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Venue Spotlight: Belly Up Solana
Voted San Diego’s Best Live Music Venue, Belly Up Solana boasts an atmosphere that is uniquely Southern California. Belly Up is known for bringing in the best artists, both up and coming acts and the legends, no matter the genre.
Upcoming Shows:
- Whiskey Avengers (Apr. 24)
- Walter Trout (Apr. 25)
- Jungle feat. Terrakroma (Apr. 26)
- Stepping Feet (Apr. 27)
- The White Buffalo (Apr. 28)
- Abbey Road (Apr. 29)
- BFD Comedy Show (May 1)
- Lindsey Buckingham (May 3)
Hungry? These restaurants are super close to the venue!
- Wild Note Cafe- 143 S. Cedros Ave
- Zinc Cafe- 132 S. Cedros Ave
- Lockwood Table Cafe- 346B S. Cedros Ave
- Beach Grass Cafe- 159 S. Hightway 101
Thirsty? Grab a drink post show at one of these nearby hotspots!
- Tidewater Tavern- 221 N. Highway 101
- McCaffrey’s Pub- 123 W. Plaza St
- Carruth Cellars Winery- 320 S. Cedros Ave
Venue Specs:
Parking is completely free at Belly Up, with designated spots to the right of the club. Street parking is also available.
Belly Up is a 21+ venue, no exceptions. Be sure you bring your ID to get in!
Belly Up is a no smoking venue, but there are designated smoking areas outside.
Belly Up Solana- 143 S. Cedros Ave Solana Beach 92075
Erin L., Marketing Intern
Venue Spotlight: Warehouse Live
Just a few blocks from the heart of Downtown Houston in the up and coming EaDo District is Warehouse Live, a repurposed 1920′s warehouse and one of a kind concert venue. Due to its size and location, Warehouse Live is able to host events large and small, and books some of the biggest names in music today.
Upcoming Shows:
- The Melvins (Apr. 20)
- Buckcherry with James Durbin, Redlight King (Apr. 25)
- We Created This with Trick Daddy, Mia X, Twista (Apr. 26)
- Say Anything with Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band, Fake Problems, Tallhart (Apr. 27)
- Teedra Moses (Apr. 28)
- Todd Snider with Kevn Kinney (May 3)
- The Fight to Unite Tour ft. Blood On the Dance Floor & Brokencyde (May 4)
- Chamillionaire & Paul Wall (May 4)
Fill up before the show at one of these eateries that are walking distance from Warehouse Live!
- District 7 Grill- 1508 Hutchins
- Huynh Restaraunt- 912 St. Emanuel St.
- Texas Barbecue House- 2401 Texas St.
- Cafe Shoppe- 2006 Walker St.
- Calliope’s Po-boy- 2130 Jefferson St.
Keep the party going, and have a drink at one of these nearby bars after the show!
- Lucky’s Pub- 801 St. Emanuel St.
- Little Woodrow’s East End- 2019 Walker St.
- Cork Soakers- 2024 Rusk
Venue Specs:
Usually, with a venue so close to Downtown, parking can be ridiculously hard to find. But, Warehouse Live is located amongst the unmetered streets of the Warehouse District and has three lots near each corner of the venue that provide cheap, easy parking.
All shows are all ages, unless specified on the ticket.
Warehouse Live is a non-smoking venue, but there is plenty of room outside in the designated smoking areas.
Warehouse Live- 813 St. Emanuel St. Houston 77003
Erin L., Marketing Intern
Fun. at Warehouse Live Review
Tuesday night, I trekked down to my native Houston to see one of my favorite bands fun. perform a sold out show at Warehouse Live. Fun. is an indie pop supergroup, featuring Nate (formerly of The Format), Andrew (formerly of Anathallo) and Jack (my personal favorite) who is currently the frontman of Steel Train. I had never seen Warehouse Live, one of my favorite Houston venues, so packed! I was worried that this was due to the recent success of their youthful ballad “We are Young,” which was featured on Glee and in a Chevy commercial . But I was happy to see that most of the crowd passionately sang along to every song, old and new.
I arrived as the opening band Avalanche City took the stage. I thoroughly enjoyed their set, especially the creepily beautiful violin prevalent in many of their songs. Avalanche City is a folk band from Auckland, New Zealand and I found myself dancing along while in line at the merch table to get my exclusive fun. and Revel & Riot t-shirt. “The Streets” and “Love Love Love”, from their new EP, are highly recommended tracks if you’re just delving into the band’s sound.
Fun. took the stage to a rowdy, rambunctious crowd and opened with “One Foot” from their latest album Some Nights. I love the uniqueness of Nate’ voice, but the album is so full of auto-tuned vocals that I wasn’t sure what the songs would sound like sans digitization. The rawness of his voice live was SO much better than on the album. Jack’s guitar solos were aggressive and bold, and so much more powerful than the latest album features. The show continued with songs from Some Nights and their 2009 release Aim and Ignite. A few of my favorites of the night were “At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used to Be),” “It Gets Better,” and my most recent favorite “Some Nights.” Of course “We Are Young” was a crowd favorite, and the mood of Warehouse Live was transformed into mass frenzy when the first notes played. At Nate’s request, we belted the background “Na-na-nas” with wholehearted spirit while he pleaded “Carry me home tonight.”
Between stories about a wandering crawfish and asking what day of the week it was, the band would humbly pause and smile in disbelief at the massive roaring crowd. It was cool to see a band with such sudden mainstream success still be in awe of a devoted audience.
All in all, fun.’s performance exceeded my expectations. This was one of the rowdiest, most jam-packed concerts that I have been to and it was a sweaty, rocking, ridiculously good time.
Setlist:
- One Foot
- Walking the Dog
- All the Pretty Girls
- Why Am I the One
- All Alone
- It Gets Better
- Barlights
- Carry On
- Gambler
- Some Nights (Intro)
- At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used to Be)
- We Are Young
- Some Nights
Encore:
- All Alright
- Take Your Time
Erin L., Marketing Intern
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!
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!
[audio:http://www.frontgatetickets.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Local-Natives_03_Sun-Hands.mp3|titles=Sun Hands by Local Natives]
[audio:http://www.frontgatetickets.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Local-Natives_06_Camera-Talk.mp3|titles=Camera Talk by Local Natives]
Cheers.
Live Review: Broken Bells Spinner Popup Show at the Red River Parking Garage
This was definitely one of those sxsw shows that people will be buzzing about for a few days to come. Broken Bells, whose members include James Mercer of The Shins fame and Brian Burton, better known to many as Danger Mouse, played an intimate show in the parking garage at Red River and 8th Street yesterday afternoon. The promoters of the show kept capacity very low – I heard that approximately 220 people in total were let in not including media and personnel. This served to create a very intimate environment within a very unique setting. The line for the show wrapped around two sides of the garage, and most of those people peered through the chain link fence to get a glimpse of the show even once the makeshift venue reached capacity.
Now on to the show. Let me first say that I personally think that the folks over at Spinner did a great job of putting this together and building a nice set with strong sound for this show. Well done guys! The band entered from the top level of the garage and quickly took the stage launching into their first single from their new album “The High Road” with Danger Mouse behind the kit. They spoke only a few times throughout the show, but seemed to be enjoying playing in such a unique setting. Throughout the set, Danger Mouse played a few different instruments, and Mercer provided strong vocals and guitar work for the entire show. The band consists of seven traveling members in total, helping to recreate the depth of sound that can be found on the record.
The set list for the show was comprised of all of the bands material to this point, so this was not simply one of those ten minute pop-up affairs. If you have not listened to Broken Bells, do not expect some type of James Mercer hip hop project. The album has the fingerprints of Danger Mouse all over it, but is unique to anything that the two have produced before, and in my opinion it works darn well. Check out one of my favorite tracks from the album below…actually I really like them all but had to pick one.
Lots of media from this show to be seen: check out a video from the show right here and a couple photos including the set list, and go here for the rest of my show photos and here to add your own photos from the show. Hope you enjoyed the show if you were there and that this gives you a taste of it if you weren’t!
[audio:http://www.frontgatetickets.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/10.The-Mall-and-Misery.mp3|titles=The Mall and Misery by Broken Bells]
Live Review: Portugal. the Man at The Parish
Portugal. The Man quickly became my favorite Alaskan band on Friday night. I was lucky enough to get into the first of two sold out shows at the freshly remodeled Parish. The room was full and lively as Portugal. The Man took the stage. I was actually surprised by the number of people who immediately started singing along to the band’s catchy tunes. The elements of the music were melodic enough to keep your head bobbing, while the band does a good job of mixing in various flavors and styles into their set. The band also seemed to be truly excited to be back in Austin and frontman John Gourley commented on how nervous he was to be playing the packed room.
These Austin dates were some of the first of the band’s in support of their newly minted American Ghetto album, the songs of which were very well received that night. They played a tight set that I personally feel transfers very well from the album to the stage. I have to admit that before this show, I had not listened to the band extensively, but I will also say that as I write this after seeing them, their album is what is pumping through my headphones. If you have the chance to catch these guys on tour, you will not regret it one bit! Also, if you get the opportunity to catch an upcoming show at The Parish, I imagine that you will be pleasantly surprised.
If you have pictures from the show post them here, and I will select my favorites to put in the gallery on the blog as well. Thanks in advance!
[audio:http://portaldev/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Portugal-The-Man-The-Dead-Dog.mp3|titles=Portugal The Man -- The Dead Dog]
