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Fri., July 3 - Vans Warped Tour 2009, featuring 3OH!3, A Day To Remember, A Skylit Drive, Aiden, Alexisonfire, Anti-Flag, Attack Attack, Bad Religion, Bayside, Big D and the Kids Table, Black Tide, Breathe Carolina, brokeNCYDE, Chiodos, Dance Gavin Dance, Dear And The Headlights, Escape The Fate, Gallows, Hit The Lights, I Set My Friends On Fire, In This Moment, Innerpartysystem, ivy league, Jeffree Star, Less Than Jake, LIGHTS, Longway, Madina Lake, Meg and Dia, Millionaires, Outernational, P.O.S., Red Car Wire, Saosin, Senses Fail, Shad, Shooter Jennings, Sing It Loud, Streetlight Manifesto, TAT, The A.K.A.s, The Architects, The Ataris, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The White Tie Affair, There For Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, Thrice, TV/TV, Underoath, & VersaEmerge @ The Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park
Fri., July 3 - We the Granada/Daytes/Giant Battle Monster/Barkus, Sly, and the Golden Egg/Serum Fantis/TEF @ Super Happy Fun Land (8PM; $7)
Fri., July 3 - The Hates/Midnight Creeps/Impugned/M.O.T.O. @ Fitzdown
Fri., July 3 - James Hyland/Rosie Flores/Molly and the Ringwalds @ The Continental Club
Fri., July 3 - Versecity/Forsythe/Deadbolt Zen/ROTO @ Fitzgerald's
Fri., July 3 - The Belleville Outfit @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., July 3 - Demi Lovato/David Archuleta @ Reliant Arena
Fri., July 3 - El Gato Negrito @ Avant Garden
Fri., July 3 - Cosmic Gate @ Rich's
Fri., July 3 - Jazmine Sullivan/Ryan Leslie @ House of Blues
Fri., July 3 - La Diabla, featuring Cecille & Rainel Pino Band @ House of Blues
Fri., July 3 - Chelsea Hotel/The Ginslingers/The Wrist Slits/Dogz on Parole @ The Trash Bar Texas (313 1st St., Humble)
Sat., July 4 - Texas Heat Music Festival, featuring The Rapture (DJ set), 2020 Soundsystem, Drop The Lime, Hot Pink Delorean, Ceeplus Bad Knives, Roky Moon and Bolt, Electric Attitude, The Sour Notes, Grandfather Child, Searching for Signal, Shina Rae, Springfield Riots, Workingirls, The Mathletes, Tax The Wolf, Grizzly, DJ Dayta, El Roy Boogie, Suraj K, SDFONE, Page, TDBZ, Kung Fu Pimp, DJ Dan-Knee, G-Wizz, They Call Me Jep, Brad Slack, MC Gremlin, & Bloxwerth @ Jones Plaza (downtown)
Sat., July 4 - The Tontons/Caddywhompus/Giant Princess/Limb/sIngs/Brains for Dinner/Rainbows in Your Wildest Dreams @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., July 4 - 4th of July Punk Fest, featuring The Drafted, 13 Black Coffins, & more @ The White Swan
Sat., July 4 - Ty Segall/The Moonheart/Southern Backtones/Welfare Mothers @ Mango's
Sat., July 4 - Come See My Dead Person/EraseTheVirus/Digi Dancers/Morgue City/We Are Halfnelson/Flawlessly Inadequate/I.O.N. @ Numbers
Sat., July 4 - Happy 4th of July Party, featuring Dertybird, Wayward Sons, Miss Ruby Slippers, Grizzly, Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers, Buckshot, & Whiskey Boat @ The Continental Club
Sat., July 4 - 4th of July Extravaganza, featuring Robert Ellis, DJ Paramour, Holy Fiction, DJ No Fun, July's, & Psychedelic Sex Panther @ The Mink (7PM; $5)
Sat., July 4 - Cellcyst/Decimation Theory/Cavernous/Dreaming of June/The Goods/Chin Xaou Ti Won @ Warehouse Live
Sat., July 4 - Fourth of July Rock Fest/Star of Hope Benefit, featuring The Wonderland Avenue, Westborn, Sirens and Bombshells, Aberrant Lines, & Distant Lights @ Hard Rock Cafe (3PM; $5)
Sat., July 4 - Little Brother Project/Yoko Mono/For the Most Part @ Fitzdown
Sat., July 4 - Afternoon Picnic Matinee, featuring The Footsies @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., July 4 - Black Dog/Spiral Out @ Fitzgerald's
Sat., July 4 - Carl Hayn & The Holdouts @ Rudyard's
Sat., July 4 - Dirty Honey 2 Year Anniversary, featuring Brett Koshkin & more @ Boondocks
Sat., July 4 - Beyoncé @ Toyota Center
Sat., July 4 - The Rebel Crew @ Avant Garden
Sat., July 4 - Freedom Rings Concert 2009, featuring The Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra @ Stafford Centre
Sun., July 5 - Texas Heat Music Festival, featuring RJD2, People Under The Stairs, Felix Cartal, Bird Peterson, Hot Pink Delorean, The Button Freak, Satin Hooks, The Factory Party, American Sharks, Josh Dupont, DJ Red, GRRRL Parts, Sad Gorilla, Glasnost, Female Demand, James Reed, Brandon Silva, Alpaca, The Gold Sounds, Benjamin Wesley, Warbler PL, Bjorn Larsen, Chris Calix, Damon Allen, BMC, Steve Mok, & DJ Maximilian @ Jones Plaza (downtown)
Sun., July 5 - Werewolves/Soft Black/Yppah @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sun., July 5 - A Static Lullaby/Vanna/Asking Alexandria/Motionless In White/Tides of Man @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sun., July 5 - David Cook @ Moody Gardens (Galveston)
Mon., July 6 - No Talk/Secret Prostitutes/Loser Life @ The Mink
Mon., July 6 - Candlebox/Earshot @ House of Blues
Mon., July 6 - Peachcake!!!/Who Shot Mr. Burns/P.D.A. (CD release) @ Javajazz Coffee House
Mon., July 6 - The Octanes/Glover Gill @ The Continental Club
Tues., July 7 - The Howlies/The McKenzies/Springfield Riots @ The Mink
Tues., July 7 - Roman Candles/The Jokes/Timber!/Stove Blow/Good Night & Good Morning @ Super Happy Fun Land
Tues., July 7 - The Umbrella Man @ The Continental Club
Tues., July 7 - Paul Potts/Neal Boyd/Giorgia @ House of Blues
Tues., July 7 - Betty Soo @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Wed., July 8 - A Benefit Show for the Family of Dave Rask, featuring Sara Van Buskirk, Finnegan, Jim & The Toms, Black, Jacob Houck, Davey, The Gold Sounds, & Death By Texas @ Avant Garden (8PM; $5 suggested donation)
Wed., July 8 - Colt 45/Black Congress @ The Mink (9PM; free!)
Wed., July 8 - Extemp-o-rama, featuring a bunch of improv musicians @ Super Happy Fun Land
Wed., July 8 - Wayward Sons/Whiskey Boat @ The Continental Club
Thurs., July 9 - Young Mammals (tour kickoff)/Hamamatsu Tom and the Bareback Hell Stallions Band/Fat Tony/Ghormeh Sabzi @ Mango's
Thurs., July 9 - The Reaction/The Damen Austin Band/The Redgraves @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., July 9 - afton: push play, featuring Art Cardinal & more @ The Meridian
Thurs., July 9 - Moral Decline/The 13th Victim @ Rudyard's
Thurs., July 9 - Beetle @ The Continental Club
Thurs., July 9 - Brian McKnight @ Arena Theatre
Thurs., July 9 - Very Disco (Daft Punk tribute) @ House of Blues
Thurs., July 9 - I Am Ghost/LoveHateHero/Karate High School/Skyscrapers Walk Among Us/We Could Be Heroes @ Javajazz Coffee House
Fri., July 10 - News on the March/The Gills @ Mango's
Fri., July 10 - Electric Touch/Mechanical Boy/The 71's @ Warehouse Live
Fri., July 10 - Drop Dead Gorgeous/He Is Legend/Before Their Eyes/Eyes Set To Kill/Watchout! There's Ghosts @ Javajazz Coffee House
Fri., July 10 - Arc Angels @ House of Blues
Fri., July 10 - Brains For Dinner/King Shanty/King Young/Young Militia/The Light of the Trinity @ Super Happy Fun Land
Fri., July 10 - Jamie Foxx @ Reliant Arena
Fri., July 10 - Molly and the Ringwalds @ The Continental Club
Fri., July 10 - Earth, Wind & Fire/Chicago @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (The Woodlands)
Fri., July 10 - Lee Alexander @ Rudyard's
Fri., July 10 - La Diabla, featuring Cecille & Rainel Pino Band @ House of Blues
Fri., July 10 - St. Cloud/The Clay Jeffery Band/Antioch Road Band/John Righton @ Fitzdown
Fri., July 10 - Bob Schneider @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., July 10 - Luke Olson @ Goode Company (20102 Northwest Freeway)
Sat., July 11 - Buxton (7" release)/Ghost Mountain @ Mango's
Sat., July 11 - Nava's Birthday Bash, featuring thelastplaceyoulook, Nothingmore, Deep Ella, Moving Atlas, Floorbound, & Aerial Second @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Sat., July 11 - The Really Really Free Market, featuring A Thousand Cranes & more @ Watershed Studios (5703 Cornish; 4-8PM)
Sat., July 11 - A-Trak/Rye Rye/Treasure Fingers @ Warehouse Live (Ballroom)
Sat., July 11 - The Robert Cray Band @ House of Blues
Sat., July 11 - Boney James @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Sat., July 11 - Pillow Queens/Pataphysics/Diagonals/Follow That Bird/Over the Hill/Slow Motion Rider/The Caprolites/Muhammid Ali @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., July 11 - Dan Dyer @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., July 11 - Love It To Death (Alice Cooper tribute)/Gene's Addiction (Kiss tribute) @ Fitzgerald's
Sat., July 11 - Fake Believe @ Rudyard's
Sat., July 11 - Eli Young Band/Carter Twins/The Jeff Boortz Band @ Sam Houston Race Park
Sat., July 11 - Red November/Vagabond/Nano Smash/The Motion Census @ Fitzdown
Sat., July 11 - Archaic 3/Bythetimeyoureadthis @ The Satellite Room (8PM)
Sat., July 11 - Every Avenue/Cash Cash/Valencia/The Morning Light/Sparks The Rescue/Furthest From The Star @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sat., July 11 - Rock A Cure, featuring Giant Battle Monster & more @ Clear Lake Park (Seabrook)
Sun., July 12 - Hollywood Black/Timbre @ The Mink (9PM; $5)
Sun., July 12 - Motion Turns It On/Budian/Sarah June/Hotel Hotel @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sun., July 12 - Grizzly @ House of Blues
Sun., July 12 - Theodore @ Notsuoh
Sun., July 12 - Swingfield Playboys @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sun., July 12 - Emarosa/Our Last Night/In Fear and Faith/I See Stars/Burden Of A Day/Broadway @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sun., July 12 - Coathangers/Dozal Brothers @ Mango's
Mon., July 13 - Bolt (AZ)/Abstract Artimus/The Delta Block/Sunken Teeth/Room 101 @ Super Happy Fun Land
Tues., July 14 - Pete Yorn @ The Meridian
Tues., July 14 - The Chop Tops @ Walter's on Washington
Tues., July 14 - Discovery Zone/Consuelo Is Dead/The Andrea Doria @ Super Happy Fun Land
Tues., July 14 - Giant Battle Monster @ Alvin Bowling Alley (Alvin)
Wed., July 15 - Neil Hamburger/Jacob Calle @ Mango's
Wed., July 15 - Clutch/Baroness/Lionize @ House of Blues
Wed., July 15 - Rook @ Walter's on Washington
Wed., July 15 - Ace Enders and a million different people/Person L/The Gay Blades/The Dangerous Summer/School Boy Humor @ Javajazz Coffee House
Wed., July 15 - Sirens N' Boots @ Avant Garden
Thurs., July 16 - Destroying Texas Fest 4, featuring Archgoat, Ceremony, Thornspawn, Blaspherian, & Golgotha @ Walter's on Washington
Thurs., July 16 - David Allan Coe/Resin Valley Boys @ House of Blues
Thurs., July 16 - Brown Shoe/James Price Band @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., July 16 - The Clay Jeffery Band @ Rudyard's
Thurs., July 16 - Bythetimeyoureadthis @ The Mink
Thurs., July 16 - Suzanna Choffel Band @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., July 17 - Poison The Well/Madball/Terror/Crime In Stereo/War of Ages/The Ghost Inside/Death Before Dishonor/Trapped Under Ice/This Is Hell/Aerial Second @ Javajazz Coffee House
Fri., July 17 - RX Bandits/Dredg/Zechs Marquise @ The Meridian
Fri., July 17 - The Flamin' Hellcats @ Rudyard's
Fri., July 17 - Austin Collins/The Small Sounds @ Firehouse Saloon
Fri., July 17 - 500 Megatons of Boogie/10-4 Elenor @ The Mink
Fri., July 17 - Patrice Pike/Skyblue 72/The Tiles/Radio One @ Warehouse Live
Fri., July 17 - Aerosmith/ZZ Top @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., July 17 - Vicarious Me/Freak Tent @ Super Happy Fun Land
Fri., July 17 - Jay Brannan/Katie Stuckey @ House of Blues
Fri., July 17 - The Distracted/The Blue Threads/The Raven Charter/Bayou Monster @ Fitzgerald's
Fri., July 17 - Ella Minnow @ Notsuoh
Fri., July 17 - Jimmy LaFave @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., July 17 - La Diabla, featuring Cecille & Rainel Pino Band @ House of Blues
Fri., July 17 - Malford Milligan/Greg Koch @ The Meridian (Red Room)
Fri., July 17 - The Radiators/Moe @ House of Blues
Fri., July 17 - Oridium/Jokers Deck/When Pandas Attack/Boyce Avenue @ Fitzdown
Fri., July 17 - Willie Colon Tributo a Hector Lavoe @ Arena Theater
Sat., July 18 - Rise Against/Rancid/Billy Talent @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Sat., July 18 - Fired For Walking/Linus Pauling Quartet/Novox @ Mango's
Sat., July 18 - Chase Frank/The Caprolites/Rapeworm @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., July 18 - Driver F/Unlikely Heroes/The Ride Home/Fingers Crossed/Tigerparty/A Kid Named Thompson @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sat., July 18 - D.R.U.M./Rattletree Marimba @ The Continental Club
Sat., July 18 - Los Skarnales/Flaco Jimenez/Brave Combo/Los Pistoleros of Texas @ Fitzgerald's
Sat., July 18 - I Am Mesmer/Opposite Day @ Rudyard's
Sat., July 18 - Sick Puppies/Hurt/Veer Union @ House of Blues
Sat., July 18 - New Kids On the Block/Jabbawokeez @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., July 18 - LSPS/The Crisis/She Craves/Product of Failure @ Fitzdown
Sat., July 18 - Shake Russell @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., July 18 - Cross Canadian Ragweed/Scooter Brown Band/Whisky River Revival @ Sam Houston Race Park
Sat., July 18 - FGR Productions Farewell Show, featuring Cruiserweight, Kids of Survival, Fox Force Five, Grae Metropolos, We Monumental, Lindsey Shultz, Hollywood Black, O'Doyle Rules, The Party Has Arrived, & more @ 3324 Cunningham (Pasadena; 7PM, $10)
Sun., July 19 - Arsonists Get All The Girls/See You Next Tuesday/Fell Silent/Knives Exchanging Hands/Atillia/In the Storm/All the Way to the Bank/Antarctica @ Javajazz Coffee House (16300 Kuykendahl)
Sun., July 19 - Reckless Kelly @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sun., July 19 - The Fig Tree Blossoms/Who Shot Mr. Burns/Until We Got Caught/A Movie Scene/Always The Favorite @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sun., July 19 - Nat & Alex Wolff @ House of Blues
Mon., July 20 - The Ginslingers/The Arcane Flowers/Greatest Hits/Pretty Vanilla @ The Mink
Mon., July 20 - The Slow Poisoner @ Super Happy Fun Land
Mon., July 20 - Yourself and the Air/Thing One @ Notsuoh
Tues., July 21 - The Valley Arena @ Super Happy Fun Land
Tues., July 21 - And Then There Were None/Kill Paradise/Bradley Hathaway/A Goodnight Crisis/We Monumental @ Javajazz Coffee House
Tues., July 21 - Shawn Phillips @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Wed., July 22 - Coldplay/Kitty Daisy & Lewis/Amadou & Mariam @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (sold out)
Wed., July 22 - So Many Dynamos/Cast Spells/Woozyhelmet @ Mango's
Wed., July 22 - Fear Before/Oceana/Memphis May Fire/Of Machines/This Time Next Year @ Javajazz Coffee House
Wed., July 22 - Deceased/Hypochristians/Necrotic Void/Nibiru @ The White Swan
Wed., July 22 - Jason Wilber @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Wed., July 22 - Shining Through/Arcane Alchemy @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., July 23 - Jon Dee Graham/Beetle @ The Continental Club
Thurs., July 23 - Haste The Day/The Chariot/Sleeping Giant/Project 86/Oh Sleeper/Gwen Stacy/Agraceful/For Today/A Plea for Purging/Corpus Christi @ Javajazz Coffee House
Thurs., July 23 - Lucy Kaplansky @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., July 24 - Judas Priest/Whitesnake @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Fri., July 24 - 13 Black Coffins @ The White Swan
Fri., July 24 - Clandestine @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., July 24 - Dickey Hands/Outspoken Bean/Born Anchor/Skeleton Dick/Sitch @ Warehouse Live (Studio)
Fri., July 24 - Heavy @ The Mink
Fri., July 24 - Krissi Minten/Fondue Monks/The Jeff Boortz Band @ House of Blues
Fri., July 24 - Shawn Sahm @ The Continental Club
Fri., July 24 - Rod Stewart @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., July 24 - Sunset Soundtrack/Devil Killing Moth @ Notsuoh
Fri., July 24 - Hey Monday/This Providence/Friday Night Boys/Stereo Skyline/The Bigger Lights @ Javajazz Coffee House
Fri., July 24 - The Official Texas Greek Picnic Pre-Party, featuring DJ Cee-Style, DJ Candlestick, & DJ Mr. Rogers @ Warehouse Live
Fri., July 24 - afton: push play, featuring Assertive Asphyxiation & more @ The Meridian
Fri., July 24 - Brains For Dinner/King Shanty/King Young/Young Militia/The Light of the Trinity @ Super Happy Fun Land
Fri., July 24 - Gerald Albright/Kirk Whalum @ Arena Theater
Sat., July 25 - Papermoons (tour kickoff)/Elaine Greer/Bison/Springfield Riots @ The Mink (9PM)
Sat., July 25 - Dead Audio Fest, featuring Black Leather Jesus, XDUGEF, Aphonic Curtains, Lychgate, Rubbish, Blacktransmission, Ashes, IS, Skonhet, Climax Denial, Custodian, The Annoysters, The Homopolice, Awen, Concrete Violin, RU-486, The Vomit Arsonist, Churner, Steel Hook Prostheses, Future Blondes, Infirmary, Ze'ro-Sum, Jason Crumer, Relay for Death, Rosemary Malign, Goat, Kai/ros, Tissa Mawartyassari, Serum Fantis, Sigulda, Peiste, TwoDeadSluts OneGoodFuck, Spider Labyrinth, Astrogenic Hallucinauting, Endless Blinding Sunshine, Human Cobras, The They, & Static Storm System vs. [M30W] @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., July 25 - Katie Stuckey and the Swagger/The Small Sounds @ Firehouse Saloon
Sat., July 25 - Dremt The End/Meriwether/Project H/Eldridge/Leaf @ Fitzgerald's
Sat., July 25 - The Secret Handshake/PlayRadioPlay!/Love You Long Time/Fight With Flash/Good Things Will Come @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sat., July 25 - The Fray/Jack's Mannequin/Meese @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., July 25 - Davy Knowles/Back Door Slam/Brandon Stanley/Andrew Karnavas @ Warehouse Live
Sat., July 25 - Terry Allen @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., July 25 - Dave Koz/Brian Culbertson @ House of Blues
Sat., July 25 - Skyrocket! The Continental Club
Sat., July 25 - Forever Like Red/Among The Silence/Severe The Sense/Bad Strip/Blue Means Go @ Fitzdown
Sat., July 25 - Amplified Heat @ Rudyard's
Sat., July 25 - Shake Some Action Dance Party @ Mango's
Sat., July 25 - Wynonna @ Arena Theater
Sat., July 25 - Vital (CD release) @ Hard Rock Cafe
Sat., July 25 - Peter Frampton @ Stafford Centre (Stafford)
Sun., July 26 - Houston Press Music Awards Showcase '09, featuring Versecity, Spain Colored Orange, D.R.U.M., Blaggards, Moodafaruka, Sideshow Tramps, Los Skarnales, Metavenge, Plump, Buxton, The Mighty Orq, Caretta Bell, B L A C K I E, Mechanical Boy, Peekaboo Theory, The Umbrella Man, Sean Reefer & The Resin Valley Boys, The Tontons, Fat Tony, Katie Stuckey & The Swagger, The Small Sounds, Skeleton Dick, Kristine Mills, Mitch Jacobs Band, Indiginis, LL Cooper, thelastplaceyoulook, The McKenzies, Free Radicals, Chango Man, Ryan Scroggins & the Trenchtown Texans, Dixie Trahan, Ozeal & The Eulypians, Karina Nistal, Zydeco Dots, Runaway Sun, The Snake Charmers, Tha Fucking Transmissions, Beetle, Pasadena Napalm Division, Benjamin Wesley, duneTX, Melovine, Dominique, Heptic Skeptic, Glenna Bell, Elaine Greer, The Born Liars, DJ Brett Koshkin, Squincy Jones & Dayta, Gritsy, & Ceeplus Bad Knives @ various downtown Houston venues (Hard Rock Cafe, Rocbar, The Flying Saucer, Martell's, House of Blues, Dean's Credit Clothing, Red Cat Jazz Cafe, Isis Houston, & Mosaic; 5PM)
Sun., July 26 - Pterodactyl/Cop Warmth/Muhammid Ali/Motion Turns It On @ Mango's
Sun., July 26 - Trout Fishing In America @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sun., July 26 - 2009 Harmonica Rumble, featuring Jason Ricci & New Blood, Mojofromopolis, Steve Krase, & more @ Warehouse Live (afternoon show!)
Sun., July 26 - Day After The Dead Audio Music Fest, featuring Självhat, Solange Tutunji, House with Laughing Windows, Ascites, Lotus Bazooka, & Rusted Shut @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sun., July 26 - Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights @ Warehouse Live
Sun., July 26 - CKY/Graveyard/ASG @ The Meridian
Sun., July 26 - Stephen Jerzak/Breathe Electric/Romance On A Rocketship/Zac Seif/Chase Coy/Pacific Heir @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sun., July 26 - Greg Koch/Malford Milligan @ NiaMoves (508 Pecore)
Mon., July 27 - Reel Big Fish/The English Beat/The Supervillains @ Warehouse Live
Mon., July 27 - One Hundred Flowers @ Mango's
Mon., July 27 - Oicho Kabu/Know Nothing Party @ Super Happy Fun Land
Tues., July 28 - The Caution Children/Pianos Become The Teeth/Barkus, Sly, And The Golden Egg/Cassettes On Fire @ Super Happy Fun Land
Tues., July 28 - The United States Army Field Band & Soldiers' Chorus @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Wed., July 29 - Tan Dollar/Wonder Wheel @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., July 30 - Salim Nourallah/The Deathray Davies @ Rudyard's
Thurs., July 30 - The Suspects @ The Continental Club
Thurs., July 30 - Blacktop Gypsy @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., July 31 - Leave Your Genre at the Door One Year Anniversary, featuring Sound Patrol, The Pocket, Fat Tony, B Lnbsp;Anbsp;Cnbsp;Knbsp;Inbsp;E, The Mathletes, sIngs, Balls d33p, Babel Fishh, Electric Attitude, Satin Hooks, Perseph 1, Studemont Project, Buxton, Shina Rae, Female Demand, Ellypseas, & Brains for Dinner @ Fitzgerald's (up & down)
Fri., July 31 - Calm Blue Sea/Caddywhompus/Hot Talk @ Rudyard's
Fri., July 31 - London Girl/We Moderns/Guitars/Diet Cokeheads/O Pioneers!!! @ The Mink
Fri., July 31 - Asher Roth/Kid Cudi @ House of Blues
Fri., July 31 - August Burns Red/Blessthefall/All Shall Perish/IWrestledABearOnce/Beneath the Horizon @ Javajazz Coffee House
Fri., July 31 - Disco Expressions/Molly and the Ringwalds @ The Continental Club
Fri., July 31 - Mexicans at Night @ Super Happy Fun Land
Fri., July 31 - Orents Stirner @ Mango's
Fri., July 31 - Randy Weeks @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., July 31 - Cory Morrow @ Warehouse Live
Fri., July 31 - Trancend @ The Meridian
Fri., July 31 - 70's Soul Jam, featuring The Dramatics, The Stylistics, & Rose Royce @ Arena Theatre
Fri., July 31 - Burn Halo/American Fangs/Dine Alone @ Scout Bar (Clear Lake)
Sat., August 1 - ST37/Linus Pauling Quartet/Giant Princess @ Rudyard's
Sat., August 1 - Thee Armada (CD release)/Mechanical Boy/Windsor Drive/betterLUCK/Versecity/Jeffrey Taylor/Tony Oller/Otenki/One Day At A Time @ Warehouse Live
Sat., August 1 - Texas Ska Fest, featuring Hub City Stompers, Always Guilty, & more @ Fitzgerald's
Sat., August 1 - Mydolls/The Hickoids/Anarchitex/AK-47/Texas Biscuit Bombs @ The Mink (noon)
Sat., August 1 - Houston International Jazz Festival, featuring Grupo Niche @ Discovery Green
Sat., August 1 - Counting Crows/Michael Franti & Spearhead/Augustana @ Sam Houston Race Park
Sat., August 1 - Kiki Melendez' Hot Tamales @ House of Blues
Sat., August 1 - Guy Forsyth @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., August 1 - Sean Hannity Freedom Concert, featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, Charlie Daniels Band, Michael W. Smith, Lee Greenwood, & Oliver North @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., August 1 - Osirus @ Gary's Spot (Tomball)
Sun., August 2 - De La Soul/Rhythm Roots All Stars @ House of Blues
Sun., August 2 - Bob Dylan and His Band/Willie Nelson/John Mellencamp @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sun., August 2 - DevilDriver/Emmure/Despised Icon/My Children My Bride/Veil of Maya/For the Fallen Dreams/Oceano/Periphery/Thy Will Be Done @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sun., August 2 - Houston International Jazz Festival, featuring Rachelle Ferrell @ Discovery Green
Sun., August 2 - H-Town Sneaker Summit, featuring DJ Cipher, Elroy Boogie, DJ Squincy Jones, Dayta, DJ Witnes, DJ Synapse, Carter & Dom Kennedy, DJ Oakcliff, & Kadoma @ The Meridian
Sun., August 2 - Katy Perry @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Sat., August 4 - Atmosphere/Eyedea & Abilities/Attracted to Gods @ Warehouse Live
Tues., August 4 - Th' Legendary Shack Shakers/Bobby Bare Jr. @ Rudyard's
Tues., August 4 - The Cab/A Rocket To The Moon/The Summer Set/Eye Alaska/My Favorite Highway @ Warehouse Live
Tues., August 4 - Sam Bradley @ The Continental Club
Wed., August 5 - Wildcat Revival @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., August 6 - The Littlest Viking/They Mean Us/Perkasie/We Leave at Midnight/The Boxcar Bandits @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., August 6 - Generation Landslide @ Rudyard's
Thurs., August 6 - Dimitri's Rail/Michael Flores @ Hard Rock Cafe
Thurs., August 6 - Bob Schneider @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., August 7 - Method Man/Redman/Ghostface Killah @ House of Blues
Fri., August 7 - Mötley Crüe/Godsmack/Theory of a Deadman/Drowning Pool/Charm City Devils @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., August 7 - Floating Action/Generationals @ Super Happy Fun Land (late show!)
Fri., August 7 - White Rhino/Whorehound/Trian Woodburns @ Rudyard's
Fri., August 7 - Marco Antonio Solis/Pepe Aguilar @ Toyota Center
Fri.-Sat., August 7-8 - The Ornery Theatre @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., August 8 - Free Press Summer Fest, featuring Explosions in the Sky, Broken Social Scene, The Sword, The Octopus Project, Tha Fucking Transmissions, DJ Ceeplus, GRRRL Parts, The Riff Tiffs, O Pioneers!!!, H.I.S.D., Fat Tony, B L A C K I E vs. Cop Warmth, Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans, Young Mammals, Los Skarnales, Muhammadali, The Watermarks, I am Mesmer, The Tontons, Perseph One, JuzCoz, Mechanical Boy, & Ghost Town Electric @ Eleanor Tinsley Park (12PM-10PM; $10 one-day)
Sat., August 8 - Green Day/Franz Ferdinand @ Toyota Center
Sat., August 8 - Chris Isaak @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Sat., August 8 - Sisters Morales (en Espanol) @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., August 8 - Chris Hawkes/Bob Barney @ Rudyard's
Sat., August 8 - George Strait/Blake Shelton/Sugarland/Julianne Hough @ Reliant Stadium
Sat., August 8 - Bob Schneider/T Bird and the Breaks/Jeff Boortz Band @ Warehouse Live
Sat., August 8 - Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra @ House of Blues
Sat., August 8 - Badfish (A Tribute to Sublime)/Scotty Don't/Ryan Scroggins & the Trenchtown Texans @ Sam Houston Race Park
Sat., August 8 - KC and the Sunshine Band @ Stafford Centre
Sun., August 9 - Free Press Summer Fest, featuring Of Montreal, Devin the Dude, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Voxtrot, Riverboat Gamblers, Prince Paul, UME, Buxton, The Wild Moccasins, Sideshow Tramps, Hearts of Animals, The Manichean, The Eastern Sea, Grandfather Child, Southern Backtones, Roky Moon & Bolt, Skyblue72, News on the March, The Hates, Elaine Greer, The Small Sounds, Chase Hamblin, Come See My Dead Person, & The McKenzies @ Eleanor Tinsley Park (12PM-10PM; $10 one-day)
Sun., August 9 - Totally Wired, featuring Dean Dirg, Autistic Youth, & No Talk @ The Mink
Sun., August 9 - Hoodshock Fest 2009, featuring Liferuiner, Years Spent Cold, Through the Fire, Betrayal, & more @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sun., August 9 - A Love Like Pi/Asteria/Theatre Breaks Loose/Gabriel The Marine @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sun., August 9 - Hamilton Loomis @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Mon., August 10 - The Ornery Theatre @ Super Happy Fun Land
Wed., August 12 - Our Lady Peace @ House of Blues
Wed., August 12 - Four Year Strong/Set Your Goals/Polar Bear Club/Fireworks/Drive A @ Javajazz Coffee House
Thurs., August 13 - Avant/Mateo @ House of Blues
Thurs., August 13 - Thunderbolt Suit @ Rudyard's
Thurs., August 13 - Hat Talk @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., August 13 - Ricardo Ariona @ Toyota Center
Fri., August 14 - The Lonely H @ Rudyard's
Fri., August 14 - Mutating Meltdown/The Wiggins @ Mango's
Fri., August 14 - Corey Smith @ House of Blues
Fri., August 14 - Blue October/Switchfoot @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Fri., August 14 - The Honor Society @ House of Blues
Fri., August 14 - The Jonas Brothers/Jordin Sparks/Honor Society @ Toyota Center
Fri., August 14 - Daughtry @ Warehouse Live
Fri.-Sun., August 14-16 - Woodstock 40th Anniversary Party, featuring a bunch of folks @ Last Concert Cafe ($15/day or $35/weekend)
Sat., August 15 - Sleeping in the Aviary/The McKenzies/Murdocks @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., August 15 - Craw-Fest 09, featuring The Drunks, Adrian and The Sickness, Los De Verdad, Dirtymind, Daylight Coma, The Morning Becomes, Castrofate, Whiplash, Chelsea Hotel, Opia, & more @ Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Sat., August 15 - Galactic Cowboys/Galea/Leaf @ Warehouse Live
Sat., August 15 - Chelsea Hotel @ Dan Electro's Guitar Bar
Sat., August 15 - Cameo/SOS Band/One Way @ Arena Theater
Sat., August 15 - Back in Black (AC/DC tribute)/Tragedy (Bee Gees tribute) @ House of Blues
Sun., August 16 - Fear/Agent Orange/Total Chaos/D.I./The American Heist/Bark Hard/Blackmarket Syndicate/Room 101 @ The Meridian (2PM)
Sun., August 16 - Battle of the Bands, featuring Bythetimeyoureadthis & more @ Fitzgerald's
Sun., August 16 - Suffokate/Knights of the Abyss/Blind Witness/This Or The Apocalypse/Wretched/In The Storm @ Javajazz Coffee House
Mon., August 17 - The Focus Group/Falcon Buddies/Iji/Watercolor Paintings @ Super Happy Fun Land
Mon., August 17 - The Impulse Intl. (ex-Dirt Bike Annie) @ The Mink
Tues., August 18 - Xrin Arms @ Super Happy Fun Land
Wed., August 19 - Def Leppard/Poison/Cheap Trick @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Wed., August 19 - The Start/The Boxing Lesson/Osirus @ Rudyard's
Wed., August 19 - Head Trip Conception/Data Recovery @ Super Happy Fun Land
Thurs., August 20 - O Pioneers!!!/Andrew Jackson Jihad/Molotov Compromise @ Mango's
Thurs., August 20 - Wayward Sons @ Rudyard's
Thurs., August 20 - Babsonicos @ House of Blues
Fri., August 21 - Incubus/The Duke Spirit @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., August 21 - Rebirth Brass Band/Revivalists/Plump @ Warehouse Live
Fri., August 21 - Soul Rebels Brass Band/Evick @ The Meridian
Fri., August 21 - MacAdams @ Rudyard's
Fri., August 21 - Jack Saunders @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., August 21 - Tribute to Wayman Tisdale, featuring Norman Brown, Eric Darius, & Pieces of a Dream @ Arena Theater
Sat., August 22 - Dimefest III, featuring Mercenary X, Epic, Sounds Of A Solemn Mind, Necrofaith, Within Chaos, Powderburn, & A Dream Asleep @ The Meridian
Sat., August 22 - Donkey Punch @ Rudyard's
Sat., August 22 - Leo Party & Ukelele Festival, featuring a bunch of ukelele-playing bands? @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., August 22 - The Crush/We Could Be Heroes @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sat., August 22 - Sugar Ray/Fastball @ House of Blues
Sat., August 22 - Lil Wayne/Drake/Soulja Boy/Young Jeezy/Jeremih/Pleasure P @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sun., August 23 - Blondie/Pat Benatar/The Donnas @ Arena Theater
Sun., August 23 - A Lull/Firs of Prey/The Ocean Floor @ Super Happy Fun Land
Tues., August 25 - Paul Thorn @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Wed., August 26 - Beto Cuevas @ House of Blues
Thurs., August 27 - Heart @ Arena Theatre
Thurs., August 27 - Ian McLagan @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., August 28 - Black Congress (7" release) @ Rudyard's
Fri., August 28 - Crosby, Stills and Nash @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., August 28 - Stray From The Path/Waverly Hills/Scoria/The Murder and the Harlot/Hematidrosis/Battle of Champions @ Javajazz Coffee House
Fri., August 28 - Ray Bonneville @ Anderson Fair
Fri., August 28 - Jimmy LaFave @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., August 29 - Sound of Seattle, featuring TEN (Pearl Jam tribute), Badmother (Soundgarden/Temple of the Dog tribute), & Facelift (Alice in Chains tribute) @ House of Blues
Sat., August 29 - Brains For Dinner @ Super Happy Fun Land
Sat., August 29 - Ray Wylie Hubbard @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., August 29 - Across the Water @ Anderson Fair
Sun., August 30 - Depeche Mode/Peter, Bjorn and John @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Mon., August 31 - Nebula/The Entrance Band @ Walter's on Washington
Tues., September 1 - Collective Soul/Black Stone Cherry @ House of Blues
Tues., September 1 - Radney Foster @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Thurs., September 3 - Rebelution/Outlaw Nation/Iration @ Warehouse Live
Thurs., September 3 - Rockapella @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., September 4 - Blood on the Dance Floor/Karate High School/Electric Valentine/Metroid @ Javajazz Coffee House
Fri., September 4 - Greg Trooper @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., September 5 - Paolo Nutini/Anya Marina @ Warehouse Live
Sat., September 5 - Forever The Sickest Kids/Sky Eats Airplane/Driver F/Thee Armada @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sat., September 5 - D12/Potluck @ House of Blues
Sat., September 5 - Gahenna Fest 2, featuring Forever The Sickest Kids & more @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sat., September 5 - Shake Russell @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sun., September 6 - The Cult @ House of Blues
Mon., September 7 - The Dandy Warhols/Spindrift @ Warehouse Live
Thurs., September 10 - Baskery @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., September 11 - Brad Paisley/Dierks Bentley/Jimmy Wayne @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., September 12 - Electric Attitude/Deep Ella/Fake Believe/Alkari/Yokomono/The Watermarks/Neon Collars @ The Mink (6PM)
Sat., September 12 - Nickelback/Hinder/Papa Roach/Saving Abel @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., September 12 - Ray Bookbinder @ Anderson Fair
Mon., September 14 - Zing! @ Super Happy Fun Land
Wed., September 16 - Chickenfoot/Davy Knowles @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Wed., September 16 - Britney Spears @ Toyota Center
Fri., September 18 - Mötörhead/Nashville Pussy/Reverend Horton Heat @ Warehouse Live
Fri., September 18 - Druha Trava @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., September 19 - Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., September 19 - Lupillo Rivera @ House of Blues
Sat., September 19 - Guitars & Saxes, featuring Euge Groove, Jeff Golub, Jeff Lorber, & Jessy J @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Wed., September 23 - Experimental Dental School/El Paso Hot Button/Holy Fiction @ The Mink (9PM; $6)
Wed., September 23 - Mitchel Musso @ House of Blues
Thurs., September 24 - Pink @ Toyota Center
Thurs., September 24 - Corb Lund @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Thurs., September 24 - Blink 182/Fall Out Boy @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Fri., September 25 - Sugar Bayou @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., September 25 - Creed @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., September 26 - Psychedelic Furs/Happy Mondays @ House of Blues
Sat., September 26 - The Small Sounds @ Jet Lounge
Sat., September 26 - Marshall Ford @ Anderson Fair
Wed., September 30 - John Legend/Laura Izibor @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Thurs., October 1 - The Airborne Toxic Event @ House of Blues
Thurs., October 1 - Jonell Mosser @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri.-Sat., October 2-3 - Porterdavis (CD release) @ Anderson Fair
Sat., October 3 - The Dodos/The Ruby Suns @ The Orange Show
Sat., October 3 - Greencards @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., October 3 - Freddie Jackson/Howard Hewett @ Arena Theater
Mon., October 5 - Snow Patrol/Plain White T's @ Warehouse Live
Tues., October 6 - Kings of Leon/White Lies @ Toyota Center
Tues., October 6 - Sunny Day Real Estate/The Jealous Sound @ Warehouse Live
Fri., October 9 - Jimmy LaFave @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., October 10 - Die Young (final show!)/7 Generations/The Golden Age/Folsom @ Walter's on Washington
Sun., October 11 - Vicente Fernandez/Shaila Durcal @ Toyota Center
Wed., October 14 - U2/Muse @ Reliant Stadium
Wed., October 14 - Pinktober, featuring Gloriana @ Hard Rock Cafe
Fri., October 16 - Michelle Shocked @ Warehouse Live
Fri., October 16 - Terri Hendrix @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., October 17 - The Allman Brothers Band/Widespread Panic @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat., October 17 - Guy Forsyth @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., October 17 - Mark Stuart/Stacey Earle @ Anderson Fair
Thurs., October 22 - Kady Malloy @ Hard Rock Cafe
Fri., October 23 - Dinosaur Jr./Built To Spill @ Warehouse Live
Fri., October 23 - Yo! MTV RapFest, featuring Naughty By Nature, 2 Live Crew, Big Daddy Kane, Tone Loc, Rob Base, & Ed Lover @ Arena Theatre
Fri., October 23 - Mat Kearney @ House of Blues
Sat., October 24 - 15th Annual Houston Women's Festival, featuring Sarah Bettens, Carrie Rodriguez, Blame Sally, & Ginger Leigh @ Jones Plaza
Sat., October 24 - Richard Gilewitz @ Anderson Fair
Thurs., October 29 - The Pogues @ House of Blues
Thurs., October 29 - Webb Wilder @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., October 30 - Mute Math @ Warehouse Live
Sat., October 31 - Owl City/The Scene Aesthetic/Brooke Waggoner @ Javajazz Coffee House
Sun., November 1 - David Wilcox @ NiaMoves (508 Pecore)
Sun., November 1 - Doobie Brothers @ Verizon Wireless Theater
Wed., November 4 - Igor and the Red Elvises @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Thurs., November 5 - Stryper/Flight Patterns @ House of Blues
Fri., November 6 - Moonspell/Samael/Book Of Black Earth/Secrets of the Moon @ Warehouse Live
Fri., November 6 - Austin Lounge Lizards @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., November 7 - Houston Music Festival, featuring Frankie Beverly & Maze, Teena Marie, & Babyface @ Reliant Arena
Sat., November 7 - Eric Taylor @ Anderson Fair
Thurs., November 12 - Seth Walker @ Warehouse Live
Sat., November 14 - Tom Russell @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sun., November 15 - Darrell Scott @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., November 20 - Slaid Cleaves @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., November 21 - Ruthie Foster @ House of Blues
Sat., November 21 - Caroline Herring @ Anderson Fair
Wed., November 25 - Band of Heathens @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Fri., November 27 - Jimmy LaFave @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sun., December 6 - Wine and Alchemy @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Sat., December 26 - Asylum Street Spankers @ McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Wow. This is really impressive; this site is the local donewaiting.com "affiliate," run by David Cobb (who also, thankfully, writes for SCR -- thanks, David!), and it's essentially a one-man overview of the Houston scene. Good stuff.
D.L., a local Houston DJ and member of the false cognate collective, runs this little blog, which is partly just his own personal meanderings and partly about his radio show on KTRU, the Vinyl Frontier. Interesting stuff, and the best part of all of it (to me, anyway) is his e-mail-only list of Houston shows (although I, uh, have no idea how you get on it from the site...).
Yes, much like Houston, our sister city Galveston also has its own much-ignored music scene; the two do tend to bleed somewhat into one, but it's nice to see a site specifically dedicated to the G-towners.
Interesting little site focusing on Houston music, although it looks like they're hoping to eventually expand to cover other cities in Texas and surrounding states, too.
This is very, very cool. It's a blog run by Chronic writers Sara Cress and Joey Guerra, and it covers the goings-on in Houston's music scene (local bands and touring bands, whoever's in town) in a nicely personal, down-to-earth way. I'm damn glad to see that somebody's doing something like this.
This is the mailing list for the Hawthorne Improvisation Collective, but I think they're pretty open to improv-type music of all types.
Cool site for a loose local network of bands, each with its own forum, calendar, and other fun stuff. (I can't get to everything, myself, since I'm not a member.)
Okay, so this site seems mostly geared towards club-hoppers rather than music fans, but oh, well...
A beautifully-designed site, and packed full of info, too; anything you want to know about the blues in Houston can be found here.
Hot damn. Hard to believe, but I've only recently checked back on this site, which looks a lot like Space City Rock's long-lost hip-hop twin. Unfortunately, I can't tell when the site was updated last, so it may be more kin to our little e-zine than I'd originally thought...
Good, good, very well-written local e-zine on metal/rock-type bands; they do a particularly thorough job when it comes to reviewing shows that've come to town recently. Good stuff...
Not really a "site," per se, but an information page about a monthly roundtable session where local musicians, club owners, managers, and other music-related people can get together and trade info, hang out, and help one another. Darn good idea, if you ask me...
This site is fucking amazing. Houstonian expat Craig has made it his mission to document the heady days of H-town's punk scene, from the '70s to now. Just reading his entries makes me feel like an utter ignoramus, particularly since I've only been here a decade or so.
A little e-zine/site focused on H-town punk bands. Pretty out-of-date, unfortunately, and a lot of the bands they focus on no longer exist (yeah, yeah, like we can talk...).
Again, a site on local punk & ska bands, but extremely outdated (last updated in 2000,
apparently).
Good site on Houston rock. They seem to be just starting out, but the site looks pretty promising.
Sadly, this 'pears to be all that remains of Hands Up! Houston, but hey, at least it's still active as all hell. Pop in to trade sarcastic banter with smart-assed local scenesters, all of whom know one another and are much cooler than you! (Okay, it's not quite like that; it's just that a lot of the conversations are pretty personal...)
Houston's one music-related newsgroup; ranges from annoying flames and ads to occasional insightful comments (big surprise, there).
Not a bad little site, this one focuses primarily on the blues/rock side of things here in our fair city.
Damn, this site has definitely grown since the last time I checked. Some of the bands they list aren't actually from around here, but their list of Houston-area bands is one of the most comprehensive around (dunno if I'd agree with their "most visited" bit, though...heh).
This looks to be a forum site, primarily, focused on H-town's dance/rave scene.
Cool, cool, ultra-informative blog covering the H-town hip-hop scene. Damn, I need to read this one more often...
Another local music-type blog, and not a bad one; G-Man seems to mostly be into the country/blues side of things, if that's what you're into...
One of the best local music sites out there, seriously; JamHouston's got a nice little niche almost all to itself, in that they cover "jam" music -- improvisational, progressive, jazzy, funky music that really doesn't get mentioned much elsehwere (other than at JazzHouston, below, for the jazz). These folks are heroes.
A good list of local metal/rock shows (somewhat out-of-date right now); nothing fancy, but decent.
Another promising site that lists some local bands & such, but which doesn't seem to've been updated since 2003 or so.
A nice local site about all things goth.
Pretty much the only source around for info on reggae happenings in H-town; unfortunately, the site seems to crash my browser on a regular basis, so be warned.
Interesting site, mostly about the DJ/dance scene...which isn't really my thing, but it's good to see the info out there, either way.
Yes, a site dedicated to local karaoke bars and contests. Perfect for those nights when you just have to find somewhere to get up and sing "The Gambler" to a room of total strangers.
Despite its name, this isn't really a "network" of anything, per se, but rather the music-and-other-crap blog of local scenester Ryan (formerly of Kiss Kiss Kill Kill). Entertaining reading...
All. Mëtäl. Shows. Grawr.
Booking group based in Brenham. Might no longer be doing shows; not sure.
Hate Tank are a hard-working couple of kids who've dedicated themselves to setting up ultra-hardcore/noisecore/metal shows here in Hell City. I haven't been to any of their shows, I'm afraid (the heavy stuff's really not my thing), but they seem to do good work, nonetheless, and hey, variety's always a good thing, right?
'Cause hey, ravers need shows, too.
According to their MySpace page, these folks are currently "on a break"...
Every Saturday, same time (2-5PM), same place (The Shady Tavern), 3-4 mystery bands (generally local, usually cool). Intriguing idea; hope they can keep it up!
A dynamic show-booking duo of ex-Hands Up people, these guys put on some damn good shows.
Focused on Austin experimental/noise musicians and bands, but also lists some Houston folks.
Directory of all kinds of Texas-related stuff, including music.
No, it's not music, but hey. It's a good cause, well worth helping out, and if you've got a problem with it, deal.
A local H-town trance crew.
Cool online message board devoted to Texas garage rock/punk.
Not music-related, no, but damn, sock monkeys sure are cool.
Film/advertising services.
Management/booking company.
Sound engineering services.