This Week’s Featured Show
Axiom 25th Anniversary Reunion Show
Friday, November 23
Upstairs:
Painteens (12:30am)
Poor Dumb Bastards (11:45pm)
Hickoids (11:00pm)
Toho Ehio (10:15pm)
Anarchitex ( 9:30pm)
Bliss Blood (9:00pm)
Downstairs:
Krullur (12:30am)
Insecticide (11:30)
Basilisk (10:30)
HRA (Dark Reign) (9:30)
Bad Samaritans (8:30)
Saturday, November 24
Upstairs:
Verbal Abuse (12:30am)
Dresden 45 (11:45pm)
Bark Hard ( 11:00pm)
Sik Mentality (10:15pm)
The Hates (9:30pm)
Backyard Epics (9:00pm)
Downstairs:
The Awful Truth (12:30am)
Wake (11:30pm)
Contortion Session (10:30pm)
Allied Aggression (9:30pm)
Bad Samaritans (8:30pm)
Axiom LP Cover
Seriously, this is one of those “I’m exhausted just looking at the line-up” kind of shows. If you were around in the late 80′s and the 90′s, the names on the bill will likely send you into some kind of PTSD fit. I honestly would be shocked if the bill was only the Friday night upstairs line-up so how the hell J.R. Delgado got so many bands and performers together is nothing short of insane. I guess running what was one of the most dynamic and fabled venues in Houston’s history would help. Hell, how many clubs in Houston actually had a punk compilation LPs named after them? Here, check out this old Chronicle article by Marty Racine on that anthology. In it Racine writes:
“The Axiom nightclub, in the seemingly deserted warehouse district east of downtown and Chinatown, is not the first Houston venue to feature alternative, original bands. The Island, Club Voltaire, Power Tools and others preceded it. But it is the first to evoke the kind of loyalty needed for the compilation project.
The building was rented by J.R. Delgado in June ’87 and opened three months later after work to bring it up to city code. It’s always been a shoestring operation. There is no liquor license, just beer. Door cover is low. And on some nights, bands play to a handful of people – although that appears to be changing. A recent 7 Seconds concert drew a turn-away crowd. “
Shoesting it may have been but it was pretty amazing to behold. I can tell you I spent a lot of time there, saw a lot of local and national bands there, and even played a few shows there as well. Weirdness abounded too. It was the kind of place once I saw a dude run out the front door naked, tripping his balls off, right when a cop car was pulling-up at the corner. The two cops inside stopped, assessed the situation, and, thinking better of it, slowly (very slowly) began to roll forward. Nobody, and I mean nobody, wants that kind of paperwork.
Thursday, November 22
Young Mammals, Caddywhompus, Mikey & the Drags @ Fitzgerald’s (Upstairs, Free) – If you aren’t to full from all the Turkey and stuffing, here is a trifecta of great bands and the cost? FREE! Thankful indeed!
Griffin Swank, Mellow Riot, The Lonely Giant, The Sound and the Fury @ Fitzgerald’s (Downstairs, $5) – Ummm, OK so like It’s Thanksgiving (traditionally a rough night for live shows), you have a totally math show upstairs that is free and so what do you do? Charge $5. Back to economics 101 for all of you!
Friday, November 23
Reverend Horton Heat, Pinata Protest @ House of Blues – The Dallas rockabilly hombre returns to help you burn off some of that Thanksgiving Pumkin Pie.
Acous’Mix Re*View Presents: Tryptophan Antidote Show, featuring The Wrong Ones, Sunrise and Ammunition, Fox and Cats, The Grey Hours, & Lion Among Men @ Dean’s – Another in the eclectic Dean’s series.
Junior Brown @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – Baritone slide guitar bad-ass
Paul Van Dyk, Jeff Chen, Lullaby @ Stereo Live – Eisenhüttenstadt born EDM dude who just helped me work in the name of Eisenhüttenstadt into a preview.
Blaggards @ Ashford Arms Pub – Blaggards in a pub? Who’d a thunk it.
Dale Watson, Little Joe Washington @ The Continental Club - If you’re an airline and you lose Mr. Watson’s luggage, your choices are to find the luggage, pay for the lost luggage, or have Dale Write a song about how much you suck!
Provision, Morgue City, Vertigo Blue @ Rudyard’s – If you thought with a name like Provision they’d be an Electronic Music Group…you’d be right.
Wiz Khalifa, Juicy J, Chevy Woods, Lola Monroe, Berner, Tuki Carter @ Reliant Arena – Ya gotta appreciate a rapper who names his label after his Chucks! PS. He drops a new album in just a couple of weeks.
Robbie Rivera, James Reed, Josh Dupont, Ian Almarez @ Rich’s – Puerto Rico House DJ.
Saxon Moon @ Avant Garden - Sad that Ren Fest is over? Well, Saxon Moon will help ya out.
Alimanas @ Super Happy Fun Land - How do you say Punk in Spanish? Is it Punk? Yeah, I think that’s right.
Thank God For Texas Music Festival, featuring George Jones, Hayes Carll, & Folk Family Revival @ Nutty Jerry’s (Winnie) – Hell yes! George Jones, nuff said!
Houston Holiday Pop Shop, featuring Elaine Greer (4pm), The Busy Kids(7pm), DJ ADR @ Summer Street Studios (2550 Summer St.) - It feels all 2007 up in here with Elaine and ADR!!!
Saturday, November 24
The Manichean (album release), Bang Bangz, Mobley, Alkari, Night Drive, Portal Walker @ Warehouse Live – Arguably Houston’s most theatrical band celebrate the pressing of “Lovers”
Hearts of Animals (4pm), Trio Musette (7pm), Reverberations DJs @ Summer Street Studios (2550 Summer St.) – HOA + Trio Musette = Hell Yes!
Tiziano Dominico, Backyard Beehive, La Sien, Satellite Brigade @ Mango’s - Tiziano and crew take their indie pop to Taft
Danseparc (reunion!) @ Numbers – Drop in and say Hi to your favorite Danseparc DJs and then dance your ass off – you know you’ve got some calories to burn after Thursday
Geoff Tate @ Warehouse Live – Queensryche… Really that’s all I need to say here.
Trae Tha Truth, Z-Ro @ House of Blues - No disrespect to Trae, but if you told me his real name was Frazier Othel, I’d have thought you were messing with me. On the bright side it will make a good name for a mage character in D&D
Kem @ Arena Theater – Detroit R&B singer. Oh yeah he’s not afraid to do the mellow groove voice over thing.
Jimmy Lafave @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck – The red dirt Okie returns
Rockin’ Lloyd Tripp, Crushed Out @ The Continental Club – Yes, you guessed it – Rockabilly!
Thank God For Texas Music Festival, featuring Jamey Johnson, Adam Hood, & Damn Quails @ Nutty Jerry’s (Winnie) – Johnson has a new album doin’ Hank Cochran tunes – awesome! I love Cochran’s stuff!
Sunday, November 25
Space City Beat Battle IX @ Fitzgerald’s – OH IT’S ON!!!!
Monday, November 26
Free Radicals @ Avant Garden – The funky jazzy Radicals at the garden
Writer @ Fitzgerald’s – Reverb washed indie pop with a doses of psych and shoegaze. Good stuff.
Willie Nelson @ The Grand 1894 Opera House (Galveston) – Damn, this is a show I’d love to go to!
Tuesday, November 27
Willie Nelson @ The Grand 1894 Opera House (Galveston) - Because one night of Willie ain’t enough!
Wednesday, November 28
Andrea Bocelli @ Toyota Center – Yup, that guy!
Graham Colton, Jay Nash, Jennifer James @ Fitzgerald’s – Oklahoma singer songwriter
Signals, Avindale, The Feeble Contenders @ Super Happy Fun Land – What they’re NOT a Rush cover band? They;’re a post-hardcore band? Really? ‘Cause Signals would be a good Rush cover band name.
Steve Winwood, Bobby Long @ Bayou Music Center – The Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith…any of this ringing a bell with you?
Shinyribs @ Under The Volcano – AKA Kev “Shinyribs” Russell of the Gourds
Roger Creager @ Pub Fiction - Country dude from Corpus
Bettye LaVette @ Dosey Doe Coffee Company (The Woodlands) – LaVette celebrates 50 years in music and her voice still sounds awesome. R&B, Soul, Rock, Funk. Blues, Country…she’ll pretty much tackle about anything you can think of… well maybe not metal but she should take a whack at it just for fun.
Metallic Attack: Volume II, featuring Desecrate The Faith, Crimson Offering, Bucket Uh Guts, & Funeral Rites @ The Scout Bar (Clear Lake) - Houston metal band that really wants you to know that they are not Satanists.
This Week’s In-Stores
Saturday, November 24 – Glass the Sky @ Heights Vinyl (5PM)
Saturday, November 24 – Castle Lights @ Cactus Music (1PM)
