Weekend music picks: Metric and Paramore, Ted Roddy and Eggmen
By Michael Corcoran
Editor’s note: This article was originally published October 31, 2013
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FRIDAY
Paramore and Metric at Austin360 Amphitheater. The Circuit of the Americas becomes the site of an F2 concert, with a pair of female-fronted punk pop bands facing off. Hayley Williams and Paramore, which exists because “The Voice” wasn’t around when Williams was coming up, hail from Nashville, “Music City, USA,” while Emily Haines and Metric are from Toronto and Montreal. Paramore gets cred points for mixing it up on the Warped tour a couple of times, while Metric’s coolness quotient spiked when Haines and guitarist James Shaw membered up in Broken Social Scene. The more radio-friendly, energy-scripted Paramore is headlining, but the billing should be reversed because Metric is the band you go for after you’ve grown out of Paramore. Hellogoodbye, the perfect name for a band opening a three-act bill, plays first. If you see a hipster at this show, call the coroner, because he’s been caught dead. 7:30 p.m. $29.50- $45. www.austin360amphitheater.com
Also performing
- Friday: Swamp Dogg, Bobby Patterson at the Continental Club
- Friday: Willis Alan Ramsey, Grace London at Threadgill’s
- Friday: Galactic, Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Stubb’s
- Friday: Strings Attached plays Paul Simon at Strange Brew
- Friday: Del Castillo, Patricia Vonne & the Infidels at Antone’s
- Friday: Casualties, Negative Approach, Krum Bums at Red 7
- Friday: Tigran Hamasyan at Frank
- Friday: Flametrick Subs with Satan’s Cheerleaders at Beerland
- Friday: Beto and the Fairlanes at Elephant Room
- Friday: Dia De Los Muertos with the Orb at Emo’s East
- Friday: Night of the Living Shred with Immortal Guardian, the Crowned, Firestarter ‘82 at Elysium
- Friday: Bipolar Gentlemen at the Legendary White Swan
- Friday: Rusted Root at the Belmont
- Friday: The Wasted Hearts at the Hole in the Wall
- Friday: Roger Wallace, Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash at the White Horse
- Friday: Wildfires, Kristen Cothron & the Darkside at the Swan Dive
- Friday: Dark Side of the Rainbow (Syd Barrett tribute) with Christian Bland and the Revelators at Austin Music Hall
SATURDAY
Ted Roddy and the Eggmen at One-2-One Bar. Elvis Presley and the Beatles. Never again will rock ‘n’ roll see the likes of those giants, but this show’s theme carries a unique perspective: How did they influence each other? Roddy will sing songs from Presley’s Sun Sessions backed by the Horton Brothers plus Buck Johnson. And the Eggmen, Austin’s top Fab Four recreation, will also go early in the Beatles catalog. And then? Will “the Beatles” call up “Elvis” for a jam? How can they not? Roddy at 7 p.m., Eggmen at 8:30 p.m. $12 1509 S. Lamar Blvd. www.one2onebar.com.
Also performing:
- Saturday: Those Darlins, Diane Coffee at Red 7
- Saturday: DeVotchKa, Girl in a Coma at ACL Live
- Saturday: Sarah Jaffe at Scoot Inn
- Saturday: Grupo Fantasma at Empire Control Room
- Saturday: ’90s Gold with Lorax as the Melvins, Dead Space as Nirvana, Circle Curse as Unwound at Beerland
- Saturday: Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls Mohawk (outside)
- Saturday: East Cameron Folkcore Mohawk (inside)
- Saturday: Grape St, Frank Smith, Booher, Twinsmith at Hotel Vegas
- Saturday: Whiskey Sisters at Moontower Saloon
- Saturday: Bat City Surfers, the Humanoids at Flamingo Cantina
- Saturday: SOJA, Nahko, Medicine for the People at Stubb’s
- Saturday: ’80s Prom with Heartbyrne (Talking Heads tribute) at Emo’s East
- Saturday: We’ll Go Machete at the Hole in the Wall
- Saturday: Possessed by Paul James, McMercy Family Band, Country Willie at Antone’s
- Saturday: Swamp Dogg, Bobby Patterson at the Continental Club
- Saturday: Zoumountchi at the Sahara Lounge
- Saturday: Lauren Silva, Jane Bond, Paul Finley at Strange Brew
- Saturday: Ben Kweller, Wheeler Brothers at Speakeasy
SUNDAY
The 7th Annual Gram Parsons Birthday Hoot at Threadgill’s. So many great songs to choose from and so many terrific interpreters. Gram’s old piano player Earl Poole Ball will be on hand, along with Jimmy LaFave, Gurf Morlix, BettySoo, Dallas Wayne and on and on. Parsons, who died at age 26, didn’t have much of a physical connection with Austin, but his pioneering mix of country and rock continues to define much of the scene and this has become one of those cool, new Austin traditions. 7 p.m. $10. 301 W. Riverside Drive. www.threadgills.com.
Also performing:
- Sunday: GZA with Brownout! at ACL Live
- Sunday: Stanton Moore with Red Young and Ephraim Owens at One-2-One Bar
- Sunday: Mark Olson at the Cactus Café
- Sunday: Sergio Mendes at One World Theater
- Sunday: The Deer Tracks at the Mohawk
- Sunday: Scale the Summit, the Reign of Kindo, Jolly at Red 7
- Sunday: Heybale, the Wagoneers at the Continental Club
- Sunday: The C.R.E.W., Hood Swagg Mafia at Metal & Lace
- Sunday: Shinyribs, Bobby Patterson & the Disciples, Hacienda at the Long Center
- Sunday: Girl Guitar Showcase at Antone’s
- Sunday: Wendy Colonna, Guy Forsyth at Spicewood Tavern
- Sunday: Kevin Lovejoy Trio at the Elephant Room
Free in-store at 5 p.m.: Wild Child at Waterloo Records