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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Video: Ume at CMJ
Ume is one of several Austin bands in New York City for the CMJ conference (SXSW with better bagels). Joan Jett showed up at their set.
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Help Ian MacDougall
Riverboat Gamblers guitarist Ian McDougall was hit by a car while he was on his bike while riding home after a set from label-mates Valient Thorr at Emo’s the night of Oct. 17. He was not wearing a helmet. (Kids, wear a helmet.)
Gamblers manager Ginny Song said McDougall wast on the 1300 block of Airport Blvd (between 13th and 12th Streets). “He got hit him from behind and his bike flew 100 feet and ian went through his windshield,” Song said.
As the Gambler’s website puts it. “He sustained some pretty heavy injuries including a broken hip, a broken wrist and hemorrhaging under the skull along with many lacerations, torn ligaments, bruises and and scrapes.”
McDougall was in the Brackenridge ICU for two days, then moved into his own room.
But the recovery will be long and the bills are piling up.
The Gamblers are still slated to play Fun Fun Fun, but with just one guitarist. After all, the do need the money to help out Ian.
Gamblers manager Ginny Song said a benefit is likely, but since the Gamblers want McDougall to acutally be able to play his own benefit, well, it might be awhile.
If you would like to donate to his recovery effort, his PayPal address is ian.gambler@gmail.com.
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Jet to play free downtown concert
Fans of Australian rock quartet Jet, take note: tomorrow is your lucky day.
The classic rock-influenced, hook-loving leather jacket aficionados will be swinging through town Friday to play a free show at the corner of Fourth and Colorado streets in downtown’s Warehouse District. The band broke big with 2003’s Elektra debut “Get Born” and is currently touring in support of this year’s “Shaka Rock.”
C3 Presents will be masterminding the show, perhaps allowing them a chance to curry some Austin love in the wake of Zilkergate. If nothing else, they’re unlikely to have any problems with mud in the parking lot across the street from Truluck’s. The performance is one in a nationwide series of pop-up concerts to support the launch of Bud Light Golden Wheat, currently rocking a somewhat respectable C+ on definitive online beer resource Beer Advocate.
Admission to the concert is free, with beer sales benefiting the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, so drink up. The show is 21-and-over only. Gates open at 6 p.m.
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New ACL venue to be called Moody Theater
The Moody Foundation of Galveston has granted $2.5 million to KLRU, the largest single gift ever received by the PBS station, to help equip the new home of “Austin City Limits” on Second Street downtown with high-definition production equipment.
In recognition, the new venue, expected to be completed in December 2010, will be called Moody Theater. The new theater/studio will hold 2,750 fans, up from the current capacity of 320, and will host an estimated 120 shows a year in addition to the “ACL” tapings. KLRU will get 45 days a year, rent-free, to produce each season of the longest-running music series in American television history.
“Austin City Limits” will tape its 36th season next year at the current location on the University of Texas campus, then move to the new Moody Theater in early 2011.
” ‘Austin City Limits’ put Austin on the map as the live music capital of the world,” said Ross Moody, 47, a KLRU board member and trustee of the Moody Foundation. “The program is known throughout the world and is an important part of the economic development and success of the city.”
Moody said KLRU approached him early this year, “but it was a welcome approach. It’s a great opportunity for the foundation to step up to the plate and kick off this $6.5 million fundraising campaign.”
Moody said the grant is the largest the foundation has given in Austin, where he has lived since 1991. KLRU is seeking money to purchase and install HD production equipment in the new venue.
The owners of Moody Theater, including Willie Nelson (who filmed the “ACL” pilot 35 years ago), developer Stratus Properties Inc. and the Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds, will pay the $40 million construction costs of the new theater/studio. The new home for “ACL” is part of a development that includes a W Hotel, luxury condominiums and retail space, as well as restaurant and office space. KLRU will provide the production and film equipment needed to record “ACL” programs.
Stratus on Wednesday closed on a new $120 million construction loan for the W project made by Beal Bank Nevada, replacing financing from the original construction lender, Corus Bank. Chicago-based Corus was seized by federal regulators last month.
Stratus said the new loan will allow the $300 million project to be completed as scheduled.
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Smokey Robinson to give keynote speech at SXSW
Ready for some more Michael Jackson anecdotes? South by Southwest has announced that Smokey Robinson will give the keynote speech on Thursday March 18 at next year’s 24th annual festival.
Last year’s keynoter was Quincy Jones.
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Weekend picks: Idaho rockers, gritty shout-alongs and rock manifestos
Pictured: Built to Spill
FRIDAY
The Great Curve at Beerland. This is the new act from some guys who used to be in the Austin avant-garde rock band Steers, which was a force of nature back in 2005 or so. Check out myspace.com/thegreatcurvetx for some intriguing, almost-progressive rock and a manifesto. I love bands with manifestoes. With the Murdocks and more. 9 p.m. Free. Yes, free. — Joe Gross
Also recommended:
- Glenn Tillbrook at the Saxon Pub
- Kelly Willis at Threadgill’s
- Daniel Francis Doyle at Club 1808
- The Black Heart Procession at the Mohawk
- The Bravery at Emo’s
- Quiet Company at the Parish
- Dustin Welch at Antone’s
SATURDAY
Built to Spill & Dinosaur Jr. at Stubb’s. Veteran Boise, Idaho-based rockers Built to Spill, who bridge the gap between Neil Young and indie rock, are back with ‘There Is No Enemy,’ the follow-up to 2006’s ‘You In Reverse.’ Perhaps their most energized outing since the release of ‘Perfect from Now On’ and ‘Keep It Like a Secret’ in the late ’90s, ‘Enemy’ delivers everything fans have come to expect, including Doug Martsch’s nasally vocals and soaring guitar licks. With Dinosaur Jr., Lou Barlow & the Missing Men and Disco Doom. $25. 7 p.m. —Peter Mongillo
Also recommended:
- Wild America at Trailer Space (7 p.m.)
- Follow That Bird! Record release at the United States Art Authority
- The Midgetmen at Stubb’s
- White Denim (CD release), Brazos at the Mohawk
- Future of the Left at the Beauty Bar
- Michelle Shocked at the Cactus Cafe
- Art Brut at the Mohawk. After a slightly baffling tenure on EMI, this English/German outfit is back on an indie label for their new album ‘Art Brut vs. Satan,’ produced by, of all people, Frank Black of the Pixies. Fun and gritty and danceable and shout-along though it is, Lucifer wins. 8 p.m. $12 advance, $14 door. — J.G.
Also recommended:
- The Tragically Hip at La Zona Rosa
- Underground Railroad to Candy Land at Beerland
- Gods Revolver at Red 7
- Big Red Marbles at the Beauty Bar (early show, 6:15 p.m.)
- Nic Walker/La La Quarry at the Salvage Vanguard Theater
- Cold As Ghost at the Red Eyed Fly
