June is Going to Effing Rawk Y'all

Alright, let's keep this between us 'cause I'm about to talk about a lot of hot-ass indie-rock shows coming to town and I don't want them all to sell out before I get tickets ok? Seriously though, June is shaping up to be hot in every way you're thinking. Let's look at who's coming to our fair city...

Tue. 6/2

* Black Moth Super Rainbow, School of 7 Bells at the Mohawk
* Mr. Lif, Willie Evans Jr. at Red 7


Black Moth Super Rainbow - Sun Lips video via YouTube

It just gets more and more ridiculous after the jump...


Wed. 6/3

* Passion Pit, Harlem Shakes at Emo's
* Langhorne Slim, Samantha Crain at the Parish


Harlem Shakes - Strictly Game video via YouTube

Thu. 6/4

* Helio Sequence at the Mohawk


the Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead video via YouTube

Fri. 6/5 !!!

* Bonnie Prince Billy, The Howling Hex at the Mohawk
* Animal Collective, Black Dice at Stubb's
* New York Dolls at Emo's
* Alejandro Escovedo at Antones


Animal Collective - Water Curses video via YouTube

Sat. 6/6

* Mika Miko, The Strange Boys at Red 7
* Au Revoir Simone at the Mohawk


the Strange Boys - Woe Is You and Me video via YouTube

Mon. 6/8

* Gomez at Stubb's

Tue. 6/9

* Matisyahu, Les Claypool, Dub Trio at the Austin Music Hall

Thu. 6/11

* Peaches, Drums of Death at Emo's
* Holy Fuck, Crocodiles, Woven Bones at the Mohawk


Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen video via YouTube

Sat. 6/13

* Viva Voce, Cut Off Your Hands, The Lemurs at the Mohawk
* Doug Stanhope, JT Habersaat at Red 7
* Gregory Isaacs at Flamingo Cantina


the Lemurs - They Do What They Like video via YouTube

Mon. 6/15

* Camera Obscura, Anni Rossi at Antones
* Santigold, Amanda Blank, Trouble Andrew at Stubb's


Santigold featuring Amanda Blank - I'm a Lady (Diplo Remix) video via YouTube

Tue. 6/16 !!!

* Grizzly Bear, Here We Go Magic at the Parish


Here We Go Magic - Tunnelvision video via YouTube

Fri. 6/19 !!!

* St. Vincent, Pattern is Movement at the Mohawk


St. Vincent - Actor Out of Work video via YouTube

Sat. 6/20

* The Meat Puppets, Retribution Gospel Choir at the Parish
* Sunset Rubdown at the Mohawk


Sunset Rubdown - the Mending of the Gown video via YouTube

Mon. 6/22

* Jenny Lewis, Heartless Bastards at Stubb's


Jenny Lewis - Pretty Bird video via YouTube

Fri. 6/26

* John Vanderslice at the Parish


John Vanderslice - Trance Manual video via YouTube
Sat. 6/27

* Ben Kweller at Emo's

Is that ridiculous or what? And that's just what's being reported right now on Show List Austin

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Top Songs List '08 Part 1

So I've already mentioned my subjective best of album list for the year to date. Now it's time for the individual songs that have made me crank up the car stereo. These aren't necessarily "the best" anything. They are just songs that have made me happy this year...and hopefully these are all songs that were released in 2008, if not oh well they are still good songs.

10. the Black Keys - Strange Times

The rest of the list after the jump...

9. Jamie Lidell - Another Day
8. Islands - The Arm
7. Crystal Castles VS. HEALTH - Crimewave (Remix)
6. Santogold - Creator
5. Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook
4. Devotchka - Transliterator
3. The Raconteurs - Old Enough
2. MGMT - Time To Pretend
1. Radiohead - House of Cards

Ok, so I know I didn't let Radiohead's In Rainbows make the album list 'cause it was released in 2007 but House of Cards wasn't a single until 2008 so there! And for the Crystal Castles song the opposite is true. The song I listed was released in November of 07 but the Crystal Castles album was an 08 release, so I've taken some liberties.

I've also taken the liberty of making this list into a project playlist...list so you can hear the list songs if you wish:

It should also be noted that some of the songs I've listened to the most this year were released last year. Including Bon Iver and Panda Bear, who both have received a lot of plays this year. I also wanted to mention my love for the song Gone, Gone, Gone by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss but that too was released in 2007.


Panda Bear - Bros (Edit) video via YouTube

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