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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Weekend Picks: Murder ballads, melancholy soul, a ‘Panty Party’ and more
Friday: Jesse Sublett at the Scoot Inn. His new album is called ‘Murder Ballads and Noir Capers,’ so expect a more mellow Sublett. His first set is acoustic, followed by a set of mutant ‘voodoo-billy’ from the fascinating Izzy Cox, then an electric set from Sublett. 9:30 p.m. - Joe Gross
Friday: Mystic at the Parish Room. With quiet, spoken word-influenced rhymes mixed with melancholy soulful singing, Mystic has maintained a presence on the West Coast hip-hop underground for years. She appears at the Parish with fellow Californians LD & Ariano along with locals Broke Bread and DJ Notion. —-Deborah Sengupta Stith
Friday: Panty Party at the Beauty Bar. Electro-dance specialist Bird Peterson along with fellow DJs Go Go Garcia, Minora Y Majora and X-Man cordially invite you to a Panty Party. Now, we assumed this doesn’t mean you necessarily have to venture downtown in your skivvies in order to attend, but such behavior is certainly not discouraged. Photographer Annie Ray will be on hand to capture the madness. —-D.S.S.
Saturday: Boris at the Mohawk. This killer Japanese hard rock (or is that heavy metal) band left the audience in tatters the last time it played Austin. Some might remember the band from an amazing set during SXSW 2007. It was the Japanese band with the gong and the double-neck. Yes, those guys. With brilliantly catchy heavy rock act Torche and Clouds. A great bill. 9 p.m. $12. Mohawk, 912 Red River St. 482-8404. - J.G.
Saturday: Dance party at the Parish Room. Some of my club-hopping friends venture out on the weekends with the hopes of catching great live music, but some girls just want to dance, and drink, and then dance a little more. If you fall into the latter category, here’s a show for you. DJ Mel throws down the grooves to help get your Saturday night sweat on, and the cover charge is on the house. —-D.S.S.
Saturday: The Sixth Annual Keep Austin Weird 5K and Festival.The music portion of this I-guess-it’s-a-tradition-now kicks off at 3 p.m. with a show from the teen band Super Pal Universe. Stay for sets from Feeding 5000, Army of Freshmen, Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears, What Made Milwaukee Famous and Alejandro Escovedo. Al goes on at 8:30 p.m. $10. Auditorium Shores. www.keepaustinweirdfest.com. - J.G.
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Prettyman leads Lady Bird Lake cleanup
“Madly” from the new LP “Hello…x”
California singer songwriter Tristan Prettyman brings the 2nd annual Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project to the shores of Lady Bird Lake Saturday July 12. Pitch in to help clean up from 10 a.m. to noon and you’ll be treated to a free concert by the former model/ surfer at Opal Divine’s Penn Field location (3601 S. Congress Ave.) at 7 p.m.
Prettyman returns to Austin in September to play the ACL Fest.
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Video: Alejandro Escovedo
Fantastic videos of this week’s XL coverboy, Alejandro Escovedo, produced by American-Statesman Video Journalist Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon. Above, Escovedo performs live and discusses his new album. Below, Escovedo talks about performing with Bruce Springsteen in Houston.
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A-List video: Reckless Kelly CD release at Antone’s
Our A-lister Archana Ramachandran dropped by Reckless Kelly’s CD release party at Antone’s last night and collected live shots from the scene.
- The A-List: Reckless Kelly at Antone’s
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Vince’s mom added to Waterloo Park show
It was curious to see the name of Felicia Young, listed as “special guest,” on the lineup of the Born On the Fifth of July Fest (unofficially known as EXIT Fest) at Waterloo Park. But it makes sense when you realize that the promoter is Will Matthews, the last great fullback at the University of Texas, who used to open holes for Vince Young and Cedric Benson in 2003 and 2004. Matthews currently heads the Exit Music Group, which is putting on the Austin-centric show.
Among the acts on the bill:
Black & White Years
Alpha Rev
Ricardo Sanchez
South Austin Jug Band
Patrice Pike
Cruiserweight
Boxing Lesson
Gary Clark Jr.
Zeale 32
Suzanna Choffel
Nelo
Sounds Under Radio
Dertybird
It’s always hard to get folks out to a festival heavy with local talent, especially with tix going for $20, but this is a pretty strong bill.
