Week Around The Ists
H-Town Rock
For the weekend of August 27th - 30th
Good afternoon, fellow Houstonites, and welcome to yet another H-Town Rock. The week may have started off light, but there is plenty afoot in the music scene this weekend, so get out that calendar and mark down some shows.
If you didn't get your fill of 80s girl-rock at the Blondie / Pat Benatar show, make sure to catch Heart tonight at Arena Theatre [our dear father would be there, but he's tied up with work all weekend]. One of Houston's top pop songwriters, Arthur Yoria is playing at Artcetera, Jody Seabody & The Whirls have a tour kickoff at The Mink, Springfield Riots has a free show at Boondocks, and there's a crazy rooftop show at 2808 Milam that we just might have to see.
Friday night Austin DJ Car Stereo Wars will be popping by Boondocks, and Black Congress drops a new 7" at Rudyard's. Houston noise will be plentiful at Super Happy Fun Land, While You Were Gone unleashes their new CD out in the boonies, and punk legends The Melvins will be playing not one, but TWO sets at The Meridian.
Saturday is host to Rad Rich's bash, an all day event which will consume both Avant Garden and Mango's. We're going to make sure we start the day off right by catching Elaine Greer at Cactus Music and sipping on some bubbly St. Arnold's. Houstonist strongly recommends making it to Mango's for what will be the final show by The McKenzies [and likely The Tontons final show of the year as frontwoman Asli Omar goes off to New York for school]. Plus, Fat Tony is performing, so we know it'll be worth it.
Sunday - ah what the hell - we'll drive out to the far north and sit on the grass for Depeche Mode, who happen to have indie heartthrobs Peter, Bjorn & John in tow. Not that we're going to drop the money for a ticket, we'll just sit outside and listen. Houstonist is broke, y'all, so feel free to buy us a beer if you see us out and about this weekend.
As always, we'd love to hear where you'll be found, so put it in the comments.
Thursday, August 27th
Arthur Yoria at Artcetera [800 Bagby]
Bleu Edmondson, Jeff Boortz Band at House of Blues
Charley Robison at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Heart at Arena Theatre
Jody Seabody & the Whirls [Tour Kickoff], Magic Marmalade, Cavernous at The Mink
Johnny Falstaff, Beetle at The Continental Club
The Manichean, B L A C K I E, Come See My Dead Person, Matt McDonald at Khon's Bar [2808 Milam]
The New Up at Rudyard's
Opus Carnage at Mango's
Pistoleros De Texas at Charlie's Big Top
Springfield Riots, Loxsly at Boondocks
Friday, August 28th
Adam & Lena at Cactus Music [5:30 pm]
Allison Fisher at Charlie's Big Top
Black Congress [7" Release], Rat King at Rudyard's
Car Stereo Wars at Boondocks
Cedric the Entertainer at Arena Theatre
Crosby, Stills and Nash at Cynthia Woods Pavilion
Hyrax at Walter's on Washington
Jimmy LaFave at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Knocturnal Maddness, Raging Apathy, Among The Silence, The Mondays, The Red Line at Fitzgerald's
Labretta Suede, The Motel 6, Cop Warmth, The Delta Block, Sumosuno, Rapeworm at Super Happy Fun Land
Make Your Escape, The Fight Scene, Drunken Sobriety, I’m Not Paul Bradshaw, Mangled Digits at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
The Melvins at The Meridian [Red Room]
Osirus, Weston Brown Band at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Panda, Division Miniscula at House of Blues
Pitbull, LMFAO, Paradiso Girls at Verizon Wireless
Ray Bonneville at Anderson Fair
Sister 7, Skyblue72, The Handshake at Warehouse Live
Spain Colored Orange, The Watermarks, Paris Falls at Mango's
Stray From The Path, Waverly Hills, Scoria, The Murder & The Harlot, Hematidrosis, Battle of Champions at The Meridian
While You Were Gone [CD Release], Hollywood Black, Anthem, The Ride Home, Why He Hates Rebecca at Fuel Cyber Cafe
Saturday, August 29th
Acora, A Tragedy Lost, Last of Our Breed, Ex-Oblivione, Proven Under, Altercation, Zone of Inhibition at The Meridian
Across The Water at Anderson Fair
Born Liars, Mad Macka, Somethin Ain’t Rights, Welfare Mothers at Rudyard's
Brains For Dinner, King Shanty, King Young, Young Militia, The Light of the Trinity at Super Happy Fun Land
Cadillac Voodoo Choir, Straight Fork at The Continental Club
Carl Piano Smith at Charlie's Big Top
Craig's Last Bash at Super Happy Fun Land
Elaine Greer at Cactus Music [1 pm]
Electric Attitude at Cactus Music [4 pm]
The McKenzies [Final Show], Fat Tony, The Tontons, Tax the Wolf at Mango's
Rad Rich Birthday Back 2 School Radical Bash featuring: JW Americana, Mic Skills, Grave Robbers, Luxurious Panthers, Oklahomos, Mass of Men, The Delta Block, Dollyrockers, American Sharks, Fired For Walking, The Bad Ones, Zipperneck, Unzipped, Pretty Little Turtle, Somosuno at Avant Garden & Mango's [2-9 pm]
Ray Wylie Hubbard at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Suburban Warfare, Skepticynic at The Mink
Tantric, Aranda, Vayden at Scout Bar
Vatos Locos, Last Man, Black Bone Child, KGB at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Sunday, August 30th
Danny O'Flaherty at McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Depeche Mode, Peter Bjorn & John at Cynthia Woods Pavilion
Miss Leslie and Her Juke Jointers at The Continental Club
Neverset, Lone Star Porn Star, Overscene at Scout Bar
Scott Ayers & The Nonsense Music Band at Avant Garden
Weedeater, Dixie Witch, Iron Age, Bowel at Walter's on Washington
Photos: Rob [The McKenzies], The Melvins MySpace
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