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Weekend picks: Charging rock, house wrecking gospel, Casual Victims
(Pictured: The Gary. David Weaver FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
FRIDAY
Joseph Arthur at the Cactus Cafe. ‘El Prolifico’ released four EPs and his eighth studio album in 2008, but you can do that when, as the Ohio native Arthur, you’re a recovering alcoholic and all of a sudden the days are four times as long. Since this gig is without his somewhat sloppy Lonely Astronauts band, we can hope for more songs from his great 2000 album ‘Come To Where I’m From.’ Arthur returns to the Cactus on Saturday. 8:30 p.m. $20. 2247 Guadalupe St. utexas.edu/txunion. — Michael Corcoran
Also recommended:
- Jerry Jeff Walker at the One World Theater
- Moonlight Towers at the Hole In the Wall
- Graham Wilkinson, Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir at the Continental Club
- Alec Ounsworth at Emo’s
- Casual Victim Pile bands at Beerland
SATURDAY
The Gary CD release at the Scoot Inn. The Gary is primed to have a very big 2010. After releasing a sensational EP of blue-collar, irony-free rock with 2009’s ‘Chub,’ the Austin trio returns with the charging, nine-song debut album ‘Logan.’ It’s an impressive first album that builds on all the strengths that made ‘Chub’ so headbang-worthy, and the band celebrates its release on CD — it’s been available digitally since December — at the appropriately straightforward charm of the Scoot Inn. 9 p.m. $5. 1308 E. Fourth St. www.scoot-inn.com. — Patrick Caldwell
Also recommended:
- Casual Victim Pile bands at Beerland
- I Luv Video 25th Anniversary with the Diagonals
- Ghost Knife at the United States Art Authority
- Bowerbirds at the Mohawk
- the Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Stubb’s
SUNDAY Bells of Joy at Stubb’s Austin’s greatest gospel group, whose 1951 single ‘Let’s Talk About Jesus’ was cited by Ray Charles as the inspiration for ‘I Got a Woman,’ no longer has the great A.C. Littlefield on vocals, but it can still wreck a house. Two seatings at this Gospel Brunch are 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Call 480-8341, ext 4, for reservations. 801 Red River St. www.stubbsaustin.com. — M.C.
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