Live Music Recommended
edited by Raoul Hernandez
MACEO PARKER
Antone's, Thursday 8
The scene might have been from a movie: 3am at a still-packed
Antone's, the
house was a-rockin', and a voice in the crowd yelled "Blow your horn,
Maceo!"
Maceo Parker, best known as one of James Brown's Famous Flames, was
pumpin' a
snaky jungle rhythm of smoky sax funk that had people dancing on the
bar,
dancing in the aisles, dancing in the bathrooms, dancing out the door.
Hell, it
makes me dance just thinking about that night. It happened last August.
It will
happen again Thursday. - Margaret Moser
GALS PANIC, CONTRADICKS, MAIDS OF GRAVITY
Liberty Lunch, Friday 2
Mostly I went to see Steven Soderbergh's The Underneath to see
Gals
Panic. And Emo's - or whatever it was called in the movie. Oh, and
maybe Cowboy
Mouth. And some friends. And... Gals Panic. Nice going guys. Same with
the new
CD, I Think We Need Helicopters. We need more crazed ska to
break up the
all-punk bills. With this CD, and a movie on the ol' resume, this
Austin
quartet could be pulling "Recommendeds" in cities like New York, San
Francisco,
and Boise in no time. Contradicks support, and L.A. trio Maids of
Gravity open
with psychedelic rock.
STRETFORD, STARFISH, THRUSH HERMITS
Electric Lounge, Friday 2
Man, can it really be? After all this time? Even though I'm holding
it, I
don't believe it. The mythical, magical, mystical - fabled - STRETFORD
CD! Yes,
folks and it can be yours. Mr. Carl Normal will be more than glad to
sell you
one. After all, it's his pogo-happy pop songs played at punk speeds
that he's
selling you. Live, that is. On Crossing the Line the accent is
more on
New Wavish British pop. Check 'em both out. Starfish just slam it home
with the
their wall of blissful noise, and Thrush Hermits are four lads from
Nova Scotia
who fancy themselves Hüsker Dü bullying the guys in XTC
around. Could
be good.
JOE CARR & ALAN MUNDE
Waterloo Ice House 6th, Friday 2
Dallas bluegrass guitarist Joe Carr is one mean blur of fingers on
his own,
but when you throw him together with banjo player Alan Munde, you'd
better have
a fire extinguisher ready to put out the brush fires. Their set on
Friday
concentrates on material from their forthcoming Flying Fish release
Windy
Days and Dusty Skies, which finds the two exploring Texas-style
Western
traditions.
JOAN OSBOURNE, KRIS MCKAY
Continental Club, Saturday 3
Sheryl Crow clone (three times fast!). Sheryl Crow clone. Sheryl Crow
clone.
Well, maybe the voice is better, deeper. And perhaps the groove
is
harder, more Liz Phair than Eagles. Certainly, I prefer her new one
Relish to Crow's The Tuesday Night Music Club. Crow never
wrote
"Let's Just Get Naked" or "Man in the Long Black Coat" (that would be
Dylan -
good cover, though). Ex-hooters Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman are all
over this
album, and if they're Osbourne's backing band, this'll be a good one.
Even if
they aren't, Osbourne is gonna go places. Be at this one.
ALL, ALLIGATOR GUN, GOMEZ
Emo's, Sunday 4
June is punk rock month. Oops. No wait, that's not right.
Jazz! Jazz.
Yes, that's the one. That's right. Wait... Why is a jazz band playing
Emo's?
Wait... Interscope isn't a jazz label. Oh, oh, oh. All isn't a jazz
band, it's
punk. That really obnoxious stuff. Yuck. Icky. What's all this about
four SoCal
boys moving to Missouri. They started as the Descendents in '78, and
then Greg
Ginn released their records? Does that mean anything? I'm so confused.
Alligator Gun? That doesn't sound like jazz. And Gomez? He's the
gardener,
right?
CLARKSVILLE JAZZ FEST
Oasis Cantina/Cedar St., Sunday 4/Monday 5
June is Jazz month, and that means for the next eight days the
Clarksville-West End Jazz and Arts Festival will be bopping. On Sunday,
things
get under at the Oasis Cantina out on Lake Travis, where sunset means
Dallas'
Tom Braxton & No Compromise, Houston skinbeater Sebastian "Bu"
Whittaker
& the Creators, and Austin jazz vocalist Connie Kirk's All-Stars.
The
following night at Cedar St., happy hour finds the Martin Banks
Quartet, singer
Hope Morgan, and the Frederick Sanders Trio. Two strong bills. For a
complete
listing of the week's events see "Dancing About Architecture."
NO USE FOR A NAME, BO BUD GREENE
Liberty Lunch, Monday 5
Fat Mike is leaving NOFX. You read it here first. See, radio is
playing No Use
For a Name's "Soulmate" from [[exclamdown]]Leche Con Carne!
Leche's on
Fat Wreck Chords - Fat Mike's label. Get it? Yep, and I figure if this
NorCal
quartet sells their sugar- coated Ramones gallop (their cover of
Marley's
"Redemption Song" kills me) like the Offspring sold their 12 singles,
then Fat
Mike will pull a Brett Gurewitz (hello Epitaph, goodbye Bad Religion),
and
ditch NOFX... bo bud greene opens.
MARTIN BANKS
Regents Plaza, Tuesday 6
The Austin Downtown Management Organization has been sponsoring free
outdoor
noontime concerts every Tuesday at Regents Plaza since April. This week
-
because, y'know, "June is Jazz Month" - Martin Banks blows up a storm,
and few
in Austin are a jazz as the esteemed Mr. Banks. Blow your horn, Martin.
Blow
your horn.
MYRA MANES
Blue Flamingo, Wednesday 7
Myra Manes are scary. Their music is one long soundtrack to the
Texas
Chainsaw Massacre. Maniacal vocals over chainsaw frenzy guitars.
There's no
real place to hide at the Blue Flamingo. They'll see you. They'll cut
you.
Bring a body bag. Sap and a third band, Snuggles, fill out the evening.
ALSO PLAYING
Friday: Dixie Chicks, Broken Spoke
Saturday: Ed Hall, Barkmarket, Emo's; Sonia Dada, Gourds,
Earthpig, Electric Lounge; Beto y Los Fairlanes, Symphony
Square
Sunday: John Mills Trio, Manuel's
Monday: Breedlove, Antone's
Tuesday: Half Japanese, June of 44, Emo's
Wednesday: Asylum St. Spankers, Austin Outhouse
Thursday: Hal Ketchum, Backyard