March 6, 20196 yr Didn't see a thread on this, but if I missed it I'll GTFO. Wife and I stopped buying wristbands/badges years ago, but we still enjoy a day or two toward the end of the week hanging around downtown or South Congress with no kids and catching some free shows. Any recommendations? We've attended South by San Jose at Hotel San Jose for the past few years and always find a few performers we really enjoy, but I know next to nothing about this year's Friday/Saturday lineup (except for Edie Brickel, who puts me to sleep, and only a few songs from Broken Social Scene). Friday: Broken Social Scene Amyl and The Sniffers Swervedriver Molly Burch Dylan Cartlidge Gabriella Cohen The Cactus Blossoms Katie Harkin Saturday: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Ben Kweller Combo Chimbita Hayes Carll Big Joanie Dylan LeBlanc Genital Panic Tomar and the FCs Any thoughts on the above, or any other free shit I should check out? Edited March 6, 20196 yr by South Austin bad speling
March 6, 20196 yr I used to love Ben Kweller circa 2006. I caught his set at SXSW last year and it was not what I expected. His band was just him on guitar, a dude playing some sort of electric drum kit and a keys player that looked like a suburban soccer mom.
March 9, 20196 yr Hayes Carll on Saturday. If you want to stay south Yeti has good shows: Friday: https://yetisxswshowcasefriday.splashthat.com/ Saturday: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0-_J0mWoAA7U-p.jpg Lucy's is also good Wed-Sunday: https://www.facebook.com/events/416409339126799/ Also Yard Dog: https://www.yarddog.com/blogs/yard-dog-art-gallery-1/3-days-of-parties-in-march
March 9, 20196 yr Well y’all can come see me. I’m playing a solo acoustic set at Maggie Mae’s next Friday the 15th at 4PM. Free show. For those of you who don’t know, yeah I’m one of the few chicks on the Shag.
March 11, 20196 yr Trying to hit as many of these as possible Wednesday Steve Earle @ Waterloo 6pm Susto @ Lucy’s 5pmLukas Nelson @ Lucy’s 6pm Thursday Izaak Opatz @ Scholz 1:30pm Parker Gispert @ Yeti 2:30pm Susto @ Yeti 6pm Friday Drivn N Cyrin @ Lucy’s 2 Hayes Carll @ Waterloo 3pm @ Yeti 5pm Chris Shiflett @ Yeti 4pm Texas Gents @ Arlyn Studios Mathew Logan Vasquez @ Lucy’s 6pm Saturday SXSJ Ben Kweller, Hayes Bob Schneider @ Yard Dog 2pm JDG @ Continental 2pm McMurtry @ Continental 3pm
March 12, 20196 yr any tips for free shows, or shows a normal peon had a chance at getting in, thurs night, fri day or night, or saturday?
March 12, 20196 yr check out showlistaustin or the austin chronicle unofficial event guide for day shows. in general, you shouldn't have a problem getting into any day shows.
March 12, 20196 yr Day shows will be fine. I will probably try to go to the Austin Chronicle event on Friday. Volstead/HotelVegas can get packed but they have tons of room and always have entire days full of shows for free. The pictures I've seen of San Jose and/or Waterloo's free shows look like nuts-to-butts and I'm not super into that right now so I have never checked those out. They are well-curated though. The only two acts I have on my list right now are the Black Pumas and Jackie Venson. Black Pumas gotta be my favorite local band right now. Saw them in Houston in December and they were great, but I found out about them off of a SX recommendation last year (which they only played a couple shows). They have many more this year (just got signed).
March 12, 20196 yr http://showlistaustin.com/ And damn, @South Austin ask your mom for her Spotify password and try typing some of those band names.
March 12, 20196 yr Author 3 minutes ago, Nuge said: http://showlistaustin.com/ And damn, @South Austin ask your mom for her Spotify password and try typing some of those band names. What’s Spotify?
March 13, 20196 yr I’ve done plenty of years at Waterloo and San Jose and there’s usually plenty of space in the back.
March 13, 20196 yr In no particular order:Katie PruittLaura StevensonBlack PumasYola CarterTyler RamseySUSTOBeduineQuaker City Night HawksSarah Shook and the Disarmers Paul CauthenDrivin and CryinMarcus KingThe entire set tomorrow at Lucy’s looks right of my alley. If I didn’t have my kids to watch this weekend or tickets to Texas baseball Saturday, I would likely do nothing but hop back and forth between Yeti, SXSJ, Waterloo, YardDog and Lucy’s wed-sat.
March 13, 20196 yr My plan for tomorrow is to hit SXSJ to see Mountain Man, Robert Ellis, and Black Pumas. Taking it easy because... Thursday, I'll be at Luck Reunion all day. Really looking forward to seeing Yola and Marcus King there. Friday, I really want to see Sarah Shook at the Yard Dog party , but I don't know if I can get up and over there that early after Luck Reunion all day. Two free parties on Friday on the east side that would flow well into each other are: Brooklyn Bowl Family Reunion @ Scoot Inn 1:00pm: Doors Open 1:15pm: LUTHI 2:00pm: Combo Chimbita 3:00pm: Matthew Logan Vasquez 4:00pm: Cha Wa 5:00pm: Garcia Peoples ft. special guest William Tyler & more! and The Next Waltz Jamboree @ The Pershing (FREE, Free Karbach) 6:00pm-6:30pm - James Steinle 6:45pm-7:15pm - Carson McHone 7:30pm-8:00pm - Wood & Wire 8:15pm-8:45pm - Charley Crockett 9:00pm-9:30pm - Shinyribs
March 13, 20196 yr Where else is Charley Crockett performing this week (other than above at Scoot Inn and Camp Lucy)
March 15, 20196 yr Got a little too close to the "noise cone of death" side-stage for White Denim. Oh well, I've got some left over hearing.Sent from my LM-X210CM using Tapatalk
March 16, 20196 yr Also, Ron Jeremy did an 80s synth pop set with Sabrina from A Giant Dog/Sweet Spirit Sent from my LM-X210CM using Tapatalk
March 17, 20196 yr Dan Luke and The RAID was probably my find of the week. Yeti was my favorite party spot. McMurtry at Continental today was good. Got to see Susto twice. Good week. Done with crowds and lines for a while though.
March 17, 20196 yr Author I caught Edie Brickell last night at Hotel San Jose and was pleasantly surprised. She has an outstanding band and is a great live performer. She’s also aged well.
March 17, 20196 yr Brandon the drummer is the high school band director here in Blanco. Also drums for Zydeco Blanco and, yeah, he's a great drummer.
March 18, 20196 yr Whoda fuq be shootin' e'erbody? Seven shootings the past 36 hours, six of 'em in SXSW thick of things?
March 18, 20196 yr frankie and the witch fingers, psychedelic porn crumpets were the 2 highlights for me this year. gymshorts was the best band we accidentally stumbled upon. daikaiju was a hell of a way to close it out last night. wed- wurve, totals, mean jolene thur- kokoko!, ten high, rattlesnake milk, gymshorts, acid carousel fri- meernaa, gymshorts, frankie and the witch fingers, iguana death cult, dead meadow, black mercy, psychedelic porn crumpets, billy king and the bad bad bad sat- faux ferocious, pychedelic porn crumpets, mystery lights, viagra boys, black angels, rookie, datenight, ten high sun- greenbeard, dead meadow, mystery lights, daikaiju
March 18, 20196 yr On 3/16/2019 at 8:48 PM, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said: My new favorite band, Surfbort. Sent from my LM-X210CM using Tapatalk And the Shane McGowan Fucked Up Grille award goes to . . . .
March 18, 20196 yr 23 minutes ago, stc said: frankie and the witch fingers, psychedelic porn crumpets were the 2 highlights for me this year. gymshorts was the best band we accidentally stumbled upon. daikaiju was a hell of a way to close it out last night. I made a point to see Psych Porn Crumpets on Friday and I wasn't disappointed. My "find" this SX was probably Durand Jones & The Indications. Saw them at Scoot Inn and I was blown away at how good the whole band was. Sounded great. I was at White Denim at Hotel Vegas as well, they were good, I'd listen again. Had never seen Broken Social Scene before, they were cool but probably not my cup of indie tea.
March 18, 20196 yr And the Shane McGowan Fucked Up Grille award goes to . . . .Bon Scott charisma out the wazoo. Full on 0 fucks given.Sent from my LM-X210CM using Tapatalk
March 19, 20196 yr I guess J Roddy has a new band called Palm Palm that played a few shows. Anyone catch them?
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