Thu, Aug 14, '08

We Were Wolves, Bee vs. Moth, Hollywood Gossip and La Snacks: Emo's ROADSHOW
Neon pop ÕnÕ roll to burn your retinas.


Heartless Bastards: Continental Club
Since relocating here last winter, Heartless Bastards howler Erika Wennerstrom has kept a low profile, most recently holed up in the studio with producer Mike McCarthy recording the groupÕs third album. So consider her two-week Thursday night stand at the Continental a coming-out party, the groupÕs chugging garage-rock eviscerating behind WennerstromÕs vocals, equally seductive and maddeningly powerful. Dustin Welch opens with shots from his upcoming Whisky Priest.


Fri, Aug 15, '08

Wave & Particle, Shawn David McMillen, Bulbs, Stumptone and Zanzibar Snails: Salvage Vanguard Theater ROADSHOW
Only Church of the Friendly Ghost could produce a night of Texas noise this diverse. Via Denton, duo Zanzibar Snails unfurls the drone, and quartet Stumptone draws out warm waves of psych from latest LP Gravity Suddenly Released. More vibrations come courtesy of mysterious local guitar-drum duo Bulbs and Oakland electro duo Wave & Particle. Shawn David McMillen reaches into his bag of tricks to christen this night of aural projection.


Bobby Whitlock & CoCo Carmel and Smokin' Joe Kubek: Saxon Pub
Blood Brothers make a pact with the blues.


Prince Klassen and Eyedea & Abilities: Beauty Bar ROADSHOW
Minnesota duo matches beat and voice.


Hello Lovers, Faith Delphi and Aaron Blount: Lamberts
The sweeping range and contorted vocal fluctuations of J.C. King on Hello LoversÕ debut EP, Vanity Fair, become gilded on new LP Gone With the Wind (Sixgunlover), delivering drama atop lush strings. AustinÕs Faith Delphi sets the stage with delicate, dreamy, lo-fi accordion folk and myriad unlikely percussion, along with Knife in the Water frontman Aaron Blount slicing solo.


Sat, Aug 16, '08

Percussion VI, Golden Hornet Project Nonprofit Kick-Off w/ Brannen Temple, Peter Stopschinski, Graham Reynolds: Salvage Vanguard Theater
Peter Stopschinski and Graham ReynoldsÕ Golden Hornet Project has grown into a remarkable local incubator for original compositions and musical events that whittle away the boundary between nightclubs and recital halls. Celebrate the ProjectÕs newly attained nonprofit status Saturday, with percussion aces Brannen Temple, Thomas Burritt, and Chuck Fischer performing compositions by Stopschinski, Reynolds, and the Invincible CzarsÕ Josh Robins.


Lou Ann Barton, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Pinetop Perkins: Antone's ROADSHOW
The duo lived through the blues, literally.


Cupcake Social w/ Rae Davis, Lady Pterodactyl: Carousel Lounge
Free cupcakes for the first 100 guests, plus more cavity-causing sounds from Fizzy Dino Pop, Lady Pterodactyl, and Rae Davis.


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