Tagged: showpreviews

If you take your blues-rock soaked in distortion and tinged with Honky Tonk, The Comet is the place to be on Friday night. Zachary Burns Band, self-described as "rock and country-blues distilled down to its most potent proof" will be joined by Lexington's Those Crosstown Rivals and locals Valley of the Sun. Valley of the Sun can be easily thrown into the stoner rock category, but I like to think of them as the soundtrack you'd want behind you as you're driving through the desert at sunset. Plus, check out this epic bio: [...]

Date Saturday, Feb 11th Location Scoot Inn Doors 900 mp Tickets $5 @ the Door Things are picking up on Saturday night, and we've got a great local show for you to get in on! Literature , ready to release their Arab Spring record in April, will be taking the lead role on the night, [...]

ColeCo have been racking up the accolades in the last several months, taking care of all live programming for The Weeknd's upcoming tour as well as remixing for them, Torro Torro, Bedouin Soundclash, and Young Empires. They've supported The Magician, Com Truise, Fake Blood, and they played CMJ in NYC at the end of 2011. Finally, they just released a new single on Nervous, and have another upcoming on Kitsune in March. So I'm proud to announce that I'll be rocking a party with ColeCo on Friday February 10th in Toronto, at Riva Supper Lounge. Expect [...]

Date Saturday, Feb 11th Location St. David's Episcopal Church Doors 730 pm Tickets $17 from Transmission Make no mistake about it, Saturday has a lot of great shows, but one of the places to be has to be St . David's Episcopal Church where you can catch one of the legends of indie rock. Things seem [...]

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We've got tickets to see Trey Songz with Big Sean at Nokia Theatre on February 17th! We want to give you the chance to see them with your valentine, FOR FREE. Head over to the UCLA Radio Facebook page, where we will announce how you can enter to win. OR - tune in to UCLA Radio's [...]

An all-star cast of Cincinnati musicians will be joining Margaret Darling of The Seedy Seeds at MOTR tomorrow evening. Darling will perform a set of her solo material with Billy Wallace of Billy Wallace and the Virginia Blues (formerly of The Wading Girl) on bass, Cameron Cochran of Pop Empire on pedal steel, and Mike Ingram of The Seedy Seeds on guitar and backing vocals. Margaret Darling will be opening for MPMF.11 artist Cheyenne Marie Mize, touring in support of her new EP, We Don't Need [...]

Date Monday, February 6th Location Stubb's BBQ Doors 900 pm Tickets $8 from FrontGate Jeremy Jay was definitely on my radar over the last several years, putting out several solid albums in a quick spurt. He's done most of his work on K Records , and I've [...]

Date Saturday, Feb 4th Location Mohawk Doors 800 pm Tickets $11 from Frontgate Rock n' roll season is clearly upon us, and Mohawk is kicking things off the right way. They've got one of the best live acts around coming to town Saturday night with King Khan and the Shrines taking [...]

Date Wednesday, Feb 1st Location Emos Doors 700 pm Tickets $14 from Frontgate If you're looking for a show to take you back in time, all the way back to the late 90s Emo scene, then perhaps this is where you'll need to be. I can't vouch for some of the singers doing their solo gig, but I hear they were a big [...]

Date Monday, January 30th Location Mohawk Doors 800 pm Tickets $10 from the Door As the music season starts to head into full-steam here at the end of January, the Mohawk has a nice little show to offer you this Monday evening: A Lull . The constructionist pop outfit is bring their excellent effort, Confetti [...]

If you're reading this, there's a good chance you were born sometime around the early 90s. Sure feels like you've been alive a long time, hasn't it? Now imagine a band that was formed at the same time you were born and that's still rockin' out with new stuff to this day. Such a thing exists, [...]

Date Wednesday, Jan 25th Location Stubbs Doors 700 pm Tickets $23 from Frontgate One of the more enduring and endearing rock acts of the last several years is the Kills , having put out album after album of sludgy guitar rock with the always fierce Alison Mosshart fronting the group. They're loud, they're bratty, [...]

Date 1/21/11 Location The Parish Doors 8pm Tickets $22 @ Frontgate Great singer songwriter type show going down at The Parish on Saturday night featuring ATH favorite Mason Jennings and songwriter Jillian Edwards . As always, Saturday night in Austin has plenty of shows to choose from, but this one should definitely be [...]

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Date Thursday, Jan 19th Location Frank Doors 930 pm Tickets $6 @ the Door There are clearly some great bands playing at Frank on Thursday night, such as Gentleman Rogues and Milk Thistle , but the band I'm most excited to see is Tiger Waves [...]

Two big pieces of news coming from John Dadzie, aka 12th Planet, today. First, Scion A/V will be releasing his latest production effort 'The End is Near' EP. It's a 5 track record with some incredible collaborations. Check the tracklist, listen to and download the single, and be sure that we'll have an update with the drop. 12th Planet – The End Is Near EP presented by Scion A/V 1) 12th Planet & Flinch – The End Is Near Pt. 1 2) 12th Planet, Skrillex & Kill The [...]

Starfucker is playing The Mohawk. Since the show is sold out, this serves only as a reminder to those of you that purchased tix a few months ago. If you want to join the dance party, you could of course brave the online pitfalls of craigslist or talk to the "ticket agents" out front. I am dragging a whole group out, things may get messy. I just have to remember to run across the street to catch Cass McCombs for a few songs. It is all about balance. Melted [...]

Date Sunday, January 15th Location Mohawk Doors 930 pm Tickets $6 at the Door Well, with cold weather comes that wintery music I love so much, and none do it much better than Dave Wingo and his band Ola Podrida . Word on the street is that the group will have a new album sometime [...]

Date Saturday, January 14th Location Stubbs Doors 900p Tickets $12 from Frontgate As the show season begins to pick up, and the weather remains a bit on the cold side, you're going to find the perfect show for you Saturday night over at Stubbs. Cass McCombs , six records into his career, is [...]

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Date 1/13/12 Location The Parish Doors 9pm Tickets $11 @ Frontgate Some great shows are going down this weekend to get all of you crazy kids back into the swing of things after a long free week in Austin. Let's start the long holiday weekend off right with a show by Austin band Balmorhea at [...]

Date 1/12/12 Location Scoot Inn Doors 7pm Tickets Sliding scale $5-$10 I'm sure that most of you reading this have heard the tragic story of Esme Barrera's death that came all too soon. As Esme was such an active individual in our music community, tons of great people are coming together to support her family and celebrate her life. One such event [...]