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Runaway Sun Cactus Music and Video	Sat., November 21, 3:00pm	Lower Shepherd-Kirby	Music
There’s a languid viscosity to Runaway Sun’s sound, and it pours out thick and strong on the Houston four-piece’s debut album, The Bridge. Some of that comes from the tendency toward mid-tempo songs, but the real topper is the interplay of Andrew Karnavas’ vocals and Daniel... More >>

Zappa Plays Zappa House of Blues	Sat., November 21, 7:30pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
Dweezil Zappa, the oldest son of late avant-garde rock composer Frank Zappa, has been performing songs from his father's career for the past three years on the "Zappa Plays Zappa" tour. The multi-media shows include a wide range of the elder Zappa's material, played by Dweezil and various... More >>

Dwight Yoakam Arena Theatre	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Outer Loop - SW	Music
All Dwight Yoakam’s local fans who have been waiting for him to please, please (baby) come back to Houston can now say “Thank you.” When he came racing out of L.A. in a “Long White Cadillac” in the mid-‘80s, the Kentucky-born Yoakam proved you could be a staunch... More >>

AFI, Gallows Verizon Wireless Theater	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
Approaching two decades as a functioning band (with a few admittedly sketchy years in the beginning), AFI is effectively in punk rock for the long haul. The band ushered a million or so people into its cult through 2003's certified platinum Sing the Sorrow with the help of some catchy singles... More >>

Borbetomagus Freneticore Theater	Sat., November 21, 8:00pm	East End	Music
How much noise do you think two saxophonists and a guitarist can make? Okay, now imagine ten times that. Imagine a screeching ululating fuzzed-out roar that reduces your teeth to shards and your internal organs to pulsing red mush. That’s the sound of Borbetomagus. That, and much more. An... More >>

Edgar Winter, Clay Melton Band Dosey Doe Coffee Company	Sat., November 21, 8:30pm	Outside Houston	Music
If you have a thick skull, nimble feet and a proclivity toward violence, you become a prizefighter. If you have a bluesman's soul, a musical family and a tendency toward paleness, you become '70s icon Edgar Winter. Not a bad shake. Three decades on, the Beaumont-born Winter's edgy blend of... More >>

Ian Moore, Hilary York Continental Club	Sat., November 21, 9:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
Former Ginger Man bartender Hilary York has been in Austin for over a decade now and, at least part time, pursuing a music career. She recently released her second album, In the Dark, a follow-up to 2006’s The Moon. The album features some of Austin’s most sophisticated session... More >>

Neko Case, Deer Tick Warehouse Live	Sun., November 22, 7:00pm	East End	Music
Whenever alt-country chanteuse Neko Case releases a new record, it’s natural to wonder if the next album will measure up to the nearly flawless body of work that preceded it. There are very few musicians out there who’ve never released a clunker, and for years, Case has been part of... More >>

10th Grade Cutie, Evolve, Yatagarasu, Pantherrr Super Happy Fun Land	Mon., November 23, 8:00pm	East End	Music
As of this writing, 10th Grade Cutie is still intact and alive. Let's hope that doesn't change, because it seems to be sort of a parlor game around town to handicap how much trouble this three-piece Friendswood punk band will get into from weekend to weekend. Ever since Rocks Off met them in... More >>

Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker Domy Books	Tue., November 24, 8:30pm	Montrose	Film - Repertory & Special Screenings Music
Director Raymond Gayle will be in attendance during a screening of his documentary film Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker. In making the film, Gayle traveled across the country for a year speaking to black rockers such as Fishbone, Cody Chesnutt, Vernon Reid and Jimi Hazel. He... More >>

"Songwriter's Night" With Seth Walker, Lisa Morales, Troy Campbell McGonigel's Mucky Duck	Tue., November 24, 7:30pm	Lower Shepherd-Kirby	Music
Bluesman Seth Walker sings like a man who's had his heart broken one too many times. Since his genre of choice calls for a bit of misfortune, that's not necessarily a bad thing. It doesn't hurt to listen to his songs if you're going through a breakup — or wish you were. This Austin,... More >>

American Sharks, The Watermarks Boondocks	Wed., November 25, 9:00pm	Montrose	Music
Get tanked the night before Thanksgiving dinner with the returning American Sharks, one of Houston's wiliest indie-rock bands. It's been a while since we have seen a proper Sharks show, seeing that lead singer Mike Hardin is the Roky Moon in Roky Moon & BOLT and guitarist Stephen Walker is... More >>

J. Tillman, Pearly Gate Music Walter's on Washington	Thu., November 26, 8:00pm	Heights	Music
There is an undeniable spiritual element to J Tillman's latest record, Year in the Kingdom. The album's opener and title track tells of a man beginning a journey toward something larger, something beyond the physical dimension. Tillman's soulful yet relaxed voice quivers over a chord... More >>

The Producers Playhouse 1960	Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 27 until Sat., December 19, 8:00pm	Outer Loop - NW	Comedy Music Performing Arts Theater
Mousy accountant Leo and failed Broadway producer Max have a plan: put on the worst play in the history of the world (a musical called Springtime for Hitler, in which the Germans win the war), watch it immediately fold and then abscond with all the investors' money. It sounds like a good scheme... More >>

Come See My Dead Person, Kevin Anderson Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe	Fri., November 27, 8:00pm	Galveston	Music
This Houston gypsy-punk outfit sounds just like a southern-fried Gogol Bordello, but without all that pungent Eastern Bloc business. The band’s name stands in stark contrast to their, leading you to believe they would be a gang of blood-swilling metalhead on crank. The band doesn’t... More >>

Subrosa Union, Josh Weathers & The True Endeavors Fitzgerald's	Fri., November 27, 8:00pm	Heights	Music
Jammy Austinites Subrosa Union pull into Fitzgerald's tonight before they finish tracking for their new album, which at the moment has the working title One Night Stand. The trio is currently wrapping up work on the release with Mike Cosgrove of Alien Ant Farm behind the boards. More >>

Car Stereo (Wars), GRRL Parts Boondocks	Fri., November 27, 9:00pm	Montrose	Music
Rocks Off defies you to go see Car Stereo (Wars) upstairs at Boondocks and not leave sweaty and drunk on legs that feel like jelly from popping and locking all night. Austin's answer to Girl Talk brings a party with him wherever he goes, be it a small club show like this or a slot on this... More >>

The Misfits, Hell City Kings, Molotov Compromise House of Blues	Sat., November 28, 7:30pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
Yeah, we get that the Danzig-less "Misfits" are the real headliners here, but we could write 1,000 words about how that band isn't fit to wash the Evil Elvis' thinning hair. For us, the draw here Houston's own Hell City Kings and new lead singer Josh Wolf. Two weeks ago at the Westheimer Block... More >>

The Last Place You Look, American Fangs, Peekaboo Theory, Cavernous, A Dream Asleep Fitzgerald's	Sat., November 28, 8:00pm	Heights	Music
Somehow, despite being one of the city’s finer mega-rock bands in the city, six-year-old quintet thelastplaceyoulook continues to operate outside the national limelight. Houston is still recognized first and foremost as being a “rap city,” but if these guys keep churning out... More >>

Chase Hamblin, Ragged Hearts Continental Club	Sat., November 28, 9:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
Chase Hamblin's A Fine Time EP somehow bridges the gap between the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the late orchestral work of Elliott Smith, without all the suicidal tendencies. The five-song release really is a marvel to listen to, sounding like George Martin or Jon Brion... More >>

"Twist & Shout" With The Paisley Pilgrim & The Psychedelic Sex Panther The Mink	Sat., November 28, 9:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
This new outgrowth of the Reverberation garage DJ crew promises a bit o' soul in the works, in addition to the boys' usual smattering of Kinks and the Stones. Since it's the weekend after Thanksgiving, expect plenty of post-turkey debauchery after being cooped up with family for the past week. More >>

Mannheim Steamroller Verizon Wireless Theater	Sun., November 29, 7:30pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
It just wouldn’t be Christmas without the bombastic new age tones of Mannheim Steamroller blaring out of mall speakers and holiday parties, now would it? The long-running instrumental group hits Verizon Wireless tonight to ring in the yuletide season with cuts from new compilation... More >>

Taking Back Sunday, Anberlin House of Blues	Mon., November 30, 6:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
Amityville, N.Y., emo-rockers Taking Back Sunday have gone through more lineup changes than Destiny’s Child over the years, and the consistency of the band’s music has suffered because of it. It’s been quite some time since TBS created an album as memorable as vitriolic debut... More >>

Cursive, Capgun Coup, sIngs Walter's on Washington	Mon., November 30, 8:00pm	Heights	Music
Listening to Cursive's newest release, Mama, I’m Swollen, it's hard to remember what the Omaha-based band sounded like a decade ago. Back then, Cursive was a near-emocore band: Singer Tim Kasher would occasionally break into screams over guitar breakdowns, while drums slowly pounded in the... More >>

Jackson Browne Verizon Wireless Theater	Tue., December 1, 7:30pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Music
Jackson Browne has been one of the great songwriters of the modern era. With his amazing and varied hits – “Doctor My Eyes,” “The Pretender,” “Running On Empty,” “Somebody’s Baby,” “Rock Me On the Water,” “Lawyers In Love”... More >>