Local Entertainment News

DontGetEmo welcome Forever the Sickest Kids

  SEE THEM LIVE.

Pat Green, good ol' Texas boy is living the highlife

  Pat Greenwith Jackson Taylor Band and Paul Eason BandWHEN: May 22, 7 p.m.

CD REVIEW: The Final Stretch

  By Amy Nichol Smithasmith@themonitor.com   Summer is just around the corner and you're going to need those essential summer songs to blast on the drive to the Island or if you make your way out west.

KNOW YOUR ROCKSTARS: Brainwave

Brainwave is:Rudy Cisneros- Lead Vocals/GuitarChris Diaz- Guitar/VocalsJoel Diaz-Bass/VocalsRick Elizondo-Guitar/Vocals Armando Silva-Drums/Vocals You can find them rockin' and rollin' their way through the local circuit at several watering holes: Simon Sez, Smoking Aces and 25th Lane.

KNOW YOUR ROCKSTARS: Warryor

Warryorwith special guests Tommy Had a VisionWHEN: May 6-Simon Sez, McAllen; May 8-Overtime, Weslaco; May 10-The Garage, PharrFOR MORE INFO: www.myspace.com/officialwarryorsite FESTIVA: Describe you music.

Del Castillo homecoming show

Del CastilloWHEN: Sunday, May 48 p.m.WHERE: Cine El Rey, 311 S.

The Kid Rock Interview

Between washing the lawn chairs in his backyard or prepping his fleet of cars for the summer, after all of these years Kid Rock still keeps it real.

'Best Damn' show ... no joke

CONCERT REVIEW: Avril Lavigne at Dodge Arena(with special guests Boys Like Girls) April 24, 2008By Miriam RamirezMonitor Staff Writer It was an explosion of pink, glitter and plenty of pent up teen angst to fill an arena.

FESTIVA PREVIEW: Love Avril? Not as much as Richard Nieto does.

Nobody inspires love --- or hatred --- quite like Avril Lavigne.

Valley music's movers and shakers

Like the Great Oz, they work their magic behind the emerald curtain.