What's the best thing about going to see live music? Frickin' air conditioning, because even the dingiest dive will be pumping out some sort cooled air to calm down all you crybabies who forgot sometime after Ms. Pelz's tenth-grade IPC class that we live in a humid-as-shit subtropical climate next to a huge heated body of water.
That being said, we came up with a few things you can do starting tonight that don't cost more than ten bucks. Why did we come up with this list? Because the economy
The 69 Eyes, Dommin, The Becoming: Sun., Oct. 11. Meridian.
All Time Low, Hey Monday, We The Kings, Friday Night Boys: Wed., Oct. 28. House of Blues.
"Oldies Fest" With The Allen Oldies Band, Roy Head, Archie Bell, Barbara Lynn: Sat., Sept. 5. Continental Club.
Billy Squier: Sun., Oct. 4. Warehouse Live.
Black Congress (7" Release Show), Balaclavas: Fri., Sept. 11. Mango's.
Cannibal Corpse, Hatebreed: Thu., Nov. 19. Meridian.
Cartel, This Providence, The Dares, The Summer Set: Sun., Nov. 22.
Photos by GroovehouseSomething about these Fab 40 concerts at Discovery Green makes Aftermath swell with pride at the mere fact of being a Houstonian. Seeing several dozen musicians of every age and race on stage together recreating a landmark album note for note, all in the shadow of the skyline, in front of thousands of fans of every age and race would do that for anybody.
What's more, the weather cooperated. Although there were dark clouds rollin' in every direction, scarcely a drop of
[Ed. Note: Maxwell's pianist and bandleader, Missouri City native Robert Glasper, plays the official afterparty with his trio at Meridian, 1503 Chartres.]
Maxwell is headlining Tuesday's R&B feature at the Toyota Center with support from Common and newcomer Chrisette Michele. But Rocks Off wonders why there's such a preponderance of R&B (we use that term loosely) artists who's names end with -well. Below, a handy-dandy guide to keeping them all straight.
Name: Samwell
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Photos by Groovehouse
Maxwell sure knows his audience. And not just all the single ladies - many of whom were up and dancing to Beyonce's ubiquitous hit the prince of neo-soul used as his intro music Tuesday at Toyota Center - but the men who love them, or at least want to get with them. "Fellas, you can see I'm setting you up right?" he said in one of his many asides to the crowd, shortly before crooning a bit of Al Green's "Simply Beautiful."
"If you can't go home with something after this,
