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Conquering those post-SXSW blues
Now that SXSW is over and the 20,000+ people that flock to Austin each year have left, you may be wondering what you can do to help cope. We’ve compiled list of things to do this week, whether you’re thirsting for more party or needing a little R&R.
Does SXSW leave you craving more live music? Don’t worry because tons of great bands are heading our way soon!
- The Naked and Famous- March 23rd at Stubb’s
- Young the Giant w/ Grouplove- March 25th at Stubb’s
- Huntress, Cruxiter, and Metalloyd- March 25th at Dirty Dog
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony feat. Krayzie and Wish w/ Dilemma- March 27th at Antone’s
- Todd Rundgren- March 28th at La Zona Rosa
- Hot Chelle Rae- March 29th at La Zona Rosa
Maybe you’ve had your fill of concerts for a while, but still crave the party!
- Thursday Night Social Club- March 22nd at Coldtowne Theater
- Cage Match! and Standup- March 23rd at Coldtowne Theater
- 80s Dance Party- March 23rd at Highball Austin
- The Wine Down- March 28th at ACL Live Front Porch
Or maybe you need to detox your body from all the booze and tacos that SXSW so graciously provides. Unwind, relax, and enjoy the view at these chill locations.
- Westlake Wellbeing- Get a soothing peppermint massage and foot scrub at this West Austin spa! Check Groupon for super cheap deals
- Yogagroove- Whether you’re experienced or not, Yogagroove offers Bikram yoga classes, as well as massages at the Healing Hands Clinic.
- St. Edwards Park- Located in NW Austin, St. Edwards Park is a great place to hike, bring your pup, or explore the outdoors.
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Budos Band Headlining Mardi Gras on Red River!
Budos Band is bringing their fusion of jazz, deep funk and Afro-beat back to Austin to headline Mardi Gras on Red River! The ten-member band (up to thirteen at times) that is self-described as “Afro-Soul,” a term and sound which – in a 2007 interview – baritone saxophone player Jared Tankel elucidates as, being drawn from Ethiopian music the band had been listening to that had a soul undercurrent to it, which the band then “sprinkled a little bit of sweet 60′s stuff on top” of.
The Budos Band is made up of members of other famous groups such as Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Antibalas, and Menahan Street Band. They sold out the Mohawk last time they were in Austin – so get your tickets now before they are gone!
$10 ADV TICKETS, $12 WEEK OF EVENT, $15 DAY OF SHOW. Tickets are on sale now!
ALL AGES EVENT
DOORS AT 12PM
Kids under 10 are free!
Old Settler’s Music Festival
The Old Settler’s Music Festival returns to the Salt Lick Pavilion and Camp Ben McCulloch this year, and brings with it some of the top Americana and roots acts in the nation. The 2011 lineup includes The Avett Brothers, Sam Bush, Sonny Landreth, Tim O’Brien, Emmitt-Nershi Band, Foster & Lloyd, The Gourds, Jake Shimabukuro, Band of Heathens, Jim Lauderdale, Langhorne Slim, Trampled by Turtles and many many more.
The festival is held just outside of Austin, TX in the height of the Texas Hill Country’s bluebonnet season, making it a beautiful destination for beautiful scenery mixed with equally excellent music. In addition to its musical offerings, the festival also offers other great attractions such as performance workshops, on-site camping, activities specifically for kids, and food, beer and wine from an assortment of vendors.
The festival will be held from April 14-17, 2011 and tickets are on sale now right here!
Tickets for the 2011 Nocturnal Music Festival – Texas are on sale now!
UPDATE:
Check out the official trailer for Nocturnal Festival Texas 2011!
The fest has also announced a bunch of awesome additions to its stacked lineup:
Crystal Castles // Above & Beyond // Ghostland Observatory // Bassnectar // Galactic // Excision // Chase and Status (LIVE) // Avicii // DJ Dan // Ed Rush & Optical // Gareth Emery // Kaskade // Mr. Oizo // Paul Oakenfold // Big Gigantic //Beats Antique // Chase & Status // Conspirator //Eskmo // Excision // Feed Me // Flarup // Funkagenda // Sander Kleinenberg // Savoy Live! // STS9 // Switch // Tipper // Zeds dead
Nocturnal Festival, a name made famous by the festival in California, has spread its reach to the great state of Texas. Last year’s festival lineup included acts such as Kid Cudi, Girl Talk, ATB, Lotus, Bassnectar and a ton of other heavy hitters in the dance scene, and this year’s fest should be no different. Nocturnal Texas is held April 29 and 3o, 2011 in Apache Pass (near Austin, TX). Tickets for the event just went on sale and this is sure to sell quickly given the acts that were present last year, so go grab your tickets now for what is sure to be one of the biggest dance parties of the year!
Jamie Lidell to Play Antone’s this Fall
Jamie Lidell will bring his genre bending show to Antone’s in September. If you have had the chance to see Lidell perform, then you may want to go ahead and snap up your tickets now because you know what to expect. Lidell’s shows often meld genres including soul, funk, electronic and experimental with some pop sprinkled in for good measure. If that alone is not enough to make you curious enough to check him out then read on.
On 2005′s Multiply, Lidell took Warp, his record label to a place it rarely treads, a land of soul music and groove that he took and matched with his own style of percussion beats and persona that makes for a fresh experience each time you listen. His most recent album Jim continues down the same vein, but who knows what he has in store for his upcoming album Compass. No one does really other than Lidell himself which is the beauty of his work. Lidell is known to pepper in the occasional frenzy of electronic music in his sets that nods to his other band Super Collider and to his earlier work. Much of the backup vocals and even percussion on Multiply are created using only one instrument – Lidell’s voice, making it an even more fascinating album to listen to. If this write-up tells you anything let it be that you do not want to miss a Jamie Lidell show – you just never know what you are going to get – and in this case that is a very, very good thing.
Get tickets to see Lidell at Antone’s on September 24
Pavement Announces Tour with Stubb’s Date
This fall Pavement will hit the road again after their sold out summer tour. The band announced their reunion with shows at SummerStage shows last fall and has added more dates before and after the initially announced reunion shows. Pavement will play Stubb’s September 28 with tickets going on sale Friday, 6/18 at 10am right here.
The band has come to the forefront of the indie music scene with their reunion tour, and although only one of their songs has ever reached the Billboard Top 10, they are universally regarded as one of the most influential indie rock bands in recent history (probably much thanks goes to their modest commercial ‘success’ for this). Their albums have received universal critical acclaim, scoring placement on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and Pitchfork’s Top 100 Albums of the 1990s charts as well as many other critical accolades. Don’t miss your chance to catch a seminal indie act this fall at Stubb’s!
Chromeo Announces World Tour With Stops in Austin and at Lollapalooza!
I have talked to a number of people who have no clue who Chromeo is, and this is a real travesty. I’m not saying that they should be pushing out songs and playing for crowds like someone with the awe inspiring talent of Justin Bieber or the Jonas Brothers, but seriously these guys have a niche audience and you should probably get in on this dance party. The band has released two studio albums, 2004s In Control and 2007s Fancy Footwork, both of which are consistently in my playlist.
They are currently polishing off work on their third studio album, Business Casual, and are celebrating by throwing a nationwide party, also known as a tour. The Business Casual Tour Runs from June 11 with the band appearing at Bonnaroo to the end of August with a date at the Hollywood Bowl with Chemical Brothers and YACHT. What a lineup. However, if you are not going to be present at either of those shows, then you should definitely check out the band at one (or more) of their other dates, particularly at Stubb’s or Lollapalooza!
Tickets for the Stubb’s date are on sale here and Lollapalooza tickets here.
Complete listings for the tour can be found here.
Also, check out a couple of videos from the band below. One is for their newest track “Night by Night” and the other is from the band’s appearance on Yo Gabba Gabba! Enjoy.
The Pixies Take Doolittle on Tour Part 2! And They Come to Austin!
In case you missed the news yesterday, here it is. The Pixies are bringing back the Doolittle tour to the US after nearly 40 sold out dates last fall. The band will hit 11 cities on the tour (full list below), and every single show is going to be recorded and made available for sale immediately following the show! In other news, The Pixies are stepping into the 1990s 2000s by starting their first official website! Check that thing out right here.
On this tour, the band will perform all the songs from their groundbreaking album “Doolittle” as well as all related B-sides from said album. According to the release, the show is also going to feature some trippy stage setups including “four huge, undulating, eyeball-like spheres flown just below the lighting rig and are part of the concert’s light show.” No idea what that means, but it sounds awesome! In addition to this, there are going to be 11 specially created films for the production to be projected onto a massive backdrop for 12 of the 21 songs on the set list.
If you want to read in more depth what to expect from the shows on the tour, check this out. Also, check below for the complete date listings for the tour. O, and the information that you are really interested in…how to get tickets to this show. Well, tickets for the Austin date (September 22) go on sale June 14 at 10 am right here. Don’t wait on this one.
7 Tower Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
10 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
13 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA
17 Uptown Theatre, Kansas City, MO
18 Brady Theatre, Tulsa, OK
19 Verizon Theatre, Dallas, TX
20 Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
22 Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX
24 Mesa Amphitheatre, Mesa, AZ
25 The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
26 RIMAC Arena, San Diego, CA
Live Review: Local Natives Austin, TX at Antone’s 4-23-10
Local Natives returned to Austin Friday night after blowing up SXSW this year. I had heard a bit about the band before SXSW, but they gained a lot of momentum over the week, playing something like nine shows and wowing the crowds lucky enough to catch them. I was not able to see them then, but thanks to a friend was able to get a ticket to their sold out show at Antone’s (moved from Emo’s due to overwhelming demand), and to say the least, I was not disappointed. They even made a point of thanking everyone for coming out and that the show was the largest show on their entire tour.
The band’s album, Gorilla Manor, made its European debut in November 2009 to little fanfare in the US, but since its February US release the band has seen a surge in popularity, particularly in Austin, TX. Local Natives has garnered accolades for their ever-present harmonies and songwriting skills that saturate their music. Their singing abilities and superb instrumental talent were very prevalent on this evening at Antone’s, with the musicians switching amongst instruments frequently and seamlessly throughout the set.
Each song was well-received by the packed house, but one track stood out from the rest – “Sun Hands,” an emotionally charged and heartfelt song that had everyone in attendance belting out the chorus. Even after the band had exhausted their catalog of music and left the stage, much of the crowd stood in place, yearning for just one more song. We will all have to wait a bit longer, but from the sound of the band and the love of the fans, I would imagine that there will be more to come quite soon. I, for one, can’t wait.
Listen to “Sun Hands” and “Camera Talk,” a couple of my favorite tracks of Gorilla Manor below!
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[audio:http://www.frontgatetickets.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Local-Natives_06_Camera-Talk.mp3|titles=Camera Talk by Local Natives]
Cheers.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros to Play Austin Date at La Zona Rosa
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros have just added an Austin date to their extensive summer tour, which should make you all very happy. The band, formed by Alex Ebert of Ima Robot, played its first show in July of 2007, and in July 2009, released their first full length album Up from Below.
Ebert formed the group around the character Edward Sharpe, his alter ego, a “…man sent to save mankind but who keeps getting distracted and falling in love along the way.” The band’s sound is a meandering journey that transports the listener to a carefree place where you almost can’t help but sit back and smile. It hearkens back to a different era in musical history that is rarely touched today, but fortunately for us, Edward Sharpe has reached into the past and crafted something beautiful. The band’s stark contrast to Ima Robot likely has much to do with the fact that Ebert, after leaving the group to form the Magnetic Zeros, got sober and met up with Jade Castrinos, with whom he began to pen the songs of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.
The band’s seed money to start recording came from none other than Heath Ledger, and with his help the album Up from Below was made. If all of this is not enough to make you want to catch this group on their tour, then just give the album a listen. Check out the track below for a sample. You won’t be disappointed.
Tickets for the La Zona Rosa date go on sale April 23 at 10am right here through Front Gate Tickets. Check out the rest of the bands dates below as well, including a stop at Lollapalooza this summer!
Cheers.
May 1 – New Orleans, LA – Republic
May 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Royce Hall – UCLA Campus
May 26 – Big Sur, CA – Henry Miller Library
May 27 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
May 29 – George, WA – Sasquatch! Festival
May 31 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
June 1 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall Ballroom
June 2 – Edmonton, AB – The Starlite Room
June 4 – Missoula, MT – Wilma Theatre
June 6 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
June 7 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theatre
June 8 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
June 9 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues
June 11 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival
June 14 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
June 15 – Columbia, MO – Blue Note
June 16 – Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont Club
June 18 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up Aspen
June 19 – Telluride, CO – Telluride Bluegrass Festival
June 21 – Santa Fe, NM – Santa Fe Brewing Company
June 22 – Tempe, AZ – Clubhouse Music Venue
July 1 – Quincy, CA – High Sierra Festival
July 31 – Montreal, QC – Osheaga Festival Musique et Arts
Aug 1 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival
Aug 7 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
