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Friday, June 27 found Eggs and me at one of our favorite Houston venues, Last Concert Cafe. We walked through the restaurant and into the outdoor stage area to find the majority of the picnic tables arranged in two long lines. Rows of people neatly perched on the benches while hula hoopers took advantage of the empty space in the middle. But musical guests South Austin Jug Band were the main focus, and they adroitly fulfilled our expectations.

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Islands
Walter's On Washington played host to Montreal-bred indie rock group Islands with support from MC AWOL One. We were there to sweat through the performances of both of these groups.

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The Roots stopped by Houston on the last leg of their tour to play for a sold-out audience at Warehouse Live. We were there to take it all in.

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On Saturday, July 14, the Orange Show invited guests to relax amid the monument's citrusy wackiness and soak up the benga indie rock stylings of Extra Golden. This performance was the latest in the Orange Show's excellent series spotlighting musical performers from an array of backgrounds.

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With the rain on Thursday, and the music (finally) on Friday, we were halfway through Wakarusa. The festival had already seen its climax with its one true headliner, The Flaming Lips, but many of our favorite bands were still to come on both Saturday and Sunday.

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Check out loads of images from Sunday, June 8th, 2008 at Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival after the jump

Check out loads of images from Saturday, June 7th, 2008 at Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival after the jump

Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel, the adorably (sorry, couldn't help it) talented couple behind indiepop band Mates of State, charmed the audience at Warehouse Live on Thursday, June 12. Who was there? What'd they wear? Which songs were played? Get all the gossip (okay, a recap and videos) after the jump.

Mates of State

Check out loads of images from Friday, June 6th, 2008 at Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival after the jump

Take a gander at all the great videos we have to offer from Wakarusa 2008.

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