• At the
Pachinko Room, behind the Continental Club, a few guys are trying to start up a
Thursday night patio movie series. It starts this week with
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains.
•
Pitchfork gives Houston
all kinds of kudos in this article.
• 29-95 interviews
Anna Garza about her inspirations for starting
Girls Rock Camp Houston.
•
Lisa's Sons have a new track up on their
Myspace page called "Every Minute." They emphasize that they used "real instruments" on this one.
•
Miss Leslie writes an interesting post about
vocal resonance and the way people hear music.
• Here's a review of Austin-based
Woven Bones' newest album,
In and Out and Back Again.
• Here's an
interesting Hands Up thread about show times at the
House of Blues. Consensus: they're inconsistent. The original poster said Fang Island didn't take the stage until 1:33 a.m.
•
"Dog of Man" is a new single from
Giant Battle Monster.
•
Free Press Houston has an interview with
Wild Moccasins in advance of their CD release show last weekend.
"We have become closer as friends and as musicians through touring," Cody says. Near-death experiences will
do that to ya.
• Our sister blog in Dallas,
DC9 at Night looks at the
100 most annoying summer songs.
• Listen to
two new tracks from the soon-to-be-released
Bright Men of Learning album,
Fired.
• The countdown begins for the
Free Press Summer Fest. 29-95 looks at
Great Moments on Flaming Lipstory and
Houston Calling continues their profile of bands playing the festival with
Buxton,
Robert Ellis,
Girl Talk and
Young Mammals.
•
Houstonist reviews the new 7" by
Black Congress,
Davidians, calling the band Houston's own Jesus Lizard.
Saturday,
L.A.X., the Austin dance band, will release their
new EP at Walter's on Washington.
Also Saturday, the long-dormant Linus Pauling Quartet will kick off the first on several releases this year, starting with a split 7-inch with ST 37, at Rudyard's.
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