COLIN MELOY w/ Laura Gibson
Mon. 04/07 | 7:00PM @ La Zona Rosa (Downtown)
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I don’t really like listening to my own voice, and I’m kind of burnt on our music – or at least I can be,” laughs Colin Meloy, head of Portland, Ore.’s literary balladeers the Decemberists. “I spent a lot of time last summer just sitting and listening to shows over and over to pick out the best moments. It was like office work.”more at austinchronicle.com
International Noise Conference (lounge) with Low Red Center,Kosmodrome,Static Stor...
Mon. 04/07 | 8:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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More than a dozen local bands, including Low Red Center, Amputee and Aurora Plastics Company, perform at this experimental fest dedicated to noise music. More at austin360.com
Uptown Swingsters (6:30), James Intveld (10:00)
Mon. 04/07 | 6:30PM @ Continental Club (South of the river)
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Genuine honky-tonk for that case of the Mondays.
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Crybear (David Garza)
Mon. 04/07 | 10:00PM @ Continental Club (South of the river)
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With the finesse to move from pop troubadour to wordless DJ to heartbreaking romanticist, David Garza has paved an intricate boulevard through his musical career. First playing at the shabby Deep Ellum bars in downtown Dallas before the age of 18, the Texas native high-tailed it to Austin in 1989, attending the University of Texas on a classical guitar scholarship. There he and other students formed the mildly popular acoustic group Twang Twang Shock-A-Boom. The bohemian dilettante soon dropped out and went solo, eventually signing with Atlantic Records and earning a track on the 1998 film “Great Expectations” and appearing in an infamous Best Buy commercial. With passionate live performances and unflinching dedication to his music, Garza has garnered comparisons to Jeff Buckley and Robert Plant.
— Angela Grayson
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Morrissey Monday
Mon. 04/07 | 9:00PM @ Scoot Inn & Bier Garten (East of I-35)
come listen to Ben spin Morrissey tunes for you all night long. good tunes, good people, good times!
The Decemberists’ front man and songwriter, Colin Meloy, credits his uncle with turning him on to college radio bands like the Replacements, Camper Van Beethoven and R.E.M. in sixth grade while his peers were jamming to Poison and Guns ‘N Roses. His introduction to those offbeat acts clearly influenced his songwriting for the pop-indie Portland band, whose sound has often been compared to Neutral Milk Hotel. As part of the release of his solo album, “Colin Meloy Sings Live!,” which includes castoffs from the Decemberists’ albums as well as Smiths covers, Meloy is embarking on an acoustic solo tour with singer/songwriter Laura Gibson.more at austin360.com