Donations For Jon Pettis & Family

TheVersatileSyndicate_062-1It was a sad day in the Austin music scene on Friday and this weekend as news spread about the death of Bankrupt and the Borrowers multi-instrumentalist  Jon Pettis.  Jon and his band were well known for their rowdy live shows and their drive to make a name for themselves in and out of Austin.  If you ever experienced a Bankrupt and the Borrowers live show, you know that Jon always put himself into every set.  As a friend of ATH and a prominent member of the Austin music scene, we would like to offer our condolences to Jon, his family and friends, and his fellow members of Bankrupt and the Borrowers.  You will be deeply missed by all.  If you would like to help out Jon’s family and his fiancee, The Versatile Syndicate has set up a donation page to help out in their time of grieving.  Whether is be $1 or $100, I’m sure anything will help.  Plans are currently being made for a benefit show and we’ll let you know the details when we know them.  R.I.P. Jon Pettis.  Donation Page.  News of Jon’s death came out Friday via the Austinist.

Friday Bottom 5: ACL 2009

1009top5coverSo just as I did last year, I’m going to take a minute to be a negative nancy and focus on some of the downer moments of our ACL weekend.  As always, the positives greatly outweigh the negatives and I still enjoyed my festival experience (no matter how much it rained).  You’ll notice that most of my list consists of things that no one can really do anything about so that leaves me hopeful that next year will be near perfection.  I’m willing to bet that you can guess my #1 & #2 slots, but damnit if that weather wasn’t the worst I can ever remember.  Yes it may even top the 107 degree heat and the dust from hell.  So follow the jump for my bottom 5 of ACL 2009.

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BLK JKS @ Emos (10/12)

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Date 10/12/09
Location Emos
Doors 9pm
Tickets $10 from Ticketweb

We really dig the new BLK JKS record so naturally we are excited to see that they’re stopping through town at Emos on Monday night.  Some of our favorite locals TV Torso and Wine & Revolution will also be on hand to provide your opening support.  You won’t want to miss this one.

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Download: BLK JKS – Molalatladi [MP3]

Dear And The Headlights @ Emos (10/9)

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Date 10/9/09
Location Emos
Doors 8pm
Tickets $12 from Ticketweb

Seems like Dear and the Headlights make a stop through town pretty regularly and we always get excited to hear they’re returning to town.  So if you aren’t making it to some of the other solid shows on Friday night, make your way out to Emo’s on Friday for the Phoenix based band.  Support will be provided by Kinch and Rajiv Patel.

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Download: Dear and The Headlinghts – Im Bored, Youre Amorous [MP3]

Black Lips @ Mohawk (10/9)

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Date 10/9/09
Location Mohawk
Doors 8pm
Tickets $10 from Frontgate

The Black Lips are loved by all music sites in the land and you can consider us one of those sites fond of the band.  If they tickle your fancy, head over to Mohawk on Friday night for a set by the lo-fi boys.  Openers are our very own Strange Boys and The No No No Hopes.

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Download: The Black Lips – Old Man [MP3]

Molina & Johnson Release First Single

molUnless you’ve been living under a rock for a while, you’ve heard that Will Johnson of Centro-matic and Jason Molina of Magnolia Electric Co. have teamed up for a collaborative release.  So after much anticipation, the duo has a single ready and we couldn’t be more pleased with the results.  You can pick up Molina & Johnson Nov. 3rd via Secretly Canadian.

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Download: Molina And Johnson – Twenty Cycles To The Ground [MP3]

David Bazan @ Mohawk (10/7)

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Date 10/7/09
Location Mohawk
Doors 8pm
Tickets $12 From Frontgate

If you’re looking for some Wednesday night quality music shows, head over to the Mohawk on Wednesday night for a set by the incomparable David Bazan.  Apparently Mr. Bazan will be playing with his old buddies from Pedro the Lion so this should be a good one.  Openers for the evening are Say Hi.

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Download: David Bazan – Bless This Mess [MP3]

ACL Top 10 Acts

ACL_top10_bannerSo we survived the weekend that was the dillo dirt sludge of ACL and we’re ready to provide a bit of reflections from our experience.  We’ll start things off with a quick recap of some of our favorite acts from the festival and who impressed us the most.  This is only our list and we based it on our time and taste so let us know if you saw something great we forgot about.  Follow the jump for our Top 10 acts of ACL.

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SDRE @ La Zona Rosa (10/7)

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Date 10/7/09
Location La Zona Rosa
Doors 7pm
Tickets $25 From Gettix

So the time has finally come for the big Sunny Day Real Estate show at La Zona Rosa and we couldn’t be more pumped about it.  I hope you’ve read our reviews of the band’s new LP2 & Diary reissues and our old From the Closet feature.  This should hopefully live up to be one of those shows you’ll hate yourself for missing out on.  The Jealous Sound will be providing your opening support.

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Download: Sunny Day Real Estate – In Circles [MP3]

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