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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Weekend Picks: Garage punk, guerrilla fashion, hot dance parties, more
Friday: Egyptian Lover and Prince Klassen at the Beauty Bar. It’s not rap, it’s electro. Egyptian Lover’s 1984 hit single “Egypt Egypt” epitomizes the 808-driven, breakdance-inspiring sound of the early eighties. Expect more than a few b-boys and b-girls to start popping and locking when the needle drops on this single Friday night. Beauty Bar fixture Prince Klassen opens the show. $5. — Brandon Cobb
Friday-Saturday: Creepout 2007 at Beerland and the Rio Rita Lounge. A garage, punk and garage-punk two-day throwdown. Do not expect more than three or four chords a song. On Friday, check out a reunion from the Immortal Lee County Killers as well as sets from the Hex Dispensers, Black Panda and Deadly Companions at Beerland. Saturday, rock out to Sex Dragon (featuring members of Immortal Lee County Killers and the Dexateens), John Schooley and His One Man Band, DFI at Rio Rita Lounge. — Joe Gross
Friday-Sunday: 13th Annual Jazz at St. James Festival featuring Cedar Walton. Bebop pianist Cedar Walton headlines the three-day Jazz at St. James Festival at St. James’ Episcopal Church. The word legend is tossed around loosely in the entertainment world, but Walton, a former member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers with Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard, certainly qualifies. He performs with his trio on Saturday evening and hosts a free jazz clinic Sunday afternoon. Local jazz cats Ephraim Owens, Seela and Crying Monkeys are also slated to perform. On Sunday the church will also offer two “jazz masses.” — B.C.
Saturday: Lyrics Born and Old Time Relijun at Emo’s. No, these shows aren’t related, but they’re both killer. Lyrics Born tours relentlessly. As a result, he has one of the best live hip-hop shows in the game. He’s playing the outside stage for $13. Old Time Relijun is one of the stranger underground bands, a mix of backwoods and Beefheart. With Meneguar and When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth. Cover unspecified. — J.G.
Saturday: Tito Puente Jr. at the Monarch Events Center. The son of legendary mambo king Puente Sr. strives to continue his father’s legacy with his own high-energy Latin orchestra. Texans Cienfuegos, Salsa del Rio and the Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance Ensemble open. $25 adv. $35 door. — Deborah Sengupta Stith
Saturday: Swoll at the Beauty Bar. DJ Mel’s wildly popular booty-centric Beauty Bar party features guests Smalltown DJs from Calgary and The Rub from NYC. You know the drillie, show up early and come prepared to shake something. — D.S.S.
Saturday: Stitch Fashion Show and after-party. Part fashion show, part musical event and part craft fair, last year’s Stitch show was so popular it sold out the Austin Music Hall. This year, the party’s at the Austin Convention Center. The craft fair starts at 4 p.m., and the runway show takes place at 9:30 p.m. Music will be provided by DJs Prince Klassen, Ian Orth Bigface and Jennifer. The after-party, with DJs Abominatron and Orion, goes down at the Mohawk after the show. Beautiful people will, no doubt, be abundant. Fashion show $10. After-party $5, free with your Stitch wristband. — D.S.S.
» Three questions with Jennifer Perkins of Stitch
Saturday: Issa at the Cactus Cafe. The artist formerly known as Jane Siberry has completely rebooted her life — scrapped her given name and started giving away her music for “tips” a la Radiohead. $25 advance, $28 at the door. — J.G.
Sunday: The Evens at the Compound. After Fugazi went on indefinite hiatus, Fugazi guitarist Ian MacKaye and D.C. scene fixture/drummer Amy Farina formed the Evens, a rather chill duo of baritone guitar and drums. They have released two albums of barely electric duo tunes that sound largely unlike anything they’ve done before. $5. — J.G.
Sunday: Ladies of the 80s Singalong at the Alamo Ritz. Check out the new downtown Alamo and set your inner 80s chick free. This is a somewhat expanded version of the Ladies of the 80s v.2 that ran this summer at the Alamo Village. This time, promoters promise that rainbows will fly through the theater as you belt out Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors.” They also swear (tantalizingly) that “when the Weather Sisters start singing ‘It’s Raining Men,’ it will literally rain men inside the Alamo Ritz.” 7:15 and 9:45 p.m. $12. — D.S.S.
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Best of Led Zeppelin?
On Tuesday iTunes will make Led Zeppelin’s full catalog available for download. We know which tracks you’ll download first —- the monstrous riffs of “Whole Lotta Love,” the Thor’s-hammer thunder of “When the Levee Breaks,” “Stairway to Heaven” if you must. But beyond that, which of the 165 tracks stand out as must-haves?
Here are rock critic Joe Gross’ picks in no particular order (detailed explanations available here):
- 1. “Immigrant Song” from “How the West Was Won”
- 2. “Over the Hills and Far Away” from “Houses of the Holy”
- 3. “Nobody’s Fault But Mine” from “Presence”
- 4. “Achilles Last Stand” from “Presence”
- 5. “The Battle of Evermore” from “IV”
- 6. “Communication Breakdown” from “I”
- 7. “Wearing and Tearing” from “Coda”
- 8. “Houses of the Holy” from “Physical Graffiti”
- 9. “Kashmir” from “Physical Graffiti”
- 10. “Rock and Roll” from “IV”
Did Joe get it right? Which Led Zeppelin songs would make your top ten list? Tell us in the comments below.
PCL Fest? Phillapalooza?
Philadelphia wants what Austin and Chicago have: a major music festival in its downtown jewel of a park.
Thursday, the fundraising arm of Philly’s Fairmount Park put out a press release announcing that it was in talks with Austin’s C3 Presents about bringing a ACL Fest-like concert to the park next summer.
C3 promoter Charlie Walker confirmed that C3 has been in talks with Philadelphia for some time about making that city the next to host a three-day music festival in the model the company has made popular.
“We are working on Philadelphia and a few other places and will keep working on Philadelphia and a few other places,” Walker said Thursday afternoon.
The Fairmount Park Conservancy has sent a proposal to the City of Philadelphia that calls for C3 to pay for all city-related expenses and contribute half a million dollars (or 7.5% of the gross- whichever is greater) to the Fairmount Park System. This is a deal similar to what C3 has with the city of Austin. C3 pays Chicago Parkways Foundation about $1 million a year to use Grant Park.
The Fairmount Park Commission will vote on the proposal November 14th.
Concert industry trade magazine Pollstar ranked C3 as No. 3 in the United States and No. 9 in the world for ticket sales for the third quarter of 2007. Live Nation and AEG Live are first and second in the U.S.
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Willie feted with BMI Icon award
From Tuesday night’s BMI Awards, a black tie affair held at the performing right organization’s Music Row offices in Nashville, the night before the CMAs:
U2’s Bono said via videotape that when he was growing up and looking at America, he couldn’t decide if he wanted to be a cowboy or an Indian. “Then I saw Willie Nelson,” he said, “and he was both.” Other videotaped salutes to Willie, named a BMI Icon, came from two old Willie friends who are no longer with us: Waylon Jennings and Ray Charles.
Those who did show up for Tuesday night’s soiree included Jessica Simpson, who seems to be stalking Willie these days (as far as stalkers go …), Sheryl Crow, Nicole Kidman, Carrie Underwood, Vince Gill and on and on. Those who performed included Keith Urban, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson and Toby Keith.
CMT.com reports that Nelson’s Maui neighbor Kristofferson gave perhaps the most heartwarming tribute before he and Emmylou brought the house down with a duet on “Til I Can Gain Control.” Comparing Willie to Stephen Foster, Kristofferson went on to say “His voice and his guitar are a part of his body and soul. … Like Muhammad Ali and Johnny Cash, he’s become more than the art form that made him famous. … I’m still in awe of his artistry. … I love you, Willie. I always have, I always will.”
Recent ACL Fest headturner Jeffrey Steele was named Songwriter of the Year at the event.
