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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Weekend Picks
Friday: Greg Ginn and the Texas Corrugators at Emo’s Lounge. Newly minted Texan Greg Ginn, the man whose frantic, jagged guitar gave the world Black Flag, gets his twang on. Seriously. With Jambang and Attic Ted. -Joe Gross
Friday: Clinic at Emo’s. If you’re not current on your indie rock vaccinations, then you should probably consult the Liverpool-based four-piece Clinic for a stout shot of hypnotic rhythms and melodies. - Shannon McGarvey
Friday: Grimy Styles at The Parish. This Austin band takes the idea of ‘dub music’ to be not a genre but a theory. Sure there’s reggae, but there’s also funk, jazz, tangos, waltzes, and as some would have it, polkas. That last one seems a bit of a stretch, but theories are made to be tested. - Joe Gross
Friday-Saturday: Zell Miller’s Hip-Hop Theatre Explosion at The Vortex. Zell Miller II returns with his multi-platformed theatrical event that uses performances from rappers, musicians, spoken word poets and dancers in an attempt to elevate the hip-hop genre from its all-too-often submersion in misogyny and ‘wack’ content. - Matthew Odam
Saturday: The Kills at The Parish. Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince deliver oddball, bluesy synth-rock full of cranky drum machines and bad mojo. - J.J.
Saturday: Black and White Years at Emo’s Lounge. Indie rockers who made a big splash in France at the MIDEM conference return home to play for the local crowd. - M.O.
Sunday: Third World at Flamingo Cantina. Still going strong after more than three decades and multiple lineup changes. - M.O.
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The line at Emo’s has formed
Here’s a look at the line around 1 p.m. for tonight’s show by Foxboro Hot Tubs, the band concurrently known as Green Day. Karinna Davis, 21, of San Antonio, naps while waiting with about 100 other fans Thursday. Davis arrived at Emo’s at 2 a.m. Thursday, and was third in line.
(Photo by Jay Janner/AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
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Bun B plays 28 minutes at Emo’s, opening act gets tased by APD
So what did we learn at the Bun B show at Emo’s on Wednesday night?
It is possible to get a good solid crowd for a Wednesday night show with a $25 door and a week’s notice.
I would like to hear more from Dred Skott.
A 28-minute set from Bun? Really? That’s almost a dollar a minute. Give the people 45 minutes, at least.
Sadly, Bun’s short set wasn’t the most disturbing part. After Robert “Lowkey” Hein from opening act SouthBound had an altercation with Emo’s bouncers, I witnessed him getting tased by a couple of Austin police officers.
Read chats about the incident from locals here.
Sgt. Richard Stresing with APD’s public information office confirmed that Hein was arrested at 1:09 a.m. Thursday on charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest outside Emo’s and that a Taser was used. Click here to view A-List photos from the show.
