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Say Girl Say are a wholly unique band in Houston right now - dual ukeleles, great harmonies, and a wild percussion variety all sort of combine into an almost tribal sounding set that's almost as much performance art as it is a show. Bands like this with minimal...

New York City Queens are a fairly young band - I'm told their name came from a random patch on an old jacket they found (after a brief stint as Ponyboy). They play a pretty charismatic indie pop (they're pretty charismatic themselves) and won huge points for designing...

A Sea Es (pronounced "A-C-S") is a project by local badass Austin Smith and co. Usually backed by a full band, Austin brought his solo rig up to the studio and showed us how he does things (with a lot of loops recorded on the spot). What we have here are two of my...

I was really excited to have these guys on the show. Hamamatsu Tom and the Whoevers is a rotating group of local musicians, fronted by the Handsome Hamamatsu Tom Triplett. Most nights their lineup is fairly different (as is their name - rumor is that whoever books the...