H-Town Rock

For the Weekend of July 30th - August 2nd

Come one, come all, to the new-look H-Town Rock! Well, we really just tried to clean it up a bit visually, but we're counting it. Think of it as us going in for a trim instead of a whole new 'do. Now let's get down to business.

If you aren't getting into Warehouse Live tonight for the free HPMA Ceremony, try catching some local indie rock for free at Boondocks. Or slip into The Mink and catch what is apparently the last edition of SPEAKERBOXX, forever. For-ev-er. We aren't sure just why it will be the finale for this longstanding DJ night, so if you know fill us in.

Friday's metal show featuring breakdown-heavy August Burns Red has been moved from the now-defunct Javajazz to The Meridian. Apparently the two have merged, and we couldn't be happier as it means less shows in the boonies. If blastbeats aren't your thing, then you should really think about doing a solid for the Houston music scene and show up to the second annual Leave Your Genre At The Door at Fitzgerald's. Houstonist is really proud of those folks for getting some diverse local acts together in hopes of cross-pollinating the local scene.

We'll skirt Saturday's red state celebration extravaganza in The Woodlands, and the hacky sack festival at Sam Houston Race Park, making sure to catch a fantastic in-store day at Cactus Music. William Fitzsimmons, Jenny Owen Youngs, The Tontons AND free St. Arnold's? Talk about amazing, and that's just the afternoon! Later we'll take a pass on the Hispanic Power Hour at Toyota Center and trek into downtown to catch The Caprolites at Notsuoh. Or maybe we'll wind up at Mango's to catch William & Jenny again.

Sunday offers a unique opportunity. While the teens & 'tweens are watching Katy Perry at Verizon Wireless you have the opportunity to see the original monsters of folk at Cynthia Woods. Note: we are certainly excited about what James, Oberst & Ward can do together, but Dylan, Nelson & Mellencamp have significantly more musical clout.

So let's hear it, Houston. Tell us where you'll be.

Thursday, July 30th
Blacktop Gypsy at Mucky Duck
Drag Prom, The Manichean, Mystery Flavor at Mango's
Gio Safari, Christie Zellmer, Gretchen Schmaltz, Framework, Without a Face, Brother Treevis, Bike Secrets, John Allen Stephens at Super Happy Fun Land
Houston Press Music Awards Ceremony at Warehouse Live
The Other Side, Mexican Step Grandfather, Patty Bullet at Fitzgerald's
Salim Nourallah, The Deathray Davies, Buttercup, Your Kisses Cause Crashes at Rudyard's
Spain Colored Orange, Springfield Riots at Boondocks
SPEAKERBOXX, Featuring DJ Dayta, Squincy Jones, Reko Trill, EL Roy Boogie] at The Mink
The Suspects at The Continental Club

Friday July 31st
Asher Roth, Kid Cudi at House of Blues
August Burns Red, Blessthefall, All Shall Perish, IWrestledABearOnce, Acora at The Meridian
Autumn Faith, The Frontier Brothers, In Denmark at Super Happy Fun Land
Burn Halo, American Fangs, Dine Alone, .38 Caliber Hero at Scout Bar
Calm Blue Sea, Caddywhompus, Hat Talk at Rudyard's
Carney, Chase Hamblin, Buxton at Walter's on Washington
Cory Morrow, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers at Warehouse Live
The Dramatics, The Stylistics, Rose Royce at Arena Theatre
Fondue Monks at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Leave Your Genre at the Door: Sound Patrol, The Pocket, Fat Tony, B L A C K I E, The Mathletes, sIngs, Balls d33p, Babel Fishh, Electric Attitude, Satin Hooks, Perseph 1, Studemont Project, Buxton, Shina Rae, Female Demand, Ellypseas, Brains for Dinner, listenlisten at Fitzgerald's
London Girl, We Moderns, Guitars, Diet Cokeheads, O Pioneers!!! at The Mink
Orents Stirner at Mango's
Randy Weeks at Mucky Duck
Ronnie Fauss at Cactus Music [5:30 pm]
The They at Notsuoh
Trancend, Eyes of Noctum, Blacklight Epidemic, Cellcyst, After Summer at The Meridian

Saturday, August 1st
Counting Crows, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Augustana at Sam Houston Race Park
Dirty Honey, Brett Koshkin, DJ Black Slacks at Boondocks
Ethan Kennedy & The Fat Cats, Know More Robots at The Last Concert Cafe
Faulter 42, Touching The Absolute, Fallen Grey, Guts to Glory at Fitzgerald's
Freedy Johnston, Arthur Yoria at NiaMoves
George Lopez at Toyota Center
Guy Forsyth at Mucky Duck
HOD, Diminished, Infernal Butchery at The White Swan
Hub City Stompers, Los Skarnales, Fixed Idea, Viernes 13, Molotov Compromise, Always Guilty, The Failed Attempt, South Central Skankers, Karetas Bufonas at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Ian Moore, DuneTX at The Continental Club
Mydolls, AK-47, The Hickoids, Anarchitex, The Texas Biscuit Bombs at The Mink
No Inbetween, The Escape Theory, The Slowdown at The Meridian
Sean Hannity Freedom Concert: Billy Ray Cyrus, Charlie Daniels Band, Michael W. Smith, Lee Greenwood, Oliver North at Cynthia Woods Pavilion
ST37, Linus Pauling Quartet, Giant Princess at Rudyard's
Thee Armada [cd release],Mechanical Boy, Windsor Drive, Better Luck, Versecity, Jeffrey Taylor, Tony Oller, Otenki, One Day At A Time at Warehouse Live
These Little Nothings, Stamen, The Caprolites at Notsuoh
William Fitzsimmons with Jenny Owen Youngs, The Tontons at Cactus Music [2 pm]
William Fitzsimmons, Jenny Owen Youngs at Mango's

Sunday, August 2nd
Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson at Cynthia Woods Pavilion
De La Soul, Kenan Bell, Rhythm Roots All-Stars at House of Blues
Devildriver, Emmure, Despised Icon, Mychildren Mybride, Veil For Maya, For The Fallen Dreams, Oceano, Periphery, Thy Will Be Done, Once Upon A Burning Body
Katy Perry at Verizon Wireless
Little High Little Low, Battle!, Pantherhrr, Babar, Unrestrained at Super Happy Fun Land
Nigel Edison at Mucky Duck
Spin Alley, Downfall 2012, Dubtex at Scout Bar