Black Mountain w/ The Cave Singers
Fri. 10/19 | 10:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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Minus the Bear, w/ The Helio Sequence and Tiny Vipers
Fri. 10/19 | 10:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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A band as proudly progressive as Minus The Bear shouldn’t tread water with its third full-length. And yet Planet Of Ice triumphs precisely because it halts the group’s forward momentum in favor of hushed, brooding contemplation. The mood suits them. After the disc suffers a weak start with the grating, effects-hampered “Burying Luck” and the inconsequential “Ice Monster”—where new keyboardist Alex Rose spreads on way too much synthesized cheese—”Knights” perfects Minus’ glitch-prog with jabbing guitars, jittery effects, and Jake Snider’s tense yet smooth ruminations on sexual economics.
From there, Planets enters another dimension. With heavy debts to Pink Floyd and Adrian Belew-era King Crimson, the disc uncoils with a sinister playfulness that culminates in “When We Escape”—which sports a majestic, alien chorus that imagines Jawbox covering Alan Parsons Project. The just-as-sublime nine-minute closer “Lotus” is exactly what mid-period Cave In should have sounded like. While not a huge sonic leap forward for Minus The Bear, Planet shows the band eager—and more than able—to take a deep breath and explore its emerging maturity and depth.-The A.V. Club
Boris + Damon And Naomi Featuring Michio Kurihara-$10
Fri. 10/19 | 10:00PM @ The Mohawk (Downtown)
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For its most recent album, ‘Rainbow,’ the sludgy, heavy Japanese rock band Boris teamed up with noted Japanese guitarist Michio Kurihara, which resulted in the band’s most ‘classic rock’ sounding album.read more at austin360.com
K Party Rock and Roll Happy Hour--feat. Kissinger, DJ Hip MF Williams
Fri. 10/19 | 7:00PM @ Beauty Bar (Downtown)
$5 at the door...or FREE W/ RSVP HERE!!! Don't miss "The Kloser"This will be the final (and finest) K Party of 2008Featuring:KissingerDJ Hip Williams Special Surprise Guest …more»
2nd Annual Austin String Band Festival
Fri. 10/19 | 7:00PM - Sat. 10/20 @ Camp Ben McCulloch
The Austin Friends of Traditional Music will host its second annualAustin String Band Festival at Camp Ben McCulloch, October 19 to 21.ASBF2 promises to be a weekend of fun for folks who love …more»
That Other Paper Presents...Punchline!
Fri. 10/19 | 10:00PM @ ColdTowne Theater (East of I-35)
Punchline is proudly sponsored by That Other Paper every Friday night at ColdTowne Theater. With ColdTowne's new cash bar, intimate setting, and relaxed atmosphere, it's no wonder this…more»
Austin Friends of Traditional Music
Fri. 10/19 | 7:00PM - Sun. 10/21 @ Camp Ben McCulloch
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3rd ANNUAL AUSTIN HAUNTED FOREST TRAIL OF FEARS
Fri. 10/19 | 8:00PM - Sat. 10/20 @ Enchanted Forest (South of the river)
3rd ANNUAL AUSTIN HAUNTED FOREST TRAIL OF FEARSRunning “For Your Life” Through The Month Of OctoberThe Austin Enchanted Forest, located at 1412 W. Oltorf, is terrified to announce …more»
Live on KGSR-10PM $10 Cover @ 9pm / Bugs Henderson 11:10 / Omar & The Howlers 9:30...
Fri. 10/19 | 7:00PM @ Saxon Pub (South of the river)
Petalpusher (live) & Miguel Migs @ Sky Lounge
Fri. 10/19 | 9:00PM - Sat. 10/20 @ Sky Lounge (Warehouse District)
At the forefront of dance music's deeper realm stands Miguel Migs personifying the chilled-out, soul-driven vibe of the Naked Music concept. Combining the best of both the electronic music…more»
Io: A Myth About You
Fri. 10/19 | 8:00PM - Fri. 11/09 @ The Vortex (East of I-35)
This fall, NYC-based director Elena Araoz will come to Austin to direct the world premiere of Io: A Myth About You.The production was recently awarded a Seed Support grant from local playwrigh…more»
Exits and Entrances
Fri. 10/19 | 7:00PM - Sun. 11/11 @ Austin Playhouse
A young playwright and an aging actor cross paths in apartheid-era South Africa. Fugard's acclaimed autobiographical new play celebrates theatre and its abiding significance. Starring Rick…more»
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In “Exits and Entrances,” playwright Athol Fugard’s semiautobiographical two-character play, Fugard reflects on an encounter with legendary South African actor Andre Huguenot as he nears the end of his career.read more at austin360.com
The Photography of Christopher Lockett Archer
Fri. 10/19 | 6:30PM - Fri. 10/19 @ Pauly-Presley Realty, 301 Lavaca
Christopher Lockett Archer is a local photographer with a keen eye on the world. He has a body of work which spans peoples and places, views and faces, from across the globe. This&nb…more»
Girls Girls Girls - 5th Anniversary Reunion Show
Fri. 10/19 | 10:00PM @ The Hideout Theatre & Coffee House (Downtown)
Girls Girls Girls is Austin, Texas's only all-female improvisation troupe. Our specialty is creating long-form improvised musicals from a single audience suggestion. The Girls and their li…more»
Fiction/Little Stolen Moments/Many Birthdays/Noise Revival Orchestra/Rossi Mission
Fri. 10/19 | 9:00PM @ Scoot Inn & Bier Garten (East of I-35)
DJ Jesus Bass/Fiction/Little Stolen Moments/Many Birthdays/Noise Revival Orchestra/Rossi Mission
Peelander Z, Black Panda, Comanche Abortion Pizza Party!, The Malpractice
Fri. 10/19 | 7:00PM @ Beerland (Downtown)
HipHop-Alien BBQ III
Fri. 10/19 | 9:30PM @ Flamingo Cantina (Downtown)
Alien BBQ III featuringUnderwater Orchestra, Blacklisted, Individuals, Projectdead, Silverback Jonz, DJ Tako and many more locals9:00 doors, 9:30 showAdrian Croom, known around Cantina parts f…more»
Via Pitchfork Media:
“Some may hear these shopworn melodies and clamor “bar band.” But if Black Mountain ever tried to make a night-to-night living in blues cover haunts, they’d do it by torching the stage and leaving patrons agog in WTF stares. The Vancouver quintet aren’t some cabal of slack beer-bellied crooners; they can play their instruments, they have multi-chord vocabularies and, perhaps most importantly, they know how to give their songs proper recorded treatment. Black Mountain has that golden must-be-analog sound, with the perfect amount of tarnish to make the songs feel lived-in without burying them in fry grease. “Druganaut” fits better into the retro regalia the band revere, weaving a loose-limbed vamp that, besides a few simple chord changes, seldom varies but is gradually added to. The vocals don’t drop until nearly two minutes in, but the gap is barely noticeable.”
Black Mountain – “Druganaut”
Via Rolling Stone:
Flying in the face of arch Eighties revivalism, the Vancouver fivesome melds heavy-metal thunder, black-light psychedelia and blues-powered sludge into a stylish brand of stoner rock—as on the spaced-out single “Druganaut” and the low-fi Rolling Stones homage “No Satisfaction.” Black Mountain somehow caught the ears of Coldplay, who invited the band to open for them on much of their North American tour. It’s a weird pairing (especially if Black Mountain plan on breaking out the synth-heavy “No Hits,” with the lyric “Lemme holler against the pop-star dream”), but there’s no doubt that the band’s Monsters of Rock sound is arena-ready.”