The Silver Pines

07/07/09 @ Beerland
Silver Pines, Palit
Craving some sweet ear candy? The local trifecta of Silver Pines, Palit, and Silent Land Time Machine sets the Tuesday night table with lacy reverb, VU vibes, and simmering psych, respectively. Boston trio Prince Rama of Ayodyha enchants with next-level cosmic rage.

05/04/09 @ Mohawk
MV & EE
The experimental folk duo pulls its Drone Trailer into town. Silver Pines and Headdress’ Caleb Coy save a spot.

04/16/09 @ Emo's
The Pons, Silver Pines
Consider this night a patchwork of Austin’s underground sounds. On the outside floor, the Pons peddle angsty toe-tappers from latest In the Belly of a Giant, San Marcos’ Silver Pines drink in woozy reverb, the Sour Notes perfect big hooks, and Books Died On opens with slow-burning torch songs. Inside, the pulsating melodies of Lymbyc System, Loxsly, and Haunting Oboe Music rip the seams.

02/06/09 @ Mohawk
Au, Silver Pines/Hacienda
Portland, Ore.’s Au is technically Luke Wyland, but latest album Verbs adds vowels to orchestral folk, throwing hand claps, saw, banjo, piano, melodica, and accordion into the wood chipper. The arsenic and lace of San Marcos’ Silver Pines warm up the inside. Outside, San Antone boys Hacienda headline Fashion Freakout 2, the convening of local shops and designers on a psychedelic catwalk back to 1968.

01/02/09 @ Emo's
Emo's Free Week
What would the fresh new year be without Emo’s Free Week? The venerable Austin venue has ordered up a meaty portion of local talent, starting Friday with weird-poppers Pataphysics, Silver Pines, J.C. & Co., and School Police inside, balanced with the louder tones of the Lemurs, Ringo Deathstarr, and more outside. Saturday, wear stretchable fabrics for the hip-shaking jive of the Ugly Beats, Jungle Rockers, Amplified Heat, and Dans la Lune. If you’re feeling more inclined to lounge, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Oh No! Oh My!, the Pons, and more pop the cork outside. Psych gets its night Sunday with the Tunnels, Christian Bland, Elvis, and Woven Bones outside and the Always Already, Haunting Oboe Music, and Prayer for Animals inside. The rest of the week promises even more aural insanity: Zookeeper, Booher & the Turkeys, Frank Smith, Abby Birds, Stereo Is a Lie (Monday); High Watt Crucifixers, Black Earth, Full Stride, Moonlight Towers, Gleeson (Tuesday); When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, the Diagonals, Eagle Claw, My Education, Unit 21, Iron Age, the Altars (Wednesday); and El Paso Hot Button, Harlem, Ume, Broken Gold, and many more on Thursday. Visit www.emosaustin.com for full lineups.

08/30/08 @ Lamberts
Baby Robots, Cavedweller, Silver Pines
When space rock and smoked meats collide.

07/05/08 @ Monarch Event Center
Pataphysics, Diagonals, Silver Pines
All-local fireworks, plus the Cari & Jason Band, Hollywood Gossip, and Bear Claw. 7pm.

06/13/08 @ Hole in the Wall
Hole in the Wall’s 34th Anniversary
The Drag’s a shadow of what it was when the Hole in the Wall opened its dive doors, but the live music staple perseveres with a weekend of free local shows. Thursday brings the unsettled bursts of Haunting Oboe Music, with Red Monroe and Frank Smith, while Friday turns poppier behind Pataphysics, Silver Pines, and Belaire offshoot the Cari & Jason Band. Saturday caps the celebration with the riffs of Chris Brecht, Leatherbag, and the Archibalds.

12/06/07 @ The Scoot Inn
Silver Pines
The translucent beauty of San Marcos’ aptly named Silver Pines echoes throughout their gorgeous new Fort Walnut EP, Stefanie Franciotti’s ephemeral vocals floating in a narcotic haze like a country-bred Hope Sandoval above haunting textures of slide and saw. Some Say Leland, meanwhile, explores an antique folk reservoir that bridges Appalachian banjo, ragtime piano, and even Tin Pan Alley clarinet, all within Dan Grissom’s subtle narratives. Portland, Ore.’s Run on Sentence opens with similarly zesty acoustic jams.

07/06/07 @ The Opera House
Silver Pines, Super Cougar
Let your love light shine. 7pm.