For the Weekend of August 6th - 9th
Sweet mother of fat Elvis, Batman! This weekend is going to rock. We're going to go ahead and just lay this out there now: you should be at the Free Press Summer Fest this Saturday and Sunday. Some very fine folks have been bustin' their keesters to make sure it happens, so put some money where your mouth is and help support what will hopefully turn into an annual event here in Houston.
Other than that, here's what Houstonist recommends for the weekend. Tonight we'll be taking in the early show at Rudyard's to see Benjamin Wesley's mind-boggling multitasking, and then we plan to hop over to The Continental Club for Runaway Sun. Afterwards we'll make the jump to Super Happy Fun Land so we can catch The Goods - one of our favorite local garage rock outfits - and our friends Hollywood Black.
Friday's got a few big names on the list, with Crüe Fest in The Woodlands and a chunk of Def Jam's roster stopping in to House of Blues. We plan to drop in to Cactus Music for the day show before catching either Tax the Wolf at Dean's or Mark Slim at Charlie's Big Top.
As mentioned previously, we will be out at Tinsley Park, baking in the heat on Saturday and Sunday. If you simply must, however, see some other music, there are a few notables playing on Saturday: George Straight and Green Day will be packing out the sports arenas, and if it weren't for Summer Fest you'd find Houstonist at Warehouse Live for Bob Schneider. Sunday is a no-brainer though, and if you've never seen an Of Montreal set live, be prepared for the bizarre, Houston.
Spill your weekend plans in the comments.
Thursday, August 6th
Baker Hotel at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Benjamin Wesley, The Takes, Muzak John at Rudyard's [6 pm]
GENERATION:landslide!, Chelsea Hotel, Year of the Bandit at Rudyard's
Hollywood Black, The Goods, The Boxcar Bandits, We Leave at Midnight!, Perkasie, They Mean Us, The Littlest Viking at Super Happy Fun LandInya Kane, Catacombz, 1000 Cranes at Notsuoh
Pistoleros de Texas at Charlie's Big Top
Runaway Sun, Beetle at The Continental Club
Friday, August 7th
Bonnie Bishop at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
The Brilliance of Suffering, Vehement, Sinister Minister, A Cyanide Suicide, Based on Death, My Ending Farewell at The Meridian
Clouseaux, Spain Colored Orange, Molly & The Ringwalds at The Continental Club
Crüe Fest 2 featuring Mötley Crüe, Godsmack, Theory of a Deadman, Drowning Pool, Charm City Devils at Cynthia Woods Pavilion [5:15 pm]
Floating Action, Generationals, Florene, Exterminating Angels, Lance Higdon at Super Happy Fun Land
Fulton Read, Charles P. & The 10 Percent, The Fox Derby, B L A C K I E at Warehouse Live
Generationals, Floating Action at Cactus Music [5:30 pm]
Joan Rivers at Hobby Center
Krum Bums [CD release], Molotov Compromise, Roots of Exile, The Framed at Walter's on Washington
Lisa Lampanelli at Verizon Wireless
Marco Antonio Solís and Pepe Aguilar at Toyota Center
Mark Slim at Charlie's Big Top
Method Man, Redman, Ghostface Killah at House of Blues
Mother’s Anthem, Nothing More, The 71’s, Glass Intrepid, The Canvas Writing, Another Run, Aerial Second at Fitzgerald's
Mozart Season, The Subtle Way, The Soarce, Farsight at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Plump at The Last Concert Cafe
Set in Color, Scene 24, This Condition, Prawn at Notsuoh
Tax The Wolf, Ellypseas, Ghormeh Sabzi at Dean's Credit Clothing
Vatos Locos at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Whorehound, Trian Woodburns, White Rhino at Rudyard's
Saturday, August 8th
Badfish [Sublime Tribute] at Sam Houston Race Park
Bob Schneider, T Bird & the Breaks, Jeff Boortz Band at Warehouse Live
Brains For Dinner, Natty Turna at The Last Concert Cafe
Chris Hawkes, Bob Barney at Rudyard's
Chris Isaak at Verizon Wireless
Constant Billy at Cactus Music [1 pm]
Dine Alone, Saturate, Cinder Cell, Bateman Red, Beautiful Risk at Fitzgerald's
Ese [CD release], Yayo, Hell's Engine, 13 Black Coffins at Walter's on Washington
Frankzig, Gull, Fist of Kong, Robert Pearson, Act of Nature at Super Happy Fun Land
Free Press Summerfest: Explosions in the Sky, Broken Social Scene, The Sword, Tha Fuckin' Transmissions, Riff Tiffs, The Octopus Project, O Pioneers!!!, B L A C K I E v. Cop Warmth, Fat Tony, Ryan Scroggins & The Trenchtown Texans, Young Mammals, Los Skarnales, Muhammid Ali, I Am Mesmer, The Watermarks, The Tontons, Perseph One, Mechanical Boy, JuzCoz, Ghost Town Electric at Eleanor Tinsley Park [Starts at Noon]
Free Press Summerfest Afterparty with DJ Ramesh of Voxtrot, Cee Plus Bad Knives at Mango's
George Straight, Sugarland, Blake Shelton at Reliant Park
Green Day at Toyota Center
Hydra Melody, Montiac Sound, The Ignorant at Notsuoh
Josh Weathers & The Endeavors, The Damen Austin Band, Champagne with Friends,
2 Dollar Sound at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Kim Lenz and the Jaguars, Luxurious Panthers, The Octanes at The Continental Club
Ottmar Liebert, Luna Negra at House of Blues
Shake Russell at NiaMoves
Sisters Morales at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Suburban Warfare, Skepticynic, Papercut Massacre, Crash Anthem, Legacy Fails, White Sails at The Meridian
Sunset Heights at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
T-Bird & The Breaks at Cactus Music [3 pm]
Sunday, August 9th
Aleks Syntek, Moenia at Arena Theatre
A Love Like Pi, Asteria, Theatre Breaks Loose, Gabriel the Marine at Super Happy Fun Land
Free Press Summerfest: Of Montreal, Devin the Dude, What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Riverboat Gamblers, Voxtrot, UME, Prince Paul, Buxton, Wild Mocassins, Hearts of Animals, Sideshow Tramps, Eastern Sea, The Manichean, Grand Father Child, Southern Backtones, Sky Blue 72, Roky Moon & Bolt, News on the March, The Hates, The Small Sounds, Chase Hamblin, Elaine Greer, The McKenzies at Eleanor Tinsley Park [Starts at Noon]
Free Press Summerfest Afterparty with DJ Jester the Filipino Fist, Come See Me Dead Person at El Pueblito
Hamilton Loomis at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Hoodshock Fest: Liferuiner, Through the Fire, Betrayal, The Tempest, Battle of Champions, The Brilliance of Suffering at The Meridian
She Swings She Sways, Stacy Seger, Ryan Davis at Notsuoh
They Who Sound at Avant Garden
Photos: Of Montreal MySpace, Runaway Sun MySpace, Aubrey Edwards [The Octopus Project].
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