For the weekend of December 31st, 2009 - January 2nd 2010
It's time for us to send out the year with a bang and kick-start the upcoming annum. Fortunately for you, Houstonist knows of plenty of concerts capable of achieving said goals. We hereby formally resolve to have a damn good weekend, and you should too.
Tonight being the grand finale to 2009 means there are plenty of options available, including the energetic Los Skarnales at Fitzgerald's and the seventh annual New Year's Noise show at Super Happy Fun Land. If you desire to hang with the Houstonist then look no farther than our dear old Mango's - sure, it'll be full of sweaty hipsters but the lineup is stellar. Plus, we need to get our hands on a piece of Female Demand vinyl.
Once the new year has arrived, celebrate again the way all Houstonians should: by attending another show. Metal will abound at both Meridian and Fitzgerald's, and you can get your Journey fix by catching Frontiers at House of Blues. We'll opt for Austin's The Sour Notes [now with more Elaine Greer!] and the catchy hooks of Spain Colored Orange at Rudyard's.
There's no need to let the party stop beyond that, either. Wayside Drive's melody-laden tunes can been caught at Rudyard's, and Super Happy Fun Land will have a pretty solid punk lineup. We'll be out doing our release show duty at The Mink, where not one but three bands will be unleashing new releases - oh and Muhammid Ali is on the bill to seal the deal for us.
On Sunday, Houstonist will turn right back around and hit The Mink again for Denton Americana slingers Western Giants. If you've still got some dance steps left, meet us at Continental Club beforehand where we'll be honky-tonkin' with Miss Leslie.
Let us know where you'll be, and for goodness sake be safe this weekend. We done heard them thar cops have issued a "no refusal weekend" fer the breathalyzer.
Thursday, December 31st
The Allen Oldies Band, Beetle at Continental Club
Cross Canadian Ragweed, Charlie Shafter & The Gnomes at House of Blues
Damon Allen, Go Go Garcia, Fredster, Johnny Moon, Townsend at Boondocks
Flowers To Hide, If The War Should End, DJ sets by The Watermarks at The Mink
Earthquake, Huggy Lowdown, Tony Rock at Arena Theatre
El Diablo at Notsuoh
Eli Young Band at Verizon Wireless Theater
Fondue Monks, Black Roze at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Ken Gaines & Wayne Wilkerson, Ann Armstrong & Steve Hughes, Bill Cade, Gatling & Hoffpauir at Anderson Fair
Leslie Neuman, The Hightailers at Last Cocnert Cafe
Los Pistoleros de Texas at Charlie's Big Top
Los Skarnales, The Jungle Rockers, Subrosa Union, The B Sharps, Suckerfish [upstairs] / Lluvias Dreams, Vag. Scabs, Obama Nation [downstairs] at Fitzgerald's
Mike Terror, Synthetic Fiend, DJ Whisperwish, DJ Chem Croix, Nitekry at Meridian
New Year's Noise 7 featuring: Bryce Clayton Eiman, The Annoysters, Muzak John, Andrew Weathers, Instinct Control, Peter J Woods, Richard Ramirez, Thou Shalt Not Kill...Except, a Fail Association, Concrete Violin, Zahava, Copwarmth, Dogs Hit Taco, How I Quit Crack, Rusted Shut, Kyle Evans, Thunder Puppet at Super Happy Fun Land
Reverse, Crossroads at Jet Lounge
Shake Russell at Mucky Duck
Sideshow Tramps, Grandfather Child, Hollywood Floss, Female Demand [EP Release], Robert Ellis, The Manichean at Mango's
St. Cloud, Jonny Burke, Dustin Welch at Rudyard's
Thunderpants at House of Blues [restaurant stage]
Friday, January 1st
Free Radicals at Mango's
Frontiers, Low Man's Joe at House of Blues
Holy Hellrod, Vedetta Diary, A Tragedy Lost, Cryptic Psychosis, Stronger Than All, Into The Abyss at Meridian
The Last Starfighter, Before There Was Rosalyn, The Fight Scene, The Lion of Wall Street, The Dead Revolt at Fitzgerald's
On This Day, Drunken Sobriety, Witness The Fall at Jet Lounge
The Sour Notes, Spain Colored Orange, Row Zero at Rudyard's
Wild Rabbit Salad, Teri Greene & Friends at Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Saturday, January 2nd
Belleville Outfit at Mucky Duck
Disco Expressions at Continental Club
Earshot, Another Day, .38 Caliber Hero, Inner Image at Meridian
Eye's Burn Electric, Mother's Anthem, Adelaine at Fitzgerald's
Fight Pretty [Tour kickoff & Release], Ghost Town Electric [Release], The Burden [CD Release], Big Fiction, and Muhammid Ali at The Mink
Graverobber, Freddy Ghonorhea & The Gunz, Lluvia Dreams, Alimanas, Anti-climax at Super Happy Fun Land
Minerva, Kill Me Holly, Smile Transilvania, Preston Leatherman at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
New Monsoon, The Hightailers at Warehouse Live
Plastic Fantastic Lover at Last Concert Cafe
Wayside Drive, Vertigo Blue, Yellow Journalism at Rudyard's
Sunday, January 3rd
Milkdrive at Mucky Duck
Miss Leslie & Her Juke Jointers at Continental Club
Western Giants at The Mink
Photos: Western Giants MySpace, Dan Kramer [Sideshow Tramps]
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