Charlie Belle

09/17/11 @ Cheer Up Charlie's
Local booker Lucy the Poodle has 75 reasons to ditch a certain other music festival, hosting a 12-hour marathon of mostly Austin acts that’s now turned into a benefit for wildfire relief. Cheer Up Charlie’s offers a roulette table of pop-loving locals (Mother Falcon, Gold Beach, Elaine Greer), with assistance from the Paper Chase’s John Congleton and Denton’s Botany. Club de Ville hosts Three’s a Crowd, an impressive assortment of Austin’s power duos, most notably Black Pistol Fire, Not in the Face, and the Vitamins. Tennessee punks Cheap Time headline a stacked Red 7 bill; Beauty Bar skews toward indie folk (Dana Falconberry, Quin Galavis, Leatherbag); and Scoot Inn bats clean-up with the Midwives and Shakey Graves, among others. The $5 wristband lets you pick and choose.

11/13/10 @ Jo's
Rosie Flores' 60th Birthday
Girls Rock Camp alumnae Schmillion and Charlie Belle provide the birthday song for Austin’s girl of the century. 1pm.

Summertime Blues (Music Story June 22, 2012)
BY MARGARET MOSER
Root Camp: Something old, something new, something borrowed, all blue