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The Jonbenet are as heavy as a Higgs Boson. But don't just go off the myspace stuff, I mean sure it's heavy and hard but you have to have experience it live to truly get what they do. Beyond just the raw power of the amps and the riffs, lead singer Michael Murland proves to be just as droll and he is loud. Sharks and Sailors ain't no small shakes either. Their new album, Chinese Democracy, has been rumored for years about a possible release and this may be the year! The three piece has one of the most brutally precise sonics out there - one that drills though your skull, drops a charge of TNT, then runs away as your head explodes. Er... or something like that. Listen to Rickshaw live and you'll know what I mean. Oh Pioneers!!! is one I'm, stoked to see as Erick I Heart U will be backed up by members of the Papermoons which should be pretty sweet. Finally, Closet City is just straight up hardcore. Ahhh , yeah this is where you want to be Saturday Night!", "ALSO THIS WEEK", "Friday, May 2", "The Texas Sapphires (in-store)", "@ Cactus Music (6PM Free!)", "Austin's Texas Sapphires bring their pedal steel fueled Country Bluegrass down to Houston and it's free.", "Wicked Poseur", "on KTRU's Revelry report", "http://bang.rice.edu/ (6PM Free!)", "Ian and Matt have been doing a great job of broadcasting live local bands on Friday's Revelry Report. The always awesome sauce Wicked Poseur are playing tomorrow which should continue the shows amazing winning streak! Tune in brothas and sistahs .", "Saturday, May 3", "Arthur Yoria / Southern Backtones / Pale", "@ Rudyard's", "Arthur Yoria has a new single coming ou .t I'm gonna take a wild stab that he might be doing a pop song.", "Doyle Bramhall", "@ McGonigel's Mucky Duck", "FYI - for all you Arc Angel's fans. I'd link to his myspace or his pages but his publicity shots are just too frightening for words. Attention Stacey and Clinton you know what you need to do!!", "Saturday Secret Show", "@The Shady Tavern", "Who is playing? Jeez I don't know why are you asking me?", "Sunday, May 4", "Roger Waters", "@ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion", "Hi I'm Roger Waters. I was in this band called Pink Floyd. You may remember us. We made a lot of great albums. I went solo after that and made some really overwrought and histrionic solo albums that quite simply sucked ass. So I'm just giving up and serving up nostalgia.", "Monday, May 5", "B. / Elaine Greer / Foxhole /Interstate", "@ Notsuoh", "Yay B. and their math rockin ' energetic shows! Yay Elaine Greer, her sharp as nails songwriting, and her lovely voice! Yay Bowling Green Kentucky's Foxhole in all it's instrumental goodness. Yay Interstate ... er ... IDon'tKnowWhoTheFuckYouAre ... but sure why not? Ride those coattails my brothers. And I was complaining about it being a slow week. This and the JonBenet show look pretty awesome to me! [Oh damn it's on Monday! Grrrr !]", "Uh Huh Her / Angie Mattson", "@ Walter's on Washington", "U.H.H. , 20 words or less? OK? Go! \"Femme 80's styled electro pop that would surely have found it's way onto a John Hughes film.\"", "Tuesday, May 6", "Mike Ness / Jesse Dayton", "@ The Meridian", "Another State of Mind has to be my favorite Punk tour documentary. The part with Minor Threat and that part with the guy showing you how to skank is pretty awesome. Yeah Mike Ness is still at it. Opener Jesse Dayton is from Austin and does that (stop the presses!!) Texas Singer Songwriter thing.", "Wednesday, May 7", "The Breeders / Colour Revolt", "@ The Meridian", "The Deal sisters return. 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