bacon, children! This weekend has so much music it makes us wish we could get that deal Michael Keaton got. Normally we're able to be fairly choosy and navigate our way through the concert muck, but have you seen this weekend's lineup? Oh, you haven't? Well, we've put it all together for you after the jump.
Thursday is our only easy choice, so we'll be found at Mango's for Young Mammals' tour kickoff, which features Fat Tony and possibly the best band name in Houston, Hamamatsu Tom & His Amazing Band of Bareback Hell Stallions. If you feel like shaking that thang, however, head over to Escobar for Major Lazer.
We'll let you blame it on the alcohol if you wind up at Reliant Park Friday, or you could go out to the Woodlands and take your chances asking Chicago to play their songs backwards, but let us offer you a few recommendations. For a chill show with a good songwriter, catch Bob Schneider at Mucky Duck. Also available is Houston pop songwriter Tody Castillo at The Continental Club, local rockers at Warehouse Live, and a sweet indie show at Mango's. What to do, what to do?
Honestly, we made up our minds long ago as to where we'll be on Saturday: at Mango's for Buxton's Feathers/Flint 7" release [it's amazing] with Wild Moccasins and our favorite dancy duo, Ghost Mountain. Austin's Monofonus Press is putting on a doozy of a show at Super Happy Fun Land that we will probably swing by, it's Nava's birthday at Warehouse Live, and Woozyhelmet is on the bill at The Mink. Plus, you'll definitely catch us at Cactus at 3 pm to see Benjamin Wesley and drink down a St. Arnold's or two.
Even Sunday is full this week, and we've got friends playing all over the place. Golden Cities at Mango's, Bolt at Boondocks, and Hotel Hotel at Super Happy Fun Land are all tempting choices. It's the lineup at The Mink that we're most excited about, however, with Hollywood Black, Listen Listen, and Nashville's Timbre should be a really solid show. Seriously, she plays the harp - who do you know that plays the harp? That's right, so go watch her and be amazed.
Where will you be found this weekend? Let us know in the comments.
Thursday, July 9th
Brian McKnight at Arena Theatre
Carl Hayn & The Holdouts, Beetle at The Continental Club
I Am Ghost, Love Hate Hero, Karate High School, Skyscrapers Walk Among Us, We Could Be Heroes, Here's The Story at Javajazz
Major Lazer at Escobar
Moral Decline, The 13th Victim at Rudyard's
Rapeworm, A Thousand Crashes, Prince Rama of Ayodha, How I Quit Crack, The Damen Austin Band at Super Happy Fun Land
Young Mammals, Hamamatsu Tom & the Bareback Hell Stallions, Fat Tony, Ghormeh Sabzi at Mango's
Friday, July 10th
3 Kisses, Dark Every Day, The Hates at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Alison Fisher at Charlie's Big Top
Arc Angels, The Krissi Minten Band at House of Blues
Black Dog, Spiral Out [Tool Tribute] at Fitzgerald's [upstairs]
Bob Schneider at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Cain Was Able, Last Rosary, Temple of Wrath, Daylight Coma at The White Swan
Chase Hamblin at Cactus Music [5:30 pm]
Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Drop Dead Gorgeous, He Is Legend, Eyes Set To Kill, Watchout! There's Ghosts, The Blue Poptarts, Kill The Theory at Javajazz
Electric Touch, Mechanical Boy, The 71's at Warehouse Live
Grave Robbers, Your Mistake, Full Contact, The Burden, KIller Ape at Walter's on Washington
Jamie Foxx at Reliant Park
Lee Alexander, Glenna Bell, Permanent Daylight at Rudyard's
The Light of the Trinity, Young Militia, King Young, King Shanty, Brains For Dinner at Super Happy Fun Land
LL Cooper, Tody Castillo, Molly & the Ringwalds at The Continental Club
News on the March, The Gills, Grandfather Child, Robert Ellis at Mango's
Plastic Clown Birthday at Notsuoh
St. Cloud, The Clay Jefferey Band, Antoich Road Band, Right on John at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Saturday, July 11th
A-Trak, Theophilus London, Treasure Fingers at Warehouse Live [ballroom]
Anti-Nowhere League, Duane Peters Gunfight, Cobra Skulls, Born To Lose, Ashers, Jakkered Rabbits at Meridian
Benjamin Wesley at Cactus Music [3 pm]
Boney James at Verizon Theater
Buxton [7" Release], Wild Moccasins, Ghost Mountain at Mango's
Dan Dyer at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Eli Young Band at Sam Houston Race Park
Estampa Pajaros at Last Concert Cafe
Every Avenue, Cash Cash, Valencia, Sparks The Rescue, Furthest From The Star at Javajazz
Fake Believe, Alkari, The Red Line at Rudyard's
The Ginslingers, Wrist Slits at Notsuoh
The Last Place You Look, Nothing More, Deep Ella, Moving Atlas, Floorbound, Aerial Second at Warehouse Live [studio]
LL Cooper at Cactus Music [Noon]
Los Benders, Almon Loos & the Hoop and Hollers, The Haymakers, Luxurious Panthers, The Octanes, Dykes On Bykes, Panic Doll Burlesque, The Ghost Storys, The Von Dukes, Clouseaux, The Grass Skirts, Kon Tikis, The Steven Reynolds Band, Johnny Gunhand, DJ Big E, & Mr. Telephone Road at The Continental Club/Charlie's Big Top
Maid In USA at The White Swan
The Motion Census, Nano Smash, Red November at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Muhammad Ali, The Caprolites, Slow Motion Rider, Over The Hill, Follow That Bird, Diagonals, School Police, Pillow Queens at Super Happy Fun Land
Prince Klassen, DJ Orion, & Dayta at Boondocks
The Robert Cray Band at House of Blues
Side Arms, The Jonx, Woozyhelmet at The Mink
Sunday, July 12th
Adam Butera, Jason Jackson at Avant Garden
Emarosa, Our Last Night, In Fear and Faith, I See Stars, Burden of a Day, Broadway at Javajazz
The Goddamn Gallows, The Hotrod Hillbillies, 13 Black Coffins at The Continental Club
Golden Cities, The Coathangers, Dozal Brothers at Mango's
Hollywood Black, Listen Listen, Timbre at The Mink
Hotel Hotel, Sarah June, Budian, Motion Turns It On at Super Happy Fun Land
The Redgraves, The Minds Eye, Guests at Numbers
The Swingfield Playboys at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Theodore, Andrew Bryant at Notsuoh
Whorehound, Rocky Moon & Bolt, Springfield Riots, Nosaprise at Boondocks
Photos: James Dillon [Buxton], Marc Brubaker/Click.Wind.Repeat. [Timbre]
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