Results tagged “dixiechicks”

Houstonian Charlie Robison is coming to Warehouse Live this Thursday night and we’re giving you a chance to win a pair of tickets. Actually, we have two pairs of tickets for the show, so you can urge your friends to enter, too! Robison, who was born in Houston but raised in Bandera, first hit the Texas country music scene over a decade ago. His 1998 album Life of the Party received a lot of regional...

We tallied up all of the Houstonist staff writers’ favorite albums of the year, and were surprised to find out that we actually agreed on nine of them! Here are the CD’s that we couldn’t get enough of in 2006: The Decemberists: The Crane Wife When The Decemberists made the move to a major label a year ago, we were worried that they would sell out and release a crappy album of radio-friendly tracks. Luckily,...

Tuesday We’ve given you a lot of Halloween ideas, including costumes to wear, places to go, and haunted places. Want one more? How about Halloween from Hell III? Since My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult is headlining, you know Lucifer will be there. 8 p.m. at The Engine Room | tickets and info Wednesday Yesterday, we recommended the Ben Folds and Houston Symphony concert for tonight, and we still do. There’s good local...

We wonder if your regular Pub Fiction patrons even understand the treat they’re in for tonight when Bob Schneider plays a free show, courtesy of the Houston Press. The Austinite has only released two major CD’s since he left The Scabs and Ugly Americans, but they are both so good that it’s amazing that the rest of the country hasn’t caught on to him yet. That may change. Bob is currently opening for the Dixie...

The Chronicle ran a report this morning on Google’s semi-new search engine “Google Trends,” which allows you to type in multiple words and phrases and see the Top 10 cities and regions that have googled those terms in the past two years. We think it’s a fun feature, too, so we thought we would share someof our findings. Since we’re so competitive with other Texas sports franchises, we thought we’d take a look at...

God, we're so sick of Snakes on a Plane that we want to kill anyone and everyone that makes a "something on a something" joke. But then we realized that there was no way we could ever win this fight, and, hell, if you can't beat them, we might as well join them. And with that, you have the theme of this week's Gothamist network post. Austinist makes it easy for us, with Candidate...

The Dixie Chicks' new album Taking the Long Way is appropriately titled, considering the winding route their tour has taken — particularly if you're in Houston. The Chicks have officially announced that they are cancelling a number of tour dates including the stop at the Toyota Center originally scheduled for Sept. 30. Other cities on the tour that have had shows cancelled include Kansas City, Memphis, St. Louis and Knoxville; the band is pushing back...

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. Where do ist editors go when they hang up the 'editorial we'? They take on MySpace, apparently. At least Ben Brown does. Austinist reminds of the just rewards of less savory careers this week and then they witness the Arctic Monkeys and We Are...

So the Dixie Chicks have a new album that tons of people are buying, and they are becoming more popular/notorious every day. That would seem like good fuel to sell scores of tickets for venues on their tour, right? Apparently not, at least in the United States. Houston, along with St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Indianapolis, and Memphis have either been cancelled or postponed due to lack of ticket demand. St. Louis' Savvis Center website reads:...

The new album by the Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way is being released Tuesday, but, apparently they've decided to be more direct in their words than the CD title would suggest. The Chicks recently appeared on 60 Minutes a week ago and promoted their new release and it's first single, "Not Ready to Play Nice." That clearly is true since they have also decided to retract their apology to President Bush. You may recall...

Houstonist was sad to learn that Brazos Projects will be shutting down this week after a six year stint showcasing great art and architecture. Located next to the Brazos Bookstore (one of the best independent bookstores in town, in our humble opinion), the gallery is scheduled to close for good tomorrow. You still have a day left to catch their last exhibit, Twenty-Five Years of Rockefeller’s. For those of you who don’t remember (shame on...