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Mohawk has a nice lineup of local acts on the bill for Friday night which should be a good option for your weekend starting plans. The lineup includes locals The Ugly Beats, Shapes Have Fangs and English Teeth. Doors are set to open at 10pm with entrance fee at $6. Here’s a little taste of what’s in store with this little jam from The Ugly Beats.
Download: The Ugly Beats – Get in Line [mp3]
English indie-rockers Duke Spirit just recorded a Woxy Radio session and the live tunes are available now on the Futurist website. The set features 4 jams that are sure to go easy on the ears. Here’s one of them, “Wooden Hearts”.
Download: Duke Spirit – Wooden Heart (live) [MP3]
Master of hip-hop, Atmosphere, will be making another return to Austin at Stubbs on Wednesday night. Eyedea & Abilities will be joining in for support while Jet Horns will be play a free inside show after the Atmosphere set. Tickets are on sale for $25 and doors open at 7pm.
Download: Atmosphere – Puppets [MP3]
ACL has just announced their annual Sound and the Jury Festival and our good friends Whitman are currently near the top of the leader board. If you aren’t familiar with the contest, bands from all over the US enter for the chance to win a spot at this years ACL festival in August. Tons of bands are in the running right now, but eventually the top 5 bands will face off in a battle of the bands with the winner taking the early ACL slot. We hope that you can take some time to vote for our friends Whitman who work harder than any band we know. You can vote only once a day so get to it! We’ll keep you posted on the results.
Download: Whitman – The Drifter [MP3]
The great M. Ward will be making his way back to Austin on Tuesday night at Antones and you need to make a point to get yourself there. Unfortunately tickets sold out recently so you may have to try your hand at scalping or craigslist. Door time is 8pm and show is 9. Here’s that song we all know and love that will surely appear on everyone’s best of list.
Download: M Ward – Never Had Nobody Like You [MP3]
They were named our top act of SXSW ’09, they earned a spot on our top songs of 2008 list, and now Glasvegas is returning to Austin for a sure to be awesome show at Emo’s on Monday night. Norwegian Ida Maria will be the only opening act on the night which starts around 9pm. Tickets are on sale for this one now at $15 a piece. Here’s that song that we just can’t seem to get enough of…
Download: Glasvegas – Geraldine [MP3]
If you’re looking for some real rock n roll in your life, head over to Mohawk on Saturday night for an incredible lineup of local acts. Both stages of Mohawk will be occupied with locals Scorpion Child, Eagle Claw, Pack of Wolves, Castle and Shitty Car Wash all performing during the night’s events. Tickets are only at the door and things start around 9pm.
Download: Scorpion Child – A Million Lines [MP3]
Cruiserweight is a band that has been around longer than I can remember, but we always make a point to see them when they play a show in town. Make your way to Red 7 on Saturday night for one of these shows and enjoy this veteran Austin outfit. Openers are The Story Changes, Markov, and No Champions. Tickets are being sold only at the door and show starts at 9pm.
Download: Cruiserweight – Balboa [MP3]
Oh yeah, I can hear the nasty comments already… Counting Crows!? On ATH!? Well you can just shaaaat uuuup! I know a large majority of you people, or at least the none liars of the bunch, all owned a copy of the Counting Crows 1993 debut August and Everything After. That album was full of hits like Mr. Jones, Omaha, and this little early 90s jam that still pulls on my heart strings, Round Here. Not as random as you’d think, I bring you this From the Closet because Counting Crows are playing at Austin Music Hall this Monday. Tickets are a whopping $47 so I hope you’re really feeling nostalgic. Enjoy this old grunge era jam and forget about those Joni Mitchell covers and terribly outdated singles the band is promoting now.
Sebadoh frontman and Dinosaur Jr guitarist Lou Barlow is prepping a new solo album out this fall. First single “Gravitate” is available from the album now and can be found below for stream or download. Goodnight Unknown will be out October 6th via Merge Records. We dig it.
Download: Lou Barlow – Gravitate [MP3]
