The Honorary Title w/ New Frontiers, Paper Rival (inside)
Sat. 08/09 | 7:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
Brooklyn quartet The Honorary Title released its major-label debut "Scream and Light Up the Sky" in 2007, which is a beautifully ragged collection of subtle indie pop with hints of A…more»
Daniel Francis Doyle, Yukon
Sat. 08/09 | 7:00PM @ Beerland (Downtown)
Daniel Francis Doyle is a whirlwind of a one-man band, impressively looping multiple guitar parts while mercilessly pounding on a drum kit and shouting outintense lyrical content. Ther…more»
White Ghost Shivers
Sat. 08/09 | 10:00PM @ Threadgill's South World HQ (South of the river)
The high-energy, highly entertaining White Ghost Shivers flesh out equal parts punk rock, cabaret, country, jazz, swing and vaudeville. the group has won multiple Austin Music Awards, played t…more»
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Chairlift, and Pataphysics (Outside) + A Faulty Chr...
Sat. 08/09 | 8:00PM @ The Mohawk (Downtown)
Popular avant-garde Ariel Pink & company (Los Angeles, CA) make a tour stop with Chairlift (Brooklyn, NY). Opening: local spasmatic dance inducers Pataphysics. Doors at 8:00, Show starts a…more»
TRIPLE CD RELEASE PARTY w/ Micah P. Hinson, Dove Hunter, & Sarah Jaffe
Sat. 08/09 | 9:00PM @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q (Downtown)
Ian Mclagan cd release party
Sat. 08/09 | 7:00PM @ Antone's (Downtown)
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gfire, Jade Day & Aimee Bobruk
Sat. 08/09 | 8:00PM - Sat. 08/09 @ Austin Java on 12th & Lamar (Central)
Three great Austin singer-songwriters all on one bill - at the fabulous Austin Java @ 12th and Lamar. All ages, no cover.
STONEY LARUE w/ Special Guest BRANDON JENKINS
Sat. 08/09 | 8:00PM @ White Water on the Horseshoe (New Braunfels)
Vinyl Entertainment Presents VINYL DHARMA (2007 MTV's On the Rise Contest Winners)
Sat. 08/09 | 10:00PM @ Momo's (Downtown)
Greezy Wheels
Sat. 08/09 | 9:00PM @ Threadgill's North Old No 1 (Campus to 183)
Greezy Wheels is an Austin, Texas-based rock band that formed in the 1970s. They played frequently at the Armadillo World Headquarters, to the point of being regarded as the house band. Greezy…more»
Valient Thorr, Early Man, Skeletonwitch, Golden Axe, Dead Bird
Sat. 08/09 | 9:00PM @ Red 7 (Downtown)
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Valient Thorr—kind of an understated, Viking-themed version of GWAR, complete with colorful stage names and a mythical backstory—plays a wink-nudge strain of cock-rock indebted to Kiss and Ted Nugent. Not surprisingly, the group, out behind the new Immortalizer, draws a pretty devoted fan base, calling themselves “thorriors.”
Samantha Robertson Paintings
Sat. 08/09 | 7:00PM @ Austin Figurative Gallery (East of I-35)
Samantha Robertson moved here from NC and assimilated perfectly into the Austin Figurative Project art cult, knocking out Kirchneresque paintings that made us all jealous. We w…more»
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Continuing its energetic nonstop new weekly exhibits, Austin Figurative Gallery presents new work by Austin artist Samantha Robertson, who gives vigor and drama to her expressive portraits.
— Jeanne Claire van Ryzin
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The Jigglewatts: Burlesque du Soleil!
Sat. 08/09 | 1:00AM @ Esther's Follies (East Sixth)
The Jigglewatts Burlesque is ready to add some sizzle to your summer with a cheeky romp through sultry locales near and far. With jet-setting mermaids, southern belles, Brazilian beautie…more»
Migration
Sat. 08/09 | 7:00PM - Sat. 08/09 @ Bay6 Gallery and Studios
Migration is a one-night only solo show of recent works by Caroline Wright. In Caroline Wright's new series of works on paper, the paintings flow one into the next, collectively creating a…more»
River City High Festival w/ Black Black Gold, All in the Golden Afternoon, Astrona...
Sat. 08/09 | 2:00PM @ Scoot Inn & Bier Garten (East of I-35)
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An all-day affair of trippy rock and beats. With Tia Carrera, the Strange Attractors, Ripe, Skiesfalling, the Tunnels, All in the Golden Afternoon and more.
— Joe Gross
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Vinyl Entertainment Presents A FAULTY CHROMOSOME (Mohawk - Inside Stage)
Sat. 08/09 | 11:45PM @ The Mohawk (Downtown)
Come check out A Faulty Chromosome, a slopbucket of shoegaze tremolo, hand-claps, 8-bit blips, water-damaged Mister Rogers records, mashed Casio chords, and drum machine'd beats. The…more»
Souled Out w/ Crew 54, Phranchyze, Lower Life Form, DJ Remix, DJ Ish
Sat. 08/09 | 9:30PM @ The Victory Grill
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Hip-hop extravaganza at one of Austin’s best venues. With Houstonians Lower Life Form and DJ Remix and DJ Ish, Austinites Phranchyze and Crew 54 from, you guessed it, Killeen.
— Joe Gross
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Mofoz Visualz rePresents SOULED OUT 2008 featuring live music by Lower Life Form (...
Sat. 08/09 | 9:30PM @ The Victory Grill
Souled Out 2008 will bring some great Soul/funk/hip-hop bands together for this August Saturday evening.Lower Life Form from Houston, TX http://www.lowerlifeform.com/Phranchyze with live band …more»
Human Milk, Canopy
Sat. 08/09 @ Clementime Coffee Bar
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Local lo-fi.
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Shane Murphy, T-Bird & the Breaks, the Greyhounds CD Release
Sat. 08/09 | 9:00PM @ Continental Club (South of the river)
Ariel Pink, aka Beverly Hills native Ariel Rosenberg, churns out recordings like the rest of us sweat, strange, ghostly songs that sound piped in from the afterlife.
— Joe Gross
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