Islands w/ Crayonsmith, Sebastien Grainger (Singer/Drummer from DFA 1979), (Outside)
Mon. 06/23 | 7:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
The sophomore album from Canadian indie-pop collective Islands has been praised by Rolling Stone and Spin for its morbidly sunny-sounding anthems. Ex-Death from Above 1979 frontman Sebastien …more»
Bizarre, ghost-obsessed indie-pop outfit The Unicorns came and went like a comet. The trio made a fantastically weird and lush album called Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?, then called it quits just as that record was finding its deserved embrace, adding a strange twist to the question it posed. When members Nicholas Thorburn and Jamie Thompson returned with a setup more typical of their Canadian roots (seven-plus members and almost orchestral arrangements), they calmed the quirk a bit to release 2006’s Return To The Sea. Subsequently, Thompson left and Islands has become even more digestible with the new Arm’s Way, which takes the remaining Unicorns stardust from the atmosphere and mixes it with strings, slick beats, and synthesizer. Opening: Sebastien Grainger, Crayonsmith. (Islands also plays an in-store at Waterloo Records at 5 p.m.)
Monday Night Alright! - Franki Chan(LA, CA), Radioclit(UK), & Drop The Lime(BK, NY)
Mon. 06/23 | 10:00PM @ Beauty Bar (Downtown)
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Luca Venezia mixes the freestyle with Franki Chan and Radioclit. more at austinchronicle.com
Real Live Tigers, Sean Hood & the Great Outdoors, Redbear, Steve Arceri
Mon. 06/23 | 7:00PM @ The Opera House (South of the river)
Sludge Meditation w/ Aurora Plastics Company, Steve Marsh, Slothy & Phoenix
Mon. 06/23 | 7:00PM @ Plush (Red River)
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Dinos side project practices “sludge meditation,” with Aurora Plastics Company, Steve Marsh, and Slothy & Phoenix. more at austinchronicle.com
Islands In-Store Performance
Mon. 06/23 | 5:00PM @ Waterloo Records (Downtown)
Refreshments provided by Shiner!
Uptown Swingsters, Benny Peters & the Fly by Nighters
Mon. 06/23 | 10:00PM @ Continental Club (South of the river)
Unicorns are totally extinct, but in their place grew Montreal sixpiece Islands, which dropped the calypso beats heard on debut Return to the Sea (Equator), as well as Unicorn drummer Jamie Thompson, and under the guidance of alpha Nick Diamonds, recorded epic follow-up Arm’s Way (Anti-). Death From Above 1979 drummer/vocalist Sebastien Grainger shocks and awes with elusive and diverse new endeavor the Mountains. more at austinchronicle.com