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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AUSTIN SHOWS
Sun 8/14 Aaron Blount at Antones; She Sir at 29th St. Ballroom
Wed 8/17 Zoltars, Air Traffic Controllers at Scoot Inn
Thur 8/18 Quin Galavis at 29th St. Ballroom; Followed By Static, John Wesley Coleman, The Beta Rhythm at Emo's
Fri 8/19 Flesh Lights at Emo's; Lola-Cola, The French Inhales at Beerland; Sons of Hercules at ND
Sat 8/20 Masters of Love, K.O.S.L., Snowbyrd at Saluté International Bar in San Antonio
Thur 8/25 Literature, Candi and the Cavities, Bottle Service at 29th St. Ballroom
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AUSTIN SHOWS
Sun 8/7 Diagonals, The Early Stages, Yorba Linda at Scoot Inn
Wed 8/10 Air Traffic Controllers at Beerland
Thur 8/11 John Wesley Coleman, Love Collector at 29th St. Ballroom; Horse Plus Donkey at Beerland; No Mas Bodas, Gardenella at Emo's
Fri 8/12 Ichi Ni San Shi at Beerland
Sat 8/13 French Inhales, Smithers at Beerland, Matinee Show.
Deanne McAdams
August 4, 2011. We are crushed to hear of the death of Deanne McAdams. Deanne was an incredibly talented musician and played in Pro Ex Marauders. Her family is in our thoughts. We will miss her.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AUSTIN SHOWS
Sun 7/31 Cowabunga Babes, Aaron Blount (and the Royal Butchers?) at 29th St Ballroom
Mon 8/1 Cowabunga Babes at The Grand
Tues 8/2 Hidden Ritual at Mohawk
Wed 8/3 Simple Circuit at 29th St. Ballroom
Thur 8/4 Candi and The Cavities, K.O.S.L., Ichi Ni San Shi, Hatchet Wound at Beerland
Fri 8/5 The Ripe at ND; Weird Weeds at Skinny's Ballroom; Gomez at Opal Divine's Freehouse at Penn Field
Sun 8/7 Diagonals, The Early Stages, Yorba Linda at Scoot Inn
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AUSTIN SHOWS
Tue 7/26 Literature at 29th St. Ballroom
Wed 7/27 Simple Circuit at Beerland
Thurs 7/28 Softhealer at 29th St. Ballroom
Fri 7/29 Strange Attractors, Kingdom of Suicide Lovers, Lola-Cola at 29th St. Ballroom
Sat 7/30 Faceless Werewolves at Carousel Lounge 11 PM; Diagonals, The Early Stages, Horse + Donkey at Beerland
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AUSTIN SHOWS
Sun 7/17 Forever Changes at The Highball
Wed 7/20 Lola-Cola at 29th St. Ballroom
Thurs 7/21 Beta Rythm, Smithers at Beerland
Fri 7/22 Flesh Lights, Love Collector at Beerland; December Boys, The Ripe at Hole in the Wall
Sat 7/23 Coma In Algiers at Cheer Up Charlies; Manikin at Beerland; The Black at Skinny's Ballroom
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AUSTIN SHOWS
Sun 7/10 Max Vandever + Orville Neeley, Quin Galavais + Jeremy Steen at Beerland; Hatchet Wound, Yellow Fever at Club 1808
Thu 7/14 The French Inhales, Hatchet Wound, Planets at Emo's
Sat 7/16 No Mas Bodas at Frank; Light Me Up at Ruta Maya; Hello Lovers, Quin Galavais, at Antone's
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AUSTIN SHOWS
Sun 7/3 Manikin, Love Collector, Candi and the Cavities at Broken Neck
Wed 7/6 James Arthur's Manhunt at Beerland
Thu 7/7 A Giant Dog, Lola-Cola at Beerland
Fri 7/8 Flesh Lights, Creamers, Bottle Service at Beerland 10th Anniversary Week
Sat 7/9 The French Inhales, Coma In Algiers, Cop Warmth(Houston), K.O.S.L. at Scoot Inn
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AUSTIN SHOWS
Sun 6/26 Followed By Static at Beerland
Mon 6/27 Flesh Lights, Planets at Emo's; Hidden Ritual at Burger City The Grand
Tue 6/28 Love Collector at Beerland
Wed 6/29 Literature at Beerland
Thur 6/30 Beta Rythm, Lola-Cola at Trailer Space
Sat 7/2 Elvis and Kay Leotard at Club 1808; Ugly Beats at Carousel Lounge
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED SHOWS
Mon 6/20 Bottle Service at The Parlor
Wed 6/22 Quin Galavais LP Release and Zoltars at 29th St. Ballroom
Thurs 6/23 No Mas Bodas, K.O.S.L. (7" Release), Light Me Up, and Tempo Tantrums at Ruta Maya
Fri 6/24 Literature at Skinny's Ballroom; Strange Attractors at Club DeVille
Sat 6/25 Quin Galavis Benefit w/ Dikes of Holland, Flesh Lights and Creamers at Beerland early show; Sky Saxon Tribute w/ Shapes Have Fangs at Red7; Black Gum, Cruddy, and Hatchet Wound at 100 E 30th St.; A Giant Dog, Flesh Lights at 29th St. Ballroom; James Arthur Manhunt and Coma In Algiers at Beerland late show
6.23.11 Posted Simple Circuit and A Giant Dog MP3s from 5/20/11
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED SHOWS
Sun 6/12 ST-37 at Parlor; Paul Collins Beat, OBNIIIs, A Giant Dog at Spiderhouse; Follow That Bird at Hole in the Wall
Mon 6/13 Elvis at The Grand
Wed 6/15 Planets at Parlor; Hidden Ritual, Light Me Up at Antone's
Thu 6/16 Flesh Lights at The Parlor
Fri 6/17 ST-37 at Salvage Vanguard; Horse + Donkey at The Parlor
Sat 6/18 Strange Attractors at Mohawk; Matinee at Beerland w/ Love Collector, The French Inhales and more; The Fuzz Club at Nasty's w/ DJs Sue, Jake Garcia and Jason Chronis
6/13/11 Posted Elvis MP3s from Emo's 5/19/11
6/8/11 Posted K.O.S.L. MP3 from Emo's 5/19/11
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED SHOWS
Sun 6/5 Manikin at End of An Ear, 3PM FREE; Kay Leotard and No Mas Bodas at Skinny's Ballroom
Wed 6/8 Follow That Bird at Mohawk
Thu 6/9 The Ripe, Beta Rythm, and Kingdom of Suicide Lovers at Skinny's Ballroom, 9PM; Lola Cola, Bottle Service, Planets at Emo's; Horse + Donkey at Mohawk; Jason Austin Benefit at Spiderhouse
Fri 6/10 Literature and Quin Galavais at The Parlor; Ichi Ni San Shi at Skinny's Ballroom; Literature at 29th St. Ballroom. The Black at Hole In The Wall.
Sat 6/11 Paul Collins, Bad Sports and Flesh Lights at Spiderhouse
6.1.11 Posted Lola-Cola MP3s from Emo's 5/19/11. Recorded Ichi Ni San Shi and Candi and the Cavities at Club 1808.
5.25.11 Posted French Inhales MP3s from Emo's 5/19/11
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED SHOWS
Wed 5/25 Hex Dispensers and Fleshlights at Beerland; Rayon Beach at Spiderhouse
Thu 5/26 Damn Times and Boosy Cray at Scoot Inn
Fri 5/27 Strange Attractors at Scoot Inn
Sat 5/28 OBNIIIs, Planets and Dikes of Holland at Ruta Maya
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED SHOWS
Sun 5/29 French Inhales, Planets and Heirloom at Bernadette's Bar
Tue 5/31 Literature at Beerland
Wed 6/1 Ichi Ni San Shi and Candi and the Cavities at Club 1808; John Wesley Coleman at Spiderhouse
Thu 6/2 Ichi Ni San Shi and Low Red Center at Chaindrive; Creamers at Beerland; OBNIIIs at Red7
Sat 6/4 Air Traffic Controllers at End of an Ear 3PM; Rayon Beach at Beerland; Hex Dispensers and Ringo Deathstarr at Red7; The Ugly Beats at the Carousel Lounge
K.O.S.L. will be playing at Spiderhouse Cafe on Sat. March 19th with Sally Crewe and the Sudden Moves, as well as a slew of other cool bands including Trail of Dead! See more info here!
Glorium will be performing on March 31, 2011 at Museo Alameda, San Antonio TX. Manuel Castillo: The Painting of a Community will be opening that night, in honor of Manny Castillo and his work for San Anto Cultural Arts. The exhibition will pay tribute to the late visionary and founder of San Anto Cultural Arts and its Westside Mural Project. It will also bring together past and present muralists who have, since 1996, used their talents to beautify and brighten the Westside of San Antonio. Performances by Glorium, Snowbyrd, Sexto Sol and DJ JJ Lopez will begin at 6 PM and end at 10 PM in Market Square. The event is free and open to the public.
07.28.10 Recorded Ichi Ni San Shi and No Mas Bodas at Beerland.
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1998
April 22, 1998 things going on in this town.
There's this new band called I Told Her Everything that is three young handsome guys playing heavy electronic music. I saw them at the House of Commons Coop on April 4th. They have an amped upright bass, lots of drum mxs and guitar pedals, lots of singing, they sound kinda fucked up if you catch my drift, very computer gameish, lots of weird sounds. Also that night was Thee Flood of Red aka Jason Reece from Trail of Dead. He played there and then later that night did it again at Emo's. I missed both sets but I heard that he was great, like a flaming acrobat on a loose wire.
On the 11th, Los Despienados played at Spider House Cafe. That's Marshall Gause from Cordial and Katja Kohler of The Gossips (sorry, I can't remember their real name which is in spanish – Chismosos?) and playing with them was Juan Ramos and George Lara from Glorium on rythm. Knife in the Water played after them. At Emo's that night The Search Party played an intense short set of mayhem only to be cut off by the soundman who was shot by Nikki Holiday. Holiday escaped into the night and returned to finish the show with the other primas. He wasn't arrested. Viddi Vitties played in the middle like mustard on a tomatoe sandwich.
What else? then on April 12th there was this show at this little house next to a little park. lots of little people got in front of a little audience and did little things. this guy Ead played some songs, and this girl Lauren played too. they were both very talented and promising future pop stars. Stephanie confused us with a story of sleep spasms, and later played some whispery figure 8 style melodies with Jeff Hunt on accompanying stringed instrument. it might have been a bass. They're called Raretan Bay and Bart Exposito plays with them. Amy read a short story, Conrad played some covers, Beau had a slide show.... Nikki Holiday and Kristin Schilt. of Night Vandals played a more rocking loud set that changed the mood of the night from intimate sharing to full on house party. After that Paul Streckfus played solo a few songs and then Sarah Carlson did a coupla Dylan Covers. There was this heavy improv band with members Jeremy Rueter, Chris Lyons, Kelly, Rebecca and others that brought back the spirit of spontaneity to the event and the whole thing ended with a huge car crash as Friendly Thomas' Cutlass decided to smash itself into an unexpecting parked vehicle at the bottom of the hill. And who can forget the magic tricks by Bridgett?
Last night there was a performance art thing at Spider House...did anyone go that wants to write in about it? And who is spray painting obsceneties all over this town?
So Windsor for the Derby have played their last show up in Dallas on Apr 11th. They had a rough time getting to the gig when Eric's car quit. Luckily they hitched a ride to the gig, but only to find that their dressing room was a closet, and that there was a rotten orange in there for Jason to throw against a wall. This dude named Peter Schmidt or something fucked up the band order and refused to go first, thusly stealing Windor's crowd who showed up later to catch them at the advertised time. "I've had it with rocknroll" says McNeely. "I'm too old for this bullshit." Peter S. failed to amuse anyone with his prerecorded band, and WFTD opened with a really small crowd. But the night before at Liberty Lunch, when they played with Bedhead, they really stole the show.
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Ferocious Lion presents: SHITBAG, a film by Richard McIntosh, original soundtrack by Tony Nozero, and starring Juan Ramos, Becky Cortez and other celebs. Appearing in the "Fool Monty" Super 8mm fest sponsored by the Cinemaker Coop, Tues. March 31 @ 10 pm, and Wed. April 1 @ 7 pm at the Ritz Lounge. 28 films by local film artists to last 3 hours. (Tuesdays show will be a bit longer, as on Wed. the festivities need to be done by 9.)
Fri. April 3rd, The Search Party will play at Hole In the Wall with ST-37, and Gold. 18+, $3
March 20, 1998. word. the schedule for tonight at the Blue Flame is Flood of Red at 9m (Jason Reece), The Shape at 10pm(Scott Hamilton and Paul Streckfus), Fun Machine at 11pm; Cyrus Rego(Eddie Robert) at 12; The Softs at 1am. Hope to see you there.
New Glorium CD. Golden Hour has released it and it should be on sale tomorrow night at Sound Exchange, 33 Degrees, and Waterloo. Its called Close Your Eyes, 11 songs.
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March 3, 1998
The Prima Donnas left for their tour 3 days ago. This was a joyous occasion for many fans. They also have a 45 record released on local label called Peekaboo Records. It would be greatful for you to send them money for this record. Who knows why it took them 3 yrs to get a record out? Maybe Austin is poor.
Also the Trail of Dead is going to tour in April. That is what I've heard. They are recording again soon for an ep on Trance.
Bunny Stockhausen is the best band. Lissen to this much...on March 20 at The Blue Flamingo there will be good bands. These bands are Cyrus Rego, that blonde guy from Paul Newman who plays weird noisy ambient electronic stuff, Eddie Robert, The Softs, who love to be hugged, Fun Machine, which sometimes sounds like Kraftwerk and/or Stereolab, Jason Reece, that circus monkey in a human's costume, and The Shape, which caused a huge riot last week at the ecomat. So you better go to this show if you want good times.
On March 19, bands at 33 degrees include Crack Pipes, Knife in the Water, Leshii Auld Clootie and The Search Party
New RARE tape releases from Golden Hour this month are The Search Party (4 different ones), Antarctica, Silver Apples: live at Electric Lounge 1/31/98, Drums and Tuba: live at Hole in Wall, Gut: live in Texas, Cyrus Rego and Fire Island bootleg(only two in existence), Crack Pipes and maybe a short run of the newest Glorium stuff on cd.
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Wed. Jan. 23 ...Trail of Dead / Paul Newman @ Liberty Lunch
Fri. Jan. 16th Bow Wow Wow / Prima Donnas @ Electric Lounge
Thurs. Jan. 15th Antarctica / Bob Taylor (The Hamicks) @ House Party
Lauren is gone to D.C. and the Fledge is in limbo. Their tape will be out soon with Amanda Stein on the B-side. Search Party is in limbo too. Actually they're finishing their album at a studio in town. The new trio with Carlson drms will become a new band overnight, realized their powers at age thirteen and mutate into the avenging angel of truth with sheild called love.
Cordial from S.A. have a new CD out. And Knife In the Water have a new drummer out.
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Jan. 7, 1998 Hello and Happy New Year! The Zodiac sign for this year is the Tiger. There's some good shows coming up ..... Drums and Tuba at Emo's TONIGHT.
On Thurs Jan. 8 The Search Party play with Cyrus Rego, Rock Hudsons and Jason Reece. pop mart will be there.
On Friday Jan. 9 you might want to catch Trail of Dead at Emo's or Drums and Tuba at the Electric Lounge.
The third compilation from Golden Hour is on sale at Austin Record Stores or thru the mail. It has 17 songs by just as many acts. (60 minutes) It's called Capitol City Signals.
New tapes coming out soon ( I hope) are by Leshii Auld Clootie, Drums and Tuba, Brownie Points, Gut, Search Party, The Shape, and Yellow Fledgling. That's What we're aiming for. peace.
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Dec. 12, 1997. And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead is leaving for tour next week up to Chicago and Minneapolis and back down through the midwest. Check their site for a complete listing of the shows. Tonight, you can see them at Emo's with Fun Machine, and Tune in Tokyo, which is Chris Hodge and Mike Gerner from 100 Watt Clock with Ben and Ruben Mendez, I believe.
Carbomb just released a CD on the Young Heart Attack label. There's 32 songs on it and it covers stuff recorded from 1993 - 1995.
On Tuesday Dec. 16, The Kiss-Offs, Vidi-Vitties and The Search Party are playing at the Bate's Motel. Show starts at 10:30, so be there for The Search Party's last gig with drummer Lauren Robertson before she moves away to D.C. After that the group plans to find a new drummer.
We also recommend The Crack Pipes/Pearly Gates @ EMO's Monday 12/22. So what happened to all the snow that was supposed to show up?
Watch out for this cool new band called Night Vandals. Members are Phillip Niemeyer, Kristin Schilt, Nick Holiday, and Rebecca of Fun Machine.
Nov. 14, 1997.
There's a new band playing at the Bates Motel on Tues. Nov 18 called The Search Party. Members are Paul Streckfus from Glorium, Scott Hamilton of Leshii Auld Clootie, and Lauren Robertson of Yellow Fledgling. Also playing that night are Knife In The Water and solo performances from Robert Mcneil(Softs), Amanda Stein(Yellow Fledgling), Grant Barger(Softs), Drake Tungsten(Britt Daniel), Ray Colgan(Crack Pipes), Billy Steve(Crack Pipes), Bob Taylor(The Hamicks) and others.
The Search Party are also playing on Fri. Nov. 21 with The Rock Hudsons at Spider House. (That's the official site of the pre Emo's Hedonism-bash with ...Trail of Dead and Prima Donnas(UK). Chew on that!)
Nov. 10 1997.
In case you missed it, there was a great show this weekend at the Electric Lounge( of all places). Cyrus Rego, Prima Donnas, and American Analog Set got with the modern age. Highlights included a young enthusiast trying his hardest to shush the noisy bar riff-raff having too much fun for his imaginary dreamworld. "Why don't you take your conversation outside?!" he yelled. Oh brother....
Nov.4 1997.
First of all, I think everyone should go see The Crack Pipes and The Unleaded Heart on Thurs. Nov 6th. at Emo's.. .Unleaded Heart is a new band with Chris Hodge, Kenny Hopper, two Jasons and a Clint.
The new Glorium CD on Ataglance Records should be out in December, if not a little sooner. Trail of Dead, now on Trance is releasing a full length in January. So is Paul Newman and other Trance acts. New Windsor For the Derby LP should be on sale in November. Right now the Derby's are on tour in the northeast playing 4 shows in and around NYC.
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Speaking of WFTD, check out Jason McNeely's store called Pink Moon, for the finest thrift action in town, opening Nov. 5, '97, located (where 33 Degrees used to be) at 2821 San Jacinto Blvd, next to Crown and Anchor. You know that strip mall that has the Chinese restaurant, Quiks, and a barber....
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33 Degrees has moved! New location is on 40th and Guadalupe where the old Dismukes Pharmacy used to be. It's a much bigger space and they're having in store shows twice a month.
Sat. Nov. 1st 1997
Trail of the Dead is a likely outfit to be scratching and sniffing the concrete floor of an abandoned studio with black painted walls. The films meant to inspire praise for Kenneth Anger were the only lighting for a dank cave on Saturday Nov. 1st. which never seemed to fill with an audience for the aging filmmaker. I blame it on poor planning and no publicity. Some say they saw him, others denied ever having known him. Some laughed at the idea of such an old man having any worthwhile ideas about film and the nature of voyeurism while a handful of pagans danced around in a tribal circle... Learn more about Kenneth Anger. We think he is an amazing and genius artist! The band's noises were well wished and fell hard upon concrete slabs as the words did not cut through on a dim signal. Much words heard later on at a small upstairs apartment. Was Jason trying to break that guitar? Or was he trying to set it free?...If only those 3 djs were better sound engineers...
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Thurs Oct. 30 and the weekend is arriving on time with bands downtown doing their best to entertain hungry humans. Softs sounds and Trail of Dead seemed appropriate music for the eve of a Halloween weekend. Birthdays and cakes with fruit are such delicious treats for reunited friends. Happy Birthday Joey! El Gigante, nice cakes.
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Sat. Oct 11.
Cleofus Trujillo Trio is a band from San Antonio that still sounds very loud with energy well spent, seducing the Austin audience to get out of their rolling chairs. Manny Castillo, Saul Zertuche, and Chris Lutz are the shit! The last show from Union On Track opened the can of worms. They recorded the show and might release it. Does anyone have any other recordings of them? Trail of Dead set their stuff up last and proceeded to rock out w/ true wild abandon. Lots of watts and smoke....fire
Earlier in the evening was music by Fire Island and Yellow Fledgling at the Spiderhouse. Neighbors get angry and call cops. Staff is upset at the neighbor and vents anger. Lots of venting. Lots of whispering, Much care free laughter. Fire Island added pirated video tape of New Kids On the Block to his elevator soft core. The Fledge are recording all their material at Lino Max's posh east side pad. Dirty Dale is producing.
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Prima Donnas play with Enduro and Hamicks at Emo's. Fight erupts as unruly patron continues to throw cigarette butts at Otto Matix's face. Exchange of threats, then bang. On the PA can be heard the thud, thud, thud, thud, of microphone on patron's face. Otto's family were present and rush into the fray to break it up. "No, I'm not having a good time." said Otto. Do the Prima Donnas ask for it? Should they be upset when the crowd badgers them, when they have a reputation for dishing out the same abuse? After all, they invite the audience on stage for hotdog eating contests. I think Otto's allowed to get upset and physical with a jerk who won't leave him alone when asked to. He's only human. Or is he just British? After that episode they went on to finish the set and Otto seemed charged and able to bounce back and continue to be his usual charasmatic self. But he said he felt awful about the whole thing later. The bouncers took the guy outside and beat him up some more. Chew on that... Write in with comments...
Chew on this.......More violence.....Trail of Dead play at Flamingo Cantina with Union On Track, the Softs, and the Hamicks. It was a benefit for the film Plastic Utopia. This crazy dude gets on stage and grabs the micophone. Conrad slams into him knocking him down, then falls on top of him. The guy, disoriented and drunk, stumbles up, then Jason bulldozes him off the stage and into the crowd, knocking more people down. Is this just the Trail of Dead with their usual destructive behavior? Or is it a display of an attitude that you better not fuck with our shit on stage when we're doing our thing, breaking our own shit? I don't think they meant to hurt the guy, and I don't think he was hurt besides. After the show they asked if he was OK and looked after him a little. But still, they could be a little more sensitive to the direction that they vent their angst to. If you attend a "punk" show, should you expect to get roughed up a little? Chew on that.......write in...
Fri. Sep. 25, 1997 The Electric Lounge is not where I'd choose to hang out if the bands were not really good. The place is always too smoky and, well, I'm just anti-social. Not too mention that the staff is obnoxious and surly. But on Fri. 25th I will be there for three of my fav bands. Crack Pipes, Rock Hudsons, and Softs.
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Monday July 30th 1997 - Show reviews: Kemo Sabe / Linus Streckfus / The Burglars / The Hammicks / Knife in the Water - by C.Keely
No... all these bands did not play a show together, though that would be fabulous. Kemo Sabe and Linus Streckfus played last night at the Bates Motel. Kemo Sabe are a groovy band from Australia who keep their guitars turned down real quiet, like. Apparantly their just in town to record with a producer named Tim Kerr who I guess does a lot of out-of-town bands. They have a single, I can't imagine what it sounds like - hopefully the guitars are louder. They're a pretty cool live band though, and they took the lack of Austin's audience participation with admirable humility. Linus Streckfus took to the stage shortly there-after. One person, one guitar. I found this quite inspirational, and I think it'd be great if more people did solo acts, whether they're in another band (as in Streckfus's case) or not. I mean, what could it hurt, right?
Then I walked over to the Flamingo Cantina because I'd heard this was going to be the last Burglars show. Though they've been saying that for, oh... six months now, I really hope they mean it this time because they'd really be going out with a bang. Not that I don't like the Burglars - on the contrary, they seem to improve with every farewell-show they play. I can't imagine what their last show will be like two years from now, because the one last night was so incredible as to be emotionally disturbing.
I felt I'd somehow walked through the Looking Glass into backwards-Austin, where everything's the wrong way around. For one, some people I knew had recently shaved or cut their hair really short, and I didn't recognize them at first. Then there were people in the crowd I would never have thought to see watching a Rolling Stones cover band. Someone must have put peyote in this one guy's drink, because he was using the stage as a farm-animal. And this other girl was doing a dance I could only describe as the doggy-paddle. After a beer, I left because I had to get up, but that was one Burglars show that I really wished I didn't have to work in the morning. Look out for more up-coming last-shows from these butt-rock savages.
Now we come to the Flaxfield Unheard Music Festival, which was held last Saturday in the middle of a field Lytton Springs, in the middle of nowhere, so that many of the people that went to go see it, or that tried to get back got lost and have yet to be found. Still, it was a good idea, and I hope they didn't lose too much money, and have another one. i didn't arrive until midnight, though there had been bands playing since 5:00p.m., such as Yellow Fledgeling and the Abrasion Ensemble, who I heard were particularly good. But by the time The Hamicks went on at 2:00a.m., people were pretty fucked up. There was stage diving, and the tossing of projectiles, and the covering of guitarist Jonathan Toubin's head with a garbage bag. Keyboardist Jeanine Attaway cast mesmerizing spells with her crazy theramine, singer Bob Taylor belted out arcane mysteries about deficating in one's pants, drummer Brandon Crowe did his best to ignore everything, and bassist Armon Mabry looked on in amused sympathy. By the time the next band took to the stage, all they could think to do was allow an audience member to dance naked with them.
And so, several waking hours later, as the sun rose slowly in the east, and the sky changed a halo of magnificent colors, Knife in the Water took to the stage. By this time I was trying my best to sleep, but their lulling melodies drew me back to the stage for another look. Nothing, I mean nothing, could have possibly been better to see at 6:00a.m., cow pasture or no. With a line up of guitar(Aaron Blount), Bill pedal slide guitar, hammond organ(Laura Krause) and John brushed drums, I was reminded somewhat of Low, but better, because these guys are from Austin, and I felt (undeservedly) proud.
Saturday July 22 1997 - Show Review: Red Boxing / Morning Wood / Union On Track - C.Keely
Well bugger me blue, I missed Union on Track, and I'm sure Laurie Duke's going to kill me. But I'm not too scared because I'm a head bigger than her. However, she said they rocked, and usually her perceptions are fairly accurate despite her tendancy to hallucinate. Plus Jeremy Rueter confirmed this cocky boast.
Morning Wood. Morning Wood... What can I say about this band? First off, it's always interesting to see a ton of people you've never seen before show up for a band you've never heard of. It makes you feel like Raoul Hernandez of the Chronicle, or Michael Corcheran of the X-Cellent. I think I'll just describe the band, and let the reader form their own opinion, somewhat like charades: four women - a singer, bassist, guitar, drums line-up; two male go-go dancers in construction-worker garb; two five-foot-high paper-mache penises with sparklers fitted into the eurethra; one fisher-price xylophone. Lyrics ranged from band title song "Morning Wood" played at the beginning and end of the show, "...I fell in love with the manager of a topless bar", "...incestuous town", "...I had a cigarette, now I'm hooked on crack" (or something like that), and "...I dated an asshole". Their music was that kind of terrible that you're like, "oh how clever, they're being terrible", but not as deliberately terrible as, say, Beat Happening (and I love Beat Happening). In fact, they played well and the drummer was cool, but if I had to call it something, I think the word "schlock" comes to mind. Schlock is a very valid genre, so familiarize yourself with it. My verdict? - see them for yourself, then write us your opinion.
Red Boxing was a new band playing their first show, so it was your typical stroke of Electric Lounge booking-idiocy to have them play last after all the slumming Morning Wood fans had left. Much to their credit, this did not appear to discourage Red Boxing in the least. Mitch Clark (you may know him from Austin Transit Authority), Sean O'Keaf, and the brothers Ernie Maxwell and Yogi Maxwell have come together to form what I would call an emo band, although not many people use that dated tag anymore, and it has been left to sit dejectedly in the dark corners of modern jargon, overshadowed by the blinding light of ebonics. But I digress. It is always refreshing to see a new band play, and these children did a smashing job. Good work, lads. Look out for waves made by them in the future.
Thurs. July 11 1997 - Commentary by C. Keely
What a weird article in the Chronicle today! But don't worry, kids. All that talk really is just that. We know that what really matters is just folks having fun and death and stuff. So fret not, because the "scene" is neither fragmenting, nor gelling. It is simply crawling slowly along on it's belly like it's always been.
And though Brandon Crowe is now playing in The Hamicks, he's also playing in Zulu As Kono, which is similar to Gut. Saher Selod wanted me to bring that to everyone's attention.
Tues. July 8 1997 - Review by Paul
100 Watt Clock / Yellow Fledgling / Los Despienados / Leshii Auld Clootie @ Bates Motel
Travis Higdon invited Golden Hour to book a show at the Bates Motel for his second night as promoter of shows there. For the occasion, I booked 100 Watt Clock, which was to be there last show in Austin before Splitsville. That's right kids, the group is disbanding and reforming with a new noisier sound says Chris Hodge, one of the guitarists. At this point there is no word as to when their new lineup will play out, but he did say that they would try to work it out with James Wright, the old Carbomb bass player.
They paused breifly for a string change in the middle of their set, but were as explosive as ever and rocked the crowd of teary eyed and sweat browed Austinites. "Where will we be without our beloved 100 Watt Clock"? one small child moaned. Fear not young lad, soon there will be an even richer combo to enlighten your evening shroud...
The Yellow Fledgling played at midnight and transfixed the audience with delicately whispered melodies. They have added a drummer named Jeff Hunt, but this is not the first time the female duo had a rhythm section. Nick Holiday was seen behind the set with them at the Hole in the Wall in March when they played with Glorium, and also joined them briefly at the Manor Rd Coffee House in May. Rumor was that Lauren Robertson was supposed to play saxophone also, but that joyous event is postponed until the group plays at the Unheard Music Fest on July 28th.
Los Despienados visited Austin for the first time from San Antonio and were greatly admired. George Lara of Glorium was on bass, and Marshall Gause of Cordial played banjo, with Ryan Sawyer on drums and Katja Kohler on accordion. They had a conjunto feel and invited the austin crowd to dance "like they do down south".
Leshii Auld Clootie started the night with noisy circus parade music that developed into accordion and a soundtrack to a David Lynch film. Scott Hamilton uses pre-recorded tapes with his four track to seduce the audience into another state of mind. Very now....see him in action. Leshii Auld Clootie will release a tape soon on Golden Hour.
July 2nd, 1997
The Softs have a new CD out! It's called "The Nurse Wore Black" and was released at their Emo's show on June 25th. Buy one today before they sell out!
The Crack Pipes are finishing the artwork on their 21 minute cassette and it should be out very soon. It's called The Yeh Sound.
100 Watt Clock have decided to end it, and will play one last show on July 8th at the Bates Motel on 6th street. Also playing is the Yellow Fledgling, La Morte ( that guy who's in Leshii Auld Clootie[Malcolm Hamilton]), and Mashall Gause and Katja Kohler' band from San Antonio Los Despienados. Marshall plays banjo and Katja Kohler plays accordion, I believe.
Windsor for the Derby are recording another LP at Adam Wiltzie's posh East Austin pad. It'll be out soon I'm sure Glorium is currently recording an LP with Grant Barger(Softs) to be released in September. This one should be more dreamy and songy says Paul.
The Trail of Dead is recording an LP for Trance at a posh studio down south. Jason Reece says they're getting the production and sounds that he always wished for.
The Prima Donnas and 1-4-5s will tour with Emily's Sassy Lime(WA) next month. word is that the Prima Donnas will be on a split 7" with Emily Lime on Kill Rock Stars, and also on a Lookout release. Believe it or not.
OLDER NEWS
June 5, 1997
Well, kids, we haven't been getting ANY letters, very inicative of the apathy of our generation. Either that, or no one has been going to see any bands, which don't think is true...
Latest venue for local shows these days is the Manor Road Coffee House, which Golden Hour promoter Paul Streckfus debuted with a Behead the Prophet N.L.S.L. / Rock Hudsons show.
Shows in June 1997
Jun 3 = 100 Watt Clock / Cordial / Low Budget Sounds of Beau McDaniel (Manor Rd.)
Jun 4 = Rock Hudsons (Blue Flamingo)
Jun 12 = Sirus Rego / Fun Machine / Bloody Jack (Manor Rd.)
Jun 14 = Prima Donnas (Carousel Lounge)
Jun 15 = ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead / Union On Track (EMO's)
Jun 17 = Hys(the new project from Jason Mcneely of Windsor for the Derby), Yellow Fledgling / and the debut of Bart Exposito's band with Stacy Bryan, Ben Caulfield, and Jack Shelton(as yet to be named.) (Manor Rd.)
Jun 26 = Rock Hudsons / Cipher In The Snow / Transfixr @ Blue Flamingo
Jun 24 = Rock Hudsons / Union On Track (new band from Laurie Duke and Jeremy Rueter - ex Ponce Ja Ja) (Manor Rd.)
Actually, not to get off track, but I've really just been enjoying the weather in Austin lately.
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Shows in May [1997]
May 6 = Behead the Prophet N.L.S.L. / Rock Hudsons
May 13 = 100 Watt Clock / Sexto Sol ( Juan Ramos and Ernest Salaz from Glorium, with Becky Cortez from New Girl Art Trend Band and Kristina Lanuza on vcls.)
May 20 = NYC / Fire Island / Leshii Auld Clootie
May 27 = ...Trail of Dead / Paul Newman / Tonalamotl
And go see Glorium / Cordial / Cleofus Trujillo Trio / Chris, Ryan, and Steve / Fun Machine / and Matrix at Cabeza de Piedra in San Antonio on May 9th.
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March 1997
By Conrad Keely
News Disclaimer:
I would like to make it clear to everyone that just because I have chosen to talk about some bands and fail to mention others that this is in no way indicative (I hope) of any favoritism on my part, but more a result of the money I happened to have that night, or at times (I must admit) my personal taste, or even just what drugs I'm on (never enough).
Lately it has been expressed by certain people their concern over the possible existence of an exclusive or "cliquish" scene developing that, though I think is not the case, would put some bands inside and leave others on the periphery. I try not to overly-concern myself with denouncing or perpetuating such ideology either way, and believe in some cases the best policy in dealing with something you disagree with is to ignore it completely and hope it goes away. But perhaps that is unavoidable, in which case, fuck it. Kill, destroy, hurt everything, that's what I always say. In any case, I would always encourage anyone who wants to know what is really going on to go out and find out for themselves. But for those who do not possess the luxury of this initiative, here's the Scene News:
So the South By South West Music Conference in Austin Texas has come and gone, and with it, I was told, a multitude of Industry penguins, although I personally didn't see any. Still, despite the inconvenience, the festival offered much opportunity to eat and drink for free. Since I don't believe in spending more than five to seven dollars to see a show unless it's truly to-die-for, I spent most of my time at the Blue Flamingo and anything I could get into for free. One such show was Friday March 14th at Emos, where Sixteen Deluxe headlined. I was very impressed by a band called Salaryman (did I get that name right?), - an ambient dance quartet who incorporated the usual plethora of keyboards and electronic shit; however, their combination of both drum machine and drum set I found impressive, particularly the fact that the drummer was excellent but not repugnantly so.
The Prima Donnas/ Softs show at the Blue Flamingo on March 12 could only be described as complete and utter anarchy and insanity, despite the raising of the door price to $4. A keyboard belonging to Julius Seizure of the former is out of commission now due to copious amounts of beer flying through the air that night. This didn't stop the show from going on. Long live pop.
I heard only words of amazement and praise from those who attended the Bis/ Atari Teenage Riot show at the Electric Lounge on March 13, but again that was out of my minuscule budget. Actually, I would have forked the money out for this one if I hadn't been in some other band playing that night. Such is the lift of a thespian. The latter of these two bands have been making waves recently, I'm sure you've all heard, by combining drum-machine jungle rhythms with good old grind core. Personally I'm all for the combination of new elements in search of gold - I think it's called alchemy.
Windsor for the Derby got back for a pleasant, somewhat private show at the Hyde Park Theater with the ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead and Home. Windsor's set was the usual dreamy lullaby, and even more so than usual perhaps, with audience members in the first few rows sitting, lolling, and some even lying about like a litter of puppies at the band's feet. Playing with them was the Soft's drummer John (sorry John, I forget your last name[Weiss]), who I felt added more fluidness, perhaps trippiness to them than usual. All in all, it was a good night to be on ecstasy, but how would I know?
Some people have expressed the opinion that the local Austin music scene is one of those in-between period, especially after the break-up of several much-loved bands such as Gut, Andromeda Strain, New Girl Art Trend Band, etc. (I'm sure I'm forgetting someone) within a short amount of time. It is my opinion, however, that we are always in one of those in-between times, namely, that between the past and the future; there will always be good bands breaking up, mediocre (or not-as-interesting) bands playing out, and better bands in the process of forming. So my advice is not to worry. One case in point that I would like to make who attracted my attention lately is a band called School Trauma Flashback, who I can only describe as so totally, terribly offensive it's charming. I would rather not go into too much depth about that, as some of the things I like about this band are exactly the things I would loathe about any other band. So rather than upset anyone, I would just advise you go see them, decide for yourself, then get back to me.
Paul Westmoreland, who has relocated to Seattle with his wife Janet and daughter Olivia, is the master technician, bless his heart; and Conrad Keely in Austin is the Minister of propaganda[GHR 1997].