For the Weekend of August 13th - August 16th
Welcome back to yet another edition of H-Town Rock, dear reader. We've missed you, so let's get down to business and speak of weekend plans. Fear not, Poppa Houstonist is here to guide your way.
On Monday night we took a trip out to The Corkscrew to see Sara Van Buskirk and Brandon Elam for a nice change of pace, and Brandon mentioned to us that not only has his band, The Literary Greats, been recording, but also they have a show at The Continental Club tonight. Seeing Brandon solo was nice, but we're more excited about the full band, so we'll be headed to the "Coolest Block In Town." The show at Walter's looks intriguing as well.
Friday night The Lonely H roll through town, fronted by 19 year-old Mark Fredson and bringing their throwback Americana to Rudyard's. Our apologies to local stars Blue October, but we'll either be at Rudz or possibly The Mink for the epic Roky Moon and Bolt [seriously, did you see them at Summer Fest?]. Note: unless you enjoy large crowds of pre-teens and teenyboppers, avoid Toyota Center. In fact, if you're reading this and you do enjoy massive crowds of children, stay home because you're a creep.
Saturday finds us with some sort of all day crawfish boil and punk show at Dan Electro's, which we'll politely pass on to catch Guitars at Cactus Music. Houstonist has it on good authority that the band is about to move to North Carolina, so catch them before they leave. We're really torn Saturday night, however: Bob Schneider swings through, and Listenlisten and Robert Ellis have what is certain to be a fine show at the Indie Houston house before they head out on a two-week jaunt. But wait, there's more! The Mathletes are one of four bands releasing their CD, and they've got Young Mammals and our Baytown heroes Ghost Mountain on the show - and is that a rebirth of Houston's 60's psych group Fever Tree down there? Goodness.
Which brings us to Sunday - Juzcoz has their EP release at Isis, B L A C K I E is at Mango's, The Meridian is playing host to an all-day So-Cal punk "invasion," and Super Happy Fun Land is host to Two Star Symphony and I Am Mesmer. We'd like to be everywhere, but we're not going to miss the show at The Mink, with one-man music-machine Benjamin Wesley, Finnegan, Prairie Cadets, and The Julys. That lineup is stacked.
Thursday, August 13th
Aimee Bobruk, Susanna Choffel, Kacy Crowley at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Avant, Jules at House of Blues
ESE, Federation Horse Power at Fitzgerald's
Innerkill, Zone of Inhibition, Lost in the Shadows at The Meridian
The Literary Greats, Beetle at The Continental Club
Luchsinger Bros., Dusty Duhon, Melissa Savcic at Bohemeo's
Motion Turns It On, Zechs Marquise, Tax The Wolf at Walter's on Washington
Pistoleros De Texas at Charlie's Big Top
Ricardo Arjona at Toyota Center
Static Thought, Society's Parasites, The Blackmarket Syndicate, Hat Talk, Molotov Compromise, AIUA, Dead to the World at Super Happy Fun Land
Thunderbolt Suit, Dead Roses at Rudyard's
Friday, August 14th
After All, Cosmoline, All At Once, Freebleeder at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Blue October, Switchfoot at Verizon Wireless
Bowerbirds, Megafaun, Sew What at Walter's on Washington
Corey Smith, Sam Thacker at House of Blues
Daughtry at Warehouse Live
Dollyrockers, Trian Woodburns at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Grerzy Wheels Cleve, Sweet Mary at Charlie's Big Top
Honor Society, Benton Paul at House of Blues
John Whitty & Stardom, Mangled Digits, Night Flight, Light, Along The Buffalo at The Meridian
The Jonas Brothers, Jordin Sparks, Honor Society at Toyota Center
Krunk Ninja Party, El Nino, TBDZ, Twinkdogg, Brad Slack, Zackiside at Super Happy Fun Land
The Lonely H, Fake Believe at Rudyard's
The Lovers at Last Concert Cafe
Metavenge, Forever Falls, Project Dopamine, Alter Ego at Fitzgerald's
Mutating Meltdown, The Wiggins, How I Quit Crack, Cop Warmth at Mango's
Rekliner, Chris Anderson at Dean's Credit Clothing
Roky Moon & Bolt, The Passengers at The Mink
Soul Rebels Brass Band, Molly & The Ringwalds at The Continental Club
Toni Price, Gwil Owen at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Vagabond Swing at Notsuoh
Saturday, August 15th
Always Guilty, Molotov Compromise, Antidote For Irony at Fitzgerald's
Anarchitex, Room 101, 1000 Cranes, Delta Block, PSA at Super Happy Fun Land
Bat Castle, Ninth Kingdom at Walter's on Washington
Bob Schneider at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Cameo, SOS Band, One Way at Arena Theatre
Components of the Modern Age at Notsuoh
Craw Fest, featuring: The Drunks, Adrian and the Sickness, Los De Verdad, Whiplash, Last Rosary, Opia, Temple of Wrath, Castrofate, Dirtymind, Daylight Coma, The Morning Becomes, Chelsea Hotel at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar [4 pm]
Galactic Cowboys, Galea, Leaf at Warehouse Live
Guitars [CD Release], Bonnie Bishop at Cactus Music [1 pm]
Hell City Kings [CD Release], World's Most Dangerous, Skeleton Dick at Rudyard's
Hush Hush Commotion, A Goodnight Crisis, A Candle Lit City, Behind Buildings, Fallen Adoration, Winter Road at The Meridian
James McMurtry at NiaMoves
Listlenlisten [Tour Kickoff], Robert Ellis, Buxton, Giant Princess at Indie Houston House [1816 Calumet]
The Mathletes [CD Release], Young Mammals, Ghost Mountain at Mango's
Pria Urbana at Last Concert Cafe
Whiskey Boat [CD Release], Fever Tree Rising at The Continental Club
Sunday, August 16th
Benjamin Wesley, The Julys, Prairie Cadets, Finnegan at The Mink
Black Magic, Skaberry Jam, Counter Current, Weston Brown Band, Flatline, Low Plane Drifter, Candid, Anything Goes at Numbers
Guerilla Foco Clan, Nosaprise, B L A C K I E at Mango's
Juzcoz [EP Release], The Tontons at Isis [1010 Prairie]
Los Campesinos!, Girls at Warehouse Live
Mechanical Boy, Moving Mountains, The All Day Holiday at Walter's on Washington
So-Cal Punk Invasion featuring: Fear, Agent Orange, D.I., Total Chaos, Bark Hard, Poor Dumb Bastards, Room 101, The Blackmarket Syndicate, Molotov Compromise, The American Heist, Dickey Hands, Roots of Exile at The Meridian
Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Two Star Symphony, I Am Mesmer, Future Blondes at Super Happy Fun Land
Suffokate, Knights of the Abyss, Blind Witness, This or the Apocalypse, Wretched, In the Storm at The Meridian [Sports Bar]
Texas Johnny Boy & Milton Hopkins at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Photos: The Literary Greats MySpace, April Brimer [The Lonely H].
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