Sunday, January 24, 2010

Austin Live Music Picks for the Week - Jan 25-31

Monday, January 25th:
Cactus Cafe: Jonathan Richman
Continental Club: Chaparral w/ Jeff Hughes
The Ghost Room: Erin Ivey, the Finest Kind
Ruta Maya: The Jitterbug Vipers
Saxon Pub: Bob Schneider, Jeff Plankenhorn
Waterloo Records: Spoon (in the parking lot) 4pm

Tuesday, January 26th:
Austin Music Hall: Derek O'Brien, Malford Milligan
Cactus Cafe: Jonathan Richman
Continental Club: Garllery: Ephraim Owens Experience; Club: Toni Price
Elephant Room: Brannen Temple Underground
Momo's: World Music w/ Arthur Yoria, Haydn Vitera, Naga Valli
vino vino: Stand with Haiti w/ Kat Edmonson, Ray Benson, Bruce Robison, Ephraim Owens

Wednesday, January 27th:
Antone's: Jay Farrar, Benjamin Gibbard
Continental Club: Jonathan Richman, James McMurtry
McCullough Theatre: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Momo's: House of Songs w/ Jeremy Nail, Ted
Red 7: Trash Talk, Cancer Bats, Anti-Flag
Saxon Pub: Monte Montgomery, Walt Wilkins & the Mystiqueros, Ouachita

Thursday, January 28th:
Broken Spoke: Jesse Dayton
Continental Club: Izzy Cox, Jonathan Richman
Friends: Red Corner Rhymers, the Finest Kind
The Ghost Room: The Authors, New Roman Times
Momo's: Phil Marshall, Bob Floyd Band, Javi Garcia & the Cold Cold Ground, Nathan Hubble
One 2 One Bar: Spit & Tears, Mingo Fishtrap
The Parish: Drug Rug, Fiery Furnaces
Saxon Pub: Seth Walker, George Devore, Meggan Carney
Stubb's: Buttercup, Whitman, Quiet Company

Friday, January 29th:
The Bugle Boy: Seth Walker
Continental Club: Shurman CD Release, Bruce Robison
Coupland Dancehall: the Gourds
Elephant Room: Jitterbug Vipers Sextet
Emo's: Exene Cervenka, Dex Romweber Duo
End of an Ear: Exene Cervenka, Dex Romweber Duo (6pm)
Flipnotics: Whiskey Tango Family Band
Hanover's: Patricia Vonne, Del Castillo
Hogg Auditorium: Yuri Yunakov Ensemble
Hot Mama's Espresso Bar: Austin GoGirls Open Mic w/ gfire
Jovita's: Erin Bertolini, Annita Herrera, Morgan McFall
Momo's: Jarrod Dickenson, Big Circle, TX, the Belleville Outfit, Shawn Nelson & the Ramblers
One World Theatre: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
The Parish: Smith Westerns, Magic Kids, Girls
Saxon Pub: BettySoo, Paula Nelson, Carolyn Wonderland
Stubb's: MyNameIsJohnMichael, the Soldier Thread
Waterloo Records in-store: Girls (5pm)

Saturday, January 30th:
Elephant Room: Kat Edmonson Quintet
Flipnotics: House of Songs w/ Peter Smith, Devin James, Vanessa Lively, Lance Sollock, So Long Problems, Tiny Tin Hearts
Hanover's: Skyrocket!
Jack's Roadhouse: Cover Girl's 1st Birthday Party
Jovita's: Katie Evans, Inne Aguilar, Dawni McCray, Ginger Thompson, Stephanie Cavazos
Mi Casa Tamales: Bubba Hernandez y Los Super Vatos
One World Theatre: Travelin' McCourys
The Parish: Paco Estrada, Nothing More, Petals, Mothers Anthem, Eyes Burn Electric CD Release
Poodie's Hilltop Bar & Grill: Catch a Dream, Toni Price
Saxon Pub: Joel Guzman & Sarah Fox, Uncle Lucius, Ouachita CD Release
Sengelmann Hall: White Ghost Shivers
Whip In: Lee Barber, Scrappy Jud Newcomb

Sunday, January 31st:
The Bugle Boy: Marcia Ball
Klub Krucial: ATX Awakening w/ Bulletproof, Rawstin City, Razor, Lil' Tay, Swag Heart, Myeshia, DOP, 1 of a Kind, 25 Mafia, Texas Mic Breakers, No Brakes Just Gas, Young Hustillionaire
Lamberts: Black Red & Black
The Parish: The Cipher, Public Offenders, Blacklisted Individuals, Gidon the Mighty Warrior
Saxon Pub: Lincoln Durham, the Resentments, the Iveys
Speakeasy: Tavana
Stubb's: NIc Cowan, Bleu Edmondson

Lissie

If you weren't one of the lucky few who got a ticket to see Lissie open for City and Colour last Thursday at Central Presbyterian Church in Austin, I won't rub it in except for saying this - it was a killer show and she is even more impressive live than I expected. She and her band were stellar and passionate enough to make you feel like it was their first time playing these songs live. And, as a side note, I met her and her down-to-earth attitude and approachability made me like her even more.

Here are a couple of links to check out for more on Lissie. I can hardly wait for her full-length to come out - the EP is not enough. Gimme more!

Live on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic

Daytrotter Session

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Austin Show Picks for January 18-24

Monday, January 18th:
The Ghost Room: Erin Ivey, the Finest Kind
Hutson-Tillotson University: MLK Celebration w/ Les & the Funk Mob, Neckbone
Saxon Pub: Matt the Electrician, Bob Schneider, Jeff Plankenhorn, George Stathakes

Tuesday, January 19th:
Antone's: Blue Tuesday w/ Derek O'Brien, Malford Milligan
Cactus Cafe: Scott Miller
Continental Cafe: Gallery: Ephraim Owens Experience; In the Club: Toni Price (6:30pm)
Emo's: White Dress, Jemina Pearl
Evangeline Cafe: Brennen Leigh, Kevin Gallaugher
Mohawk: Zorch, Movits!
Momo's: Charanga Si, Oliver Rajamani, Ahmed Arbab
The Parish: Icon Awards w/ Stanley Samuelsen, The Black & White Years
Trailer Space Records & Events Center: No Mas Bodas, Night Viking, Jack Toft & the Vegetables

Wednesday, January 20th:
Antone's: Ginger Leigh, Blues Mafia, Zapata
Central Market South: Malford Milligan & John Gaar
Club Deville: Downtown Rulers Club
Hole in the Wall: Shotgun Party, Chaparral w/ Jeff Hughes, Wild Bill
Mohawk: Dikes of Holland, John Schooley, Possessed by Paul James
Momo's: Noelle Hampton, Greg Schroeder, Drew Smith
Saxon Pub: The Nortons, Monte Montgomery, Walt Wilkins @ the Mystiqueros, Ouachita
Stubb's: Mahoney, Courrier, Language Room

Thursday, January 21st:
Central Presbyterian Church: City & Colour, Lissie
Cheatham Street Warehouse: Cory Morrow
Hole in the Wall: Waldo Wittenmeyer & the Wall of Sound, the Bubbles, Scan Hopper
Maria's Taco Xpress: Sin City presents Happy Now Happy Hour with Ruby James and Friends
Mohawk: Shapes Stars Make
Momo's: Phil Marshall, the Coffee Sergeants, Guy Forsyth, T Bird & the Breaks
Paramount Theatre: Grounded in Music Fundraiser w/ Patty Griffin, Jack Ingram
Saxon Pub: David Holt & Tommy Shannon, Jarrod Dickenson, George Devore, Meggan Careny
Stubb': St Cloud, Magnet School. the Morakestra
Vino Vino: Stand With Haiti Benefit w/ Kat Edmonson & Friends

Friday, January 22nd:
The Bugle Boy: Eliza Gilkyson
Cactus Cafe: Jimmy LaFave
Cheatham Street Warehouse: Marcia Ball
Jovita's: The Katies
One World Theatre: David Benoit
The Parish: Danny Malone, Matthew & the Arrogant Sea
Saxon Pub: Earl Poole Ball & the Cosmic Americans, Willy Porter, Akina Adderley & the Vintage Playboys

Saturday, January 23rd:
Black Swan Yoga: Katie Gray
Cactus Cafe: Billy Bright & Chojo Jacques, Eliza Gilkyson
Momo's: Wenda Colonna
One 2 One Bar: Kalu James
The Parish: Dead Trees, Adam Green, the Cribs
Stubb's: English Teeth, the Ripe, the Ugly Beats
Whip In: Lee Barber, Scrappy Jud Newcomb

Sunday, January 24th:
Austin Music Hall: Help Austin Help Haiti benefit w/ Asleep at the Wheel, Guy Forsyth, Patricia Vonne, Band of Heathens, the Gourds, Paula Nelson, Bob Schneider, Jack Ingram, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Bruce Robison, Joe Ely Band, Reckless Kelly, Charlie Sexton, Kelly Willis, Robert Earl Keen, The Flatlanders, Kinky Friedman & Shawn Colvin
Jovita's: Whiskey Tango Band
Lamberts: Black Red & Black
Momo's: Bustamoovalators, Chicken Strut, Afrofreque, Dan Dyer Band, Cry Bear (David Garza & co)
Speakeasy: Tavana
Waterloo Ice House: Jeff Lofton

Sunday, January 03, 2010

Austin Music Picks for the Week - Jan 4-10

Monday, January 4th:
Beauty Bar: Major Major Major
Emo's: Free Week, Outside: Literature, Bear Claw, Cowabunga Babez, JC & Co., The Carrots; Inside: Scrabble Robot, Hoodrats, Flash Boys, Dolls from the Crypt, Children in Heat
Lucky Lounge: the Malakani Movement
Mohawk: Baron Grod
Saxon Pub: Meggan Carney, Nelo, Jeff Plankenhorn

Tuesday, January 5th:
Antone's: Derek O'Brien, Malford Milligan
Beauty Bar: Free Week w/ EZ Action!, SuperLiteBike, The Always Already, Planet Rye co, The Criminal Kind, & DJ Scorpio
Emo's: Free Week, Outside: Coma in Algiers, Elvis, Low Red Center, Diagonals, Mutating Meltdown; Inside: Horse+Donkey, The Gospel Truth, No Mas Bodas, Pataphysics
Evangeline Cafe: Brennen Leigh (6pm), Kevin Gallaugher (8pm)
Flipnotics: Lost & Nameless Orchestra, Erik Hokkanen's Laboratory
The Ghost Room: Nic Armstrong
Momo's: World Music Night w/ Austin Piazzolla Quintet, Kiko Villamizar (of Xemilla), Ahmed Arbab
Mohawk: Free Week w/ Ovenbirds, String, Obsolete Machines
Red 7: Free Week w/ the Anchor, O Pioneers!, Lemuria, Cruiserweight
Red Fez: Benmused Showcase, Twist Up w/ DJ Manny

Wednesday, January 6th:
Beauty Bar: Free Week w/ Stereo Is a Lie, Strange Attractors, She Sir, New Roman Times
Club de Ville: Free Week w/ Mobley, Vinhomudeh, Honky
Continental Club: Gallery: Jon Blondell, Trube, Farrell & Sniz; In the Club: Lisa Marshall
Emo's: Free Week, Outside: Oh No Oh My, Ovenbirds, the Laughing, Brothers and Sisters; Inside: 13th Victim, the Bulemics, Born to Lose, New Disaster
Flipnotics: George Carver, Matt the Electrician, Nicole Reynolds, Danny Malone, Graham Wilkinson
The Parish: Free Week w/ Wine & Revolution, Hollywood Gossip, Politics
Red 7: Free Week w/ Opposite Day, Frantic Clam, The Gary, Midgetmen, La Snacks
Saxon Pub: the Nortons, Monte Montgomery, Douglas Jay Boyd, Ouachita

Thursday, January 7th:
Beerland: Free Week w/ Black Panda, John Schooley & His One Man Band
Emo's: Free Week, Outside: Heart & Soul Sound System, the Sandworms, Nick Curran & the Lowlifes, Skeletons, the Jungle Rockers; Inside: the Eastern Sea, Haunting Oboe Music, Red Leaves, YellowFever, Moth Fight
Lambert's: John Pointer, Chris Hawkes
Lucky Lounge: Ian McLagan & the Bump Band
Mohawk: Free Week, Outside: the Great Nostalgic, TV Torso; Inside: Many Birthdays, Daniel Francis Doyle, Transmography, Ume
Momo's: Phil Marshall, Noelle Hampton, Javi Garcia & the Cold Cold Ground, Nathan Hubble
The Parish: Free Week w/ Sounds Under Radio, Suzanna Choffel (full band), Zookeeper, Wiretree, DJ Markus with a K
Red 7: Free Week, Inside: Get Action; Outside: Flowers, Cowabunga Babez, the Strange Attractors, Shapes Have Fangs, Hacienda
Stubb's: Free Week w/ Jessi Torissi, White Dress, the White Hotel

Friday, January 8th:
Antone's: the Wailers
Club de Ville: Free Week w/ Candi & the Strangers; She, Sir; Corto Maltese
Jovita's: Cover Girl and friends - Happy Birthday David Bowie Hoot Night
Mohawk: Free Week, Outside: Motel Aviv, Low Line Caller, the Laughing; Inside: Cartright, the Tunnels, Headdress, Christian Bland & the Revelators
The Parish: Free Week w/ L.A.X., Auto Body, Freshmillions (with members of The Sword), GOBI, DJ Thibault
Saxon Pub: Earl Poole Ball & the Cosmic Americans

Saturday, January 9th:
Club de Ville: Free Week w/ Haunting Oboe Music, Watch Out for Rockets, Burning Hotels
Flamingo Cantina: Don Chani, the Melodians
Mohawk: Free Week, Outside: the Hi-Tones, the Ugly Beats, the Carrots, T Bird & the Breaks; Inside: the Clouds are Ghosts, No Mas Bodas, Death Is Not a Joyride, Missions
Stubb's: Free Week w/ Danny Malone, the Pons, Leatherbag
Whip In: Lee Barber, Scrappy Jud Newcomb (7pm)

Sunday, January 10th:
Artz Rib House: Friends of Traditional Music Records Nite
Ginny's Little Longhorn: Dale Watson
Sengelmann Hall: Holub Polka Band
Speakeasy: Tavana