For the weekend of February 4th - 7th, 2010
It's another weekend full of tunes for your live listening pleasure here in Houston, and we've got the skinny on what's going down. Join us as Houstonist plots a course course for our weekend, lest you leave yours in the dangerous hands of another.
Tonight we'll be sating our nostalgic heart by stepping into the Wayback Machine, which will deposit us at Warehouse Live. It'll be a trip down memory lane, taking us back to high school - when we were nerdy and uncool and didn't have friends. [Ed. Note: We're still nerdy and mostly uncool, but now we have friends]
Tomorrow brings us some tough decisions - a pretty stellar show at the Indie Houston house, featuring Ghost Mountain among others, an incredible lineup at The Husk that will see JD Emmanuel [a local analog synth-smith] play live in the U.S. for the first timesince 1982, and another Haiti benefit featuring some of our finest underground wordsmiths. But wait, there's more! House of Blues features Band of Heathens in the Bronze Peacock room as well as a CD release from locals Jud Johnson Band. Oh, and there's a show at Mucky Duck that's finally worth the $22 cover - Justin Townes Earle, who's bringing along the incredible Dawn Landes. We'll trust our friend Lance on this one, who says that The Husk is the place to be.
Saturday has some sweet shows, too - the metal kid in us wants to be at Wired Live [it's not Meridian anymore, folks] for The Chariot and Inhale/Exhale. There's a pretty fair amount of our will telling us to show up at Super Happy Fun Land's No Glove, No Love benefit just for the laughs sure to be found [as well as Cavernous]. We still have yet to see Somosuno, who'll be playing Mango's with Cosmic Sound [aka half of Ghost Mountain], and we keep hearing good things. Houstonist, however, is bound to be found at Rudyard's for Two Star Symphony, as they never cease to surprise and excite us.
As for Sunday, we hear there's some big game on the telly. Seriously - did you think anybody was going to book a show on Super Bowl Sunday? Get real!
Go see some shows!
Thursday, February 4th
Los Pistoleros de Texas at Charlie's Big Top
New Found Glory, Saves The Day, Hellogoodbye, Fireworks at Warehouse Live
Paul Sprawl, Anarchitex, Scott Ayers at Bohemeo's
Rosie Flores at Mucky Duck
Vallejo at Continental Club
Victor Manuelle at Arena Theatre
Friday, February 5th
Alligator Dave, Smile Transylvania, You're Done For, The Iveys at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Band of Heathens at House of Blues [Bronze Peacock]
Black Dog, Ozzmosis Houston at Fitzgerald's
Come And See My Dead Person, Giant Battle Monster at Rudyard's
Dan Higgs, Stellar OM Source, JD Emmanuel, Weird Weeds, Roomies!, at The Husk [2808 Milam]
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Warehouse Live
Haiti Benefit with Nosaprise, Fat Tony, Gormeh Sabzi at Mango's [$5 entry goes to Planting Peace]
Jimmy Lee Deen at Last Concert Cafe
Jud Johnson Band [CD Release], Dmitri's Rail, VerseCity at House of Blues
Justin Townes Earle, Dawn Landes at Mucky Duck
The Light Rock Express at Charlie's Big Top
Mt. Righteous, Giant Princess, Somosuno, Ghost Mountain at Indie Houston House [1816 Calumet, 8 pm]
Mike Perkins & Friends, Ray Prim [CD Release] at Avant Garden
Sondre Lerche, JBM at Meridian Wired Live
Steve Harvey at Arena Theatre
Stove Blow, Days n' Daze, James Dalton & Marissa, Chairs, U Not I at Super Happy Fun Land
Susan Gibson at Anderson Fair
Two Tons Of Steel at Continental Club
Saturday, February 6th
Betty Soo, Will Sexton at NiaMoves
The Chariot, Greeley Estates, Inhale/Exhale, Memphis Mayfire, The Color Morale, Uprise Of The Fallen at Meridian Wired Live [Red Room]
Chris Duarte at Dan Electro's
Crash 45, Let's Hang Jackson, A Silent Canvas, Clubhouse For Ivy, The True Value, Out Feet First, Swervy & The Nutsacks, Minerva, Maniphest, Oneway Radio, A Bubble In The Sun, Four O'Clock at Fitzgerald's
Fondue Monks, Congas By Carlos at Last Concert Cafe
Fox Derby at Cactus Music [2 pm]
G. Love & The Special Sauce, Redeye Empire at Warehouse Live
Graham Wilkinson & the Underground Township, Drew Smith's Lonely Choir at Continental Club
Greencards at Mucky Duck
Ken Gaines, Wayne Wilkerson at Anderson Fair
Mark Farina at Meridian Wired Live
No Glove, No Love Fest with Odessa, Cavernous, Dinner At Dahmers, Play For Keeps, On The Rag, Waverly Hills, Rise To Conquer, Rats In The Attic at Super Happy Fun Land [6 pm]
Peoplefood, The Hats at Avant Garden
Somosuno, Fiskadoro, Eets Feats, Room 101, Cosmic Sound at Mango's
Steve Harvey at Arena Theatre
Tie Dye Sky, Night Bird at Bohemeo's
Two Star Symphony, The Tiny Tin Hearts at Rudyard's
Photos: Sarah Prikryl [Two Star Symphony], New Found Glory MySpace
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