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Tantric, 8-KOunt to perform at McGuffy's March 20Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 5:47PMOn Saturday, March 20, local band 8-KOunt will open for platinum-selling rockers Tantric at McGuffy’s House of Rock. However, this isn’t the first meeting between members of the two groups.Singer “Sugar” James Sayer and guitarist “Niki T” Tirey recently answered some questions about 8-KOunt’s new single, “Save Me,” which was produced by Tantric vocalist Hugo Ferreira.

Get To Know A Houston Band: Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 10:51AMThis week Houstonist made the drive to catch up with energetic Eastside pop-punkers at their practice space in Galena Park [yes, you read that right]. They're dropping a new album tomorrow at Bohemeo's, so we thought we'd get to know them a bit better. You can listen to the full audio here , including their abundant shoutouts and their lack of beard-growing ability. H-Town Rock: I am sitting in ...

RJD2 hopes to rearrange your brainThursday, February 25, 2010 @ 7:29PMIf you mix a little funk, a sweet back beat, and some smoothly executed electronic and organic sounds what do you get? RJD2, of course! RJD2, from Pennsylvania, will be stopping in Baton Rouge on February 12 to promote his new album, The Colossus.

Bitchie Pod: Sade – SkinWednesday, January 27, 2010 @ 6:35PMSade leaked a new single titled “Skin” today off of her upcoming album Soldier of Love. What I love about Sade is that she stays true to her style no matter what. She can leave us for 8 years and come back and be absolutely mind blowing. said Aaliyah in a past interview and [...]

Band of the Day (01.04.10): VAMPIRE WEEKENDMonday, January 4, 2010 @ 12:08PMWho? A group of preppy indie kids fresh out of Columbia University, Vampire Weekend first took the music world by storm with their self-titled debut album in 2008. Combining a mix of straightforward indie rock with Graceland -era Paul Simon afro-pop, the band created a potent concoction that had critics either fall in love or despise them… though the bulk of them fell into the former category ...

Licensed to TillMonday, January 4, 2010 @ 10:55AMWith a new album at the ready, The Tillers have ambitious goals for 2010 It's been a good year for The Tillers. They won Best Folk/Americana at the recent Cincinnati Entertainment Awards and now are releasing their second album, 'By the Signs.' The Tillers also are excited about their inclusion in an upcoming USA Network documentary and series of reports about people who live along Route 50 ...

The Rockologist's End Of Year, End Of Decade Wrapup Part 1: Best Albums Of '09Thursday, December 10, 2009 @ 10:07PMPutting a shine on a mostly sucky year.

Blow Pops reunite to recapture the magic at ShankWednesday, December 2, 2009 @ 5:45AMThe Blow Pops play Friday night at the club, 1434 N. Farwell Ave., along with Ward and Jeff and John Murphy from Shoes. Show time is 8 p.m. and the cover charge is $10. We caught up with Jarvis last week and asked about the gig, the band's popularity on the Web and the prospects for making this reunion a bit more permanent.

RealTime CrunchUp: Filtering The Stream RoundtableFriday, November 20, 2009 @ 12:00PMAt our RealTime CrunchUp event today in San Francisco, the first roundtable is entitled "Filtering the Stream: Getting Rid of the Noise." The panel is populated by a lot of big players in the space: Facebook, VP of Product Chris Cox , Google, Google Fellow, Amit Singhal , Seesmic, CEO Loic Le Meur , Futurity Ventures, investor/entrepreneur Edo Segal , CrowdEye, CEO Ken Moss , Microsoft, GM of ...