"Hey man. Check these guys out." 

It seems like every other day friends, musicians, promoters, and critics alike are shoving album after album, act after act, into our hands proclaiming "this band" to be the greatest thing the world has ever had the pleasure of hearing on a purple backed CD-R smeared with sharpie marker. I would venture to say that on any given day, I'm presented with a minimum of 5 bands or artists to "check out". While most of these artists are "checked off" my list of worthwhile and innovative tunes (See what I did there? - Made a clever pun while also making myself out to be a complete know-it-all hipster jackass), ever so often a band stands out and really catches my attention. I want to make it my own personal initiative to take some time each month to review a great Texas based unsigned act, and respectfully play the role of the know-it-all hipster jackass who heads your way at a local show with a bottle of Lone Star in one hand and a "purple backed CD-R"  in the other and say, "Hey man. Check these guys out."

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Art Studio Show

Saturday July 17th

$5 / BYOB

I find myself in the unfortunate predicament of not knowing very much about any of these bands.  That is not to say that I am not interested in finding out.  I have previous plans to go out of town this weekend, but if those fall through, then I'll see you out there with a 12 pack and pall mall lights.  Be sure to thank Ben Jennings and all the others involved in these monthly shows at The Art Studio.

I saw this on Vice Magazine's website in the music reviews section today...surprisingly it received a smiley face instead of a throw up face.  The same could not be said for Scarface and The Hold Steady.  Use the link to see the original article - I reproduced it as best I could, however, I could not directly copy and paste it so I took a few liberties in PAINT to reproduce it.  Enjoy!!!

-molina