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Thursday, October 2, 2008
Weekend Picks: Afrobeat blues, intelligent rock and Hammerin’ Hank
FRIDAY
Afrissippi at Flamingo Cantina.The one-liner on these guys is ‘What happens when West African music from Senegal meets North Mississippi Hill Country blues?’ The joke is, of course, that North Mississippi Hill Country blues can be traced back to West African music. But that was then and this is now and Fulani/Senegalese griot Guelel Kumba joined up with guitarist Erci Deaton, Junior Kimbrough’s son Kinney on drums and Justin Showah on bass for cross-cultural blues-motion boogie. 9 p.m. $7 ($10 for minors). — Joe Gross
Also recommended:
- Gary Allan at Stubb’s
- Yellowjackets at One World
- Ra Ra Riot at the Parish
- Nelo at Antone’s
- Low Line Caller (CD release), Boxing Lesson at Mohawk
SATURDAY
Clutch at Stubb’s.For 18 years, Clutch has been refining and revising its smart-yet-meaty take on hard rock. Moving from mid-tempo hardcore to alt-rock to a sort of mutant Zeppelin thing has probably cost the band radio play and some measure of stability. (They’ve been on six record labels, not counting the releases they put out themselves, the newest of which is the live CD/DVD joint ‘Full Fathom Five.’) But Neil Fallon’s lyrics are still some of the smartest in rock, and their fanbase is cult-like. With the Sword, Graveyard. 7 p.m. $18. — J.G.
Mother Truckers return to the Continental Club on Saturday on 18 wheels of momentum. 10 p.m.
Also recommended:
- El Flaco reunion with Pocket FishRmen at Scoot Inn
- The Whigs at Antone’s
- Del Castillo at Nutty Brown
- Dan Dyer at Momo’s
SUNDAY
Henry Rollins at La Zona Rosa. Hammerin’ Hank is on the road again. This time, the former Black Flag and (current?) Rollins Band frontmuscle is on the spoken word tip with ‘Recountdown Tour 2008’ to ‘celebrate the end of the Bush era.’ Expect rants. Oh, will there be rants. 8 p.m. $27 seated, $25 standing. — J.G.
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(Photo courtesy of myspace.com/afrissippi.)
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ACL 2009 dates: Oct 2- 4
ACL Fest will rock you in October next year, C3 Presents confirmed today. Right after they finally got lucky in September.
No word yet on whether Radiohead is available, or that they’ll even still be relevant Oct. 2- 4.
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NoDepression.com now up and running.
NoDepression.com, a greatly expanded and enhanced website from the former bimonthly magazine No Depression, made its debut Thursday.
The launch previews Lucinda Williams’ album “Little Honey” and her North American tour, as well as a report from the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
Also appearing in early October is the first No Depression “bookazine,” part of a new twice-annual series of print publications issued through University of Texas Press.
The Austin NoDepression.com launch shows star Carrie Rodriguez at the Cactus Cafe Oct. 22 and 23.
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“She Left Me For Jesus” video
It’s here! This video for a song that doesn’t need one was written and directed by Dano Johnson, who you may recall did some of Kinky Friedman’s campaign commercials. Jesse Dayton plays the protagonist, plus there’s a cameo of Jimmie Dale Gilmore as Judas. It’s funny, but it helps if you already know the song.
Don Imus beat us today on the world premiere of the video, but he didn’t have this hilarious clip, also by Johnson’s and Troy Campbell’s Collection Agency Films:
