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Ben Folds w/ Missy Higgins
Sat. 10/25 | 7:00PM @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Downtown)
Long time troubadour Ben Folds is no longer with "the five," and released his third proper solo album Way To Normal earlier this year. Fans obviously haven't forgotten about the musician, as t…more»
MSTRKRFT
Thu. 10/23 | 8:00PM @ La Zona Rosa (Downtown)
Toronto's dance music duo MSTRKRFT can slice, dice, edit and remix just about everything. They spin records at some of the biggest clubs and parties across the nation, with a unique and recogn…more»
Cut copy and the presets (outside)
Mon. 09/29 | 9:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
The Melbourne trio Cut Copy make music for dance fans, and electronic pop lovers. Their latest record is the rhythmically thumping "In Ghost Colours", an album with nonstop energy b…more»
Okkervil River w/ Man Man & Crooked Fingers (outdoors)
Sat. 09/27 | 10:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
Okkervil River will win your heart with their emotionally introspective indie rock songs, Man Man will help you discover moves you …more»
KROX & Chillville Presents: Thievery Corporation w/ Ocote Soul Sounds
Tue. 06/24 | 6:00PM @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Downtown)
This internationally influenced duo Thievery Corporation successfully blends a mixture of dub, acid jazz, and Indian classical sounds to create a lounge aesthetic. After starting their own lab…more»
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This Washington, D.C.-based DJ duo has a pan-national feel — multilingual lyrics with techno itself as the utterly international tongue. With the Austin-based Latino sound system Ocote Soul Sounds. more at austin360.com
Voodoo Glow Skulls, Al Shire and the Henchmen, Knock Out, The Buzzkillers (Inside)
Tue. 06/24 | 7:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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Islands w/ Crayonsmith, Sebastien Grainger (Singer/Drummer from DFA 1979), (Outside)
Mon. 06/23 | 7:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
The sophomore album from Canadian indie-pop collective Islands has been praised by Rolling Stone and Spin for its morbidly sunny-sounding anthems. Ex-Death from Above 1979 frontman Sebastien …more»
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Unicorns are totally extinct, but in their place grew Montreal sixpiece Islands, which dropped the calypso beats heard on debut Return to the Sea (Equator), as well as Unicorn drummer Jamie Thompson, and under the guidance of alpha Nick Diamonds, recorded epic follow-up Arm’s Way (Anti-). Death From Above 1979 drummer/vocalist Sebastien Grainger shocks and awes with elusive and diverse new endeavor the Mountains. more at austinchronicle.com
Mates of State, Black Joe Lewis, The Headlights (Outside)
Fri. 06/13 | 7:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
Husband-and-wife duo of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel play indie pop with super-hooky tunes that are both sing-along friendly and emotionally powerful. Blues-funk master Black Joe Lewis prov…more»
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Even in the precious world of indie rock, it’s possible to be too cutesy, and Mates Of State have been toeing that line for most of their career. But the dewy duo continues to save itself by producing albums that are better than the previous ones, including the new Re-Arrange Us, which puts a few spins on the band’s drums-and-organ format via extra instrumentation from producers Peter Katis, Chris Walla, and Spoon’s Jim Eno. Its 10 catchy songs are so solid that you probably won’t even notice their creators making googly eyes at each other. Headlights hails from Illinois, though sonically—with its gauzy harmonies and swooping guitars—it could be the offspring of Britain’s early-’90s shoegazer movement and the chipper side of the Montreal scene. Also playing: Black Joe Lewis.
Frog Eyes, Evangelicals, White Hinterland
Thu. 06/12 | 7:00PM @ Club de Ville (Downtown)
The prolific indie outfit known as Frog Eyes bring their unique brand of rock & roll to Club de Ville, all the way from Victoria, Canada. A super group of sorts, Frog Eyes are connected to…more»
Ladytron w/ Datarock
Fri. 06/06 | 7:00PM @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Downtown)
Click “I Like It!” to win free tickets!! UK's Ladytron brings some heavy synth-pop to this side of the lake. Norway's favorite scruffy-faced duo, Datarock, promises re…more»
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AA-S Best Bet – Ladytron:
If you like females and robots — specifically, female robots — then you probably love the English electro-pop quartet Ladytron. Formed in 1999 with principal members Reuben Wu, Daniel Hunt, Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo, Ladytron soon rose to popularity with the release of the band’s first album, “604,” in 2001. Two records and seven years later, the four-piece has rolled out “Velocifero,” which they support tonight at Stubb’s.
— Shannon McGarvey
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Centro-Matic w/ South San Gabriel and Sarah Jaffe
Sat. 05/31 | 8:00PM @ The Parish (Downtown)
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KGSR Presents: Big Head Todd & The Monsters w/Patrick Park
Fri. 05/30 | 7:00PM @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Downtown)
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Tapes n Tapes w/ White Denim
Fri. 05/02 | 8:00PM @ Antone's (Downtown)
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Still riding the buzz of 2006 debut The Loon, Minneapolis quartet Tapes ’n Tapes ups the ante with latest Walk It Off (XL), reeling in rambunctious indie rock with help from Mercury Rev’s Dave Fridmann. Local trio White Denim, hot off a European tour, returns with its freewheelin’ blend of neo-psychedelia and soulful garage pop. Grab a copy of the trio’s Fall Tour ’08 LP. – Austin Powell
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The Raconteurs ~ 1st Night w/ Birds of Avalon
Fri. 05/02 | 7:00PM @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Downtown)
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Despite hit-or-miss debut Broken Boy Soldiers, Jack White and the Raconteurs stormed Austin City Limits Music Fest 2006 like a seven-nation army, even firing off a cover of Nancy Sinatra’s “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down).” The supergroup reloads Friday night (Saturday is sold out) with latest Consolers of the Lonely, a dynamic combination of Brendan Benson’s best melodramatic ballads and garage blues. Raleigh, N.C.-based retro-rockers Birds of Avalon fly first. – Austin Powell more at austinchronicle.com
Man Man w/ Yeasayer
Wed. 04/30 | 9:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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Two of the buzzier bands at SXSW team up for a tour. Man Man plays a brassy, bent blues, while Yeasayer’s modified world-beat is reminiscent of Brian Eno’s work with Talking Heads.
— Joe Gross more at austin360.com
Voxtrot, Yellow Fever, Ringo Deathstarr, Hollywood Gossip
Fri. 03/28 | 8:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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The Hold Steady, Zykos, Moonlight Towers
Thu. 03/27 | 8:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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Yes, these shows are separate tickets, but it’s clearly a good night to be at Emo’s. Inside you have the Dirtbombs, perhaps the very embodiment of smart, forward-thinking garage rock, playing with Kelley Stoltz and Black Joe Lewis. Outside, you have the Hold Steady, who simply can’t stay off the road with their brainy bar rock. The inside show is $14; the outside show is $18.
The Walkmen / Zykos / horse + donkey (outside) FREE!
Sat. 12/15 | 10:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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Managing to be polarizing without doing anything in the least bit outlandish, The Walkmen pump out waves of big, hooky rock that hews toward The Strokes and Interpol while showing more heart than both those bands. Their songs are straightforward art rock at their core, but organ wash and spacious guitar effects keep that core nice and murky. The Walkmen’s last recording was Pussy Cats, a remake of the cover-heavy album that Harry Nilsson made with John Lennon and lots of drinks in the ‘70s, but there’s talk of new material to be tested here. Austin’s Horse Plus Donkey opens this free show with its reverb-laden post-punk shudders, followed by the jangled nerves and blood-on-the-highway ballads of Zykos.
The Dandy Warhols Halloween Spectacular
Wed. 10/31 | 7:00PM @ La Zona Rosa (Downtown)
Holy Smokes! This is the way to spend yer night. Come in costume!Austin shoegazers Ringo Deathstarr are opening both shows.
The Fiery Furnaces w/ Pit Er Pat & Future Clouds & Radar
Fri. 10/26 | 10:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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The Fiery Furnaces chopped up everything from frantic blues-rock to synth-y silly pop on their 2003 debut, Gallowsbird’s Bark, and apparently haven’t tired of building entire albums from scraps since. Siblings and leaders Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger usually make those scraps charming and catchy, keeping the hooks and art-rock trickery coming at equally befuddling speeds. They’re also compulsive storytellers (they even made a concept album about their grandmother, 2005’s Rehearsing My Choir) and the tales often make the songs a little easier to follow. Then again, even those are pretty easy to lose track of on the new Widow City, on which the Furnaces’ approach is a bit less satisfying than before, but still lively and elusive. Chicago’s Pit Er Pat has toured relentlessly since its 2005 debut full-length, Shakey, honing its airy, improv-informed sound on last year’s Pyramids.
Man Man
Sat. 10/20 | 10:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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There are plenty of reasons to love Man Man, but the most compelling is its utter absurdity. Honus Honus (a.k.a. Ryan Kattner), the gravel-voiced frontman and the band’s only original member, sports an admirable moustache/half-dyed pseudo-mullet combo and does an old-fashioned boot beat-stomp while clad all in white during the band’s excellent live show. During “Push the Eagle’s Stomach,” from the Philadelphia hobo-junk-blues collective’s sophomore album, Six Demon Bag, someone (a high-pitched demon, perhaps?) screeches what sounds like “my brown eye’s blacker than yours,” simultaneously invoking scatological humor and playing off Kelis’s hit of yestersummer. Yes, Man Man thrives on the bizarre and has an almost circus-like originality. And therein lies much of the band’s charm.-Prefix Mag
U.S. Air Guitar Championships
Thu. 06/21 | 9:00PM @ The Parish (Downtown)
Doors at 9pm. Advance tickets, $12-15, available here
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That video just changed my life
It was the last night of South by Southwest 08, and Torontonian house duo/remix masters MSTRKRFT – aka Death From Above 1979 more at www.austinchronicle.com