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Despite the likely assumption, Cary Brothers is not a musical group comprised of gifted singing and/or dancing siblings with matching haircuts. Rather, first name: Cary, last name: Brothers [pictured], is an up-and-coming singer/songwriter who is opening for Ben Lee at the Meridian tomorrow night. Brothers has been a fixture on the L.A. music scene for years, but his big break came when his hushed lullaby, "Blue Eyes," was featured prominently in Zach Braff's directorial debut,...

It’s a slow week. So slow in fact, that the big release of the day just might be the Spice Girls' Greatest Hits CD. We'll be rooting for Scary Spice on Dancing with the Stars tonight, but we've decided to highlight some other musical imports for now. Might we suggest the perfect holiday gift for the music nerd in your life? The Brit Box: U.K. Indie, Shoegaze, and Brit Pop Gems of the Last Millennium...

Here are a few things that have been said about local rockers Southern Backtones. "The only way this could get any beautifully darker is if it grew black wings and flew away." - Ft. Worth Weekly "Alt-rock guitars, darkly poetic lyrics and a vocal style reminiscent of the mid-90s Britpop movement...the musicianship and songwriting on this effort are top notch. Highly recommended." - Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority "Smacks of mass appeal!" - Houston Press "If...

What we have here is supposedly a rare video of U2 performing in a Houston bar. While Houstonist can't vouch for the validity of this video, we can take note that this is probably from the Rattle & Hum era of the band's career. If anyone can shed some light on this rare video, please do so by leaving us a comment. We'd like to know where and when this video was taken. In...

Kings of Leon is a family affair. The Tennessee band consist of three brothers and a cousin. Formed in 2000, the Followill boys didn't take long to make an impression: their 2003 debut album was on many critic's year-end favorites and the band was asked to open up for U2 and others. In the late 90's, the only touring they did was to various religious tent revivals with their father, a Pentecostal preacher.

Houstonist contributors are an opinionated bunch when it comes to music. When we get together, we’re always talking about recent concerts we’ve seen, new bands we’ve heard on satellite or Internet radio, etc. We don’t always agree on what’s good, but it keeps things interesting. So, we decided to put together a collection of songs that we are listening to now and create our first iMix. To create an iMix, the song has to be...

We thought it would be appropriate to feature Monday night's performance of Green Day and U2 at the Superdome's official re-opening in New Orleans, since we have many Louisiana residences here in Houston. Plus, since we're one day from October, Billie Joe Armstrong singing "Wake Me Up When September Ends" seems fitting, too. The performance itself was average. The duet between Bono and Billie Joe singing "The Saints are Coming" was interesting, but the...

Some bars in Houston have gathered regular patrons by having cover bands playing for years now. While that trend is still present at bars like Sherlock’s and Baker St. Pub, we’ve noticed over the past few months the insurgence of “tribute bands,” cover bands that focus on one artist. A couple of months ago, we were treated to a U2 cover band called Vertigo at Sam’s Concert Pub on Richmond. Actually, we were impressed by...

Tuesday NYC’s The Walkmen bring their Bob Dylan, U2, and Pogues influences to the stage tonight, performing songs from their new CD that Billboard says takes the group from “rousing, sharply focused, late-night pleas and barroom romp” Music: "Louisiana" 8 p.m. at Walter’s on Washington | tickets and info John Hiatt has written many hits for others, but no one delivers those songs like him. North Mississippi Allstars open. 8 p.m. at Verizon Wireless...

You may have seen the chain restaurant Houlihan’s on a trip to the Midwest or Northeast. The restaurant/bar chain has remained very popular in that region, along with Florida and California. The chain has now announced a return to the Texas market, beginning in Austin, with plans to build a dozen restaurants around Houston and several in Dallas/Fort Worth. At first glance, Houlihan’s exterior looks like your typical TGI Friday’s or Bennigan’s. Do we really...