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Shonen Knife, Dead Roses, Born Liars Numbers	Sun., November 8, 8:00pm	Montrose	Indie
A little math to put things in perspective: Shonen Knife played its first Osaka, Japan, gigs in 1981, the same year the Go-Go’s released Beauty and the Beat. This means that by the time the trio reduced the usually taciturn Kurt Cobain to a self-described “nine-year-old girl at a... More >>

HEALTH, Lovvers, Somosuno, Ghost Mountain Mango's	Sun., November 8, 8:00pm	Montrose	Indie Noise
California noise quartet HEALTH pull into Mangos tonight following their appearance at Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest. The band is currently touring behind September's Get Color disc. Too bad the band is coming a week before the Westheimer Block Party. They played the spring edition just this past... More >>

Lucero, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm, The City Champs, The Dirty Streets Meridian	Mon., November 9, 6:30pm	East End	Americana Country Indie
Lucero isn't the first group to mix punk rock's aggression with country's penchant for twang, but the Memphis, Tennessee, act has spent the last decade becoming the band of choice for PBR-swilling, trucker-hat-wearing fans everywhere. Although the group's latest release, last month’s 1372... More >>

Melt Banana, The Homopolice, B L A C K I E Walter's on Washington	Mon., November 9, 8:00pm	Heights	Indie Noise
It's been way too long since we have seen the Homopolice live, and finally after a few months off the band the band is opening for Japanese noise rockers Melt Banana. The band is quite simply a glorious trainwreck of smoking amps, leather, blood, and churning drums. If you have seen the Homos... More >>

Regina Spektor, Jupiter One Verizon Wireless Theater	Tue., November 10, 8:00pm	Downtown/ Midtown	Indie
Regina Spektor combines a whimsical, Björk-like sensibility with singing chops and genuine compassion, and she’s usually able to effectively combine the silly and the sweet. While her previous album, Begin to Hope, featured some jaunty numbers and plenty of nonsensical musings, this... More >>

Urban Cowboy The Mink	Every week Tuesday, 9:00pm	Montrose	Drink Specials Drunken Distractions Film & Audio-Visual Indie
This week, ROMN&TM presents the Houston-bred John Travolta starrer Urban Cowboy. Every Houstonian it seems has a story related to the making of the movie or the famous beerhall it centered on, the late and lamented Gilley's in Pasadena. The 1980 flick tells the story of Bud and Sissy, a volatile... More >>

Little Joe Washington Boondocks	Every week Tuesday, 9:00pm	Montrose	Blues Folk Hipster Indie Rock
On his second album for Austin's Dialtone Records (following 2003's Houston Guitar Blues), the blues flows so effortlessly out of Little Joe Washington's guitar it's hard to believe any of these 14 songs needed more than one take. Washington's feverish runs and penetrating leads - which fly by... More >>

Elvis Perkins In Dearland, A.A. Bondy Walter's on Washington	Thu., November 12, 8:00pm	Heights	Indie
Elvis Perkins may well be the most capable performing docent in the museum of American music, as shown on his recently released, gap-filling Doomsday E.P. Kicking off with the defiantly joyful version of "Doomsday" from Perkins' latest full-length, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, this brief effort... More >>

Dengue Fever Warehouse Live	Sat., November 14, 7:00pm	East End	Film & Audio-Visual Indie
Dengue Fever was one of our most pleasant discoveries of 2008, when the Los Angeles outfit wowed us with a sold-out performance at the Orange Show. Whether live or on 2008 album Venus on Earth, the Fever’s brand of Khmer-American pop-rock is instantly likeable and bears up under repeated... More >>

Mickey Avalon, Beardo Warehouse Live	Sun., November 15, 8:00pm	East End	Hip Hop Hipster Indie
Equal parts Iggy Pop, Eminem, and Peaches, rapper Mickey Avalon has been slithering through underground hip-hop since 2004. He comes from a powdery L.A. glitter club scene, and became a sort of poet laureate for all the damaged and drug-addled rich kids who littered it's bathrooms and alleyways.... More >>

Say Anything, Eisley, Moneen Warehouse Live	Mon., November 16, 6:00pm	East End	Emo Indie
Say Anything lead singer Max Bemis seems to be a tortured man. Since the band's first album Baseball: An Album By Sayanything, Bemis has been hectoring against a cavalcade of girls in his songs. His past drug addictions and mental breakdown have only helped fuel his bands sweet emo vitriol. The... More >>

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Robert Ellis & The Boys Blanco's Bar & Grill	Every week Wednesday	Greenway Plaza	Americana Country Indie Roots

Bright Men Of Learning Big Star Bar	Sun., November 8	Heights	Indie

listenlisten Block 7 Wine Company	Sun., November 8	Heights	Indie

Go Kart Mozart, Kat Kilpatrick Super Happy Fun Land	Mon., November 9	Heights	Indie

Gentry Dodd Super Happy Fun Land	Tue., November 10	Heights	Indie

The Jack Stafford Foundation Super Happy Fun Land	Wed., November 11	Heights	Acoustic Indie Singer-Songwriter

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, The Portland Cello Project Warehouse Live	Wed., November 11	East End	Indie

Capybara Super Happy Fun Land	Thu., November 12	Heights	Indie

Rocketboys, Hallelujah The Hills, Holy Fiction The Mink	Thu., November 12	Montrose	Indie

Romeo Spike Bohemeo's	Thu., November 12	East End	Indie

Amazing Baby Rudyard's	Fri., November 13	Montrose	Indie

Dickey Hands, Burn The Boats, Allison Fisher Continental Club	Fri., November 13	Downtown/ Midtown	Indie

Grandchildren, Caddywhompus, Limb Mango's	Fri., November 13	Montrose	Indie

Little Teeth, Ghost Mountain, sIngs Super Happy Fun Land	Fri., November 13	Heights	Indie