Heartless Bastards at La Zona Rosa

Photo Credit: Nathan Presley

The title of this post may lead you to believe that I am referring to the people who set the drink prices at La Zona Rosa and they ARE heartless bastards. However, coincidentally, the band Heartless Bastards play La Zona Rosa tomorrow night in support of their latest album Arrow. The album was recorded and produced right here in Austin by Jim Eno of Spoon so, if you're a Jim Eno spotter you'll probably want to be at tomorrow night's show if only for that reason. For those of us who were lucky enough to catch the Heartless Bastards' set at Fun Fun Fun Fest last year we can attest to the fact that the band is in top form. The new songs are fantastic live with loads of energy and the band has never sounded like a more cohesive unit. If this sounds like something you might be interested in, you should probably get yourself a ticket to tomorrow night's show.



Heartless Bastards - Parted Ways video via YouTube

Playing the support slot for tomorrow night's Heartless Bastards show will be David Vandervelde who you might know from his work with a little band called Wilco. Perhaps you've heard of them? Ok, that's a bit misleading. Vandervelde has actually worked with Jay Bennett who is IN Wilco, which is way closer than you've ever been to working with Wilco so back off! Vandervelde is touring in support of an upcoming album. For now, he has released More Than You Can Feel as a digital single via Secretly Canadian records. You can download that song for free right here

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Heartless Bastard play 78704

Anyone who has ever read anything I post on Twitter knows that I'm obsessed with the zip code I live in here in Austin, 78704. That's why I was so excited to see that I don't even have to leave South Austin to see Ohio bad-asses Heartless Bastards. They'll be returning to town, playing the legendary, Continental Club. Sure, it's kind of a dad-bar but it's a great dad-bar and I don't have to cross any bridges to get there. Also, I don't have to go anywhere near 6th street AND I can get some Zen sushi. Although, Heartless Bastards don't go on until 12:30a so the whole sushi plan might have to be modified or nixed altogether but you get the idea. I'm not, entirely, sure what the cover charge is going to be but I'm going to guess $10. Also, I don't recommend showing up a few minutes before the set and expecting to get in. The room is not small but it's not too big either and it's popular on any Thursday night so plan to arrive early if you expect to actually get in.


Heartless Bastards - Sway video via YouTube


If for some reason you're not already familiar with Heartless Bastards I recommend hitting-up the WOXY archives and downloading their session from 2006. For that matter explore and download the WOXY loung acts archives in general. Who knows how much longer parent-company Future Sounds can afford to maintain servers and webspace. The world still misses you WOXY! Way to fuck that up Future Sounds!


Heartless Bastards _Nothing Seems the Same video via YouTube

If you get to the Continental Club by 10p tonight (which I would suggest) you can catch local troubadour, Frank Smith bringing his brand of bluesy Americana music to the stage. His latest LP is called Nineteen and is available here for $10. Chances are you can also pick it up at tonight's show as well.


Frank Smith - Put Me in a Hole/Fire Sleepin' video via YouTube

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