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Weekend Picks: Classic blues, complex metal and a whole lot of reggae
Update: Cat Power show postponed
A note from C3 Presents: The Cat Power concert scheduled for Sunday April 20, 2008 at Stubb’s has been postponed due to damaged vocal chords. Please stay tuned to www.stubbsaustin.com for more information on reschedule date. All tickets for the April 20th show will be honored for the new date.
Friday: Buddy Guy at Stubb’s. A bluesman’s bluesman. His 2001 album ‘Sweet Tea,’ his tribute to North Mississippi blues-drone, is one of the great hunks of 21st century 12-bar grit. With the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. $25 in advance, $27 at the door. — Joe Gross
Friday: Nick Lowe at Antone’s. All but founding the pre-punk everyman British genre pub rock is the least of his accomplishments as a songwriter and producer. His amazing debut ‘Jesus of Cool’ was recently given a deluxe CD reissue, so you probably won’t have to request ‘Sound of Breaking Glass.’ With Ron Sexsmith. $22. — J.G.
Friday-Saturday: Negativland at the Alamo Ritz. For two nights, this pioneering sound collage outfit will perform its weekly radio broadcast ‘Over the Edge’ live onstage. Since 1981, ‘Over the Edge’ has blended music, found sounds, found dialogue, scripts, personalities, and sound effects in a surreal, funny, wickedly smart program. According to the band, ‘It’s All in Your Head’ is ‘a two-hour-long, action-packed look at monotheism, the supernatural God concept and the all-important role played by the human brain in our beliefs.’ This is the band’s first Austin show in eight years. Both shows jump off at 9:30 p.m. $16. — J.G.
Friday-Saturday: The Austin Reggae Festival pre-show and after-show at Flamingo Cantina. Luciano headlines Friday, Culture featuring Kenyatta Hill headlines Saturday. This will be Culture’s first Austin gig since frontman Joseph Hill passed away while on tour in Germany in 2006; Kenyatta is his son. The brilliantly named local sound system Proper Villain opens the Friday night show; Dr. Dubbist opens Saturday. Doors at 9 p.m. $15. — J.G.
Friday-Sunday: Old Settler’s Music Festival. Springtime and songs under the sun and stars go together even better than banjos and brisket. You can get all of it, right down to the Salt Lick barbecue, at the Old Settler’s Festival this weekend. For the 21st year, the Fest of Reasonable Proportions is serving up music as diverse as Belleville Outfit, Eliza Gilkyson, Betty LaVette and Delbert McClinton (Friday) to the Jones Family Singers, Ralph Stanley, Marty Stuart and New Monsoon (Saturday). More than two dozen acts will play during the fest that also includes campground performances Thursday and Sunday. The grassy setting under the trees along Onion Creek in Driftwood is perfect for kids, neo-hippies and the lawn-chair set. 4 p.m. to midnight Friday and 11 a.m. to midnight Saturday. oldsettlersmusicfest.org. — Ed Crowell
Saturday-Sunday: Austin Reggae Festival at Auditorium Shores. This year’s acts include Culture, Jahroots, Mau Mau Chaplains, Qwiksand, Lionhead, Don Chani, Tribal Nation. Music from noon to 10 p.m. both days. Arts, crafts and exotic foods. Also, many, many snoods. $10 plus two cans of food per day. Children younger than 12 free with adult.
Saturday: Prince Paul at the Mohawk. This Handsome Boy Modeling School alum and early hip-hop innovator (he produced tracks on De La Soul’s landmark “3 Feet High and Rising”) murdered a set at the Parish last year when Scion brought him into town alongside Pete Rock. He took the audience on a historical hip-hop journey starting at the NYC origins and moving forward through time and space with a crowd-pleasing, body-rocking extravaganza. Killeen’s finest, Crew 54 opens. $10. — Deborah Sengupta Stith
Saturday: Dillinger Escape Plan at Emo’s. Some of the most complicated metal being made. Just don’t ask them rude questions such as, ‘Hey, guys, don’t your songs sound a whole lot like really fast versions of songs by the amazing near-forgotten punk band Dazzling Killmen? Huh? Huh? Don’t they?’ With the Bled. $13. — J.G.
Saturday: Panic at the Disco at Stubb’s. They seem to be MTV darlings now, which explains why this show is sold out. — J.G.
Sunday: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks at La Zona Rosa. The former Pavement front dude’s newest album is the zenith of his guitar explorations. Expect solos. Many, many solos, most of then pretty gorgeous. With the Joggers. $15, $18 day of show. — J.G.
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By naturallight
April 18, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this
Yeah reggae fest! Hipsters stay home!!