This is a list of shows for the Austin area. It is by no means meant to be the Austin showlist, merely a showlist. It will not be limited solely to my tastes, but I will try my best to keep it within certain boundaries.
Any questions or comments or show listings can be sent to showlistaustin@yahoo.com. Bands, Artists, Clubs - if you have a mailing list, please add that address to it.
Crooks, Monarchs, Western Ghost House, Tyler Jordan at the Mohawk [+]
Pretty Boy Thorson & the San Diego Chargers, The Anchor, Mathletes, Stallone, Cruddy at Beerland [+]
Magic Jewels, Baron Grod, Exeter, Honey Thief, DJ Quito at Red 7 [+]
ATX Elle Acoustique with Kristy Lee, Amanda Lepre, Britni Hoover, Tara Craig, GBMOJO, Ginger Doss, Kimberly Freeman, Pauline Pisano, Hollow and more at Emo's [+]
Danny Malone, Lonesome Heroes, Aimee Bobruk, Lee Barber at Club Deville [+]
Split Hoof, Bay of Pigs, Curse the Heavens, Slo' Poke at Room 710 [+]
The Boxing Lesson, Stereo is a Lie, The Dead Black Hearts at Stubb's [+]
Flashlight Party (Markus with a K, Orlando Mas, Jordan Kline), MC Zeale, Melody Murder at the Beauty Bar [+]
Cantanker Magazine launch party with Coma in Algiers, Bird Peterson, EmceeEats, Eric Power, Many Birthdays, Michael Garcia, Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat, MVSCLZ (Ben Aqua & Erich Ragsdale), Space Invader Orchestra, The Great Nostalgic, The Noise Revival Orchestra, VC CHLDKRFT at the United States Art Authority (510 W. 29th St.) [+]
No Idea Festival with Tatsuya Nakatani/Cooper-Moore (set one), Jason Kahn (solo), Jason Kahn/Chris Cogburn/Nick Hennies (set two), Annette Krebs/Bonnie Jones (set three) at the Blue Theater (916 Springdale Rd.) [+] [doors at 7pm]
In Beds, Chartreuse, The Stampede, bobbie, Joseph Green at the Creekside Lounge [+] [$5, 21+]
Betaplayer, Consider the Source, Like Dogs, Prince Klassen at the Beauty Bar [+]
Scorpion Child, Breaking Vegas, Tia Carrera at Club Deville [+]
No Idea Festival with Melanie Noel, Joshua Beckman (set one), Cooper-Moore (set two), Dave Dove/Annette Krebs/Jawwaad Taylor (set three), Jason Kahn/Mario De Vega/Chris Cogburn/Bonnie Jones (set four) at the Blue Theater (916 Springdale Rd.) [+] [doors at 7pm]
Get Bent! with Bleep Labs, m477h3w (Matthew Thies of Numbers on the Mast), [m30w], Furby Youth Choir, 19 Lemurs at the Fifth Gallery (305B E. 5th St.) [+] [begins with a circuit bending workshop from 7-8:30pm and then performances]
subNatural, The Razorblade Dolls, Chant at Elysium [+]
Bollywood Bash with DJ Aleem, The Flying Paneer Sisters at the Mohawk [+]
Amplified Heat, iKiLLCaRS, White Rhino at the Scoot Inn [+]
G. Love and Special Sauce, Eric Hutchinson at Stubb's [+]
Johnny Cash B'day Bash, benefitting KOOP radio with The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Buzz Cason, Jeremy Steding, The Cash Band, The Band in Black, Long Gone Daddys, Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadours, Roger Wallace, Bob King with Glenna Bell, The Skeletons, JT Coldfire, Joel Hoffman Band, Death and Texas at the Continental Club [+] [Doors at 7pm, $15 or $12 if you wear black]
Tornahdo, We the Granada, Sarah & Octopus, Slain Monarch at the Creekside Lounge [+] [$5, 21+, 10pm]
Trampled by Turtles, The Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang at Lamberts [+]
Muchos Backflips, Adrian and The Sickness, Opposite Day, Sons of Sancho at Trophy's [+]
Duke, Hazard of the Industry, Johnny Gobbs, Ramifications at Headhunters [+]
Dawn Over Zero, Deejer, Curbcheck, Drowning Mona at the Red Eyed Fly [+]
Sat. 2/28
Dark Water Hymnal (CD release) at End of an Ear [+] [6pm, free instore]
The Anchor, Sweet Bandana, Earth Eater, Newlywed at Snake Eyes Vinyl [+] [7pm]
The Ape Shits, Love Collector, Serious Tracers at Lonestar Sk8 Shop (917 W. Anderson Lane) [+] [starts at 5pm]
Diagonals (LP release), Ugly Beats, DJ Brian Tweedy at 501 Studios (IH-35 & E. 6th St.) [+] [free, free drinks]
The Sons of Hercules, Churchwood, The Transgressors, Candy & the Cavities at the Creekside Lounge [+]
Flogging Molly, The Aggrolites, The Mighty Stef at Stubb's [+]
Delta Spirit, Other Lives, Dawes at Emo's [+] [inside]
Invisible Children benefit with Corto Maltese, The Diving Captain, Zlam Dunk, The Blowing Trees at Emo's [+] [outside]
Proper Entertainment presents the 4 Elements of Hip Hop (MCs, DJs, b-boys and street artists) at the Mohawk [+] [7pm, all ages]
Goodnight Goddess (CD release), Bright White, Set Aflame, Consider the Source, The Last Place You Look, Anguish for Augustine, Screaming at the Sky at Red 7 [+] [outside, $5, all ages, first 100 people get free CD]
Waterloo Records DJ night with Edmund & Tracy at Red 7 [+] [inside]
Soundclash - soul, mod, reggae dance party featuring Heart and Soul Soundsystem, DJ Mike Buck, Double Barrel Soundsystem at Beerland [+]
Turbo 350, The Beaumonts, Scary Mondelos, Glambilly at Room 710 [+]
Music Lab Raw Deal Battle Of The Bands Eleven (Day Five) with Vulcan's Anvil, Rude Rachel, Koven The Leviathan, Soundfield, Aqua Jones at the Red Eyed Fly [+]
Texas Rollergirls Rockin-Round-Robin with music by Amplified Heat, DJ's Grommit and Sedonya Face at Playland Skate Center (8822 McCann - Burnet & 183) [+] [doors at 6:30pm, $12 advance, $15 at the door]
Honky, Split Hoof, Hobble, Mr. Lewis & The Funeral 5, Box Spring Hogs, Flametrick Subs, Pure Luck, The Skeletons, Corinne Rose at the Scoot Inn [+] [4pm]
Opposite Day, Wailing Walls, PJ and the Bear, Perilous Tide (8pm) at the Hole in the Wall [+]
Killing Industry, Lux Lamour, Melody Murder at Trophy's [+] [9pm]
Make Austin Weirder Fest 9 with Babydick, Crapulence, Stolen Little Moments, Like Dogs, Blackholicus, Muppletone (reunion), Awesome Death at Room 710 [+]
For Sake Of The Ruins, Less Is More, Woolgather, The Organics at the Red Eyed Fly [+]
Fri. 3/13
Psych Fest 2 with The Black Angels (11:30pm), The Golden Dawn (performing their Power Plant album, 10:45pm), Lower Heaven (9:45pm), Woven Bones (9pm) at Radio Room (508 E. 6th St.) [+]
Caliban Goodbrain, Cry Blood Apache at Club 1808 [+]
Balmorhea (record release), The Wooden Birds at Ballet Austin (501 W. 3rd St.) [+]
The Austin Underground Film Society presents The Crack Pipes, The Man Stamps, screening of Altamont Now by Josh Brown at Beerland [+] [9pm]
Zenith Fuzzbomb, Perfect Pants, The Blind Pets, The Devil Rides at Trophy's [+]
Brink Of Disaster, VgZero, Tombstone Union (CD release), The FollowThrough at the Red Eyed Fly [+]
McMercy Family Band & Gospel Choir, The Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang, Country Willie and the Cosmic Debris at Lamberts [+]
Sat. 3/14
Psych Fest 2 with Sky Sunlight Saxon of The Seeds (backed by Shapes have Fangs, 12:15am), Dead Meadow (11pm), The Wooden Shjips (10pm), Golden Animals (9pm), Indian Jewelry (8pm), Daughters of the Sun (7pm), Shapes Have Fangs (6pm), The Shine Brothers (5pm), Astronaut Suit (4pm), The Tunnels (3pm), Smoke and Feathers (2pm), PJ and the Bear (1pm) at Radio Room (508 E. 6th St.) [+]
Yeast by Sweet Beast 2009 - Crunchy Food Enterprises and Church of the Friendly Ghost present Book of Shadows, Bee vs. Moth, Yells at Eels, Waco Girls, Great Tyrant, Future Blondes, Balaclavas, ST37, Carlos Villarreal, Concrete Violin, ECFA, Clear Spot, Skullcaster, Xathax, Steve Marsh, the Watchers and Muzak John at the Salvage Vanguard Theater [+] [7pm]
Gigotron Best of Texas Party with The Hex Dispensers, Finally Punk, Manikin at Emo's [+] [free]
ATX Emerge with Harlem, The White Lights, Belaire, Sunset, Fresh Millions, Ume, Brazos, Zeale, Foot Patrol, DJ Blisson at the Mohawk [+] [8pm-2am, RSVP]
Psych Fest 2 with A Place to Bury Strangers (11:30pm), The Warlocks (10pm), The Strange Boys (9pm), Asteroid #4 (Philadelphia, 8pm), Forever Changes (Austin, 7pm), The Vandelles (NYC, 6pm), The Upsidedown (Portland, OR, 5pm), Miranda Lee Richards (LA, 4pm), Christian Bland & The Revelators (Austin, 3pm)m, Cavedweller (Austin, 2pm), Cartright (Austin, 1pm) at Radio Room (508 E. 6th St.) [+]
Yeast by Sweet Beast 2009 with Canada Coda, Bobbie, Bright Duplex, 7 Inch Stitch, Dust Congress, FM Campers, Plutonium Farmers, Jherri Seinfeldt's Atrophied Sac at Plush [+] [8pm]
Wild America, Girlfren, Uh Oh (Milwaukee), The Thing that Always Explodes (Little Rock) at Trailer Space [+]
Yeast by Sweet Beast 2009 with Mold, Johnkin'kin, Jacob Gree, Low Red Center, Expensive Shit, Laundry Room Squelchers, Doug Ferguson, Aurora Plastics Company at Plush [+] [8pm]
Yarah Bravo (London), Miz Metro and Eyeris, Kill City, The Breakfast Club Crew, Cerebral Vortex (San Antonio), Mutual Trust, Jae the Saint, DJ Orion, DJ Bullet at Red 7 [+] [9pm, all ages]
Lower Heaven (Silverlake), The Urges, Golden Animal, Black Nite Crash (Seattle) at the Hole in the Wall [+]
Ends Sounds Second Annual Pre-SXSW Show/Party with Filler (one time only Minor Threat cover band with members of Rise Against, Gorilla Biscuits, MXPX, Riverboat Gamblers, etc.), Madball, Death In The Park, Reign Supreme, Mike Herrera's Tumbledown (MxPx frontman's alt-country band), Call To Preserve, True Widow, Bitter End, The Ramonahs (crossdressing Ramones cover band featuring Oliver Peck and Steve Viseanu), The Escape Frame at Red 7 [+]
Art Disaster no. 8 with Y-Love, Eprhyme and Diwon (1am), Belaire (midnight), Scorpion Child (11pm), The Soldier Thread (10pm), Pomegranates (9pm), Gangi (8pm), Evol DJs (between sets) at the Beauty Bar [+] [outside stage, free with RSVP]
Art Disaster no. 8 with DJ Mel (1am), The Happy Hollows (12:20am), The White White Lights (11:20pm), Wild Yaks (10:20pm), Dans La Lune (9:20pm), Carol, Bui (8:20pm), The Pity Party (7:20pm), Basic (6:30pm), DJ Orion (between sets) at the Beauty Bar [+] [inside stage, free with RSVP]
Grand Champeen, Two Cow Garage, Glossary at Beerland [+]
All Tomorrows' Parties event curated by The Octopus Project with Drones, Sleepy Sun, excerpts from ATP documentary, other movie clips at Emo's [+] [outside]
Comedy Night with Aziz Ansari, Eugene Mirman, John Mulaney, Nick Kroll at Emo's [+] [inside]
Hillgrass Bluebilly presents T Model Ford, Possesed by Paul James at Emo's Annex (across Red River from Emo's) [+]
The Black Irish, Jungle Rockers, Mr. Lewis & the Funeral Five, Howlin' Houndog & the Infamous Loosers (Seattle) at Room 710 [+]
19th Annual St. Patrick's Day party with Ian McLagan and the Bump Band (9pm), Magic Christian (8pm), Right or Happy (aka The Reivers, all original members, 7pm), 20/20 (6pm), Capitol City Highlanders (short set), Ed Miller & Rich Brotherton, Sean Orr & Black Dagger, T Bird & The Breaks (1pm), Capitol City Highlanders (noon), Black Irish (11am) at the Dog and Duck Pub (406 W. 17th St.) [+]
SXSW week - as usual, I will NOT be listing official SXSW showcases. You will find them here. I will also not be listing day shows that require badges - SXSW has them listed here.
I will try to find out as much as possible about other shows going on, daytime or otherwise. If you know of any, please let me know - showlistaustin@yahoo.com. Please try to get me the info in advance. Once Tuesday evening hits, I will probably not be listing any more shows.
Most of the day shows are free - just because I don't mark one as free doesn't mean it's not, it just means I don't know one way or the other.
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Sat. 3/21
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Mon. 3/23
Knock Out, Johnny Hootrock, Blue Voodoo, Michael Holt & the Trophy 500 at Emo's [+]
Tue. 3/24
Deskonocidos, Sacred Shock (tour kick-off), Serious Tracers, Night Siege at Club 1808 [+]
Vital Remains, Gigan, Predominant Mortification, Disfigured at Emo's [+]
Wed. 3/25
Mike and the Moonpies, Joanna Barbera at the Mohawk [+]
The Dicks, World Burns To Death, Masshysteri, You People, Shootin Pains (8pm) at Room 710 [+]
Masshysteri (Sweden), Mammoth Grinder, Porkeria at Club 1808 [+] [early show, 7pm]
Shapes Have Fangs, Cause for Applause, Gospel Truth, A Giant Dog at Emo's [+] [inside]
Tribute Band Marathon with The Orgasm Addicts, Big Mess, Barracuda, A Joy Division Cover Band, The Black Squeeze, The Costellophones, The Lowelies at Emo's [+] [outside]
High Watt Crucifixers, The Hoodrats, Devil Rides at Red 7 [+] [late show, outside]
Baby Got Bacteria, Brass Ovaries Pole Dancers, Churchwood, Opposite Day at Emo's [+] [late show, inside]
Stick To Your Guns, Shai Hulud, In Fear & Faith, Stray From The Path, Katsumoto, No Bragging Rights at Emo's [+] [early show, doors open at 3pm, outside]
Napalm Death, Kataklysm, Toxic Holocaust, Abigail Williams, Trap Them at Emo's [+] [outside]
Anarchy Championship Wrestling (ACW) with Summer of Blood, Golden Boys at Emo's [+] [inside and courtyard]
Cattle Decapitation, Woe of Tyrants, Rose Funeral, Swine Horde at Red 7 [+]
The Weird Weeds, Some Say Leland, Ralph White at Room 710 [+]
Old School Austin Fish Fry Jam hosted by Chris Burns with Pocket FishRmenSexy Finger Champs, Roger's Porn Collection, Rockland Eagles, Jazzus Lizard, Total Faggots, Insect Sex Act, Seizures!!, Horsies at the Scoot Inn [+] [4pm-midnight]
Duane Peter's Gunfight, The Primadonnas at Red 7 [+]
Paul Green School of Rock - Van Halen at Red 7 [+] [early show, 7pm]
Wed. 5/20
Chaos in Tejas kickoff party with Ponytail, Harlem, Teenage Cool Kids, Yellow Fever at Red 7 [+]
Thu. 5/21
Chaos In Tejas presents Propagandi, Trash Talk, Canadian Rifle at the Mohawk [+]
Chaos In Tejas presents Cro-Mags, Skitkids (Sweden), Crude (Japan), Annihilation Time, Fuk (England, ex-Chaos UK), No Tolerance at Emo's [+]
Fri. 5/22
Chaos in Tejas presents Cock Sparrer (England), Brutal Knights (Canada), Peligro Social (last show), Destino Final (Spain, ex-Invasion), Hjertestop (Denmark), Young Offenders, Obliteration, The Hex Dispensers at Emo's [+]
Chaos In Tejas presents Amebix, Judgement (Japan), Pierced Arrows (2/3 of Dead Moon), Outlaw Order (4/5 of eyehategod), AI (Japan), Warcry, Midnight at Emo's [+] [outside]
Chaos In Tejas presents Times New Viking, Nodzzz, XYX (Mexico), Drunkdriver at Emo's [+] [inside]
Chaos in Tejas presents The Business (England), Krum Bums, The Broadsiders at Red 7 [+]
Sun. 5/24
Chaos in Tejas presents Harvey Milk, Mind Eraser, Iron Age at Red 7 [+]