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Wed, 16 May 2012 22:11:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/16/young-buffalo-young-von-prettylips/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/16/young-buffalo-young-von-prettylips/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:51:44 +0000 Daniel Yuan http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17292 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/16/young-buffalo-young-von-prettylips/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/14/said-the-whale-little-mountain/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/14/said-the-whale-little-mountain/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 03:18:04 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17074 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/14/said-the-whale-little-mountain/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/13/yr-weekend-pt-3-venomous-maximus-haute-wheels-black-bananas-more/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/13/yr-weekend-pt-3-venomous-maximus-haute-wheels-black-bananas-more/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 20:20:18 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17286 Sunday, May 13th, that is), which makes a little sense, both in that it's a Sunday and Mother's Day, and hell, musicians have mothers, too. Well, most of them, at least. There're a few that I'm pretty sure were hatched in a lab somewhere...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/13/yr-weekend-pt-3-venomous-maximus-haute-wheels-black-bananas-more/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/12/yr-weekend-pt-2-alkari-revd-linus-pauling-quartet-better-block-benefit-for-bill-degidio-more/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/12/yr-weekend-pt-2-alkari-revd-linus-pauling-quartet-better-block-benefit-for-bill-degidio-more/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 20:56:42 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17280 Saturday, May 12th, and if anything, it looks like there's more going on today than there was yesterday. Before I get to that, though, I wanted to mention a couple of things. First, in case you didn't see the very nice {Rocks Off} post about it...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/12/yr-weekend-pt-2-alkari-revd-linus-pauling-quartet-better-block-benefit-for-bill-degidio-more/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/12/alkari-blackout-falls/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/12/alkari-blackout-falls/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 20:06:42 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17275 all music that gets me, though, but those certain special moments, those songs or albums where it all just clicks somehow...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/12/alkari-blackout-falls/feed/ 4 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/11/yr-weekend-pt-1-animals-as-leaders-obrother-holder-athousandcolours-east-cameron-folkcore-more/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/11/yr-weekend-pt-1-animals-as-leaders-obrother-holder-athousandcolours-east-cameron-folkcore-more/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 21:32:18 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17266 I am, at any rate -- sorry there weren't any of these "Yr. Weekend" things for the past couple of weeks, but I've been way, way out of town, hiking the Grand Canyon with my dad & little brothers...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/11/yr-weekend-pt-1-animals-as-leaders-obrother-holder-athousandcolours-east-cameron-folkcore-more/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/09/and-out-of-the-ashes-behold-knights-of-the-fire-kingdom/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/09/and-out-of-the-ashes-behold-knights-of-the-fire-kingdom/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 21:09:13 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17209 Roky Moon & BOLT! were soon to be no more, splintered off to different cities and future projects and whatnot; I really, truly love/loved that damn band...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/09/and-out-of-the-ashes-behold-knights-of-the-fire-kingdom/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/09/we-were-promised-jetpacks-in-the-pit-of-the-stomach/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/09/we-were-promised-jetpacks-in-the-pit-of-the-stomach/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 18:41:57 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17187 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/09/we-were-promised-jetpacks-in-the-pit-of-the-stomach/feed/ 2 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/09/bridges-of-knigsberg-the-five-colors/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/09/bridges-of-knigsberg-the-five-colors/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 18:30:30 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17183 The Five Colors opens with a nearly six-and-a-half-minute song that's all instrumental. This sets the entire pace for the album, which isn't completely instrumental but definitely is for the most part...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/09/bridges-of-knigsberg-the-five-colors/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/08/10-amazing-things-about-sxsw-2012/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/08/10-amazing-things-about-sxsw-2012/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 15:16:43 +0000 Jason Smith http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17135 SXSW is amazing. Sure, "amazing" is a clichéd word, but it just fits when describing the overwhelming clusterf*** that is the four (now five!) days of music at SXSW. (Unfortunately, I found out about the 5th day a little late...)]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/08/10-amazing-things-about-sxsw-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/07/the-illegal-wiretaps-jesus-what-you-have-done/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/07/the-illegal-wiretaps-jesus-what-you-have-done/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 03:53:56 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17026 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/07/the-illegal-wiretaps-jesus-what-you-have-done/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/07/the-avengers/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/07/the-avengers/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 02:59:29 +0000 Joshua Starnes http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17126 The Avengers isn't the Second Coming -- though it feels like it's been in the works almost as long as -- but as far as big summer entertainment goes, you'll rarely get much better. For those who may not have been following along, the Powers That Be of the Marvel films...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/07/the-avengers/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/06/delicate-steve-wondervisions/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/06/delicate-steve-wondervisions/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 01:07:48 +0000 Henry Mayer http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17095 Wondervisions. The band’s mastermind, Steve Marion, is a very creative (and skilled) guitar player, with a good sense of arrangement. He has a good melodic sense, as well...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/06/delicate-steve-wondervisions/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/05/awolnation-megalithic-symphony/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/05/awolnation-megalithic-symphony/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 05:37:23 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=17080 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/05/05/awolnation-megalithic-symphony/feed/ 1 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/26/we-like-things-2011-a-ridiculously-late-look-at-what-was-cool-last-year/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/26/we-like-things-2011-a-ridiculously-late-look-at-what-was-cool-last-year/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:11:04 +0000 SCR http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16943 blink, and what the fuck? It's April? Wow. It's like the start of 2012's just zipped past...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/26/we-like-things-2011-a-ridiculously-late-look-at-what-was-cool-last-year/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/24/alaskanco-pilot-euthanizethe-bering-sea/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/24/alaskanco-pilot-euthanizethe-bering-sea/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:30:21 +0000 Dremaceo Giles http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16928 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/24/alaskanco-pilot-euthanizethe-bering-sea/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/24/death-cab-for-cutie-codes-and-keys/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/24/death-cab-for-cutie-codes-and-keys/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:15:42 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16964 Codes and Keys is the seventh studio album from Death Cab for Cutie and to say that it leaves something to be desired is an understatement. I don't know what it is exactly, but this album has that newer Coldplay feel to it...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/24/death-cab-for-cutie-codes-and-keys/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/24/live-supersuckersthe-spittin-cobras/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/24/live-supersuckersthe-spittin-cobras/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:43:38 +0000 Mel House http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16906 The Supersuckers have returned once more to put on a good old-fashioned rock show at The Continental Club. And once more, the show delivered on all fronts...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/24/live-supersuckersthe-spittin-cobras/feed/ 1 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/21/yr-weekend-pt-2-linus-pauling-quartet-project-grimm-blackmarket-syndicate-record-store-day-the-features-more/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/21/yr-weekend-pt-2-linus-pauling-quartet-project-grimm-blackmarket-syndicate-record-store-day-the-features-more/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:07:27 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16923 Saturday, April 21st, and there's still plenty going on; got a crapload of stuff I need to get done this afternoon, so I'll get right to it...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/21/yr-weekend-pt-2-linus-pauling-quartet-project-grimm-blackmarket-syndicate-record-store-day-the-features-more/feed/ 1 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/back-from-the-dead-blackmarket-syndicate-coming-back-around-tomorrow-night/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/back-from-the-dead-blackmarket-syndicate-coming-back-around-tomorrow-night/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:27:43 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16916 more good news... A few years back I got sent a CD, Why Do We Even Try?, by a scrappy little trio I'd never heard of before called Deathbed Repentance, and I was immediately blown away...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/back-from-the-dead-blackmarket-syndicate-coming-back-around-tomorrow-night/feed/ 1 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/good-news-on-the-eastern-sea-front-show-back-on/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/good-news-on-the-eastern-sea-front-show-back-on/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:38:20 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16903 I was a little worried when the previously-scheduled show with The Eastern Sea, Quiet Company, & {The Literary Greats} was in limbo...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/good-news-on-the-eastern-sea-front-show-back-on/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/yr-weekend-pt-1-melvins-unsane-sight-sound-space-hoc-benefit-art-institute-mangos-band-off-more/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/yr-weekend-pt-1-melvins-unsane-sight-sound-space-hoc-benefit-art-institute-mangos-band-off-more/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:51:48 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16896 Friday, April 20th. I'm stuck at the casa, unfortunately, fighting off a nasty case of strep...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/yr-weekend-pt-1-melvins-unsane-sight-sound-space-hoc-benefit-art-institute-mangos-band-off-more/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/kyle-hubbard-youre-not-that-special/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/kyle-hubbard-youre-not-that-special/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:15:57 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16889 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/20/kyle-hubbard-youre-not-that-special/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/15/great-cause-four-of-the-coolest-bands-in-town-ms-understood-tomorrow-at-rudz/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/15/great-cause-four-of-the-coolest-bands-in-town-ms-understood-tomorrow-at-rudz/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:59:52 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16861 very cool-sounding show going on tomorrow night (Sunday, April 15th), up at veteran Montrose haunt Rudyard's -- it's called MS Understood : music for a cure for multiple sclerosis...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/15/great-cause-four-of-the-coolest-bands-in-town-ms-understood-tomorrow-at-rudz/feed/ 2 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/14/tonight-at-the-mink-protest-the-citys-criminalization-of-charity/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/14/tonight-at-the-mink-protest-the-citys-criminalization-of-charity/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:22:08 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16857 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/14/tonight-at-the-mink-protest-the-citys-criminalization-of-charity/feed/ 1 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/14/yr-weekend-pt-2-mills-mccoins-circus-kina-grannis-scott-h-biram-spc-anniversary-spring-fandango-more/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/14/yr-weekend-pt-2-mills-mccoins-circus-kina-grannis-scott-h-biram-spc-anniversary-spring-fandango-more/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:35:43 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16850 Saturday, now, April 14th, and if my goddamn HTML editor (thanks so fucking much, HyperEdit) will quit freaking crashing on me every 20 minutes, this'll hopefully be an actual timely little mid-weekend writeup-type thing...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/14/yr-weekend-pt-2-mills-mccoins-circus-kina-grannis-scott-h-biram-spc-anniversary-spring-fandango-more/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/13/yr-weekend-pt-1-cursive-cymbals-eat-guitars-dick-dale-john-lefler-balance-and-composure-more/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/13/yr-weekend-pt-1-cursive-cymbals-eat-guitars-dick-dale-john-lefler-balance-and-composure-more/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:33:14 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16845 Friday, April 13th -- and holy crap, I just realized what today is -- but before I get into that, there's some show-related news to impart to those who're into this sort of thing...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/13/yr-weekend-pt-1-cursive-cymbals-eat-guitars-dick-dale-john-lefler-balance-and-composure-more/feed/ 1 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/13/dominant-legs-invitation/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/13/dominant-legs-invitation/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:31:05 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16838 Invitation, you get the feeling that there exists this one guitar riff that this band really likes. It's like that Weezer song about being on an island...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/13/dominant-legs-invitation/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/11/andrew-jackson-jihad-knife-man/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/11/andrew-jackson-jihad-knife-man/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:13:45 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16820 Knife Man...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/11/andrew-jackson-jihad-knife-man/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/09/wave-goodbye-to-roky-moon-bolt-then-cry-quietly/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/09/wave-goodbye-to-roky-moon-bolt-then-cry-quietly/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:14:28 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16813 This is what happens when I step away to deal with crushing day-job deadlines, frantic tax preparations, and driving three freaking hours to The Woodlands to find a damn rabbit. sigh...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/09/wave-goodbye-to-roky-moon-bolt-then-cry-quietly/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/06/surfer-blood-tarot-classics/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/06/surfer-blood-tarot-classics/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:20:05 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16790 Tarot Classics is a six-song EP from the most awesomely-named band Surfer Blood. Despite being about half the length of a normal album (you know, in terms of songs), this is quite possibly one of the finest pieces of music I have ever heard...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/06/surfer-blood-tarot-classics/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/05/giveaway-time-tickets-to-benjamin-wesleys-cd-release-listening-party-tonight/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/05/giveaway-time-tickets-to-benjamin-wesleys-cd-release-listening-party-tonight/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:43:30 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16784 giveaway? As I mentioned a handful of days ago, H-town's own heavy-lidded, psych-pop troubadour {Benjamin Wesley} is about to release his brand-new, much-anticipated full-length...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/05/giveaway-time-tickets-to-benjamin-wesleys-cd-release-listening-party-tonight/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/03/animals-as-leaders-weightless/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/03/animals-as-leaders-weightless/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:30:41 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16774 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/04/03/animals-as-leaders-weightless/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/31/yr-weekend-pt-2-the-energy-spain-colored-orange-day-sailor-illustrate-the-end-shfl-anniversary-more/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/31/yr-weekend-pt-2-the-energy-spain-colored-orange-day-sailor-illustrate-the-end-shfl-anniversary-more/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:35:31 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16764 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/31/yr-weekend-pt-2-the-energy-spain-colored-orange-day-sailor-illustrate-the-end-shfl-anniversary-more/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/31/benjamin-wesley-thinkthoughts/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/31/benjamin-wesley-thinkthoughts/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:56:06 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16757 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/31/benjamin-wesley-thinkthoughts/feed/ 2 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/31/benjamn-wesley-releases-new-album-this-weekend-next/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/31/benjamn-wesley-releases-new-album-this-weekend-next/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 18:43:57 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16752 {Benjamin Wesley} had a new album coming out, and yep, that happy day is upon us. Er, days, really, to be completely accurate...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/31/benjamn-wesley-releases-new-album-this-weekend-next/feed/ 2 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/30/yr-late-weekend-pt-1-the-skatalites-clouseaux-laura-stevenson-square-and-compass-more/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/30/yr-late-weekend-pt-1-the-skatalites-clouseaux-laura-stevenson-square-and-compass-more/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:35:26 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16744 Friday, March 30th) seriously snuck up on me, I'm afraid. And it's a big, big night, too...here goes...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/30/yr-late-weekend-pt-1-the-skatalites-clouseaux-laura-stevenson-square-and-compass-more/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/30/beniyu-company-opens-tonight/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/30/beniyu-company-opens-tonight/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:59:29 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16742 sigh...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/30/beniyu-company-opens-tonight/feed/ 2 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/30/amy-dalley-coming-out-of-the-pain/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/30/amy-dalley-coming-out-of-the-pain/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:16:47 +0000 Josh Macala http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16649 Coming Out of the Pain, however, is not that exception...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/30/amy-dalley-coming-out-of-the-pain/feed/ 0 http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/27/seahaven-winter-forever/ http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/27/seahaven-winter-forever/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:25:12 +0000 Jeremy Hart http://www.spacecityrock.com/?p=16425 Winter Forever, starts, it comes in like loud...]]> http://www.spacecityrock.com/2012/03/27/seahaven-winter-forever/feed/ 0