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It’s South by Southwest time lads and gents. So, the live music listings are a little more scattered than usual:
For a list of unofficial showcases of live music, visit SUNDAY FREE SXSW here.
For official showcases, well, it’s pretty much just the showcases at Emo’s.
The listings below are venues that are basically doing their normal thing. Repeat: For the larger SXSW-like showcases, use the links above. Happy music hopping.
The Amsterdam Garett Endres 10:00
B.D. Rileys Irish Tunes Session 8:00 / No Cover Irish Irish pub hosts a weekly set of Irish music. Guinness is not a requirement to attend, although it is highly recommended.
The Belmont Jane Bond Band Roots Rock Jane Bond keeps the rock set on the fun, spirited side.
Continental Club Alejandro Escovedo, Mad Juana, Carrie Rodriguez, Grady, Mario Escovedo, Amy Cook, Nic Tremulis, Tallboys 5:30 / $20 Rock, Roots, Americana The official (by official, we mean absolutely unofficial, but everyone agrees this is it) close to South by Southwest, the annual Alejandro show at the Continental finds a huge list of notable friends culminating in a high-energy set by Sir Escovedo. (If we did that knighting thing over here, he would’ve been some time ago.) The line will get long and start early, so don’t dally.
Continental Club Gallery (early) Jon Dee Graham & Friends w/ Kathy McCarty, Matt the Electrician, Freedy Johnston, Jesse Sublett 8:30 / $10 Roots Installment one of a new residency at the upstairs lounge with Jon Dee Graham. Should become a hot commodity in no time. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Austin Music Project. Since you’re here, stick around for the late night B-3 groove (keep reading).
Continental Club Gallery (later) Mike Flanigin B-3 Trio 10:00 / No Cover Lounge, Jazz Upstairs at the Continental Gallery, Mike Flanigin—the local baron of the B-3, is holding court.
Elephant Room Kevin Lovejoy Trio 9:30 / No Cover Jazz Often found playing with the top jazz cats in town, including the Ephraim Owens Quartet, pianist Kevin Lovejoy assumes the helm of the band.
Ginny’s Little Longhron (early) Chicken Shit Bingo w/ Dale Watson 4:00 / No Cover Country Roadhouse country dance whilst you watch a chicken defecate. Does anything say Texas better than that? The already packed Sunday tradition is likely to be beyond sardine-like with SXSW-ers still tailing around.
Ginny’s Little Longhorn James Intveld 8:30 / No Cover Country Keeping the country set going after the bingo game done finished.
Lamberts Ephraim Owens, Brannen Temple, Red Young 7:00 / No Cover Jazz Triple threat of towns great jazz cats making one great weekly trio gig.
Latitude 30 Randy Pavlock & Twenty Four Seven 10:00 / No Cover Blues With these kind of blues, a Texas Flood is sure to follow.
Lucky Lounge Bobby Bookout 9:00 / No Cover
Manuel’s Cienfuegos Noon Cuban, Latin Exquisite Latin sounds perfect to do the salsa, whether your partner be a dancer or a nacho chip.
Mean-Eyed Cat Lucas Hudgins & The First Cousins 8:00 Country Hudgins has a classic country heart as big as his sideburns.
Momo’s (early) Warren Hood & The Hoodlums 9:30 / $7 Newgrass, Swing Warren’s home base when not touring. The Hoodlums dabble in just about any American roots idiom.
Momo’s (later) Shawn Nelson & The Ramblers 12:15am / $5 Singer-Songwriter Threads of country and blues in Nelson’s music.
Nuevo León Mariachi Relampago 1:00 / All Ages Mariachi Mariachi Lightning. The only Austin mariachi band to win Univision’s Premios a la Musica Latina award.
Red Fez DJ Kurupt 10:00 / Free Hip Hop, Turntables Sunday night hip hop/dancehall/funk night running for more than six years.
Saxon Pub (early) The Resentments w/ Harmoni & Ed Jurdi 7:00 / $7 Roots Rock, Classic Rock, Alt-Country One of the town’s most famous weekly residencies, The Resentments continue to pack the house with seamless roots rock mastery. This week finds bass player in demand Harmoni sitting in as well as Band of Heathens’ Ed Jurdi.
Saxon Pub (later) Crybear 10:30 / $10
Scoot Inn & Bier Garten The Cynics, The Urges, The Higher State 9:00
Stubb’s (brunch) Shields of Faith 11:00am & 1pm Gospel Popular gospel brunch fills up fast. Call 512.480.8341 ext. 306 for reservations.
Threadgrills World Headquarters (brunch) Stonehoney 2:00 / No Cover / All Ages
Threadgrills World Headquarters (day) The Lee Boys 11:00am / All Ages Folk, Gospel
Threadgills’ North John Cruz 7:00 / $15 / All Ages
Waterloo Ice House 360 Buzz Guerra 11am / All Ages Jazz Brunch
Z’Tejas Acoustic Jungle 6:00 / No Cover Latin, Jazz, World Latin oriented acoustic jazz from neighboring San Marcos. |