For the weekend of July 8th - 11th, 2010

Another weekend, another plethora of music in this town. There are some tough decisions for ol' Houstonist to make, but that won't stop us from offering up a bevy of suggestions for you. Let's get down to business.

Tonight is one of the first tough Thursday calls that we've had to make in a while. You see, while we're largely ambivalent about Mates of State at Warehouse Live, we're fairly intrigued by the opener Free Energy. Yet, at Dean's the super-collective Together We Are Instruments caps the night, while at Walter's gypsy rockers Come See My Dead Person open up for funksters Electric Attitude, who are kicking off a tour. Bands always need gas money, folks.

Friday night's standout is pretty simple: Lightning Bolt on the roof of Khon's. This band rarely comes through town, and brings an amazing, energetic, electric show. Sorry for the pun, but it was just waiting to happen. That show has to be over by 11 pm, so we'll have time to hit up another spot. Third-wave emo riders Football, Etc have a nice lineup at Dean's for their tour kickoff, including locals Bright Men of Learning, who've been dishing out some tasty new tunes. Meanwhile, Walter's will have some fantastic local acts on tap for the Darwin's Finches Old Skatillivich CD release.

Saturday, Kelly Willis brings her old country twinged music down from Austin for a stop at the Mucky Duck, and the Continental Club will be having a big 10th anniversary bash - that one's free, folks. Over at The Hot Dog Shop, Omotai will unleash their new EP, Peace Through Fear [look for our review tomorrow], with the hyper, math-rock Giant Battle Monster topping the bill. There are so many options, but we've got a strange feeling that we'll wind up at Rudyard's for long-running punkers M.O.T.O. - after all, Born Liars and Weird Party are there to make it a stunner of a lineup.

Even Sunday has options for us this week, but Houstonist is likely to be found at Boondocks' 3rd anniversary for more Weird Party action and some drink specials.

There's something for everyone this weekend, so hop to it, Houston!

Thursday, July 8th
Amp Head, R Sun, Mild Addiction, Jimson Jolly Vagrants at Super Happy Fun Land
Electric Attitude [Tour Kickoff], The Live Lights, Come See My Dead Person at Walter's
Mates of State, Free Energy at Warehouse Live
Shone, Three Point Crossing, Big Rocket Rock at Bohemeo's
Together. We Are Instruments, Arthur Yoria, Vertigo Blue at Dean's

Friday, July 9th
The Bourgeois Gospels, Dirty 3rd Coast at Warehouse Live
Cadillac Sky at House of Blues [Voodoo Lounge]
Darwin's Finches [CD Release], Giant Princess, American Sharks, Muhammid Ali, Tow The Line at Walter's
Disco Expressions at The Continental Club
Eleven Fingered Charlie, Shark Attack, Suns Of The Beach, Ska Bones, Cadre at Fitzgerald's
Football Etc. [Tour Kickoff show], P.S. Eliot, Bright Men Of Learning, Grizzly at Dean's
Gary Morris at NiaMoves
Jon Black, Ensane, Skepticynic, Jody Seabody & The Whirls, Mr. Free, The Satellite Freakout at Super Happy Fun Land
Lightning Bolt, Indian Jewelry, Guards at Khon's [2808 Milam, Rooftop]
Scream The Prayer Tour III, with: Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, For Today, Blessed By A Broken Heart, A Plea For Purging, The Color Morale, The Crimson Armada, I The Breather, The Great Comission, In The Midst Of Lions, Hundredth at Warsaw [Doors at 3pm]
MoreCow Bell, The Louvres, Romeo Dogs at Bohemeo's
Ola Podrida, Woven Bones, The Wiggins at Mango's
Poor Dumb Bastards, Automatic Thrill, Chelsea Hotel at Rudyard's
Rebel Crew, Ray Prim at Avant Garden
Warren Hood at Mucky Duck
White Widow, B. Sterling Band, Ricky Stein, James Caronna, Tim Qualls at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
Wisebird, The TC5, Carl Hayn & The Holdouts at Last Concert Cafe
Your Mistake, Roots of Exile, Seeker at The Mink

Saturday, July 10th
Alison Fisher at Charlie's Big Top
Camila at Arena Theatre
Continental Club's 10th Anniversary Party, featuring: The Umbrella Man, Chango Man, Little Joe Washington, The Suspects, The Allen Oldies Band, New Duncan Imperials, Honky at Continental Club [free]
Din Chaos, Forever In A Day, Mid Day Silence, SoulRemoved at Walter's
Espantapajaros, BombaChica, The Pubb Affair at Bohemeo's
Felili, I Sing The Body Electric, Buffalo Bayou, Venus Love at Super Happy Fun Land
Giant Battle Monster, Lions of Tsavo, Omotai [EP Release], Inter Arma, Baring Teeth, Bastard Sapling at The Hot Dog Shop [6405 Brittmoore Road, 8 pm, $5/$7] show moved to Notsuoh!
Guilty Simpson, J-Rocc, Harkore, Fat Tony at Numbers
Joe Pug & the Hundred Mile Band, Ryland Baxter at Mango's
Kelly Willis at Mucky Duck
Last Man, Pinche Gringos, Fake Believe, Wellborn Road, Asunder at The Mink
Lower Life Form, Uno Y Dos, You(Genious) at Dean's
Luke Olson at Cactus Music [1 pm]
The Manichean, Caveman Electric, Black Powder Poets, Tax The Wolf, Kat Kilpatrick at Fitzgerald's [downstairs]
The Mighty Orq, The Umbrella Man, Tody Castillo at Last Concert Cafe
M.O.T.O., Midnight Creeps, Born Liars, Weird Party at Rudyard's
Sever The Senses, Pant Factory, Tornahdo at Fitzgerald's
White Room, 12 Gauge Awakening at White Swan
Woods of Ypres, Vex, Sculpting Atrocity, Erebus, The Forest of Suicides at Walter's

Sunday, July 11th
Bob Log III, Molly Gene One Whoaman Band at Rudyard's
Boondocks Third Anniversary Party, featuring: Weird Party, The Bourgeois Gospel at Boondocks
Collin Lake, Guitar Don Williams at Last Concert Cafe
The Failed Attempt at White Swan
Houston Fun Factory at Continental Club
Jerusalem, The Captive, Legacy Fails, Rehab The Monster at Fitzgerald's
Patricia Vonne at Mucky Duck
Pianos Become the Teeth, iDreaminstereo, Diving, My Brother's Keeper at Super Happy Fun Land

Photos: Darwin's Finches, Jordan Graber [Weird Party]

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