WE PLAY FAVORITES: WESTHEIMER BLOCK PARTY

Yeah, so, 50 bands. Technically, the venues are close enough together that you could catch all of them, as long as you stayed for no more than a single song, hustled like Hanover and wore a camel-bag. Don’t do that. So, because you must choose (and because you may be in the camp that thinks Guns of Detroit is a Panic In Detroit/Guns of August SUPERGROUP), we are pleased to provide the following suggested path through Candyland. Please note that, just because a name of an act was left off our list doesn’t mean that they aren’t ACES. Indeed, if you’re kind of tired of the sort of music we cover, by all means, use the following as a list of acts to avoid and spend your day in a menagerie of rap, funk, punk and electronica instead. (Complete schedule here).

NOON
Sabra and the Big Brothers @ Numbers Outside Stage - Southern spook-folk under the moss of a cypuss tree.

12:50 PM
NOVICE @ Numbers Outside Stage – Texas City Poprocks and Diet Coke experiment
OR
The Rudyments @ Mango’s Outside Stage – SKA (c’mon – you know you love ska)

1:40 PM
.belville @ Numbers Outside Stage – Remember when we talked about the Skeleton Coast?
OR
Honeysuckle @ Mango’s Inside Stage – Folk rock stompers that should consider pioneering use of the ELECTRIC JUG

2:30 PM
Flowers to Hide @ Numbers Outside Stage – They kinda ruled at Vietnam/Black Angels on Wednesday
OR
The Western Civilization @ Mango’s Inside Stage – We <3 this record, miss them here? Catch them at Walter’s that night

4:10 PM
Guns of Detroit @ Mango’s Inside Stage – COLLEGE STATION REPRESENT

5:00 PM
Rusted Shut @ Mango’s Inside Stage – Make every pore of your body deaf.
OR
Riff Tiffs @ Numbers Inside Stage – Make every pore of your body smell like Numbers

5:50 PM
Spain Colored Orange @ Helios – Go hear our Feel Good Hit of the Summer Nominee
OR
Satin Hooks @ Numbers Outside Stage – WHO ARE THE AD WIZARDS THAT PUT THESE TWO BANDS ON AT THE SAME TIME, DAMMIT!

6:40 PM
The Scattered Pages @ Helios – You shall be entertained, we wish only that their mellotron was portable.
OR
Pennyroyal @ Numbers Outside Stage - GLAM-O-AMOUROUS

7:50
The Generic Tribe @ Helios – Pace yourself, this will be worth remembering

With the weather outlook being as good as it is, the fact that it’s free and crock full of HYPE bands, plus the entire thing wrapping up plenty early to take in more shows that evening, we’re not doing well in the excuses not to go department. So, get in your car or hop on your bike – we’ll see you there.