Come enjoy an evening of music with sets from Honey Made (headliner), Big Sky Collective and Blue Tongue. Doors open at 7:30 PM, and advance tickets cost $12 and tickets at the door will cost $15. This is an all ages show!
Having proved they’re still vital with a pair of well-received comeback albums, Australia’s the Church returns to a stateside stronghold to perform one of its best efforts in its entirety. 1988’s Starfish features breakthrough American hits “Reptile” and “Under the Milky Way” and otherwise overflows with jangly gems and psychedelic epics of equal strength. Saturday’s show is sold out.
“We usually get classified as either heavy psych, stoner metal, or doom,” emailed Well bassist Lisa Alley recently. Third LP Death and Consolation encompasses all three. While Independence Brewery mixes up a namesake batch of beer for the trio, yours truly proclaims the Well “doom-pop” for new melodic ear candy “Raven” and “Eyes of a God.” “Doom-pop is 100% my new favorite and I’m stealing that,” exclaims Alley.
Denizens of deep South Austin endorse Little Darlin’s tree-shaded patio stage. This weekend, it hosts Latin funk institution Grupo Fantasma pachangas on Saturday.