Concert Central

this band exudes exactly the sort of smirking depravity and darkness that I like, the MySpace monologue that describes his upbringing and disposition simultaneously makes me roll my eyes and delights me, lots of homoeroticism, did I also mention that they were produced by Jay Reatard – the fourth musician out of all musicians from [...]

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good musicians with a shoegaze vibe, the shaggy haired guy’s voice just bored me to tears and annoyed me a little – made me think of slightly psychedelic-whining indie pop bands from the 90s whom I never liked… THEN the guy with the 70s moustache sang and the band was transformed into a jangly 60s [...]

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very atypical for Austin, this band is a vehicle for girls with pretty voices, ballads and ditties as if they were little girls playing around at home, I liked them, the two harmonizers and the lead vocalist all look alike, we were actually there as stalkers of one of the backup harmonizers (PartyBoy’s ex) although [...]

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no, local band, insipid indie pop, maybe I’m being harsh but that was my initial and enduring feeling

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rock-jazz, very good, upright bass – trumpet – sax – guitar - drums – they had it all plus a female drummer, anti-pop but not abrasive, diverse songs and sounds, the type of band whose album wouldn’t get boring since there’s a lot to pay attention to

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continuing on in the shoegaze theme, these guys did a nice job musically but there was some disjunct with the vocalist – just didn’t fit – it was either his voice or the sound but think it was the former – maybe the voice was too prevalent in the music and too undreamy

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reminded me why I love the shoegaze, with sweet melodies and escapism all wrapped up in fuzzy noise, she basically played songs and they were good but if I were to be a DJ I would mix and mesh a little bit more, something besides standing up there in my cowboy boots and silly dress

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guitarist for Heybale (Redd Volkaert’s band), supposedly influenced by punk, country, etc. but this was straightforward honkytonk, pleasant voice, old-so-good musicians

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oozing with dark sexuality, the perfect holy sneer of a voice, fuzzed synthy background music, unfortunate cover of Nine Inch Nail’s “Hurt” should have been left to wannabes like Johnny Cash, the Bauhaus and otherwise material was perfect

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moody prog rock, excessive noodling totally lost the crowd

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