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Local girl made good: Houston native Brooke Waggoner charmed her hometown crowd Sunday night.With a charming and agreeable voice mirroring the likes of Colbie Caillat and Ingrid Michaelson, Houston-born Brooke Waggoner opened Sunday's show at JavaJazz, impressing the crowd with the catchy keyboards of "Hush If You Must." Compared to the recorded versions, the songs' richer textures and quicker tempos live made them instantly likeable - 'I Am Mine' was a definite c
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The Perfect Scene: Techno-pop rockers Mercy Mercedes radiate some "extra energy."
This year's Bamboozle Roadshow, which passed through Houston Thursday night, fused together a variety of musical flavors among up-and-coming bands Mercy Mercedes, NeverShoutNever!, The Cab We the Kings and Forever the Sickest Kids. (The tour is sponsored by the Wonka candy company, which allowed concertgoers a preview of its new fruit-punch licorice candy, "Kazoozles," due on shelves
Photos by Meredith BakerThe misting area was almost as popular as the beer kiosks Sunday.
In spite of the killer heat, Sunday's Buzzfest at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion delivered restitution for the 2008 edition that had been canceled due to Hurricane Ike damage. The beer was flowing, the bikinis were out, the beach ball was crowd-surfing and the bands were rocking.Aranda's "Punishment" was an early highlight.Fans of all ages - teens who came for Anberlin and Framing Hanley, Baby Boomers
Photos by Meredith BakerI was initially skeptical when I heard that the indie band Forgive Durden, was turning its latest album, last year's Razia's Shadow, into a musical for the tour that stopped at Java Jazz Tuesday evening.
Razia's Shadow follows a storyline about a a world torn between the 'light' and 'dark' sides, and only the 'chosen' one can bring back together again, touching on theme of hope, despair and love. (Sound familiar, Star Wars fans?). Lead singer Thomas Dutton plays the main
