Rock Talk, Vol. XVII

Yikes! It's been far too long since we've updated you. Not terribly so, but we feel pretty bad about it. Our apologies for the delay, we've had an unusually busy schedule. We've added several new feeds to our queue, so we're receiving more news than ever to date. Just know that Houstonist has a few days of bonus coverage for you this week.

Tunes
Black Congress has been hard at work recording tunes, and if all goes well they'll have five - count 'em - five 7-inchers out by SXSW. You can hear three tracks now.

Thundering metal project in the works Omotai put a few tracks on MySpace, giving us an idea of what to expect. Just what, you say? Crushed. That's what you should expect to be.

Houston-bred but currently residing in New Orleans, Chris Rehm has a new EP/cassette out called Salivary Stones. You can score a copy online, for whatever price you like.

Hospital [which appears to be a remixing/electronic duo consisting of Michael Murland and Dann Miller] has a remix of the Fat Tony track In Your Room that'll be on a single due out this year.

B L A C K I E's new tape, Spred Luv, is available for you to listen to and purchase online.

There are two new tunes from The Energy posted on their MySpace, and quite frankly if you don't give 'em a listen, Houstonist will be obliged to call you a fool.

This might be a little older, but we were just tipped off to a couple tunes up on The Julys' MySpace. If you see this before 11 pm, they're playing at Boondocks tonight, and it's definitely worth the free admission.

Finally, [phew, this is getting long already!] Dave Wrangler has already dropped several remixes this month, including a N.A.S.A. vs. YACHT EP, and several tracks from his Under the Influence album. You'd be wise to clue in via his SoundCloud account.

Videos
A Dream Asleep premiered their video for Horus Vs The Juggernauts yesterday. You can catch a trailer for it on YouTube.

American Fangs drove up to good ol' NY to record some tunes, and have announced all is finished. We'll be looking forward to new tunes soon. Meanwhile, we'll just have to be content with this teaser for My Two Richards.

World's Most Dangerous have a video for their song B&B. Looks like they had fun shooting it.

The Watermarks have been working in the studio, and you can catch a glimpse of what they've been doing. Also, their t-shirts are going to be featured on some hot girls in a movie [don't worry, it's SFW]. Nicely done, folks.

Insert Name Here put up a video for their song, Perfect Girl. They'll be releasing their album at Bohemeo's on March 13th, as this video reveals.

Peekaboo Theory brings us a video for their song, Immediate Hesitation.

We're not sure if this should be under Tunes or Video, but due to the abundance of Shrinermobiles, we're going to put this leaked tune of new band Weird Party here. They'll be making their debut at The Mink on March 5th.

And, at that March 5th show Roky Moon & Bolt is headlining. It'll be their tour kickoff, and you can watch Mike sing a new song in Joe Mathlete's new living room.

News, etc.
Booya! Pick up that swell new 7" from Something Fierce at Action Town Records webstore. Then make sure you mark January 31st on your calendar, as they'll be playing an official release show at The Mink.

There's some more good news about that potential historical marker for Lightnin' Hopkins.

Andrew Karnavas [whom you might know from Runaway Sun] has been hard at work finishing up recording his solo album, which will be sent off for mixing this week.

In case you've been wondering how you can score some sweet Female Demand merch [like that awesome LP we snagged on New Year's] look no further. The ripping instrumental duo now has a webstore.

For those of you who've been waiting, you can now pick up The Jonx's Vocabularian Herds. The tracks that we've heard have been quite good.

Jud Johnson Band is releasing their CD on February 5th at House of Blues, and is trying to become the first local act to sell out the venue.

Light Parade just wrapped up recording with Josh Moore. Here's proof of everyone being in the same place.

Finally, Wayside Drive announced that they're adding a new member - Jeremy & Natalie are pregnant! We hope for the kid's sake that it doesn't come out like they've predicted.