The Week in Cool: Free Week 2013 Edition — Part 2
The 12-day Free Mega-Week continues. Here’s the best stuff to see down the home stretch, including available set times in case you’d like to hop from venue to venue.
Tuesday, Jan. 8
Danny Malone / Three Leaf / Befriend the Bears / Calliope Musicals / Gorgeous Hands
7pm–2am • The Parish, 214 E. 6th St.
7:15pm – Gorgeous Hands
8:15 – Calliope Musicals
9:15 – Befriend The Bears
10:15 – Three Leaf
11:15pm – Danny Malone
Grape St. / The Golden Boys / Shivery Shakes / Broken Gold / Gentlemen Rogues
9pm–2am • Holy Mountain, 617 E. 7th St.
9pm – Gentlemen Rogues
10 – Broken Gold
11 – Shivery Shakes
Midnight – The Golden Boys
1am – Grape St.
My Empty Phantom / Knifight / Tacks, The Boy Disaster
9pm–2am • Mohawk, 912 Red River St.
Wednesday, Jan. 9
The Sweet Nuthin / Elijah Ford and the Bloom
10pm • Hole in the Wall, 2538 Guadalupe St.
Marc Fucking Savlov Presents…
7pm–2am • Club DeVille, 900 Red River St.
Hosted bar by Revel Stoke Whisky and UV Vodka.
7:30pm – Scan Hopper
8:15 – Baby Robots
9 – ukemi
10 – The Astronaut Suit
11 – Tijuana Bible
Midnight – Corpus Gold
1am – Eets Feats
Thursday, Jan. 10
Missions / Lean Hounds / Roger Sellers
7pm • Mohawk (Outdoors), 912 Red River St.
8pm – Roger Sellers
9 – Lean Hounds
10 – Missions
Mighty Mountain / My Education / Equals / Co-Pilot / DJ sets by Ghostland Observatory’s Thomas Turner
8pm–2am • Beauty Ballroom, 2015 East Riverside
Whiskey Shivers / Guns of Navarone / Slowtrain / Holiday Style / Wiretree
9pm–2am • Holy Mountain, 617 E. 7th St.
9pm – Wiretree
10 – Holiday Style
11 – Slowtrain
Midnight – Guns of Navarone
1am – Whiskey Shivers
The Wolf / Blind Pets / La Migra / Holiday
10pm–2am • The ND, East 5th at Brushy Street
Friday, Jan. 11
Zorch / The Boxing Lesson / Boyfrndz / Tiger Waves / Residual Kid
7pm–2am • Holy Mountain, 617 E. 7th St.
Riverboat Gamblers / East Cameron Folkcore / American Sharks / The Ugly Beats / Bobby Jealousy / Gentleman Rogues
8pm–2am • Mohawk, 912 Red River St.
101X Homegrown Live: The Tontons / A Silent Film / Sounds Under Radio / Stereo Is A Lie
8pm–2am • The Parish, 214 E. 6th St.
9pm – Stereo Is A Lie
10 – Sounds Under Radio
11 – A Silent Film
Midnight – The Tontons
Saturday, Jan. 12
TV Torso / Oh No Oh My / Hundred Visions / Tiger Waves
9pm–2am • Red 7, 611 E. 7th St.
Migrant Kids / Pop Pistol / Hydra Melody / Knifight / Borrisokane / Friday Avenue / Oh Look Out
7pm–2am • Club DeVille, 900 Red River St.
7:30pm – Oh Look Out
8:15 – Friday Avenue
9 – Borrisokane
10 – Knifight
11 – Hydra Melody
Midnight – Pop Pistol
1am – Migrant Kids
Silent Diane / Feathers / The Sour Notes / The Couch / Shivery Shakes / Letting Up Despite Great Faults / The Plastic Habit
8pm–2am • Mohawk, 912 Red River St.
The Week in Cool: Free Week 2013 Edition
The first few weeks of the new year are jam-packed with chances to see some of Austin’s best musicians performing together, all for free. We’re doing our part to keep that spirit alive in 2013 by co-hosting a show with our friends at Austin Writes Music on Friday, Jan. 4, at Swan Dive on Red River. The lineup features local powerhouses The Baker Family, The Couch, and Your Friendly Ghost, as well as The Collection, an orchestral folk group out of North Carolina. The show is totally free and will include a silent auction benefiting The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, with items from the Alamo Drafthouse and Austin photographers Pooneh Ghana and Katherine Squier. This is guaranteed to be the best possible way to celebrate the first Friday of 2013, so come on out and bring your pals!
Oh, and there are plenty of other cool things worth checking out in the days ahead. Here are a few highlights of the shows we’d recommend — including set times where available — for anyone who wants to live Free Week(s) to the fullest. We’ll have even more highlights for you in Part 2 next week.
Thursday, Jan. 3
Hydra Melody / Megafauna / O Conqueror/ The Baker Family/ Featherface
8pm–2am • Holy Mountain, 617 E. 7th St.
8:30pm - Featherface
9:30 - The Baker Family
10:30 - O Conqueror
11:30 - Megafauna
12:30am - Hydra Melody
Politics / Digital Antique / My Education / Magnet School / Oh Look Out / Beat Imprint DJ set
8pm–2am • Beauty Ballroom, 2105 E. Riverside
9pm - Oh Look Out
9:45 - Magnet School
10:45 - My Education (w/Beat Imprint)
11:45 - Digital Antique
12:45am - Politics
Driver Friendly / Tallhart (Acoustic)
9pm–Midnight • Stubb’s Indoors, 801 Red River
10pm - Driver Friendly
11pm - Tallhart
SuperLiteBike / Growl / Gorgeous Hands / Bipolar Bears / The Nouns
9pm–2am • The Parish, 214 E. 6th St.
9pm - The Nouns
9:45 - Biopolar Bears
10:30 - The Gorgeous Hands
11:15 - Growl
12:15am - SuperLiteBike
Friday, Jan. 4
CoolinAustin & Austin Writes Music Present: The Collection / The Baker Family / Your Friendly Ghost / The Couch
8:30pm–2am • Swan Dive, 615 Red River
9:30pm - The Collection
10:30 - The Baker Family
11:30 - Your Friendly Ghost
12:30 - The Couch
With a silent auction benefitting The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians
Saturday, Jan. 5
SHMU / Royal Forest / Sour Notes / Gorgeous Hands / Preservation / Boxing Lesson / Plastic Habit / Three Leaf / Coast of Nebraska
3pm–2am • Cheer Up Charlie’s, 1104 E. 6th St.
6:30pm – Coast of Nebraska
7:20 – Three Leaf
8:10 – Plastic Habit
9 – Boxing Lesson
9:50 – Preservation
10:40 – Gorgeous Hands
11:30 – Sour Notes
12:20am – Royal Forest
1:10am – SHMU
Marmalakes / Whiskey Shivers / Cartright / Little Lo
8pm–Midnight • Mohawk (Outside), 900 Red River St.
8pm - Little Lo
9 – Cartright
10 – Whiskey Shivers
11 – Marmalakes
Sphynx / Native America / Ghostbunny / Waldo and The Naturals / Lomelda
8pm–2am • Mohawk (Inside), 900 Red River St.
8:30pm – Lomelda
9:30 – Waldo and The Naturals
10:30 – Ghostbunny
11:30 – Native America
12:30am – Sphynx
Soul Track Mind / Hard Proof Afrobeat / Larry g(EE)
8:30pm–12:30am • Antone’s, 213 W. 5th Street
9:30pm – Larry g(EE)
10:30 – Hard Proof Afrobeat
11:30 – Soul Track Mind
Vitera / Vallejo / Patricia Vonne / La Division del Norte
9pm–1am • Stubb’s Indoors, 801 Red River
9pm – La Division del Norte
10pm – Patricia Vonne
11pm – Vallejo
Midnight – Vitera
Whitman / Stereo is a Lie / The Baker Family / Antiques
9pm–2am • Frank, 407 Colorado St.
Lost Soul Revue / Think No Think / Bumping Uglies / Kinky Machine/ DJ Chorizo Funk
9pm–2am • The ND, East 5th at Brushy Street
Sunday, Jan. 6
Beats, Rhymes, and Free Week: League of Extraoridinary G’z / SiP SiP / The Triggermen / p-TEK / Space Camp Death Squad / Secret Levels
9pm–2am • Red 7, 611 E. 7th St.
Monday, Jan. 7
Fatback Circus / Muchos Backflips / Chris Holland / Sour Bridges / Serafia Jane / The Skyliners / T Jarrod Quartet
7pm • Club De Ville, 900 Red River St.
7:30pm – T Jarrod Quartet
8:15 – The Skyliners
9 – Serafia Jane
10 – Fatback Circus
11 – Sour Bridges
Midnight – Muchos Backflips
1am – Chris Holland
Make sure to tune in next week for the second batch of Free Week highlights!
Source: facebook.com
Announcing CoolinAustin’s first showcase: Broken Resolutions
We’re insanely excited to be co-hosting Broken Resolutions, an evening of killer local music right smack in the middle of Free Week. Come out to Swan Dive on Monday, Jan. 2 to cancel your plans for living a respectable life in 2012. I mean, just look at the squid guy in the poster. It’s Day 2 and he’s already back to hitting the brandy and the pipe. And so can you!
To get you on your way down the road to self-sabotage, allow us to present the face-melting musical stylings of The Soapbox Spellbinders, The White White Lights, Little Radar, and Royal Forest. No cover, no excuses, no mercy!
Big thanks to our esteemed co-presenter Austin Writes Music, as well as all the bands, poster artist/magic man Eric Pulsifer, whitesiren presents, and Swan Dive.
Here’s the Facebook event page — RSVP and make sure to invite your friends!
Free Week Spotlights: Friday and Saturday
Friday, Jan. 7
What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Lemurs, Ovenbirds, The Authors, Salesman
Emo’s (Outside) @ 9 p.m
Soundcheck Magazine hosts this solid lineup of local staples including the ear-friendly tunes of What Made Milwaukee Famous (RIYL: Spoon, The Format, Margot and the Nuclear So And Sos) and The Lemurs (RIYL: The Killers, OK Go). Openers include Ovenbirds, The Authors, and Salesman.
LISTEN: What Made Milwaukee Famous on Hype Machine
LISTEN: The Lemurs on Hype Machine
Indian Jewelry, The Laughing, Astronaut Suit
Mohawk (Outside) @ 9 p.m.
Indian Jewelry (RIYL: Liars, Lightning Bolt, Fuck Buttons), the hard-to-Google Houston-based noise rock weirdos with an explosive strobing light show, round out another solid lineup at the Mohawk during Free Week, with Austin’s The Laughing and Astronaut Suit.
LISTEN: Indian Jewelry on Hype Machine
LISTEN: The Laughing on Hype Machine
Saturday, Jan. 8
Mother Falcon, Royal Forest, My Golden Calf
Mohawk (Outside @ 9 p.m.)
With as many as 20 members crowded on stage, Mother Falcon (RIYL: Sufjan Stevens, Owen Pallett, Arcade Fire) is not only one of Austin’s largest bands but one of the most unique—with string-driven, sweet songs that swell like mini symphonies. They’re paired perfectly with pop from My Golden Calf and Royal Forest, (RIYL: Pavement, Enon, Menomena) an indie rock band with a slight psych edge.
LISTEN: Mother Falcon on Hype Machine
LISTEN: Royal Forest on Bandcamp
Free Week Spotlights: Thursday
T Bird and The Breaks, East Cameron Folklore, Guns of Navarone
Mohawk (Outside) @ 7 p.m.
Soul band T Bird and The Breaks (recommended if you like: James Brown, Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears, The Black Crowes) headline this launch party for Revival Fund, a fund designed to provide temporary financial assistance to Austin-area musicians and their families in times of crisis. As if T Bird and his bad-ass brass section wasn’t enough to ensure a good time, food from Frank, drinks from Sailor Jerry, Thunderbird coffee and giveaways throughout the night should seal the deal.
LISTEN: T Bird and The Breaks on Daytrotter
Ringo Deathstarr, The Carrots, The Ugly Beats, The Hi-Tones
Emo’s (Outside) @ 9 p.m
The Ugly Beats (RIYL: sunny vintage pop-rock a la The Kinks) play earlier in the night sandwiched between The Hi-Tones and ’60s girl group The Carrots. The evening comes to a loud and fuzzy head with the droning guitar of shoegazers Ringo Deathstarr (RIYL: My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain).
LISTEN: Ringo Deathstarr on Hype Machine
LISTEN: The Carrots on Hype Machine
WATCH: The Ugly Beats on Vimeo
