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Austin’s most rock ready band, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, will be playing a free instore at End of an Ear Records in Austin on Wednesday. The free show is set to kick off at 5pm 6pm. Don’t fret if you can’t get off work in time, Trail of Dead is also part of this weekend’s Fun Fest.
Another one our favorite new bands, Crystal Antlers, will be playing at Beerland in Austin Sunday night. We had high praise of the bands opening set for the Kadane Brothers earlier in the summer so we are of course pumped for this one. You can read more about this show on the Beerland website.
Ben Kweller will be following up The Mountain Goats show at Antone’s on Saturday night with his own set at the classic venue on Sunday. Mr. Kweller is currently touring in support of his limited edition tour EP How Ya Lookin’ Southbound? Come In… Tickets for the show are $20 and can be bought from the Antone’s website. Preview the show with “Sundress” off ben Kweller’s 2006 self titled LP.
Download: Ben Kweller – Sundress [MP3]
John Darnielle’s band, The Mountain Goats, will be playing a show at Antone’s on Saturday night in Austin. The show gets started at 9 pm with an opening set by Kaki King. Buy your tickets now for only $14. Don’t forget you can still download The Mountain Goats recent EP Satanic Messiah for free from their website.
Cruiserweight will be giving you one of many options for shows on Halloween night here in Austin. The local act will be playing at Emo’s with tickets on sale for only $10. The show is in celebration of the band’s recent LP release Big Bold Letters which came out on the 7th of this month. Check out “Balboa” from that release below.
Download: Cruiserweight – Balboa [MP3]
Just read over on Sonic Itch & Ultra8201 that the Decemberists will be playing at Southwestern University in Georgetown this evening! Tickets for the show are $10 for students and still only $20 for all other ticket buyers. Doors look to open at 6:30 with the show following around 8 or so. Read more on the Southwestern events site. How did we all miss this one?
Ah the tough decisions you must make living in Austin… If you aren’t a supporter of TV on the Radio, you’ve got another choice this stacked Thursday night. Magnolia Electric Co. will be making a stop at the Mohawk in Austin on Thursday as part of their rare tour of the US this fall. Another favorite artist of ours, Will Johnson (Centro-Matic), will be opening things up for the Stockholm band around 9:30 or 10. You can buy tickets now for only $8 or I’m sure you can get one at the door.
Arguably one of the most innovative bands around, TV on the Radio, will be gettin’ down at Stubbs on Thursday night in Austin. Tickets for the show can be bought for $25 from the Stubbs Front Gate Tickets site. If you read our review of the band’s stellar 2008 album Dear Science, then you know we’re excited about this one.
Download: TV on the Radio – Dancing Choose [MP3]
The NPR music website has a live set by A Place to Bury Strangers you can listen to from the CMJ Festival this weekend. The live recording is provided by KEXP and you can download the 4 song set now. The guys at KEXP say it was the loudest set of the festival.
Boulder rock band, Rose Hill Drive, will be playing the indoor stage at Stubbs on Wednesday night. In even better news, Colour Revolt (who we did a little feature on before ACL), will be opening things up for the Boulder boys. Doors for this show are at 10:30 and tickets can be bought for $12 from front gate tickets. We’ve also got a tune from Rose Hill Drive below called “Trans Am”.
Download: Rose Hill Drive – Trans Am [MP3]
