Brothers and Sisters. The new album is called 'Fortunately,' and it's the country-fied indie rock of your Neil Young-oriented dreams. Dislike the new My Morning Jacket? Check this out. With the increasingly cool Shapes Have Fangs and more. 9 p.m. Club DeVille, 900 Red River St. 457-0900. — J.G.
Channeling historic Topanga canyon country-folk hippies and British invasion pop quirkiness, Austin’s Brothers and Sisters release their brand new CD, Fortunately. Actually only one brother and sister, the eight-piece group have a rootsy vibe and youthful energy sure to make the seams burst at the fast-maturing Club de Ville. Opener Shapes Have Fangs rock in lo-fi black and white, like The Kinks first discovering distortion.
Beerland sends May off with a bang. Saturday, the punked-up R&B strains of the Strange Boys rule the roost alongside garage-mates Shapes Have Fangs, San Antonio sunshine-poppers Hacienda, and indie rock trio Follow That Bird! – Greg Beets
NO - that chick FLAKED out on all of us. That is what I wanted to talk about - I'll see y'all the funk rock bbq. And, I'd like to get a show together by September...ya'll KICK major ass - n stuff.
"Sharing the top of the bill is Shapes Have Fangs, an esoteric bunch of fellows who mix the occasional Beach Boys-esque breakdown with an unabashed willingness to test the bounds of influence and obscurity--by many accounts, Shapes Have Fangs is also a band not afraid to push it in concert."
JOHN LENNON HOOT ROCKNROLL REVIVAL This Sunday, on the April full moon, 4-20 FULL MOON IN SCORPIO Ruta Maya HQ South Austin, TEXAS 6pm-2am
6pm-7:30pm Roots of LENNON Happy Hour with DJs PSYCHOTROPIC (Seattle)
Set times & tune preview - they'll be playing more than one.......
7:30pm LALALAND (with JOEL MULLINS of TAMMANY HALL MACHINE) - "Gimme Some Truth" 7:50pm SUMNER ERICKSON & THE TEXCENTRICS - "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" 8:10pm AUGUSTINE (featuring JADE DAY) - "Across the Universe" 8:30pm 3 BALLS OF FIRE - "A Hard Day's Night" 8:50pm LZ LOVE - "Power To The People" 9:10pm THE STORY OF - "All You Need Is Love" 9:30pm THE CHANNEL - "Old Dirt Road" 9:50pm GOLDEN BEAR - "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" 10:10pm THE BOXING LESSON - "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" 10:35pm NIC ARMSTRONG (IV THIEVES) - "I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier" 10:55pm SHAPES HAVE FANGS - "You Can't Do That" 11:15pm THE BELLFURIES - "Tell Me Why"
11:35pm +++ THE VIET MINH (THE BLACK ANGELS side project) - "Tomorrow Never Knows" +++
12:10am THE TUNNELS - "Working Class Hero" 12:35am RIPE - "Don't Let Me Down" 12:55am A FEW NICE THINGS - "Cold Turkey" 1:15am HACIENDA - "I Call Your Name"
Bleu French Laundry Productions marks this righteous affair as a raucous farewell to it's residency at Ruta Maya HQ. Backlining by Gibson GUITARS. Cover is an $8 steal, $7 student. NO ADVANCED TIX. Portion of proceeds donated to Resistencia Bookstore, for reverence & memory of Raúl Salinas, poet, activist, humanitarian, friend, human. Who needs a reason to rock? Come see JOHN LENNON 12 feet tall. Bring 3 friends. Drink a beer. Shake it up. Rip it up. Ball it up. Think. Come ready ready ready to rocknroll. This is your revival. A Bleu French Laundry Production