a blooming pop-indie band from Scotland?, not my genre of choice but they are a fine example from the genre, depth and professionalism evident, all cuties in that fey British look, sound like MusicGod’s Onus B Johnson during one song which is good, lucky to see them free and with free beer so no complaints
Entries from January 2004
January 19, 2004: The Thrills, Waterloo Records, Austin TX
January 19th, 2004 · No Comments
Tags: Britpop
January 18, 2004: DJ Baby G and DJ Mel, Miguel’s La Bodega, Austin TX
January 18th, 2004 · No Comments
the DJs that are Everywhere in Austin, just dance spinners
Tags: Trip Hop
January 18, 2004: Brownout!, Miguel’s La Bodega, Austin TX
January 18th, 2004 · No Comments
a large collection of white boys—lots of brass, knew how to work the music to work the crowd, breakdowns, had the white hippie boys dancing
Tags: Funk
January 18, 2004: D-Madness and the D-Funk All-Stars, Miguel’s La Bodega, Austin TX
January 18th, 2004 · No Comments
two girls put this event (Freaks the Funk Party) on to support their website and “community” of performers (white girl?), D-Madness is purportedly an Austin legend—plays drums, guitar, harmonica and sings at nearly the same time, him and a funk bassist
Tags: Funk
January 10, 2004: Honky, Emo’s, Austin TX
January 10th, 2004 · No Comments
swear it was the sound guy from Continental Club I always adore, confirmedly the bassist from Butthole Surfers (JD Pinkus), those trashy goatee beards—glorifying the cursedness of being southern white trash, was enjoying their humor and speedy hard rock but then sang a song called “Don’t put your dick in me”—too genuine honky for [...]
Tags: Rock and Roll · Southern Rock
January 10, 2004: The Naysayers, Emo’s, Austin TX
January 10th, 2004 · No Comments
from San Francisco, don’t know how to classify music anymore, neu-metal?, solid, nothing special
Tags: Heavy Metal · Rock and Roll
January 10, 2004: Deadend Angels, Saxon Pub, Austin TX
January 10th, 2004 · No Comments
lots of variety but all lame and flat, weird blend of drugs and religion references, obviously a recovering addict who was probably better when he was an addict
Tags: Country · Folk · Rock and Roll
January 10, 2004: Drew Smith, Saxon Pub, Austin TX
January 10th, 2004 · No Comments
saw last song of set, average but with an interesting jazz twinge
Tags: Indie Rock · Jazz
January 3, 2004: Cornell Hurd, The Broken Spoke, Austin TX
January 3rd, 2004 · No Comments
like 20 guys in the band—most stand around looking bored the majority of the time, boys have experience and it shows, dancing music—two step, jitterbug, waltz and other things I don’t want to know about
Tags: Country