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Austin Moose Lodge # 1735 Catfish Hunters 9:00 Indie, Blues Without sounding even the remotest bit Irish, providing piano tunes perfect for sloshing a mug of beer wildly side to side in the air. Reminds a listener of Tom Waits without sounding like Tom Waits either. B.D. Rileys Irish Tunes Session 8:00 / Free Irish Irish pub hosts a weekly set of Irish music. Guinness is not a requirement to attend, although it is highly recommended to those over 21. Beerland Australian Cattle Gods Records Nite w/ Deuce Coupe, Austin Home Grown, Flat Car Rattlers Indie, Hard Rock Don’t let the Down Under name fool you, ACGR is a local label, prone to signing indie and post-punk band just a step before they go big. So heed ACGR, and you be in the know. Central Market North Donna Hightower 12:30 / Free Jazz Vocalist of such supremacy, that within the industry tributes to Donna Hightower are no strange thing. Strangely, equal notoriety isn’t quite the norm to Johnny Public. Central Market South The Jitterbug Vipers 12:30 / Free Swing, Jazz, Gypsy Emily Gimble (Johnny Gimble’s granddaughter) on keys and vocals, Slim Richey on guitar. And away we go… Continental Club Heybale! 10:00 / $7 Country Weekly romp through barrelhouse Texas honky tonk. This being the last Sunday of the month, Cindy Cashdollar (steel guitar), Erik Hokannen (fiddle, mandolin) and Elana James (fiddle) join the already sickingly star-studded lineup. Emo’s (inside) Carney 10:00 / $6 Classic Rock Would’ve never thunk they have carnies in L.A. Lead singer Reeve Carney can sound an awful lot like ‘70s Robert Plant. He got some tour-smarts with Johnny Lang’s touring band before starting his own outfit. Emo’s (outside) Pennywise, Strung Out, Authority Zero 7:30 / $15 Hard Rock Pennywise brings a more sunny-beach-style punk to Red River. You know, like Green Day is punk. Flipnotics Coffeespace Household Names 8:00 Indie, Power Pop Typically the kind of power pop that makes one pop up and down on their feet. Household Names brings a quieter, probably acoustic, set to the tiny, intimate room at Flipnotics. Ginny’s Little Longhorn Chicken Shit Bingo w/ Dale Watson 4:00 / Free Country Roadhouse country dance whilst you watch a chicken defecate. Does anything say Texas better than that? The Hideout Theatre The Strip Cult 7:00 & 9:00 / $10 Rock Musical Set in the ‘60s, a go-go dancer steals the heart of Charles Manson. Surf-rock and gospel music fit in there somehow. Hole in the Wall Bryce Clifford, Grub Dog & The Modestos, The Johns 9:00 / Free Pop, Americana Bryce Clifford brings the adventurous approach to pop as Elvis Costello does. The Johns are the perfect response to the legion of fans who wish Whiskeytown remained Whiskeytown and Ryan Adams skipped that whole solo career thing. La Zona Rosa Give Love Give Life Mother’s Day Benefit w/ Paula Nelson, John Trudell & Bad Dog, Folk Uke, Lechuza 3:00 / $25 (free for all moms) A rocking good way to do some good. The show benefits ovarian cancer research and build support for women’s health. Paula Nelson (yes, Willie’s Daughter, alright already) leads an electrifying band of bluesy rock. Lamberts Ephraim Owens, Brannen Temple, Red Young 7:00 / Free Jazz Very happenin’ organ trio. Very, very happenin’. Manuel’s Cienfuegos 11:30 am Latin, Cuban Special Mother’s Day show to show your mama some Latin love. Wait. That sounded terribly, terribly wrong. Mexican American Cultural Center Big Squeeze Accordion Contest, Los Texmaniacs, Cerronato 1:30 / Free Tex-Mex, Conjunto Teenagers compete to be crowned accordion king with Austin band Cerronato backing the contestants. Afterwards, a special performance for Los Texmaniacs sweetens the already fun deal. Mohawk Ecstatic Sunshine, Cex, Many Birthdays Experimental Minimalist instrumentation with no boundaries. Momo’s Warren Hood & The Hoodlums, Marshall Ford Swing Band 8:00 / $5 Newgrass, Swing, Rock, Jam Band Warren’s home base when not touring. The Hoodlums dabble in just about any American roots idiom. Marshall Ford Swing Band stay a bit more focused with anything that swings. Nuevo León Mariachi Relampago 4:00 Mariachi Mariachi Lightning. The only Austin mariachi band to win Univision’s Premios a la Musica Latina award. Nuno’s North Blues Mafia 3:00 Blues, Rock All-star alums of the Austin School of Music, Blues Mafia members soon will all be able to drink while they play. Funky Jaco Pastorius bass lines sneak into the bluesy rock set. Nuno’s on Sixth Rusty Trapps & The Blue Lites w/ Ray McCarty 8:00 Blues, Smooth Jazz, Funk Nice keys add a soothing vibe to the blues and jazz hooks being laid down. The Oasis The Brew 6:00 / Latin, Jazz, Flamenco Watch the sunset dance the flamenco out on Lake Travis. One 2 One Bar Greg Williams 10:00 Jazz, Funk Weekly gig hailed as Funky Jazz Sunday. Pretty straight forward, eh. The Parlor Rogue River String Band, Silly Goose Documents 9:00 / Free Bluegrass, Appalachia RRSB are refreshingly old-timey, with ample skill and soul and little desire to hide their love for Appalachian mountain music with elements of funk and spunk. Red Eyed Fly A Corpse Vanishes, Heather Go Psycho, A Bad Idea 9:00 Hard Rock, Punk Innovative quasi-punk locals, A Corpse Vanishes, deliver an exciting live show. The singers have an uncanny knack to sound like famous punk and ska singers, but never the same one. Thrillcore, three-piece girl band from San Antonio, Heather Go Psycho, are more straight ahead in their fuzz attack. Red Fez DJ Kurupt 10:00 Hip Hop, Turntables Sunday night hip hop/dancehall/funk night running for more than six years. Roadhouse Rags 3 Balls of Fire, Nematoads, Los Super Avengers, Aftermath 4:00 Surf, Twangabilly 3 Balls opts for fingertips, rather than lighter fluid, to burn their guitars. Room 710 Smokin’ Toads, Trashy & The Kid, Country Willie & The Cosmic Debris, The Whoremoans Rock, Hard Rock, Cosmic Country Smokin’ Toads remind of Heart, before they became light rock. Country Willie and the Cosmic Debris sound pretty much what you’d think they would with a name like that. Ruta Maya Diasporic, DJ Panda 8:00 Funk, Hip Hop Jazzy hip hop with as much funk as rap. D-Madness is on skins. One funkin’ party, that’s for sure. Saxon Pub The Resentments, The Salingers, Beth Lee (CD release) Roots Rock, Americana 7:30 / $7 One of the town’s most famous weekly residencies, The Resentments continue to pack the house. Beth Lee bluegrass CD release follows, capped by Steven Will and the Salingers rootsy Americana. Stubb’s (day) Gospel Brunch w/ The Durdens 11:00 am Famous Gospel Brunch. Better make reservations. Stubb’s (outside) Wilco, Retribution Gospel 7:00 / $40 Rock, Americana Sold out. Sold out tomorrow night as well. |