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A preview of the 60 bands and five DJs that are taking over downtown this weekend
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2008 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase
A preview of the 60 bands and five DJs that are taking over downtown this weekend
By Houston Press music staff
CD Reviews
- Journey: Revelation
- Black Kids: Partie Traumatic
- Beck: Modern Guilt
- Wolf Parade: At Mount Zoomer
- Three 6 Mafia: Last 2 Walk
- Alejandro Escovedo: Real Animal
- Warlocks: Heavy Deavy Skull Lover
- Coldplay: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
- Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis: Two Men with the Blues
- Los Lonely Boys: Forgiven
- Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
- My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
- Local H: Twelve Angry Months
- Foals: Antidotes
- Islands: Arm's Way
- Eugene S. Robinson: Fight: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You'd Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking
- Silver Jews
- Usher : Here I Stand
- Spiritualized: Songs in A&E
- The Last Shadow Puppets: The Age of the Understatement
- Various Artists: Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-Rock & Fuzz Funk in 1970s Nigeria, Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump
- French Kicks: Swimming
- Matt Costa: Unfamiliar Faces
- Al Green: Lay It Down
- The Mother Truckers: Let's All Go to Bed
- Robyn: Robyn
- No Age: Nouns
- Marcia Ball: Peace, Love & BBQ
- The Whigs: Mission Control|What Made Milwaukee Famous: What Doesn't Kill Us
- Willie Nelson: One Hell of a Ride
- Monotonix: Body Language
- She & Him: Volume One
- The Mighty Orq: To the Bone
- Fuck Buttons: Street Horrrsing
- Shelby Lynne: Just a Little Lovin'
- Nine Inch Nails: Ghosts I-IV
- R.E.M.: Accelerate
- 5ingles: The Breeders, Mariah Carey, Lupe Fiasco, Madonna, Hannah Montana
- Gnarls Barkley: The Odd Couple
- The Black Crowes: Warpaint
- Destroyer: Trouble in Dreams
- Janet Jackson: Discipline
- Willie Nelson: A Moment of Forever
- Honeydripper Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- Dolly Parton: Backwoods Barbie
- Del The Funkee Homosapien: 11th Hour
- Truckee Brothers: Double Happiness
- Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree
- Erykah Badu: New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War)
- The SteelDrivers: The SteelDrivers
- The Black Hollies: Casting Shadows
- The Cribs: Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
- Sia
- Too $hort: Get Off the Stage
- British Sea Power: Do You Like Rock Music?
- Pat Metheny Trio: Day Trip
- Hot Chip: Made in the Dark
- Saba: Jidka
- Jonny Greenwood: There Will Be Blood: Original Music by Jonny Greenwood
- The Service Industry
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu
- Raheem DeVaughn
- Black Mountain: In the Future
- Various Artists: The Great Debaters: Music From & Recorded for the Motion Picture
- Cat Power
- Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
- Various Artists: Juno: Music from the Motion Picture
- Eels: Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol. 1Useless Trinkets
- Drive-By Truckers: Brighter Than Creation's Dark
- The Magnetic Fields: Distortion
- Various Artists: Disco Not Disco: Post Punk, Electro & Leftfield Disco Classics 1974-1986
- Nicky Click: I'm On My Cell Phone
- Miles Davis
- Marah
- The-Dream
- Various Artists
- Richard Lloyd
- Lupe Fiasco
- The Roches
- Daft Punk: Alive 2007
- Kate Nash: Made of Bricks
- Mary J. Blige: Growing Pains
- Flying Burrito Brothers: Live at the Avalon Ballroom 1969
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Raveonettes
- Os Mutantes
- Sebastian Bach
- Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raising Sand
- Alicia Keys: As I Am
- Babyshambles: Shotter's Nation
- Duran Duran: Red Carpet Massacre
- Sigur Rós
- Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- Keyshia Cole
- Deer Tick
- David Byrne, The Knee Plays
- Eagles, The Long Road Out of Eden
- Avenged Sevenfold, Avenged Sevenfold
- Chuck Prophet, Soap and Water
- Neil Young, Chrome Dreams II
- Bottomless Pit, Hammer of the Gods
- Britney Spears, Blackout
- Coheed and Cambria, No World for Tomorrow
- Kid Rock, Rock n Roll Jesus
- Paul Oakenfold, Greatest Hits & Remixes
- Carrie Underwood, Carnival Ride
- Aesop Rock, None Shall Pass
- PJ Harvey, White Chalk
- will.i.am, Songs About Girls
- Habib Koité & Bamada, Afriki
- Emma Pollock, Watch the Fireworks
- Beirut, The Flying Club Cup
- Annie Lennox, Songs of Mass Destruction
- Joy Division's Expanded Reissues
- David Bowie, Buddha of Suburbia
- Bruce Springsteen, Magic
- Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam
- The Gougers, A Long Day for the Weathervane
- Billy Joe Shaver, Everybody's Brother
- Lyle Lovett, It's Not Big It's Large
- Kevin Fowler, Bring It On
- Bettye LaVette, The Scene of the Crime
- Siouxsie, Mantaray
- Joni Mitchell, Shine
- Mary Gauthier, Between Daylight and Dark
- Meat Puppets, Rise to Your Knees
- Iron & Wine, The Shepherd's Dog
- Ministry, The Last Sucker
- Kanye West, Graduation
- Murcof, Cosmos
- Lauren White
- Liars
- Patricia Vonne
- M.I.A.
- Various Artists
- Rilo Kiley
- Arthur Alexander
- John Vanderslice
- Common
- Kim Richey
- Riff Tiffs
- Talib Kweli
- Sam Baker
- Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Against Me!
- Garbage
- The Lonely H
- Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook Vols. 2 & 3
- Paris Falls
- Spoon
- Interpol
- Tori Amos
- Bishop Allen
- Pelican
- Li'l Cap'n Travis
- David Olney
- Arturo Sandoval
- Sam Yahel Trio
- Patti Austin
- Tianna Hall & the Mexico City Jazz Trio
- Los Tigres del Norte
- Various artists
- Roberto Fonseca
- Daddy Yankee
- Mustangs & Madras
- Assembly of Dust
- Townes Van Zandt
- The Ladybug Transistor
- Hellyeah
- E.S.T.
- James "Blood" Ulmer
- Andrew Hill
- Night School
- 120 Days
- Plague Park
- Noticeably Negro
- Keren Ann
- Dir En Grey
- Loudon Wainwright III
- Elliott Smith
- Dinosaur Jr.
- The Sea and Cake
- Various Artists
- Neil Young
- Redman
- Bright Eyes
- Dean & Britta
- Stephen Marley
- Anthony Hamilton
- Gonzales
- Blonde Redhead
- Nine Inch Nails
- Waking Ashland
- Joss Stone
- The Rosebuds
- Amy Winehouse
- El-P
- Kings of Leon
- The Stooges
- LCD Soundsystem
- Modest Mouse
- Ozomatli
- Jarvis Cocker
- Arcade Fire
- Do Make Say Think
- Dead Rock West
- Menomena
- Keller Williams
- Trans Am
- Bill Kirchen
- Fall Out Boy
- Wired All Wrong
- Papercuts
- Beat Kings
- Cougar
- Hella
- Lucinda Williams
- Spencer Durham
- Patty Griffin
- Julie Doiron
- PPT
- The Shins
- The Earlies
- The Postmarks
- Shawn Colvin
- Six Parts Seven
- The Tommy Castro Band
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Snoop Dogg
- Bob Seger
- White Demons
- ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
- The Game
- Jay Reatard
- Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
- The Drones
- Suzanna Choffel
- Pavement
- Fetti Profoun
- Tea Leaf Green
- McKay Brothers
- Isis
- The Residents
- Nirvana
- Jackie Mitto
- Joel Gilbert/Mickey Jones
- Joanna Newsom
- Mayday!
- The Killers
- Buddy Guy
- Pitbull
- Deftones
- Danava
- Money Waters
- Robert Pollard
- Andy Partridge
- Badly Drawn Boy
- Make Believe
- Damien Jurado
- Pit er Pat
- Richard Buckner
- Planes Mistaken For Stars
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy
- Silk
- Los Lobos
- Favourite Sons
- Headlights
- Jonny Lang
- Xiu Xiu
- Ben Kweller
- Chico Hamilton
- The Album Leaf
- Nomeansno
- The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- Richard Buckner
- French Kicks
- Junior Boys
- Less Pain Forever and Peachcake
- Last November
- Jeannie Ortega
- Pat Green
- Todd Snider
- The Damnwells
- DMX
- Various Artists
- Cursive
- Powerman 5000
- New York Dolls
- White Whale
- Ween
- Cut Chemist
- All That Remains
- El Presidente
- Gil Evans
- Slow Motion Reign
- The Submarines
- Sumo
- Hamster Theatre
- Dr. John
- Mike Therieau
- 7L and Esoteric
- Johnny Cash
- India.Arie
- Camera Obscura
- Thom Yorke
- Peaches
- Obie Trice
- The Replacements
- Mr. Lif
- John Ralston
- Dan Crump
- Pink / Damone
- Frank Black
- Regina Spektor
- The High Score
- Eleventh Dream Day
- Various Artists
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