by Brad Roberts
A pretty busy calendar ahead as the last week before that Texas festival that usually dominates music news during it's run, despite there being a lot fewer local bands going this year. SXSW 2013 kicks off with the Film Festival portion beginning March 8th,
but the Music Festival doesn't open until the following Tuesday, March
12th, and continues for six days.
This week seems to highlight some of the amazingly talented women out there from Becky Stark in Lavender Diamond (at right) and The Living Sisters to Jenny O. to Azalia Snail in LoveyDove and Jessica Dobson's Deep Sea Diver. Also Amanda Palmer is in town for a spoken word program at Echoplex on Tuesday called "Women of Letters".
I saw some terrific shows last week including Matt Pond at Echoplex and the live debut of Haunted Summer at their Casey's residency. And my own surprising show at Lot 1 last Saturday which featured the amazing solo debut of The Californian's John Graney, an electrifying Cardoza and a gorgeously sung and played set by Daniel Ahearn and Mindy Jones (Daniel Ahearn and The Jones). Thanks to all of them. But at the moment I'm coming down with a nasty cold, so this column may feel a little unfinished.
Monday, March 4
- Dunson, DJ Bossa Nova @ The Central
- Hunter Hunted, Body Parts, AAN, Brandon @ Bootleg Bar
- "School Night!" w/ Sinkane, Alpine, Fetsom, Isaac Delusion @ Bardot
- Harper Simon, The Living Sisters, Jenny O., Stephen Sowan @ The Satellite
- Harriet, Brainstorm, Busy Living, New Life @ The Echo
- Jeff Crosby & The Refugees, Mike Simmons, Drive He Said @ Silver Lake Lounge
DECISION:
A powerhouse line up featuring some of the amazing female vocal talent we have in this old town: The Living Sisters and Jenny O. (at right) support Harper Simon, and throw Stephen Sowan into the mix at The Satellite and you have a show that is not to be missed.
Tuesday, March 5
- Simon Townshend w/ Clark Graham, Robert Francis, Broken Anchor @ Hotel Cafe
- Alpine, Sea Lions @ Bootleg Bar (8 PM)
- Dune Rats, Spaceships @ Bootleg Bar (11 PM)
- Maserati, Beware of Safety @ The Satellite
- TheBlack&TheWhite, Kid Cadaver, Go Tell The Eskimo, The Mercy Beat @ The Central
- Carrie Rodriguez @ Largo at the Coronet
- The Ross Sea Party, Sadie & The Blue Eyed Devils, Fellow Bohemian, B. Kennedy @ Harvard & Stone
- Women of Letters with Amanda Palmer @ Echoplex
- A Bleeding Sky, Jenna Syde & The Watchers, The Smears, The Babylon Sweethearts @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Dorian Wood record release, Killsonic, WIFE @ The Echo
- Marcus Foster, Sean Rowe, Ruston Kelly @ The Troubadour
- LoveyDove, Gorgeous @ Federal Bar
DECISION:
Wednesday, March 6
- Keith (Shivers) + Andy (Deer Tick) @ Origami Vinyl
- Ric Ocasek @ Amoeba
- David & Devine, Sweet Talk Radio, Gayle Skidmore w/ Minor Birds & Kat Jone s- @ Hotel Cafe
- "Desert Nights" w/ Immanu El, The Silver Spoons, Charlie Clark & Brandi Emma @ The Standard
- Hey Marseilles, Deep Sea Diver, The Steelwells @ The Satellite
- Gold Star, Stephen Sowan, Black Mandolin, Lael Neale @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Rhett Miller @ Largo at the Coronet
- Dog Bite, Warships @ Bootleg Bar
- Cigarette Bums, Fort King, My Hawaii, Manhattan Murder Mystery @ The Echo
- The View, Hollerado @ The Troubadour
DECISION:
The Satellite and The Echo vie for our attention tonight. I should take the opportunity to see Deep Sea Diver (at right),who so impressed me when I first saw them a couple of years ago. With Hey Marseilles at The Satellite. But the show at The Echo, with so many favorites like Manhattan Murder Mystery and Fort King, is tough to beat.
Thursday, March 7
- Li Xi, Ash Reiter, Couches @ Origami Vinyl
- Pre-SXSW Celebration w/ Sea Wolf (Acoustic) @ The Grove
- Die! Die! Die!, Dr. DeVito @ Bootleg Bar
- Stella by Starlight, Deadbeat Darling, Detangler, Fairbanks, The Ragged Jubilee @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Noah Gundersen, Frank Turner, Wake Owl, Andy Shauf, Said The Whale @ Hotel Cafe
- The James Hunter Six, The Relatives @ El Rey
- Reflex, Fare Soldi, Colour Vision, Vibes @ The Central
- Youngblood Hawke, The Mowgli's @ The Troubadour
- White Lung, Nu Sensae, BRONCHO, Audacity @ The Echo
- Lavender Diamond, Charlyne Yi, Willie Watson @ Echoplex
- Julia Nunes, Baywood, The Walcotts @ The Satellite
- Bomba Estereo, Astro, La Santa Cecilia, Que Bajo?!, and special guest Carla Morrison @ The Fonda Theatre
- DEaf, Teenage Sweater, Dolphins 'N Shit, Snakkes @ Lot 1
- Michael Nhat, Li Xi, ALONE, Bastidas @ The Smell
- Mykki Blanco, Brooke Candy, Ratchet Set @ Los Globos
- The Long Fall, Tom Bradley, Elena and the Assistants, Josh Milan @ Molly Malone's
DECISION:
There's music everywhere tonight with the sold out show starring Youngblood Hawke and The Mowgli's at The Troubadour, Lavender Diamond and Charlyne Yi at Echoplex, and an acoustic performance by Sea Wolf in a pre-SXSW celebration at The Grove dominating the crowded field.
Friday, March 8
- Escape Tailor, Emma Louise, The Borrower's Debt, Mariah McManus, Cody The Band @ Hotel Cafe
- Christian Lee Hutson, RT N' the 44s, The Brixtones, Sadie and the Blue-eyed Devils @ Echo Country Outpost
- Darwin Deez, Caged Animals, Dan Croll @ The Echo
- The Blackeyed Soul Club, California Lions, Boats @ The Satellite
- Aftergloam, Parenthetical Girls, Seacats, Brannigan's Law @ The Smell
- Johnny Gill, Zak Waters @ El Rey
- Weight Rainbow, Sneaky Snake, Anenon, William Strangeland @ The Mezz Bar
- Kissing Cousins, The Do-Its, Dawn of Sequins @ Lot 1
- moe, Orgone @ The Fonda Theatre
- Haunted Summer, Spirit Vine @ Casey's Bar
- Yes @ Orpheum Theatre
- Boy, Gambles @ The Troubadour
- Joshua James, Wall, Isaac Russell @ Bootleg Theatre
- Erin McKeown, Holcombe Waller @ McCabe's
- Aimee Mann, Ted Leo @ Largo at the Coronet
DECISION:
From Christian Lee Hutson and RT N' the 44s at Echo Country Outpost to a splash of glam/punk from Dawn of Sequins (at right) at Lot 1 to the second residency night for Haunted Summer at Casey's, or big old stars like Yes at The Orpheum, this city offers a wide range of musical entertainment tonight.
- Silver Lake Sampler w/ Whispering Pines, Charlie Wadhams @ Silver Lake Art Company
- moe, Orgone @ The Fonda Theatre
- Peter Case @ McCabe's
- Efterklang, Nightlands, Kan Wakan @ Echoplex
- Pickwick, Radiation City @ The Echo
- The Trouble With Templeton, The Horde & The Harem, Patrick Krief, Okapi Sun @ Hotel Cafe
- Dan Croll, Trails and Ways, Carousel, Channel One @ Bootleg Bar
- Maston (Tour Kickoff), Norse Horse, Gold and Soil, Jeremy Brock @ Pehrspace
- The Shivas, Human Behavior, Ezra Buchla, Whitman @ The Smell
- Aimee Mann, Ted Leo @ Largo at the Coronet
- Saint Maybe, Kind Hearts & Coronets, Virginia Reed @ Redwood Bar
- The World Record EP Release, Hello Echo, Holy Folk @ El Cid
- The Men, Thee Commons, NASA Space Universe @ The Troubadour
- Andy Clockwise, Nightmare Air, IronTom + Special Guests @ The Satellite
DECISION:
The Silver Lake Sampler is an afternoon event featuring an art exhibit, food, booze and some fine Americana music by Whispering Pines and Charlie Wadhams at Silver Lake Art Company.
Sunday, March 10
- Heidi Happy, Boys School, The Grizzled Mighty, Joey Dosik @ Hotel Cafe
- Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet @ McCabe's
- Heller Keller, Wonder Wheel, W-H-I-T-E, Ablebody@ The Smell
- Aussie BBQ No. 5 @ The Echo (12 noon)
- Nik Turner ex Hawkwind Space Ritual @ Echoplex
- KMFDM, Legion Within @ The Fonda Theatre
- The Vim Dicta, The Buttercream Gang, La Mer @ The Central
- Wet & Reckless, Spirit Vine @ Bar Lubitsch
DECISION:
Spend the afternoon at The Echo getting to know a wide range of Australian bands here for The Aussie BBQ No.5 Food and Music Festival with bands like Faker, Blackchords and Trouble With Templeton.
Tonight there's Wet & Reckless and Spirit Vine at Bar Lubitsch.
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