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Older Houstonians' first taste of B.J. Thomas came with his cover of Hank Williams Sr.'s "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" in his original band, the Triumphs. The Lamar Consolidated alum would go on to the bright lights of the recording industry within less than a decade, teaming with pop maestro...
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Outside Houston
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One niche of goth music continues to rise in popularity: groups who incorporate or, better yet, focus on using stringed instruments. We're talking artists like Zoe Keating, the always-worthy Rasputina and, of course, Emilie Autumn. The famously lavish and bipolar violinist had the chops to be...
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East End
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Any list of great thrash-metal bands — Slayer, Metallica, Hatebreed or a dozen others — has to include Oakland's Machine Head. Approaching its 20th year, the band deserves props for longevity alone and continues to raise the bar, despite sometimes confounding fans with elements like...
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Downtown/ Midtown
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For some people, Valentine’s Day is about romance and roses; for others, it’s about slashed tires and burned photos of cheating exes. That last group would include the FrenetiCore, who celebrate the holiday every year with the Anti-Love Party and Fundraiser at Numbers Nightclub....
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Montrose
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Like his friend Nick Gaitan, Scroggins is a veteran of Los Skarnales, but Scroggins has remained much more fixedly devoted to the Jamaican sounds that put the “ska” in that band’s name. Which is not to say he’s a hardshell traditionalist — the band continues to...
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Downtown/ Midtown
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Valentine's Day, Music |
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Don’t expect a formal, highly structured program at the Voices Breaking Boundaries’ What’s Color Got to Do With It? That’s not VBB’s style. Instead, the group presents an idea and then opens the floor for discussion. In this case, they asked five artists and...
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East End
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Literary Events, Performing Arts, Arts |
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We have to admit, the title of Rosie Trump’s film If she needs a third eye she grows it is intriguing. Third eye, shot in an intimate setting with minimal lighting, is just one of the films being featured during Motion Captured: An Evening of Dance on Film. Local filmmaker Ashley Horn...
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Outer Loop - SW
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Film - Repertory & Special Screenings, Dance, Arts |
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Arena Theatre :
Sun., February 12, 8:00pm
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Few children of superstars ever seem to get out from under the cloud of their famous parents, but jazz legend Nat King Cole's daughter Natalie has certainly carved out her own space in modern popular music. And while she burst onto the scene in 1975 with Aretha Franklin-style R&B hits like...
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Outer Loop - SW
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Fratelli's Italian Restaurant is serving up the love with a five-course meal for Valentine's Day. Known for its authentic taste, Fratelli's is dishing up a romantic menu including bruschetta with chopped mushrooms, prosciutto and melted fontina cheese for an appetizer; baked tortellini with...
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Outer Loop - NW
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Food & Drink, Valentine's Day |
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Lynette Hawkins, owner and executive chef for Giacomo's Cibo e Vino, has the perfect recipe for romance – a four-course prix-fixe dinner that includes salmon and caviar on toast for starters, followed by ravioli stuffed with cheeses and greens, then a grilled steak served with peppery...
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Lower Shepherd-Kirby
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Valentine's Day, Food & Drink |
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Chase Hamblin churns out buttery melodies the way some people sweat, which has made him one of the most beloved Houston roots artists, able to grab fans from all age brackets. The older folks get wowed by his old-school Kinks charm, and the younger folks get their power-pop fix. A new album,...
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Downtown/ Midtown
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Valentine's Day, Music |
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"There is no better way to say amore than with wine, great food and song," says Edgar Ciliberto, the owner and chef of Nardino Ristorante. His restaurant will be offering a special three-course dinner on V-Day as well as musical entertainment by guitarist Rodrigo Gamboa. Nardino's Valentine's...
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Outer Loop - SW
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Valentine's Day, Food & Drink |
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Keep it low-key when you spend Valentine's Day at the Kemah Aquarium's Romance Under-the-Sea. The ballroom will be filled with intimate tables for two, for amorous couples wanting to enjoy an elegant meal and some live jazz music. The evening's five-course menu features roasted quail, seared...
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Clear Lake
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Food & Drink, Valentine's Day |
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Fitzgerald's :
Tue., February 14, 8:00pm
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If you have been missing Dallas's Polyphonic Spree, then 2012 could be your year. With new music in the offing — including a Christmas record due in the fall — the 21-member-strong Spree is gearing up to bring smiles to audiences again. Leaders Tim DeLaughter and Julie Doyle formed...
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Heights
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“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and to be loved in return,” says Ewan McGregor, in the film Moulin Rouge. McGregor plays a penniless writer who moves to Paris and quickly falls in love with a beautiful courtesan of the Moulin Rouge, played by Nicole...
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Outer Loop - SW
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Film - Repertory & Special Screenings, Arts |
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No doubt you have already heard Estelle's British coo on this side of the Atlantic, attached to the dulcet voices of Kanye West or Rick Ross. West and Estelle's "American Boy," detailing a humorous culture clash, was easily one of the most earworm-ready singles of 2008. Whereas American R&B...
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Downtown/ Midtown
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The brash phenomenon of Trombone Shorty and his infectious, wildly eclectic, New Orleans-spawned "supafunkrock" (as it's been lately dubbed) rolls on with the recent release of For True. Arriving a year and a half after his major-label debut (Backatown) rocketed Shorty (a.k.a. Troy Andrews) to...
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The transformation of Wales's Los Campesinos! from a sprightly indie-pop group into something far more wicked and weird has been a gradual one, but thankfully the band hasn't lost its penchant for writing catchy, clever songs. The prodigious, Cardiff-based band is touring in support of an...
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Heights
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If you took Eminem in 2000, at the height of his post-Marshall Mathers LP artistic zenith, fed him a handful of Adderall and made him grow his hair into a 'do that would make Win Butler jealous, you get Yelawolf, Alabama's newest musical savior, but with about ten pounds of added muscle, and...
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East End
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Bleu Edmondson’s voice is a scratchy, airy gasp, a far cry from the nasally singing of most of today’s country artists. With influences ranging from Bruce Springsteen and Robert Earl Keen to Lyle Lovett and the Rolling Stones, Edmondson hasn’t looked back since he got his...
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Galleria
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Dale Watson is a person whose sole interest is creating, recording and performing authentic country music, and his fans can clearly hear it. His authenticity is such that at first listen, besides the quality, his songs sound like they’re from another time. Songs like “My Baby Makes...
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Greenway Plaza
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Poor Pilate's 2011 album creeped up on us over a few weeks, but once it fully latched into our brain, each spin got sweeter and sweeter. The eponymous self-release from the newly minted quartet made good on the promise of their live shows with such like-minded groups as Finnegan and the...
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East End
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It's a safe bet that all ambient instrumental rock after the turn of the century will inevitably be compared to Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Sigur Rós. Even compelling acts such as This Will Destroy You will be subjected to such lazy comparisons. In this case, the association isn't...
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East End
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All the fun isn't at street level during Mardi Gras; look up for some festive balcony parties, such as Krewe of WHO? Balcony Party and Bead Throw. Held on the largest balcony on The Strand, the party includes music by the Zydeco Dots, dancing, dinner and a cash bar. Throw beads to the crowds...
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Galveston
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Parties & Receptions, Out of Town, Mardi Gras |
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Appropriately for someone who grew up idolizing the Beatles and spent quite a bit of time in England in the '80s, La Porte native Freddie "Steady" Krc's sound has always been as much the pub-rock power-pop of Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds as Texas twang.
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Lower Shepherd-Kirby
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