By Jenny Schurk //
Feeling the post-fest blues and need something to look forward to? Austin is still one of the best live music cities anywhere and Jenny (Beat Happenings, The Clear Spot) has compiled a list of upcoming spring shows along with a Mixcloud playlist for your listening pleasure. This is just the taste of one DJ and shows are constantly being booked, especially local bands, so use this as a starting point and follow your favorite local bands on social media or check local listing sites often for updates.
Note: some obvious (and great!) concerts are missing from this list; we didn’t think Bob or Neil needed our endorsement.
Kate Clover (NY) – 3/20 Mohawk w. Crocodile Tears, Gentlemen Rogues
Exotic Fruitica, Exercise, Variety – 3/22 13th Floor
Alejandro Escovedo Record Release – 3/29 Antone’s w. James Mastro
Bar Italia (London) – 3/29 Mohawk w. Great Area
Laetitia Sadier (London) – 3/30 Parish w. Sofia Bolt
Hotline TNT (NY) – 4/2 The Ballroom w. Symbiote, Touch Girl Apple Blossom
Rosali (NC) – 4/2 Hotel Vegas w. Little Mazarn
Video Age (NOLA) – 4/3 The Ballroom w. Mind Shrine
Sheer Mag (Philly) – 4/6 The Far Out Lounge w. Mujeres Pordridas
Chastity Belt (Seattle) – 4/6 Mohawk w. Peel Dream Magazine
A Giant Dog – 4/18 Radio East w. TsuShiMaMiRe
Ty Segall (L.A.) – 4/22 Mohawk w. Sharpie Smile
LEVITATION – Courtney Barnett, METZ, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, L.A. Witch, Minami Deutsch, Ghostwoman, Alvvays, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Dehd – 4/26-4/28
Wine Lips (Toronto) – 5/6 The 13th Floor w. Forty Feet Tall
Optic Sink (Memphis) – 5/10 Hotel Vegas w. Wet Dip, Borzoi, and Guiding Light
Meatbodies (L.A.) – 5/10 The 13th Floor w. Marry Cherry
Slowdive (UK) – 5/12 ACL Live at Moody w. Drab Majesty
Gustaf (Brooklyn) – 5/13 Mohawk
Cheekface (L.A.) – 5/22 Parish w Yungatita
Mixcloud Playlist
- Kate Clover – Love You to Death – Bleed Your Heart Out (SongVest Records)
- Crocodile Tears – Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll (Tom Petty cover) – Junie EP (Street Magic Records)
- Exercise – Lawn Chairs – Single (End of Times Records)
- Variety – Plover – Single (Self-released)
- Alejandro Escovedo – Castañuelas – Echo Dancing (Yep Roc Records)
- Bar Italia – Worlds Greatest Emoter – The Twits (Matador Records)
- Great Area – Follow Your Nature – Follow Your Nature EP (Relaxin Records)
- Laetitia Sadier – Find Me the Pulse of the Universe – Silencio (Drag City Records)
- Sofia Bolt – Go Away – Single (Born Losers Records)
- Touch Girl Apple Blossom – Dream from An Eyelash – EP (Self-released)
- Hotline TNT – History Channel – Cartwheel (Third Man Records)
- Wine Lips – Eyes – Mushroom Death Sex Bummer Party (Stomp Records)
- Video Age – Away From the Castle – Away From the Castle (Winspear)
- Sheer Mag – What You Want – Compilation I, II, & III (Third Man Records)
- Mujeres Podridas – Ovni – Muerte en Paraíso (Beach Impediment Records)
- A Giant Dog – Angst in My Pants – Toy (Merge Records)
- Ty Segall – Bullet Proof Nothing – Singles 2007-2010 (Goner)
- METZ – Good, Not Great (Mission of Burma cover) – Single (Sub Pop Records)
- Frankie and the Witch Fingers – Dark Sorcerer – Zam (Greenway Records)
- Ghostwoman – Alright Alright – Hindsight is 50/50 (Full Time Hobby)
- Dehd – Loner – Flower of Devotion (Fire Talk)
- Courtney Barnett – Rae Street- Things Take Time, Take Time (Mom+Pop)
- L.A. Witch – I Wanna Lose – Play With Fire (Suicide Squeeze Records)
- Meatbodies – Mountain – S/T (In the Red)
- Marry Cherry – Knockout – Single (Self-released)
- Optic Sink – A Silver Key Can Open an Iron Lock, Somewhere (Liliput cover) – Glass Blocks (Feel It Records)
- Wet Dip – Emperor – Smell of Money (Feel It Records)
- Gustaf – Starting and Staring – Package, Pt. 2 (Royal Mountain Records)
- Cheekface – Big Big Friend – Emphatically No. (New Professor Music)