For the weekend of July 1st - 4th, 2010

Look at that beefy lineup for the weekend! It's so meaty - perfect for the ol' Fourth of July. Did the holiday creep up on you as it has us? Hopefully this rain will subside and provide us with some nice sunny weather, but until then we've got a feast of rock to distract us.

The pick o' the night tonight is at Mango's, where sIngs is headlining. Our love for them is well documented, but what we're most excited about on the bill is Austin's YellowFever - last time they were in town they won us a soft spot in our hearts, and now when we play their record we flip it half a dozen times before it leaves our turntable. Cosmic Sound and Hearts of Animals are certainly no slouches either. Our friends Framework [Ben Ellis of Hollywood Black] and Frants [Gretchen Schmaltz with a backing band] will be at Notsuoh if you're looking for something in the songwriter vein.

Tomorrow we'll be spending all day slogging through the heat/rain/humidity at Sam Houston Race Park, covering Warped Tour. We'll peace out a bit early, though, and head back into town for one of several good shows. Wild Moccasins are kicking off another tour, with Austin's The Eastern Sea, whom we thoroughly enjoy. The shows at Big Star and Mango's are both free - our plan is to catch Feather Face if possible, and Muhammid Ali drops into Notsuoh. There's something for everyone on Friday.

Saturday we plan to drop into Mango's [yet again] to catch The Jonx - a local act we've never seen before. We've enjoyed what we've heard of their new album, Vocabularian Herds as well as the two new tracks that Bright Men Of Learning have leaked from their upcoming release, Fired. There's plenty more on the Saturday showlist, but we'd like to also recommend Robert Ellis at Walter's - he'll be returning home from a short stint of out of town shows, so give him a warm welcome back.

Sunday's the fourth, so the calendar is a bit lighter. It's not hard to twist our arm, as the lineup includes several friends, but the show at The Mink has several good factors - quality bands, free food, and cheap drinks among them. Co-Pilot will be the latest in an ever-increasing string of local acts to take their show on the road, and touring's no easy feat - another reason to drop a few dollars into their gas tank. Oh, and Pedro Tijerina's new project Young Girls is on the bill as well.

Go see some music!

Thursday, July 1st
Aventura at Toyota Center
A Corpse Vanishes, Snatch Racket at Walter's
Framework, Frants, Jason Nix at Notsuoh
La Diabla, La Suite at House of Blues
Peter Wolf Crier, Duncan & Johnson, Chase Hamblin at Rudyard's
Quadrophonic, Beetle at Continental Club
Quentin Moore, Beauty & the Beats at Bohemeo's
Radney Foster at Mucky Duck
S.A.T.N., Oscuridad Social, A Friend Of A Dead Friend at White Swan
sIngs, YellowFever, Hearts of Animals, Cosmic Sound at Mango's
Theotis Joe at Super Happy Fun Land

Friday, July 2nd
Band on the Run at Charlie's Big Top
Brains For Dinner at House of Blues [Bronze Peacock]
Dart Street, Blue Soul Fire, Components of the Modern Age at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Fired for Walking, Novox at Big Star Bar [free]
Holy Hell Rod, IDR, Adamantium, Under Nothing at Fitzgerald's
JJ Usher at Salt
Kermit Ruffins, Papa Grows Funk at House of Blues
The Mind's Eye, A-19, The Buxleys at Dean's
Muhammad Ali, The Ex-Optimists, God’s Favorite Animal, One Good Lung at Notsuoh
The On Fires, Mobley, The Watermarks, Featherface at Mango's [free]
Ozeal, Spain Colored Orange, The Journey Agents at Rudyard's
The Psychedelic Furs, She Wants Revenge at Warehouse Live
Ska Bones at White Swan
Something Symphony at Bohemeo's
Suzanna Choffel at Mucky Duck
Vans Warped Tour featuring: over 70 bands at Sam Houston Race Park
Wild Moccasins [Tour Kickoff], The Eastern Sea,The Wiggins at Walter's

Saturday, July 3rd
The Band Foster at Salt
Belleville Outfit at Mucky Duck
Chango Man, Ginger Leigh at Continental Club
Cirrus Minor, LGM, Mark My Word, Almost Eve at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
The Failed Attempt at Avant Garden
Inner Image, Elysian, Hindsight, Flawless Escape, Bullets In The Sun at Fitzgerald's
The Jonx, Bright Men Of Learning, The Gary, Young Girls at Mango's
Lying To Sick Children, Vacillation, Heavens Declare War, Black Magic Marker, Voyd Storm at White Swan
No Borders, The Vermeers at Bohemeo's
Nuss, Kai-ros at Super Happy Fun Land
Pinhed, Sever The Silence, Blind Sanctity, Bound In Flesh, A Friend Of A Dead Friend, Cerebal Down, Hatred at Warehouse Live
Robert Ellis, Possessed By Paul James, sIngs at Walter's
Sandy & Ms. YET, As Cities, Concrete Violin, Sean E Maizus, Oltre La Morte at Khon's
The Trian Woodburns, World’s Most Dangerous, Venomous Maximus at Rudyard's

Sunday, July 4th
Cadre, The Holy Hand Grenades, Rainbows in Your Wildest Dreams, Searching For Signal, Muzak John at Super Happy Fun Land
Co-Pilot [CD Release/Tour Kickoff], Young Girls, Ghost Town Electric, Mechanical Boy at The Mink
Miyavi at House of Blues

Photos: The Jonx, YellowFever

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