Headliners are listed first, opening bands last. Times listed are when the opening band starts. Austin.com strives to be accurate in times and cover charges, but don’t sue us if we’re a couple bucks off. Tonight's recommendations are marked with our pick. Scroll down to Threadgill's for a chance to win FREE TIX to Will Taylor & Strings Attached Beatles night.
The Amsterdam
Jodi Adair
9:00
Singer-Songwriter
Antone’s
The Scabs, Mingo Fishtrap
9:30 / $20 / All Ages
R&B, Soul
The Scabs are legendary ‘round these parts; Bob Schneider fronts with Bruce Hughes and a horn section to boot. Naughty R&B you could say. Mingo Fishtrap is an 8-piece Austin ensemble with a ‘Nawlins attitude. Think Sly and the Family Stone and the Neville Brothers in one.
Artz Ribhouse
Marvin Dykhuis, Danny Britt
7:30 / No Cover / All Ages
B.D. Riley’s Irish Pub
Altar Boyz
Blues
Mike Milligan and his harmonica front the Boyz, a Texas blues band that dabbles in Louisiana soul.
BB Rovers
Brigitte London
8:30 / All Ages
Singer-Songwriter
 Beerland
The Strange Boys, Masshysteri, Hex Dispensers
9:00
Garage Rock, Punk
The Strange Boys grab influence from Roky Erickson, werewolves, and minimalist R&B. Masshysteri shows the garage rock explosion isn’t contained to Austin alone; the Swedish outfit teeters to the punk side and male/female vocals keep the tunes fresh. Local Hex Dispensers bring a dark, brooding, almost emo-ish quality to punk rock.
The Belmont
Crawfish Boil w/ Dr. Zog, DJ Veg
‘Bout Time
DJ Element
9:00 / No Cover
House
Jump and get funky with DJ Element’s weekly gig at this popular, friendly North Austin gay bar.
Broken Spoke
Alvin Crow
8:00
Country
Hardcore fiddlin’ drives the hardcore country. Dance lessons precede.
Carousel Lounge
Graham Weber, Duff Walsh
Singer Songwriter
To stand out in Austin’s overcrowded singer songwriter scene, you must be something special. Weber stood out enough for top of the heap Slaid Cleeves to cover him. That says something.
Central Market North
Djembabes
6:30 / No Cover / All Ages
World
Continental Club (matinee)
Redd Volkaert
3:00 / No Cover
Country
Sickingly good guitarist; his nubs for fingers only make it more frustrating for mere mortal guitarists wondering how he does it. This weekly matinee is one of those things that reminds us Austin is the coolest place on Earth. Need a sneak peek, check out some video here.
Continental Club
Two Hoots & A Holler, Eleven Hundred Springs
10:00 / $10
Country, Rockabilly
Ricky Broussard’s twangin’ punk of Two Hoots and a Holler rattles the hepcats at the Continental. Dallas’ Eleven Hundred Springs rockabilly country lets the pedal steel shine.
Continental Club Gallery
Mike Flanigin B-3 Trio
10:00 / $5
Lounge, Jazz
Upstairs at the Continental Gallery, Mike Flanigin—the local baron of the B-3, is holding court.
Creekside Lounge
Slowtrain, The Shine Brothers, Radar Radar, Bryce Clifford
Roots Rock
Slowtrain has a Wallflowers feel to their Band-inspired roots rock.
Daily Juice Café
Hollywood Gossip, That Damned Band, Mysterious H, David Israel
Indie, Other
Hollywood Gossip is a four-piece of clean, happy ditties of pure indie pop candy coated in jangly bah-bah-bahs and joyously bouncy bass. That Damned Band is an accordion-led, over-the-edge tin-pan-alley outfit solicited the remark “who is that damned band” enough times for the moniker to stick.
Donn’s Depot
Austin Homegrown
9:30 / $5
Elephant Room
Kat Edmonson
9:30 / $5
Jazz
Singular jazz singer Kat Edmonson should attract fans of Norah Jones with her brand new release, Take Me To the Sky.
Emo’s (inside)
Baby Got Bacteria, Brass Ovaries Dancers, Churchwood, Opposite Day
10:00 / $8 / All Ages
Indie
Austin’s Opposite Day are reminiscent of Fishbone without the horns and a bit of Jaco Pastorius and Steely Dan to boot.
Emo’s (outside)
Stick to Your Guns, In Fear & Faith, Stray From the Path, Kid Liberty Katsumoto, No Bragging Rights
9:00 / $7 / All Ages
Flamingo Cantina
Rook, Full Service, Raptors in the Rafters, Drew Fish Band
9:30 / $5 / 18+
Rock, Reggae
Full Service deliver their name with a no-holds approach to reggae-influenced hard rock.
Giddy Ups
Jason Arnold & The Stepsiders
9:00 / No Cover
Country
The stepsiding refers to the two-steppin and swing. Buck Ownes gets a big nod in Arnold’s classic country set.
Ginny’s Little Longhorn
Billy Dee
9:00 / No Cover
Country
Billy Dee is as old-school, pre-Nashvegas country as it gets. With a booming baritone voice and a stellar band, you’d swear Nashville never existed.
Hole in the Wall
Li’l Cap’n Travis, Monahans, Trucker Slang
10:00 / $3
Indie, Americana
L’il Cap’n reel you in with pop sensibilities.
House Wine
Havilah
8:00 / No Cover
Folk Rock
Havilah Tower’s voice has been compared to Natalie Merchant.
Jovita’s
Run Amok!, 3rd Try Lefty, Crystal Flavola, Jerry Sires
Lamberts
Dan Dyer, Suzanna Choffel
Soul, R&B, Rock
Dan Dyer has a Stevie Wonder thing goin’ on; speaking of what’s goin’ on, you’ll note hints of Marvin Gaye and gospel in there too. Suzanna Choffel has a bit of everything goin’ on; the songstress masterfully avoids genre classification leading a hook-and-groove move through urban soul and indie pop.
Latitude 30
Jabarvy
9:00
Jam Band
String Cheese Incident with a horn section.
Lucky Lounge
Dj Protégé, Angel Ferrer
9:00 / No Cover
Pop, Rock
Angel Ferrer pack Jack Johnson style rock with a funkier rhythm, smooth jazz harmonies, and occasional Latin injections.
Mohawk (outside)
T-Bird & The Breaks, Afrofreque
9:00 / $10 / All Ages
Soul, Funk, Hip-Hop
The 10-piece T-Bird & The Breaks bring the house down, any house, with their own gutbucket funky riffs and soulicious vocals in the vein of Wilson Pickett and Sly & The Stone; debut Learn About It is a good suggestion. First time sharing a bill with Afrofreque, and hopefully not the last. One of Austin’s more underappreciated bands with no good reason, Afrofreuqe inject dub reggae vibes into a slick, full band hip-hop show.
Mohawk (inside)
The Seas
Midnight / All Ages
Momo’s
Patrice Pike & Joy Davis, Amy Atchley, Paperwork, Darcy
8:00 / $10
Rock, Country
Rock queen Patrice Pike and her country singing sister Joy Davis helm the late set.
North by Northwest
Stephen Doster, & Bill Carter
Singer-Songwriter, Acoustic Rock
Nutty Brown Café
Carolyn Wonderland
7:30 / $10 / All Ages
Blues, Rock
Carolyn Wonderland is a bombshell of blues rock, with a booming pipes and dexterous guitar slinging. Often compared to Bonnie Raitt, but with all due respect, Raitt doesn’t come close to Wonderlands guitar chops or powerhouse vocals.
One 2 One Bar
Lisa Tingle, Jon Napier & Colin McDonald
8:00
Jazz, Blues
Gorgeous, soul/blues vocalist Lisa Tingle has made a living singing for other folks. Her own sets are impassioned with the spirit of everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Robert Plant.
The Parish
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Funkotron
9:00 / $12 / All Ages ($15)
Jazz, Experimental
Oklahoma’s greatest jazz export is sometimes hard to even categorize as jazz. Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey is as much an odyssey as jazz, exploring the outer rims of the genre while proving avant-garde and experimental jazz doesn’t have to be piercing and harsh.
The Parlor
The No No No Hopes
9:00 / No Cover / All Ages
Garage Rock, Punk
Although perhaps perennially pessimistic, No No No Hopes use it to tap into the better aspects of early grunge (Mudhoney) and come out like a male version of Detroit Cobras.
Patsy’s Cowgirl Café
John Burkland
7:30
Qua Bottle Lounge
DJ Dojo
Red Fez
DJ Kurv
10:00 / No Cover
House, Hip Hop
A mix and mash of rock, disco, house, and whatever gets the crowd going.
Roadhouse Rags
Eve & The Exiles, Teddy & The Tall Tops, Ted Roddy & The Backwoods Hipsters
7:00 / $5 / All Ages
Rock, Blues
Who needs a stack of 45s from the ‘50s? Eve & The Exiles are more than just fine to take you there. Eve Monsees fronts on vocals and swapping lead guitar fills with Homer Henderson. On the skins is Mike Buck, an original member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. Ted Roddy is as explosive as it gets with the little ol’ harmonica.
Room 710
HOD, Mala Suerte, Disfigured, Hammerwhore, Butchered Saints
Metal, Hardcore
Salvage Vanguard Theater
Filastine
Saxon Pub
Bugs Henderson
8:00 / $10
Blues
Saxon Pub (later)
Jeff Gallagher, Lisa Hayes
10:30 / $8
Scoot Inn & Bier Garten
Heybale!, Dave Insley’s Careless Smokers, Shawn Nelson
8:30
Country
Barrelhouse Texas honky tonk of Heybale features Telecaster Master Redd Volkaert and Johnny Cash/Byrds pianoman Earl Poole Ball among others. Baritone front man Dave Insley leads the Careless Smokers through Texas twang and country rock with an irreverent grace.
Sherlock’s Baker St. Pub
The Space Rockers
Rock, Schtick
Cover songs from the ‘80s and ‘90s dressed in superhero costumes.
Stubb’s (inside)
Howie Day, Nick Zuber
9:30 / $23
Acoustic Rock
Singer-songwriter plays with himself, er, we mean by that, that he loops and delays his own playing and plays on top of it.
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Threadgill’s World Headquarters
Will Taylor & Strings Attached Beatles Show
9:00 / $15
Rock, Pop, Classical
The popular Strings Attached sets continue, here Will Taylor tackles arrangements for the complete albums of Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The six-piece Strings Attached band will welcome guests Darin Murphy (who played John Lennon on Broadway), Karn Mal, and Tameca Jones, whose soulful voice and spirit will add a little Tina Turner feel to the mix. The performance includes a creative light show by Charles Beard.
Threadgill’s Old #1
The Fireants
10:00 / $5
Newgrass
Jam band bluegrass from youngsters having a great year, starting in January winning Westlake High School’s Battle of the Bands, up to a bigger nod from Old Settler’s Music Festival Best Talent winners, finally even bigger with an Austin Music Award for best teen band.
Trophy’s
Bridges & Blinking Lights, Distant Seconds, American Werewolf Academy
9:00 / $5
Indie Rock
Another of the bright lights shining from Denton, Bridges & Blinking Lights mix indie pop with a bit of Wilco-style Americana. Austin’s Distant Seconds have an affinity for Alex Chilton that sometimes surfaces. |
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