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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The Raconteurs coming to Stubb’s May 2 and 3
The Raconteurs are booked to play Stubb’s May 2 and 3. Birds of Avalon open.
Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday only through www.stubbs.frontgatetickets.com or (512) 389-0315 to charge by phone.
This will be Jack White’s first Austin appearance since the White Stripes bowed out of their ACL music fest gig last September.
On Monday, the Raconteurs announced their new album “Consolers of the Lonely” will be released March 25, mere weeks after they finished recording, producing and mastering the thing.
In an effort to prevent leaks and engage the market’s fondness for instant gratification, the band decided to bump the release date up from April to ASAP. No advances, no real promotion until after the album is released on vinyl, CD and digital format, everyone gets it at once.
Good for them. This is the way of the future - release an album as soon as you can, promote it after it’s in stores. Just ask White Denim.
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Your A-List: Latin Singer/Group
They’ve played with the mighty Purple One at home and overseas. They sell out venues from New York City to Los Angeles. Even Latin diva extraordinaire, J-Lo, has shaken her legendary derriere to their irresistible cumbia-funk grooves. Consequently, it’s no surprise that powerhouse ensemble Grupo Fantasma topped our Your A-List poll for Austin’s best Latin Singer/Group.
The band started casually in the early 00s, when a group of musicians, primarily old friends from Laredo with a history of rocking all-night border funk parties, decided to take a whack at playing cumbia, a Colombian folk form with its roots in that country’s slave culture. They were overnight sensations in Austin, packing venues with a diverse cross-section of Austinites spinning their way through the dance floor.
The band soon took the show to the road, criss-crossing the country relentlessly, maintaining an exhausting schedule, sleeping in vans and on dirty couches to play the music they loved. The road made them tighter and through the years they evolved from being essentially a top-notch jam band into a world-class Latin music ensemble.
By the time Prince discovered them in late 2006, they had already taken home numerous Latin music awards in Austin, but with his stamp of approval Grupo was suddenly thrust into the international spotlight where the band would only shine brighter. These days Grupo Fantasma travels far and wide, playing to ordinary music fans and glitterazi alike, but they never forget their roots in the ATX. And when they show up at a gig, they also never forget their prime objective: to make you move.
Others receiving votes
- Del Castillo, 27 percent
- Alejandro Escovedo, 10 percent
- David Garza, 9 percent
- Maneja Beto, 5 percent
- The Brew, 3 percent
- Brownout, 2 percent
- Lila Downs, 2 percent
- Patricia Vonne, 2 percent
- Latin at Heart, < 1 percent
- Ocote Soul Sounds, < 1 percent
- Charanga Cakewalk, < 1 percent
- Kanko, < 1 percent
- Ghandaia, < 1 percent
Write-in vote: Frenetica
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“A Peaceful Solution” covered
Check out this rendition of Willie’s song by Canadian singer Markchelle.
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“What Would Willie Do”
Lyrics to “What Would Willie Do” by Bruce Robison. (Recorded by Gary Allan.)
by Bruce Robison recorded by Allan Gary on his Alright Guy album
I was lost in trouble and strife, I heard a voice and it changed my life And now it’s a brand new day, and I ain’t afraid to say You’re not alone when you’re down and out And I think you know who I’m talking about When I don’t know how I’ll get through I ask myself what would Willie do
What would Willie do, well he’d travel so far with nothing but a song and his old guitar And a tour bus and some semi-trucks, thirty crew men and a little bit of luck Well he loves all the people, the ugly and the randy If you don’t believe me take a look at the family And they’ll tell you that it’s true When skies are gray what would Willie do
Well long ago he came unto us, his words were simple but they went right through us And the whole world sang along, but then they didn’t want to hear his songs He was gone and we thought we’d lost him But he grew his hair and he moved to Austin And all of the people smiled, they came to hear him sing from miles Like a miracle all those rednecks and hippies From New York City down to Mississippi Stood together and raised a brew When it’s all gone wrong what would Willie do
You know sometimes I wonder when I ain’t gettin’ nowhere What would old Willie do when it all gets too much to bear And I can see him on his lonely old tour bus And he’s got his problems just like any of us Well he’d just take a deep breath and then he’d let it all go And he’d take another deep breath and let it all go And he’d take another deep breath…and he’d hold it Ah and I bet he’d feel hungry in a way that seems strange Yeah hungry for all the things that he just can’t change Like the time he passed out in is own bedroom And his wife sewed him up in the sheets and beat him with a broom and he forgave her And you think that’s rough, well then the IRS came and they took away all of his stuff They took his golf course and his recording studio, and he just went out and did another show So when it’s all coming down on you You better ask yourself what would Willie do
What would Willie do, well he’d take a little time And talk to old rooser as he’d drive on down the line And there’s millions down that road, and with a word he’s gonna lighten their load He loves all the people no matter their races Hell he even had a hit country song with Julio Iglesias And that ain’t easy to do, so when it’s all too much, what would Willie When the game gets tough what would Willie When they call your bluff what would Willie do time saved time saved
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Post-SXSW: Bridge show possibly not attended by NME. com; Clockcleaner finds Killeen
A few small post-South by Southwest bits and pieces:
Local punk rock promoter Timmy Hefner said Wednesday that there was no riot for the No Age/ (Expletive) Up/ Brutal Knights show on the pedestrian bridge near Lamar Boulevard early Saturday morning as was reported in NME.com.
“Yeah, that was all ((Expletive) Up guitarist) Mike (Haliechuck) pulling NME’s chain,” Hefner said. “I seriously doubt anyone from NME was there.”
The folks at Exclaim did their part to dial down NME’s hype
Hefner did confirm that there were probably about 1,000 people there, easily double the crowd of the most popular bridge shows in years past.
“It was absolutely insane,” Hefner said, “Not that 500 people doesn’t qualify as not insane, but this time was wild. People were playing on top of their amps because there was no place to stand. It was just awesome.”
But it was no riot. “The police stopped by but then they just left,” Hefner said.
Poor Clockcleaner. After a solid set at the Load showcase Saturday during SXSW and a monster set at Beerland on Sunday night, this Philadelphia trio managed to miss their Monday 5 p.m. flight. So they tried for the next one on Tuesday. That flight was cancelled due to mechanical issues. So Delta Air Lines bused them to Killeen for the earliest Wednesday flight they could get to Atlanta, then on to Philly. Hopefully, they got out and the band still exists. The band recently recorded about half an album and a few tracks for singles. The new stuff is slow and Gothy and pretty excellent.
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Wilco tickets on sale
(Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performs at last year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. Photo by Jay Janner/AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
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Waterloo Top 10 for the week ending March 15
Vampire Weekend, ‘s/t’ (XL)
Joe Ely & Joel Guzman, ‘Live Cactus!’ (Rack ‘Em)
Ghostland Observatory, ‘Robotique Majestique’ (Trashy Moped)
Sara Bareilles, ‘Little Voice’ (Epic)
MGMT, ‘Oracular Spectacular’ (Sony)
Various Artists, ‘KGSR Broadcasts vol. 15’ (KGSR)
What Made Milwaukee Famous, ‘What Doesn’t Kill Us’ (Barsuk)
Stephen Malkmus & Jicks, ‘Real Emotional Trash’ (Matador)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, ‘Raising Sand’ (Rounder)
Shelby Lynne, ‘Just a Little Lovin” (Lost Highway)
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Musicmainia top 10 for the week ending March 16
Rick Ross, ‘Trilla’ (Def Jam)
Snoop Dogg, ‘Ego Trippin’ (Geffen)
Fat Joe, ‘Elephant In The Room’ (Terror Squad)
Webbie, ‘Vol. 2 Savage Life (Asylum)
Wendell B, ‘Love Life & Relationships’ (Smoothway Music)
Mary J Blige, ‘Growing Pains’ (Geffen)
The-Dream, ‘LoveHate’ (Def Jam)
Erykah Badu, ‘New Amerykah Part One’ (Motown)
K-Rino, ‘Vol. 2 -Triple Darkness’ (BlackBook)
Scarface, ‘M.A.D.E. Chopped & Screwed (Rap-A-Lot)
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ACL lineup to be announced April 15
C3 Presents booker Charles Attal says the lineup for the 7th annual Austin City Limits Festival will be announced April 15, almost a month earlier than last year. Tickets will not go up then; they’re already selling at a top tier of $170 for all three days, Sept. 26- 28.
Let the unusually quiet rumor mill begin.
Got any hunches or inside info on who’ll be playing Zilker Park? Personally, I’ve got a feeling about Pearl Jam or Neil Young headlining this year. Radiohead, on the other hand, probably costs too much for a fest that has had no problem selling out and has already reached its top price. And please don’t start any Led Zeppelin rumors. That’s just not going to happen.
From the ranks of the latest SXSW, I can see the Cool Kids, Carbon/Silicon, Vampire Weekend, Santogold, the Heavy, Bon Ivor and Brothers & Sisters stepping up onto the next rung.
And I’m especially hoping Attal finally books the Campbell Brothers, the great sacred steel band that showed ACL perennial Robert Randolph the ropes, yet has never played in the state of Texas.
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