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Willie’s Place at Carl’s Corner hosts pre-opening party
The “Bio Willie” diesel fueling stations won’t be operational until at least September, but the music was pumping Thursday as Willie Nelson and friends christened the rebuilt and expanded Willie’s Place at Carl’s Corner truck stop 40 miles north of Waco with a free concert.
By the 4 p.m. opening set by David Allan Coe, the 500-person capacity Willie Nelson Theater was full, with dozens waiting to get in. As Johnny Bush followed, many latecomers were relegated to watch the local talent on the outdoor stage, with little chance to get inside with the air conditioning and the bigger names.
“It’s going to be a madhouse tonight,” said Nelson’s harmonica player, Mickey Raphael. Nelson was scheduled to go on at 9:30 p.m., preceded by fellow legends Merle Haggard and Ray Price.
Nelson ended up performing outside in the heat as the crowds swelled to about 2,500, placating many with “Milk Cow Blues,” “Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” and “Good Hearted Woman.” After Nelson’s short set in the swelter, many fans called it a day.
“I can’t tell you how long we’ve been waiting for this day,” Nelson said at a news conference earlier, seated next to Carl’s Corner founder Carl Cornelius.
The landmark trucker oasis on Interstate 35 East was closed for more than two years after the original buildings were town down and rebuilt with an old Western town facade. Cornelius said the long-term goal is to turn Carl’s Corner into a multiclub entertainment destination.
“Years ago, Willie said, ‘What if we opened a club here and had George Strait play and then had a club over here for Waylon (Jennings) and one over here for Emmylou Harris? Well, before you know it, we’d have our own Branson, Missouri,’ ” Cornelius said. “I never stopped thinking about that.
“Willie goes all over the country, and he’s been to every truck stop,” Cornelius said. “His goal is to make Carl’s Corner the ultimate truck stop.”
Chief among Nelson’s directives is that Willie’s Place at Carl’s Corner become a model for biodiesel truck stops.
“If we get this one up and going well, we’ll see others,” Nelson said. “I’d love to see hundreds like this on the interstates.”
Austin author Joe Nick Patoski, who penned the Nelson biography “An Epic Life,” said two things about the new Carl’s Corner are especially impressive.
“They have their own biodiesel refinery, where farmers can come and turn their crops into fuel,” Patoski said. “And having (XM radio announcer) Eddie Kilroy broadcasting from here is going to be a real draw.”
Fans can watch Kilroy’s “Willie’s Place” show come together from his glass booth.
Besides the Willie Nelson Theater and a smaller Whiskey River Saloon, the not-quite-finished truck stop will soon feature a restaurant, showers, a laundry, overnight parking for trucks and RVs, a general store and the biggest Nelson souvenir and gift shop in existence.
But Cornelius said the connection with his old friend Nelson is what sets his truck stop apart.
“Without Willie, none of this would be possible,” he said.
Nelson and family host their traditional Fourth of July Picnic today at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Selma.
Photo of the Freddie Powers Band performing courtesy of Waco Tribune-Herald
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Weekend Picks: Cartoonish metal, sultry vocals and summer festival fun
Friday: Andrew W.K. at Emo’s. The man in the white jeans who once screamed ‘Don’t Stop Living in the Red’ returns with all-new anthems, most likely urging you to party, believe in yourself or something similarly optimistic and loud. With Against Me’s Tom Gabel and more. 10 p.m. $10. - Joe Gross
Friday: Los Bad Apples at the Belmont. This hip-hop/reggaeton group got a big boost during the SXSW Music Festival when they landed an opening gig for rapper Ludacris at a private party. With their bangin’ beats, booty-movin’ grooves and witty rhymes it was a natural fit. The group is MCed by Zeale 32 with former Grupo Fantasma artist Joseph Serrato on the beats and sultry vocals from Anita Benner. They celebrate the release of their new video ‘Don’t Stop.’ 10 p.m. —Deborah Sengupta Stith
Friday: Kanko at the Continental Club. Speaking of ex-Fantasmanites, Grupo’s original frontman, Brian Ramos, heads the wildly adventurous project Kanko. A little ska, a little punk and a little bit of breakneck cumbia creates a great big sound. Charanga Cakewalk headlines. —-D.S.S.
Saturday: ‘Born on the 5th of July’ EXIT Music Festival at Waterloo Park.Exit Music Group presents a festival of Austin music and art. Participating bands include Black & White Years (for a story on the band, see page 10), Alpha Rev, Ricardo Sanchez, South Austin Jug Band, Patrice Pike and many more. Yes, there is a drum circle stage. Doors at 9 a.m., show 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. $12.25 (kids 10 and younger), $23.25, $56.25. - J.G.
Saturday: Ring the Alarm at the Parish. DJs Baby G, Jah Mighty and Jr. Vibes throw down the dancehall reggae for your bumping, grinding pleasure. —-D.S.S.
Sunday: Dethklok at the Austin Music Hall. The central characters of Cartoon Network’s hit ‘Metalocalypse,’ Dethklok is a real band sort of the way Gorillaz is. With less-animated (hah!) metal acts Chimaira and Soilent Green. 7:30 p.m. $25. . — J.G.
Sunday: Ulrich Schnaus at the Parish. His latest album, ‘Goodbye,’ has been one of this German ambient electronic artist’s most widely reviewed and one of his best received. Expect music in cloud form. With Austin’s shoegazing space cadets Experimental Aircraft and more. $8 advance, $10 day of show. 7 p.m. — J.G.
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Fleet Foxes at Mohawk
Fleet Foxes’ frontman Robin Pecknold felt compelled to explain his long-sleeve shirt and ski cap, what with it being summertime in Texas and all.
“I feel like I have flabby arms, and I just got an embarrassing haircut,” the skinny, long-haired Seattleite told a sold-out crowd Wednesday at Mohawk.
With hypnotic, extended-jam versions of “Sun Giant” and “Sun It Rises” already under their beards, the fivesome had established themselves as anything but a My Morning Jacket pre-“Z” cover band, a comparison that’s hard to deny after listening to Pecknold’s echo-chamber vocals on their deservedly buzzed-about, self-titled Sub Pop debut.
Now it was time for one of the many random discourses that routinely took place in between songs. Drummer Josh Tillman, a real ham, seized the moment to riff on his trip to Whole Foods earlier in the day.
“Can you ever have too many vitamins?” he queried before dropping into the mock tone of a shopper posed with the grocer’s infinite holistic offerings, and added, “Never heard of this before. Gotta put it in my body.”
Funny business aside, Fleet Foxes resumed with the trifecta of “White Winter Hymnal,” “Your Protector,” and “He Doesn’t Know Why.” In those three songs, the band showed off majestic four-part harmonies that sometimes ascended to the heights of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s as well as an ability to make subtle changes that translated into a multitude of genres, from sweeping epics built for Irish-countryside films to Americanized Buddhist chants to hippified tribal noodling.
For an encore, Pecknold took the stage solo and played the acoustic “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song.” Right before that, though, someone in the audience asked him to take off his ski cap. He begrudgingly obliged.
“See, it’s too short,” he said. “I got it cut too short.” Because of the new, weekday noise ordinance, so, too, was his band’s set.
Click here to view photos from the show.
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Live chat With Statesman pop critic Joe Gross at 2 p.m. today
Statesman pop critic Joe Gross hosts the first of weekly live chats about music (Austin music, Texas music and otherwise) today (July 3) at 2 p.m.
Topics includes July 4 music plans, Exit Fest on July 5, and the singles of the summer (by which we mean songs, not specific single people).
Chats will take place from then on in every Thursday at 2 p.m.
In the immortal words of Public Enemy “Consider yourself…..warned!”
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Escovedo charts, Dyer hearts ICM
He’s always been a critic’s darling, but Alejandro Escovedo is starting to find favor with those who have to pay for their albums. His ninth album “Real Animal” is his first to make the Billboard album sales chart, coming in at #122, with sales of 6,178. Appearances on the Conan O’Brien and Today shows undoubtedly helped.
Meanwhile, brown-eyed soul man Dan Dyer has signed with the powerful ICM booking agency. His self-titled album, named one of the top ten local releases of the year in the June 12 XL, will be released nationally Aug. 26. Dyer plays most Tuesday nights at the Continental Club ((July 8, 22, and 29) and Wednesday at Momo’s (July 2, 9, 23, and 30).
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Paula Nelson gets film role
Paula Nelson has some acting experience
Paula Nelson has been added to the cast of “Conflict of Interest,” playing Brittany, the mistress of Michael Madsen’s character. Other Austin music figures with roles in the Austin-filmed flick include Saxon Pub owner Joe Ables, who plays a judge, and musician George Devore as a bartender.
“Conflict of Interest” is the story of an alternative weekly in a Texas college town, where four-star reviews are automatically given to films directed by friends of the editor. Even “The Newton Boys.”
Not really: it’s “a political thriller.” Now there’s an oxymoron.
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ACL Fest Sound and Jury Contest open for business
Your band looking for a way to play the Austin City Limits Music Festival? The terribly punny ACL Fest Sound and the Jury Competition is now accepting applications.
After a two and a half month bracket competition that’s equal parts juried talent search and online popularity contest, five finalists will be selected to travel to Austin for a musical standoff at Antone’s on September 24. Each finalist will receive tickets to the ACL fest and a travel stipend and a feature on DellLounge.com. The grand prize winner will also receive hotel accomodations, a Dell Studio 15 laptop, artist passes for the festival and a 45 minute spot on the Dell Stage on day one of the fest. Sure, 11:45 a.m. on the first day of the festival isn’t a great time slot, but for an up-and-comer looking for the proverbial foot in the door to the rapidly expanding megafest, it’s not a bad gig.
Application deadline is August 22, 2008.
(Pictured, Brandon Kinder, lead singer of the Abilene, Texas band Homer Hiccolm and the Rocketboys who won last year’s competition. Photo by Jay Janner AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
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In the Clubs with Consider the Source
- Photos: In the Clubs 2008
The popularity of “metalcore” — guitar riffs of progressive-rock complexity played at punk or hardcore tempos, more or less — has exploded in the past decade, and it’s not that hard to see why. With its complicated parts and stop-start rhythms, metalcore rewards musicians who, you know, can actually play, yet want to rock as hard as humanly possible.
Consider Consider the Source (sorry, couldn’t resist). The Austin quartet — while not quite as Cookie Monsterish (vocalist Seth Grueneberg sings rather than grunts or bellows) or musically violent as most metalcore acts — can certainly hang with them riff for riff. The band even provides a shockingly specific list of its influences right on its MySpace page (myspace.com/considerthesource). “Fragile” by Yes, “In Casino Out” by At the Drive-In and “The Inner Mounting Flame” by Mahavishnu Orchestra share space with less audible antecedents such as U2’s “The Joshua Tree” and the ’90s punk classic “Slip” by Quicksand.
Drummer James Taylor says prog rock was never a dirty term in Consider the Source. “You listen to something like King Crimson, and those records were so nerdy,” he says, “but they also had classic pop hooks and melodies.”
In the Clubs: Consider the Source opens for the Bronx at Emo’s on Friday.
(Photos by Tammy Perez FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
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Ray Benson joins the Austin Live Music Academy as artistic advisor
Tthe Austin Live Music Academy, under the auspices of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas at Austin has added Asleep at the Wheel leader Ray Benson as artistic advisor to ALMA.
His recording studio, Bismeaux Studio will continue to serve as the classroom for the Academy’s recording class.
ALMA is currently accepting applications for students to begin the one-year program, which starts in September. The application deadline is July 15, 2008. Information about ALMA can be found at www.music.utexas.edu/alma.
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A-List video: Boris at the Mohawk
Boris, a Japanese hard rock band, left the audience at The Mohawk in tatters Saturday night.
- The A-List: Pics from the show
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Boy George Stubb’s date finally officially canceled
As C3 puts it, “despite all attempts at an appeal, Boy George’s US Visa has been denied and the singer’s summer tour has been postponed as a result.” He will not be playing his Aug. 21 date at Stubb’s.
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Review: Thievery Corporation ACL taping
Our esteemed colleague The M.O. pointed out in his blog yesterday that KLRU is conducting an online survey on streaming video content. If you complete the survey you’ll be entered in a drawing to win guaranteed tickets to a future ACL taping. As our man points out, these tapings do provide a great opportunity to catch big name artists in a very intimate setting.
About a week ago I had the opportunity to catch D.C.-based electronica artists Thievery Corporation when they did their taping for an upcoming edition of Austin City Limits. While the group only consists of two full-time members, DJs Rob Garza and Eric Hilton, their music is expansive, collaging together rhythmic patterns, instrumental lines and a wide variety of vocals drawn from global influences. Their live shows flesh out the audio Pangaea that seems to inform their artistic vision.
At the taping last Wednesday Garza and Hilton were joined by a cast of about a dozen diverse supporting artists. The music ranged from ambient and ethereal to upbeat and downright jubilant. As far as the females went, French/Iranian/New Yorker LouLou provided vocals that were smooth and sublime while Brazilian Karina was fiery and playful and Sista Pat was earthy and inspirational. A special guest appearance from Brazilian artist Seu Jorge (who you might recognize from such films as “City of God” and “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou”) provided a new school electro-samba interlude. The highest energy, however, was provided by the Rastas, with dred-locked D.C. artists Roots and Z and Jamaican dancehall chanter Sleepy Wonder bringing the entire audience to their feet with their driving reggae/dub.
The ensemble performed for almost 2 hours, taking two encores as the insatiable crowd called for more. It was the first time I had caught a live set from this group, which blew away ACL Fest crowds a couple years back, and sold out a Stubb’s show earlier in the week. It’s easy to see why the group’s vibe works so well in Austin. Their progressive internationalism suits our city well.
The air date for Thievery Corporation’s ACL has not yet been set. Set list after the jump.
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Live chat With Statesman pop critic Joe Gross at 2 p.m. July 3
Folks,
I will be hosting the first of weekly live chats about music (Austin music, Texas music and otherwise) July 3 at 2 p.m.
Topics includes July 4 music plans, Exit Fest on July 5, and the singles of the summer (by which we mean songs, not specific single people).
Chats will take place from then on in every Thursday at 2 p.m.
In the immortal words of Public Enemy “Consider yourself…..warned!”
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CD review: Los Lonely Boys - ‘Forgiven’
Alex Jones FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN
Los Lonely Boys
‘Forgiven’
(Sony)
There’s no question mark after the title of Los Lonely Boys’ third album, “Forgiven,” but it sure couldn’t hurt. The last time we heard from the brothers Garza, bassist JoJo and drummer Ringo were still dogged by assorted drug and assault charges. “Sacred,” the album they were promoting at the time, was rising up the charts, yeah, thanks to the carry-over popularity of the song “Heaven” from their self-titled debut, but it was hard not to feel disgusted by the air of moral decline.
Enter big brother Henry, who pleads their case on the new album’s title track. “Can you take it away, Lord?” he sings, “Help me change my ways of living.” He seems sincere (hey, we’ve all known a little moral decline), and the brothers are in rare form.
Indeed, Los Lonelys’ voices are glued together on harmonies honed under the tutelage of an exacting father. And Henry and JoJo’s lyrics preach virtue without being pedantic: their themes include self-affirmation, introspection and perseverance. The best yet is Henry’s shredding in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan, which is in full effect on “Heart Won’t Tell a Lie;” you can feel the song’s gigantic guitar intro percolating under Ringo’s congas from a mile away, but it still gets you every time.
“Forgiven” was recorded at East Side Stages in Austin, and includes Dr. John on three tracks, among them the funky “You Can’t See the Light.” Instead of a traditional studio environment, Los Lonelys re-created their live setup. That’s an approach that screams, “We just wanna forget everything else and play for the sake of playing.” And that’s exactly what “Forgiven” sounds like — done-good Texas boys playing their smooth “Texican” blend of rock ‘n’ roll, pop and the blues because they don’t know what else to do.
So, are they — forgiven, that is? Well, it’s not really a “yes” or “no” question.
Recommended tracks: “Staying With Me,” “I’m a Man.”
Los Lonely Boys play a free KGSR Blues on the Green show with Shawn Sahm and the Tex Mex Experience July 9 at Zilker Park.
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Live review: Boris at Mohawk
There’s something deeply funny about a smoke machine outdoors, especially when there’s a breeze of any speed at all, which there almost always is in Austin.
Just like the last time they played the Mohawk (Oct. 19, 2007), Boris broke out the smoke machine Saturday night. And also like the last time the Japanese hard rock band played the Mohawk, the smoke enveloped touring guitarist Michio Kurihara now and then before vanishing into the warm night. Ah well.
There were a lot of things that reminded one of the last time they played the Mohawk, in fact. Like then, The set alternated between galloping rockers and longer, dronier pieces. Once again Boris’ merch table was, frankly, slightly obscene, filled with various Japanese versions of CDs and LPs and T-shirts. (One LP box set rang in at $250; you have to wonder who bought it, though God knows Boris fans are collector geeks to the core.)
Unlike the last time, much of the set felt, well, too quiet, which is something one never expects to witness at a show by a b and named for a song by the crushingly heavy rock band Melvins. It dulled the band’s not-inconsiderable power, cutting off the riffs at the proverbial knees.
Openers Torche faired a little better. Their fantastically catchy rock was also influenced by the Melvins’ heft and tone, but this was a heaviness you could hum an hour later. Clearly, someone in the band is a big big fan of early 90s indie rock icons Superchunk and that’s not an influence you hear much these days. Which is too bad.
Click here to view A-List photos from the show.
(Photo by David Weaver FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN)
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And the world’s greatest group is …
Alabama 3 covers Johnny Cash at SXSW in March
Why isn’t Alabama 3, the British techno/gospel/country/blues tribe who gave us the great “Sopranos” theme song “Woke Up This Morning,” the biggest band in the world? That’s the question yowled by “Hits and Exit Wounds,” a retrospective CD that drops July 8 like a sack full of serpents. Hearing, again, such numbers as “Hypo Full of Love (the 12 Step Plan),” the brilliant cover of John Prine’s “Speed of the Sound of Loneliness” and “Ain’t Goin’ To Goa”- all from 1998’s overlooked “Exile On Coldharbour Lane”- as well as newer tracks like “R.E.H.A.B.” and “Up Above My Head”- makes my head spin until it feels like the top will fly off. This music speaks to me with a megaphone. Forced to call themselves A3 in the States because of that godawful country band Alabama, Bama Trey is everything I love about music- the hooks, the groove, the stomp, the darkness, the sway, the rebellion- all rolled into one dopefiend Pentecostal dance band.
No one has ever tied this many different forms of American roots music together and made them sound so new. Part “Wise Blood,” part “My Life In the Bush of Ghosts,” Alabama 3 puts weird and spooky on top of that big rumble of love, which is one reason they’re not huge. That and all the profanity in the name of salvation.
They played SXSW in March, but I didn’t go because I was afraid they wouldn’t measure up to their records. They were billed acoustic and they had a new female singer and I just ended up at something hipper. But then my friend Suzee said it was the best thing she saw at SXSW and I was kicking myself.
Redemption! I just booked a flight to see the full-on band in Chicago at the Cubby Bear on July 4 and the Rothbury festival in Michigan July 5. Yeah, that’s how much.
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Musicmania Top 10 for the week ending June 29
Lil Wayne ‘Carter III’ (Cash Money)
Plies ‘Definition Of Real’ (SlipNSlide)
Trae ‘Streets of tha South 2’ (Oarfin)
Three 6 Mafia ‘Last 2 Walk’ (Columbia)
Bun-B ‘II Trill’ (Rap-A-Lot)
Blood Raw ‘CTE Presents Blood Raw’ (Def Jam)
Lucky Luciano ‘Ahead of my Time’ (Dope House)
Usher ‘Here I Stand’ (LaFace)
Rick Ross ‘Trilla’ (Def Jam)
Marvin Sapp ‘Thirsty’ (Verity)
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Waterloo Top 10 for the week ending June 28
Alejandro Escovedo, “Real Animal” (Back Porch)
Reckless Kelly, “Bulletproof” (Yep Roc)
Coldplay, “Viva La Vida” (EMI)
Sigur Ros, “Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust” (XL)
Grupo Fantasma, “Sonidos Gold” (High Wire Music)
My Morning Jacket. “Evil Urges” (ATO)
Fleet Foxes, “Fleet Foxes” (Sub Pop)
Hayes Carll, “Trouble in Mind” (Lost Highway)
Eliza Gilkyson, “Beautiful World” (Red House)
Vampire Weekend, “s/t” (XL)
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Late night musical guests this week
Denver’s Flobots hit “The Tonight Show” Thursday. They’ll play Austin’s Batfest, which takes over the Ann Richards Bridge August 30 and 31.
Monday
Newton Faulkner- Leno
Al Green- Letterman
Tapes ‘N Tapes- Conan
Chromeo- Kimmel
Tuesday
Ed Harcourt- Leno
Esperanza Spalding- Letterman
They Might Be Giants- Conan
Secondhand Serenade- Kimmel
Duffy- Ferguson
Wednesday
David Cook- Leno
Donna Summer- Letterman
AA Bondy- Conan
Jewel- Kimmel
Thursday
Flobots- Leno
Republic Tigers- Letterman
The Kills- Conan
We the Kings- Kimmel
John Hiatt- Ferguson
Friday
Tristan Perryman- Leno
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Live Review: Oxford Collapse at Mohawk
There’s no denying that Oxford Collapse’s “Please Visit Your National Parks” is a catchy bit of herky jerky post-punk fun, but is it a song so nice they have to play it twice?
Normally no, but you had to give the Brooklyn trio a pass Thursday.
That’s because about 20 minutes into an energetic, churning set at The Mohawk - and halfway through the high point of “National Parks” - the song got an unexpected dance remix (so dubbed by bassist Adam Rizer) when singer/guitarist Michael Pace’s amp went silent.
Temporarily perturbed but affable, the band quickly regrouped thanks to equipment from tourmates Frightened Rabbit and finished off a successful set that combined the hooks and bounce of Vampire Weekend with the drive and angularity of Gang of Four.
Playing a month-long trek in advance of the forthcoming Sub Pop album “Bits,” the band had a loose freshness to them; could be from the joy of doing a small, informal tour, or maybe from the cooling dip Pace said they took in Barton Springs before the show. Either way, a fun bunch worth keeping an eye on.
They were joined by locals Peel (think of a shaggier Lemonheads with guy/girl vocals) and Frightened Rabbit, from Scotland.
The Scots were playing their second show at Mohawk in three days and were clearly comfortable, even though their sound - a more energetic take on The Delgados’ intricate pop, with a touch of The Frames - was a real departure following Oxford Collapse. That said, the crowd of around 300 was firmly in their grasp.
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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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I was not at the concert, but I am pretty sure the drummers name is Josh Tillman! Not Nicholas Peterson.
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