Author Archive for David A. Cobb



Please update your bookmarks, RSS, etc., and tell all of your friends that Houston Calling’s new home on the web is www.houstoncalling.net. I think the general consensus was that Houston Calling…

Tonight (Monday, 8.20.07) at The Proletariat, Motion Turns It On (whose Rima EP is one of the best local releases this year so far) play with They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?….

Athens, Ohio band Wheels On Fire, whose music is pretty much a cross between the Stones and The White Stripes, play tonight in Spring at Full Throttle Coffee & Gallery (2040…

This Thursday (8.23.07), The Meridian hosts Astra Heights, Flowers to Hide, Tody Castillo, and The Rogues. Flowers to Hide and Tody Castillo have both been working on new music. Check out…

On September 7th, Georgia instrumental rockers Maserati, whose latest album, Inventions For The New Season, is one of my favorites so far this year, play at The Mink’s Backroom with locals…


Do yourself a favor. Don’t even think about it. Just make plans to come out and see English blues band Back Door Slam this Wednesday, August 15th, at Warehouse Live. Local…

Here are some upcoming shows by Southern Backtones: Saturday, 8.11.07 @ Forgetaboutit 2 (in Cypress) Saturday, 8.18.07 @ Full Throttle Coffee & Gallery (Louetta, just off I-45 in Spring) The band…

Tonight ( Friday, 8.10.07), two of Houston’s finest bands–Bring Back The Guns and The Dimes–play at The Proletariat. Doors open at 6:30pm. The Dimes are fresh off of winning multiple awards…