tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10838882010-02-09T01:25:37.565-06:00The official Space City Rock Blog, featuring news on local Houston musical happenings and occurances, random venting about various things, and fervent ravings on the wonders of music, art, film, and anything else.gaijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055036034877426422noreply@blogger.comBlogger875125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083888.post-75033347955054970602010-02-09T01:24:00.000-06:002010-02-09T01:25:37.574-06:00

I was pretty psyched when I first heard about the second installment of The Festival at Mink, coming up on February 27th at (duh) The Mink -- I'd absolutely planned on going to the last Fest, but stuff came up, unfortunately, so I missed it. This time, though, I'd been trying to get my plans set well in advance. Then things got a bit more complicated. If the date sounds familiar, that's

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UPDATE-UPDATE: Got some more info on tonight's cancellation; according to the good people at SHFL, A Lull's tour vehicle broke down, and they couldn't play, so the listenlisten guys decided to call the show a bust. Just fyi, folks. UPDATE: sigh. Looks like I was a little quick on the "Post" button, because yes, per the listenlisten crew, tonight's show is indeed cancelled. Dang. Oh, well;

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Hey, all -- it's Munchkin #1's birthday weekend, and we've got family in town, to boot, so I've got other stuff on my mind beyond shows & whatnot, I'm afraid. Which means that not only did I blow it for last night, but I've got to keep it pretty brief for the rest of the weekend. Still, there's some good stuff going on, esp. today. Here's what I'd be going to, were I not planning on passing

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Wow; now, there's a name from out of the Mists of Time. I remember hearing Lungfish some back at KTRU in the early '90s, around when Rainbows From Atoms came out, and by even then they were fairly well-established icons in the post-punk scene, playing music that was (to my metal/hip-hop-head ears at the time, at least) bizarrely hypnotic and messy, with awesomely scraping, clawing guitars and

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Yeah, there're other things going on tonight (Sun., January 31st, that is), but honestly, there's only one that really stands out, at least to me. One of the bands in town nearest & dearest to my heart, the ever-awesome Something Fierce, will be playing up at The Mink, at a show that's partly a release par-yay for their brand-new 7" on upstart Action Town Records, with the barn-burning,

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Day 2 of the weekend -- Saturday, January 30th, to be precise -- and yep, there's plenty going on 'round town. Here's what I'm thinking sounds good: Followed By Static/ Muhammadali/ B L A C K I E/ Legsweeper/ Somosuno/Limb @ Notsuoh Sweeeet. Two of my favorite bands in town right now -- misanthropic crush-hop pioneer B L A C K I E and loose-limbed, ambiguously-spelled indie-punks Muhammadali

gaijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055036034877426422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083888.post-24768025595451201662010-01-29T23:12:00.000-06:002010-01-29T23:14:44.086-06:00

You might remember a while back that the good people at the Caroline Collective were putting on those Bandcamp things; it's been a few months since they've done any of 'em, I think, but this coming Sunday, January 31st, they're putting on something they're calling Bandcampus: BOOKING PARTY. The idea is to help out bands who want to tour outside of our fair city, giving them real-live

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Got some new stuff up this week, so I wanted to pop over here & mention it, as well as hit the high notes for this evening (Friday, January 29th, you non-calendar-having bastards). First & foremost, I'm pleased as heck to announce that we've got the 2009 installment of the "WE LIKE THINGS" series, aka the Official-Shmofficial Space City Rock Best-Of Lists for the Year Past, up on the site, as

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It’s award season and I’ll soon be posting reviews of mainstream studio fare, so I want to post a quick note about an original film commissioned by the Houston Symphony, and made in Houston. The Planets - An HD Odyssey recently debuted to 4 sold out performances in its 3 day run at Jones Hall, and it was a revelation. Tonight the Houston Symphony is on tour with the film at Carnegie Hall in New

Creghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05841662599557880111creglovett@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083888.post-58126565784049620372010-01-28T17:23:00.000-06:002010-01-28T17:26:14.165-06:00

Got some news a few days back about a new monthly concert series put on by the KTRU crew, specifically the combined forces of the Local Show and the Mutant Hardcore Flower Hour; Kirston, Rosa, and the rest of the gang will be putting on shows on a Thursday each month (during the Mutant Hardcore show), for free, with cheapo beers, and featuring (of course) an awesome bunch of bands. If this

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Some good shows tonight, so I wanted to slap a quick note up here about 'em, mostly because two of the shows feature bands I really, truly like/love quite a bit, and the third I'm pretty intrigued by, as well. Away we go: 10th Grade Cutie/ Muhammadali/ FG and The Gunz/The Wrong Ones/Cop Warmth/Thou Shalt Not Kill...Except @ Super Happy Fun Land I'm not yet convinced when it comes to

gaijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055036034877426422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083888.post-33451908749690553002010-01-24T16:59:00.002-06:002010-01-24T17:06:40.734-06:00

Another piecemealing of the "Yr. Weekend" thing, I know -- I swear, one of these days I'll have it together enough to be able to run over all of it at once, like back in Ye Good Olde Days, but lately it's been hard to find that big a chunk of time all at once, y'know? Anyway, tonight's surprisingly good for a freaking Sunday (January 24th, to be specific). Here's what's on that I happen to

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My friend and, according to the Houston Chronicle, "The Best Underground Promoter in Houston" Louis Villarreal's Hate Tank Productions is bringing the legendary CBGBs hardcore punk band Agnostic Front to Walters tonight, Sunday, January 24th. They're on a world tour supporting the 25th anniversary reissue of their seminal albumVictim In Pain. Rolling Stone wrote that they are as important to

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Day 2 of this weekend today, Saturday, January 23rd, and again, it's a pretty damn good one -- tonight's another tough-to-choose type of evening. Which is a very cool thing, if you ask me... Anyway, here're my picks: American Fangs/Project H/Meriwether/ Paul Pelc/Carmeci @ Fitzgerald's Have I mentioned lately how much I freaking love American Fangs? No? Well, let me go there again: AF is

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Tons and tons of good stuff going on this weekend, so I'll start things off with the monumental pile for tonight, Friday, January 22nd... Hell, tonight's full of difficult, painful choices -- here're my recommendations, but as always, your mileage may vary: listenlisten/Robert Ellis/Gin City @ Free Press Houston Warehouse (3412 Yupon; $5, 8:30PM) Probably my favorite of the bunch tonight,

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Just a quick note for your upcoming Thursday (aka January 21st) evening, y'all... A few days back, your humble editor guy finally reviewed local retro-pop singer/songwriter/bandleader guy Chase Hamblin's debut EP, A Fine Time -- apologies to Chase for it taking so damn long (I think I got the damn EP back in the summer -- cringe), by the way; I'm afraid my pile of stuff I need to listen to &

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I've been trying to post something about the disaster in Haiti and how horrific it is, encouraging folks to donate what they can to help out, but so far anything I've been able to come up with the write about the still-unfolding tragedy seems trite and pointless, honestly; what the hell can I say that's going to mean anything for the situation? Not knowing anybody from Haiti and having the good

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Damn, I knew as I posted it that I was totally and completely forgetting something going on tonight (Sunday, January 17th, to be specific). And in this case, at least, it's the latest installment of the Resonant Interval Sound Series -- they're up to #12, which is a pretty impressive benchmark, if you ask me. This weekend's show features Austinite Brent Fariss, who's also known for his work

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Not a huge pile of things going on tonight (Saturday, January 16th), and not much at all tomorrow that appeals to me, but what is going on is particularly cool. Here goes... Thee Armada (final show)/ Mechanical Boy/Select Start/the last place you look/This Year's Tiger/Amber Skyline @ Warehouse Live They weren't universally loved, I know, but hell, I don't care; since first hearing their

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Gotten a bunch of cool new stuff up on the site recently, so I wanted to point to it and let everybody bask in the wonderment... First and foremost, I did a writeup this week for an EP sent to me a while back by local boys Giant Battle Monster, entitled Giant Battle Monster vs. The Man With a Gun for a Head, and I have to say, it is one weird-yet-compelling slab of messy noise-prog. It goes

gaijinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055036034877426422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1083888.post-39178591897301189942010-01-10T12:51:00.001-06:002010-01-10T13:45:52.468-06:00

Yep, that time again -- trying to be a wee bit earlier today, so I'm typing one-handed with our little Kuato attached to my torso and hoping he doesn't wake up five seconds from now... Some good stuff going on both tonight (Sun., January 10th) and tomorrow (Mon., January 11th; hence the "+ Beyond" bit above), so you definitely don't want to be homebound like yours truly. Here goes: Sun.,

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Another busy night, and I'm late as always; sorry, the determined few who read this blog regularly. Tonight, Saturday, January 9th, is looking pretty good, though -- here's what I'm liking: The Tontons/Roky Moon & Bolt/Ghost Mountain @ Walter's The show of the evening, in my book -- a rare appearance by fiery psych-soul act The Tontons, a sighting of '70s revivalist rockers Roky Moon & Bolt,

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Some good shows going on this weekend, so I figured I'd send a quick note on tonight's (it's Fri., January 8th, those without calendars). First up, though, I've got some bad news, if you haven't heard it elsewhere already. Due to Tom Araya of Slayer's continuing medical issues, it appears that the January 29th show with that band, Megadeth, and Testament has been postponed indefinitely, along

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I'm a little torn about mentioning this on here, but it's just too damn weird and seems to get weirder by the day. Back in 2008, a very nice woman (I'm not going to put her name up here unless I have to, in case what's going on isn't her fault) emailed me, saying that she was a local artist and music fan, and she wanted to see about helping out with this little site. We emailed back and forth a

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Another cool-sounding event for the holidays -- tomorrow night, Wednesday, December 23rd, that crazy gang known as the Sideshow Tramps and countrified songsters Robert Ellis and the Boys will be leading a crew of Christmas carolers around the Montrose 'hood, singing and marching and partying as they go. They'll start off at Taft Street Coffee (2115 Taft St.), head down to KPFT to play live on

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