
Date 11/16/09 Location Mohawk Doors 10pm Tickets ?? @ door David Adamson and his musical project Jookabox is making its way to Mohawk on Monday night. Opening support for the show will be provided by locals Hotel Hotel . This should prove to be the best way to kick off a week full of entertaining shows. [...]

Friday is another one of those rare (or not so rare) days in Austin that comes around every once and a while that blows the minds of us music types. The day is so jammed full of music goodness that we are dedicating a whole post just to Friday's shows. Which one are you headed to? The Parish : Elvis Perkins & A. A. Bondy @ 8pm for $14 . Mohawk : Bishop Allen and Darwin [...]

One of our now favorite Austin bands Calm Blue Sea are playing another show at Emo's on Sunday night. If you have yet to catch this band live or haven't heard their new record , make a point to do so before the nation picks up on them. Supporting bands for this one are Girls From Enola , Irepress , and Hotel Hotel . Doors are at 8 and show stars at 10pm. Download: The Calm Blue Sea - We Happy Few [MP3]
Tomorrow night's Waving Hands event at Rubber Gloves in Denton promises to be one of the weekend's best shows, combining dreamy ambient, mostly instrumental music from Sleep Whale (formerly Mom), Hot... Continue reading "Giveaway: Two Pairs Of Tickets For Waving Hands Saturday At Rubber Gloves" >

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Finally, the moment our 5 readers have been waiting for... NAOH's favorite albums of the year that was 2008. My list has seen a departure from the electronically synthesized towards a more organic sound, and much of it either contains no words at all, or words in foreign/inscrutable tongues, signifying my deep hatred of the English language. So, without further ado, I'll kick it off with... Honorable Mentions: [...]

Download: Hotel Hotel - "Harlem" Download: Arms - "Kids Aflame" Download: Light Pollution - "Firewood" Three new tracks from up-and-coming acts I would like to share with you. First off is Motel Motel , a Brooklyn-based, Americana-inspired quartet. For me, their first single, "Harlem", off their self-released album New Denver (this is a band that apparently likes proper nouns), was highly derivative off fellow Dylan-obsessed Americana plunderer Destroyer. The tunes on their MySpace page are much more promising [...]