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Houston-based hip-hop foursome Check Other stopped in at The Mink/Backroom on Friday, November 7 to contribute to the monthly Mission Control event put on by MC/host Mic Skills and DJ Remix.

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The night of Monday, October 13 was a music-filled one at The Mink/Backroom in Houston. The small venue played host to four genre-spanning bands: Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, David Vandervelde, Judgement Day and Wild Moccasins.

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On Saturday, May 24, I was ordered by the evil BOThead overlord Eggs (kidding (kinda)) to cover the Ume/Lymbyc Systym/The Sour Notes show at The Mink/Backroom in Houston. I had just settled in to enjoy a slothful holiday weekend, and was not exactly pleased at the prospect of braving the rabid humidity to take pictures and jot down notes in a poorly lit venue, but I went nonetheless - and I'm quite glad that I did.

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Sunday, April 6th brought indietronic melodist Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and Australian tour-mates Clue to Kalo to The Mink's Backroom.

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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Clue to Kalo

The Mink/Backroom in Houston brought out a handful of true music fans for a late Easter Sunday performance by The Dodos, Silje Nes and The Wild Moccasins.

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The Dodos

Silje Nes

The Wild Moccasins

Fresh off an appearance at Atlanta showcase Take The Stage, Houston hip-hop dynamos Check Other returned to their hometown with lyrical guns ablaze. On Saturday, February 2, the quartet of MCs provided the head-nodding soundtrack for a rapt audience at The Mink/Backroom.

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