Zzyzx (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/Zzyzxband/

Sultan Subdued (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/sultansubdued/

Zero Detail (Spring, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/zerodetailmusic/

Roshambo (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/TheRoshamboband/

Dear fan(s), our annual Xmas Blowout is coming up on December 23rd at Rudz. These yearly shows are always great fun, and we always enjoy new and old friend(s) alike. Expect some pretty cool special guests, as well as some fun stuff from us. Take the opportunity to escape your cloying, smothering family, and come participate in the cathartic power of guitar rock, in the emotionally unstable way that only PG can conjure. As this is our third and final show of the year, we’ve probably got about ten or so shows left in us before we escape this scatalogical whirlwind and enter the beyond. We weren’t cool when we started, we were less cool as the months turned into years, and we are now so far from cool we don’t even know what that word means anymore. No matter, Houston has plenty of leather-vested geriatric-deniers available to satiate your need to feign immortality. Join us, won’t you? Pagan holidays are utterly primed for rock!

Project Grimm (Houston, TX)
https://www.projectgrimm.com/

A decidedly less experimental group than its most direct predecessor, the Mike Gunn, Project Grimm was formed in 1995 by Gunn frontman and guitarist John Cramer to satisfy his urges to be a bit more straightforward in his approach to guitar rock. Interested in looking to build a band around this new direction, Cramer called local drummer Rick Costello (of Houston band Bleachbath) who volunteered his services straight away. Drew Calhoun joined on bass, and former Schlong Weasel (University of Houston “branch”) member Jim Otterson rounded out the lineup as second guitarist. Their first show, on July 3, 1995 was followed by recording sessions that would result in their first album, Lying Down out on Linus Pauling Quartet’s Ramon Medina (also a former Schlong Weasel-er) Worship Guitars label in 1996. The pace of recording and releasing would slow down considerably for the band, which wouldn’t quite get around to releasing the follow-up until 2003. In the meantime, Bo Morris would take over on drums for the kicked out Rick Costello, and Cramer would work with former Mike Gunn colleague Scott Grimm on his Dunlavy project. July 2003 would see the release of Project Grimm’s second album, Huge Beings (released on Camera Obscura’s Australian sister label Camera Lucida), but it would also see the band split — on the very day of the album’s release. Leader John Cramer would later appear as a solo artist working under the name the Powers of Light & Darkness, and played sporadic shows around Houston. -Chris M. True, allmusic.com

Slow Future (Houston, TX)
https://www.slowfutureband.com/

SLOW FUTURE is a rock band from Houston, Texas. The band originated in 2014 as a new beginning for guitarists/vocalists Joel Hoyle and Mike Starbuck, and drummer Koree Smith, who played in a previous band together. Bassist Phil Jackson ran into Smith at a party and asked to join the trio’s new venture. The quartet has created an instinctive blend of punk-inspired rock. Their debut single, “Girl Gets Down”, echoes the grit of garage rock and the melancholic aggressiveness of ‘80s and ‘90s underground rock. It’s all about making meaningful connections through real emotion translated into raw music. This group of self-styled, small town outcasts is releasing its debut E.P. in April 2016, and will be playing throughout the Southern region to support the release. Let the music tell you the rest of the story!

Clouded (Houston, TX)
Reunion show

Yeesh. I really got behind on updating these damn things… I wish I could say that I know what happened to one-time local indie-rock heroes Clouded, but I’m afraid that I’m in the dark — all I can tell for sure is that they’re definitely not playing any shows anymore, which is a shame. I’m a stubborn bastard — meaning that I hate recanting my previous opinions. I do like to think I’m not entirely unchangeable, though, so here goes: Clouded were pretty damn cool. I wasdisappointed by some of their live shows, but they also had some really good ones, too, and their self-titled CD was verygood. Anyway, theyed play catchy, anthemic, full-of-melodies, alternative-type rock, with a lot of ’70s arena-rock influences alongside (a la the Smashing Pumpkins, as an example). They sometimes engaged in a bit of guitar wankery, but they were pretty solid overall, with some interesting songs. They put out a tape, the Jessica EP (which I’ve never heard), and the aforementioned CD on 76.2% Records (now Ojet Records), and like I said, it kicks ass (keep listening after the last song listed, by the way). I’d heard that they were going into the studio to record a new EP for 76.2% at some point, but nothing ever materialized, as far as I know. - Space City Rock 5/2/2003

Under the Radar Presents Ax Battle 3! Join us as we showcase 15 of Houston’s best guitar players. Each guitarist will perform an instrumental guitar piece in hopes to “WOW” the audience. Audience members will be the judge of each performance and name “Houston’s Best Guitar Player!” Don’t miss out on a special post show performance! Under the Radar will be serving up select brews with special giveaways.

An evening of mirth and joyful noise with Cornish Game Hen, The Prof.Fuzz 63, and Mydolls.
Doors 8pm, Music 9pm, $8

Mydolls: 9:00 PM
The Prof.Fuzz 63: 10:00
Cornish Game Hen: 11:00

Cornish Game Hen (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/cornishgamehenuk/
Cornish Game Hen: Houston’s premier post -punk, power metal, alt country, neo folk, dub step, chillwave, minimal/dark wave band.
You figure it out

Prof.Fuzz 63 (Dallas, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/prof.fuzz63/

The Prof.Fuzz 63 is a Dallas-based lo-fi fuzzed-out garage-rock trio that’s been described by one listener as the “love child of Tom Waits and the Supersuckers.” Someone else said we sound like the Velvet Underground, “but not as cool as Lou Reed, because, who is?” Yet another critic said we sounded like “1991 Mudhoney with fuzzed out guitars and British Invasion organ.” We’re ok with those descriptions. We sing songs about food, sex, kittens, crustaceans, pandas, seduction & disappointment, minnie pearl, and nick cave. You know, the intersections where idyllic fantasies get broadsided by the under-insured 18-wheelers of real life running the red light.

Mydolls (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/MydollsHoustonTexas

Mydolls (1978-present), Houston’s original femme punk band, was formed in 1978 by guitarist and vocalist Trish Herrera, bassist Dianna Ray, guitarist and vocalist Linda Younger and drummer George Reyes. As one of the earliest art punk bands in Houston, Mydolls created a DIY sound that was as ethereal, fluid and poetic as it was politically charged and feminist. Throughout their nearly 40-year history, these pioneering musicians have paved a path for women and minorities in the music and arts scenes, and they continue to perform today with their original lineup. During the 1980s, Mydolls were interviewed by John Peel on BBC Radio and performed in Win Wenders’ Cannes award-winning film Paris, Texas. Mydolls and the Houston punk scene were the focus of a 2016 music-based lecture series at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and the band most recently performed as part of the SPEAKEASY experimental music and art program series at Lawndale Art Center in Houston. Their latest EP, It’s Too Hot for Revolution, was released as a collectible red vinyl edition in February 2017.