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Monster Sleeps Quiet, Low Red Center, Nigel (of Bear Claw), Gentle Ben @ Beerland

Windmill Band not playing this gig; catch ‘em at the Scoot on Saturday, 2 August.

Monster Sleeps Quiet has been added to this bill.

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Coma in Algiers, Harlem, The Wiggins, The Secret Bangs @ Beerland

come help us start the end of our lives.

The Secret Bangs (Plano TX) will crack the tops off yr bottles – bottoms up – with their blast of keyboard-inflected punk.

we all know The Wiggins, right? if not, well, you’ve been going to the wrong shows. maybe not. come hear for yourself: a little bit country, a little bit Suicide, a lot of fun.

Harlem is in this to win, then eat your heart. garage punk the way it should be: celebratory, trashy, drunk, the sorta beat that makes the girls knock their knees n bend em the oh so little.

Coma in Algiers is mom-approved and part of an unbalanced mind; take liberally and often.

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EZ Action/Navdo Presents: Teeth Mountain, The Super Vacations, Gary War @ Beauty Bar

i think these bands are fantastic and you should definitely check them out. Teeth Mountain is an intelligent, hypnotic psychedelic band with four drummers/percussionists; in fact, everyone is a multi-instrumentalist. the Super Vacations are a top-notch band in the already crowded psych-garage scene while their sometimes member, Gary War, is the kind of one-man weirdness that makes the fringes of pop music so great (like Ariel Pink, R. Stevie Moore, the Wiggins, et al). very low price cover, drink specials and the sounds of DJs Scorpio and Scandalizer to get that ass bumpin’. (two pairs of tickets to be given away by Do512)

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Steve Arceri, A Drum and an Open Window, Toby Foster, Counterfeit Clones @ Quacks Maplewood Bakery

Steve Arceri is one of Austin’s criminally overlooked musicians, his powerfolk a standout in a town crowded with run of the mill singer-songwriters, complete with intelligent lyrics, difficult-yet-well-executed fretwork and more passion than a French revolution. i don’t know anything as yet about the other acts except for Counterfeit Clones, a duo that will be an Austin standout before long – just check them out to hear what i am on about (includes Jacquie of Communal Death Duck). also performing are A Drum and an Open Window [Boston MA] and Toby Foster [Chicago IL]. all ages!!!

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Coma in Algiers summer residency w/ Cartright, Cry Blood Apache @ Scoot Inn & Bier Garten

this is the first show in two years for Cartright, who went on hiatus just as they were becoming wildly popular. i’m glad they are back. then the illustriously boisterous Coma in Algiers wreck the scene for the second of their monthly residency nights at the Scoot Inn. and closing shop is Cry Blood Apache, Austin’s favorite electrodamage purveyors.

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42 Below Vodka's 5th Annual Cocktail World Cup Regional Competition @ Austin Museum of Art (Laguna Gloria location)

invite only!? what a tease.

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Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band, The New Times, The Winchester Twin @ Hole in the Wall

the night was cold, rain hollering at ‘em sideways, the mud flowin’ like brackish honey down the hillside. Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band cast their eyes upon the Hole in the Wall, dreaming of The New Times that had come from out of the mines of Pennsylvania. “if The Winchester Twin can’t save us, then no one can. wait. is Airwolf still in commission? oh. ok, then no one.”

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Coma in Algiers, Red X Red M, Good Times Crisis Band, Followed By Static @ Scoot Inn & Bier Garten

opening our first residency date at the Scoot Inn will be Followed By Static, the duo of Eric (of iKiLLCaRS) & Kevin (of Koreans); sometimes friends & strangers alike join in. at home with melody and noise, the understated guitar solos & hard-knocks lyricism should garner them attention even in the crowded Austin scene. come listen for yourself.

Good Times Crisis Band’s punk-inflected dirty rock n roll betrays a scathing wit and a groove that’ll make every mom-jeans-wearing cutie shake that ass into next week. mom-jeans optional.

Red X Red M – seriously, this amalgam of math rock, post-punk and artcore flares into such a maelstrom of frisson, you’ll think you’re joyriding with Mad Max.

then let the bedraggling commence: Coma in Algiers, besotted & true, usher in the summer – heat, anxiety, election year exaggeration and all.

Friday, 20 June
10 pm

Scoot Inn
1308 E. 4th Street @ Navasota (Austin TX)

21+

$5
licks for free

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Coma in Algiers, Red X Red M, Good Times Crisis Band, Followed By Static @ Scoot Inn & Bier Garten

opening our first residency date at the Scoot Inn will be Followed By Static, the duo of Eric (of iKiLLCaRS) & Kevin (sometimes friends & strangers alike join in). at home with melody and noise, the understated guitar solos & hard-knocks lyricism should garner them attention even in the crowded Austin scene. come listen for yourself.

Good Times Crisis Band’s punk-inflected dirty rock n roll betrays a scathing wit and a groove that’ll make every mom-jeans-wearing cutie shake that ass into next week. mom-jeans optional.

Red X Red M – seriously, this amalgam of math rock, post-punk and artcore flares into such a maelstrom of frisson, you’ll think you’re joyriding with Mad Max.

then let the bedraggling commence: Coma in Algiers, besotted & true, usher in the summer – heat, anxiety, election year exaggeration and all.


Friday, 20 June
10 pm

Scoot Inn
1308 E. 4th Street @ Navasota (Austin TX)

21+

$5
licks for free

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No Meat, No Mercy, Return of the Veggie Hot Dog Eating Contest @ Scholz Garten

no bands? a cover? maybe i am thinking of a different veggie dog eating contest but i remember something much different happening last year….

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My Milky Way Arms, The Wiggins, Stove Blow, Coma in Algiers (Lounge) @ Emo's

Coma in Algiers‘d rather be playing on the floor but this is at Emo’s Lounge, so come look up our skirts as you force-march your liver through another six pack of Lonestar. we’ll be done before you realize it, so 10 pm really is the time to be there unless you are one of my Panamian cousins – then i will see you tomorrow. the rest of you: be there or Killshire will touch you appropriately.

the other three bands are from Houston, so show ‘em some love or the closest thing to it: drunk enthusiasm.

Stove Blow’s slackjaw precision ain’t nothing to fuck with. porn music for the weirdo literate.

the Wiggins – simply cool; one of today’s Texas & underground treasures.

then the joyful & ethereal embrace of My Milky Way Arms. come taste the neutrino!

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My Milky Way Arms, The Wiggins, Stove Blow, Coma in Algiers (Lounge) @ Emo's

Coma in Algiers‘d rather be playing on the floor but this is at Emo’s Lounge, so come look up our skirts as you force-march your liver through another six pack of Lonestar. we’ll be done before you realize it, so 10 pm really is the time to be there unless you are one of my Panamian cousins – then i will see you tomorrow. the rest of you: be there or Killshire will touch you appropriately.

the other three bands are from Houston, so show ‘em some love or the closest thing to it: drunk enthusiasm.

Stove Blow’s slackjaw precision ain’t nothing to fuck with. porn music for the weirdo literate.

the Wiggins – simply cool; one of today’s Texas & underground treasures.

then the joyful & ethereal embrace of My Milky Way Arms. come taste the neutrino!

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Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band CD Release Show w/ Headdress and Silver Pines @ Emo's

snap that chicken bone! it’s another Bandmill Winjick show! so when you are done seeing who’s online near you, come see us. be the last time in a few months to look up Headdress. but not before you get lost in Silver Pines.
Thursday, 29 May
10 pm
$5
all ages
Emo’s Lounge (6th and Red River)

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Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band CD Release Show w/ Headdress and Silver Pines @ Emo's

comes see sum NY experimental country style wackadoo CD release show. Band Windmill Magic Potts Charles. friends the Silver Pines and Headdress too. only five bucks at Lounge de Emo’s. May 29. 10 pm. Lou Reed said he’d be there. so did you.

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Coma in Algiers w/ Patsy and the Carnys @ Hole in the Wall

first a spell with shitcore masterminds Patsy.

then a turn with the Carnys and their spectacular parade. take a deep breath.

your heart; your body; Coma in Algiers.

Friday, 16 May
10 pm

Hole in the Wall (26th & Guadalupe)
$3
21+

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art & music benefit show for Austin Humane Society w/ Test Pattern, Coma in Algiers, Bear Claw (TX), Mediums and Three Leaf @ Scoot Inn & Bier Garten

this benefit for the Austin Humane Society will be killer. $2 suggested cover, an eclectic bill, great art and cheap drinks…see you there!