mango's

Listen!Listen!, I Am Mesmer, Peter and the Wolf and Sew What at Mango's.
Doors at 8pm, Show at 9pm.

Buxton, Ha Ha Tonka and Benjamin Wesley at Dean's Credit Clothing.
Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm.
Tickets are $8.

It's good to be back in Houston. I spent a long time away from the Bayou City, and what better way to get back into the swing of things than a Buxton show. Not just any Buxton show, but their highly lauded 7" release party that also featured the Wild Moccasins first hometown performance since returning from a freshman tour of the states just a few days ago. It was my first time attending a performance at the newly renovated and reopened Mango's, a vegetarian cafe by day, and ripping local venue by night. They've done the best they can with the tiny room, but when it gets packed like it did for this Saturday night performance, it becomes an oven – even Sergio Trevino, lead vocalist and guitarist for Buxton, proclaimed after the show that it was the hottest performance he'd ever been a part of. Come to think of it, it also might have been one of the hottest performances I've ever been a part of – in more ways than one.

Read about the show after the jump