How about a brief break from all the sxsw pics? There are some kickass shows around town over the next week or so that I’m really excited about.
Friday, aka tomorrow, aka 3/26: White Denim @ Antones – If you live in Austin, you’ve likely already seen White Denim. And you know they’re worth seeing again. (ask me about the time I caught them 7 times in 5 days at southby a few years back) Also, if you’re in the first 200 to rsvp on Do512, you get in for only $5.
Monday 3/29: Daniel Francis Doyle and YellowFever @ Red 7 – Again, locals, but DFD’s crazy one-man-band intensity and YF’s minimalist pop are always fun.
Wednesday 3/31: Ted Leo & the Pharmacists @ the Parish
Thursday 4/1: Harlem @ Mohawk – It’s their album release shindig, and even though it doesn’t officially drop until the week after, you can get your greedy hands on it then because they love you. They have a habit of putting at least one song on each album that makes it into my top 10 of the year, and this one is no exception.
Friday 4/2: Red Sparrowes @ Red 7 – You saw them at Fun Fun Fun, right?
Elvis vs Dikes of Holland @ Beerland – This should be awesome. I don’t know why DoH aren’t much bigger, because they throw down some awesome tracks. Combine them with the onstage crazy of that Elvis frontman, and it is a no-lose situation.
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Thursday at Baby Blue Studios, I picked up Brazos’ album, Phosphorescent Blues, and haven’t been able to stop playing it since.
A fan of Brazos for a few years, I’d heard various versions of many of the songs already, live or on their MySpace. The album versions are much more polished, tied together with piano by Jared Van Fleet (formerly of Voxtrot) and some great post- work.
The songs I’ve loved since first hearing them are still there: Avignon, Day Glo, For So Long Now. But the previously un-heard ones are quickly gaining: Downtown Boys in particular is just gorgeous, pulled along by softly surging piano and wistful lyrics about a lackadaisical life of late nights and mornings after (listen to it, and others, at their site).
They’re about to head out on tour with White Denim, whose album Fits drops tomorrow. The Brazos LP officially hits stores late November, but you can get it from ‘em at live shows now. Catch them at the Mohawk this Saturday for the tour kickoff, or around the country:
10/24 – Mohawk – Austin, TX
10/31 – Granada Theater – Dallas, TX
11/02 – Firebird – St Louis, MO
11/03 – Jackpot – Lawrence, KS
11/04 – 400 Bar – Minneapolis, MN
11/05 – High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI
11/06 – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
11/07 – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
11/09 – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON
11/10 – Il Motore – Montreal, QC
11/11 – TT the Bears – Cambridge, MA
11/12 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
11/13 – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA
11/14 – Rock N Roll Hotel – Washington, DC
11/16 – The Basement – Nashville, TN
11/17 – The Bottletree – Birmingham, AL
11/18 – The Earl – Atlanta, GA
11/19 – The Social – Orlando, FL
11/20 – Cafe Eleven – St Augustine, FL
11/22 – One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA
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