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DIO TRIBUTE

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:25:00 -0700

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16TH, 2012.

Mind of Adi + Scorpion Child Presents:

DIO TRIBUTE NIGHT.

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Cover: $3 // $5 minors

Scorpion Child and incarnations of other local bands performing Dio.

Ronnie James Dio lookalike and tattoo contest.
Vocal prowess contest.
Pin the Horns on Dio game.
Dio pinata.
Ronnie James Queso from Frank (Build Your Own QuesoDio Bar).

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WED. HH EVENT: "BEAR TO LIVE!"

Tue, 08 May 2012 22:55:00 -0700

Monthly HH in 2012. 21+

5 - 8pm. Motorcycles Unite and park them inside Mohawk! Free pool, darts, and ping pong. Captain Jim playing Classis Rock, Psych, and METAL. Whiskey Proomotions Weekly for Riders.
$1 High Life
$2 Domestics
$2 Wells

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ATTENDANCE RECORDS PRESENTS: "THE MOOD SWING BUS @ MOHAWK"

Mon, 07 May 2012 18:55:00 -0700

THURSDAY, MAY 17TH, 2012.

Transmission Events // Attendance Records Presents:

"The Mood Swing Bus @ Mohawk" Attendance Record Benefit.

Doors: 6:15pm // Show: 7:15pm

Cover: $5 // $7 minors

OUTSIDE:
Matt Hines of The Eastern Sea: 7:15- 7:45
The Sour Notes: 8:00-8:45
Mother Falcon: 9:00-9:45
Guns Of Navarone: 10:00-10:45

INSIDE:
Whiskey Shivers: 11:00-11:45
Shakey Graves: 12:00-12:45
Hello Caller: 1:00-1:45

Join us for the release of the first Attendance Records album!

Attendance Records is dedicated to bringing creativity back into schools by connecting teachers and students with local writers, artists and musicians. By providing students with the opportunity to design, write and produce their own album, students will build confidence skills that will result in discovering what makes them unique. Last semester, Attendance Records launched our first project at Anderson High School with the help of local Austin bands Mother Falcon and the Sour Notes.The students wrote lyrics and created album artwork. The bands then arranged and recorded the students songs at Premium Recording. The album will be available through a limited pressing on vinyl, as well as on CD and via digital download. Come out and celebrate the students of Anderson High School and the release of Attendance Records first album!

It will be $5.00 at the door that all goes to support Attendance Records programs

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Midgetmen 10th Anniversary

Fri, 04 May 2012 19:50:00 -0700

Friday, May 18th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Midgetmen 10th Anniversary w/ BOY, The Sour Notes, La Snacks, La Migra, The Pons

Doors @ 7:00pm // Show @ 8:00pm

$8 21+ // $10 Minors

Outside:
1115-1200 Midgetmen
1030-1100 BOY
945-1015 The Sour Notes
900-930 La Snacks
815-845 La Migra
730-800 The Pons

Inside:
1245-130 Midgetmen doing 1985's best album!
1200-1230 The Misguided Lemming

1100-1130 Shivery Shakes
1015-1045 The Gary
930-1000 Mole People
845-915 Treaty Oak
800-830 Teen Noir

What happens when four friends working together in the software industry realize that some bands with marginal talent are getting free beers on a Tuesday night? They decide to do it themselves- They form a band, they name themselves The Midgetmen, they book a show, they acquire some drink tickets, they release an album, they get some more drink tickets, they release a second album, they give away free fried chicken, they accumulate more drink tickets, they get better at writing songs, they book a tour of the midwest, they keep on writing songs, they almost win some Austin Music Awards, they find some drink tickets laying on the dirty floor of any number of bars, they release a third album, they play in the Northeast, they write more songs and keep getting free beer.

If The Midgetmen operated their band like they do their day jobs, they might have given up long ago and just bought a few hundred six packs of Pabst Blue Ribbon at a convenience store. After all, those guitars and amps and pressing albums cost a lot more than all of those free beers together. Financially and emotionally, being in a band is not a great investment. But, if The Midgetmen had done that, would they have gotten to play with The Wrens, Titus Andronicus, Free Energy, Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, Franz Nicolay, Grant Hart and hundreds of other great bands? Would they have made countless friends and remained sane at their day job desks? Would they ever have gone to Abilene, Omaha, La Crosse, Morgantown, or College Station?

Doubtful at best.

The Midgetmen are an ever devolving work in progress, if progress is measured in inches and how far four friends can take an unhealthy hobby. Called Austin's slop-punk mavens by a local writer, The Midgetmen just keep getting louder, fuzzier, and more fun... which is all the band has wanted to do since forming in 2002. Well, that and get free beer.

The Midgetmen's Show Pony, Pool Party Emergency, High Life and Loud Enough. are available now direct from The Midgetmen as well as CDBaby, Bandcamp and iTunes.

The Midgetmen are:
Jon Loyens: Guitar, Vocals
Alex Victoria: Guitar, Vocals
Marc Perlman: Bass, Vocals
Justin Petro: Drums

- http://www.themidgetmen.com/bio.shtml

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FRIDAY HH EVENT: "RIGHT ON!"

Fri, 04 May 2012 14:35:00 -0700

Monthly HH in 2012. 21+

5 - 8PM.

Funk * Soul * Break * Groove.

Captain Jim & DJ Scotty.

Special guests TBA.

$1 High Life

$2 Domestics

$2 Wells

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AUTO BODY

Wed, 02 May 2012 13:45:00 -0700

SATURDAY, MAY 19TH, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

AUTOBODY

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Cover: $13 ADV // $15 DOS

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

Autobody is/was a rock band comprised of highly experimental and stubbornly independent musicians. Sheila, Dave, Jim and Eric have always explored new ways to combine guitars, drums, electricity and tape. Since forming in 1995, the band has called Brooklyn its home, a land of many practice spaces.

Their rock family tree has branches extending all over the place, above and below the radar. Autobody willingly shares its members from time to time with Dymaxion, Fly Ashtray, Drumhead, Wharton Tiers Ensemble, Flaming Fire and others.

Autobody has a lapful of tapes and cds documenting their adventures, including a 1999 self-titled CD on the Silly Bird label. In 2001, Old Gold Records released a 7" single showcasing some of the band's lo-fi experimentation. In 2002, Autobody released "Xelp", full of songs and stories recorded in the studio of James Kavoussi at Rubulad, and "Black Angus II", full of choice cuts of prime home recordings.

Fans of early Devo, Led Zeppelin, Ennio Morricone, Thinking Fellers Union, Boredoms, Pink Floyd and the Residents would also be friendly to Autobody.

Autobody has received airplay on WMFU, WNYU, KZSU, WMBR, KTRU, KCRW and others. Check back here for juicy unreleased mp3s that showcase the full diversity of these bunch of nutjobs.

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BRAVES & BABES

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:55:00 -0700

Monday, May 21st, 2012.

Mohawk Presents: FREE DANCE PARTY.

<< Braves & Babes >>

DJ's uLOVEi + Isabel J. + pwaites + fuckmefuckme.

9pm-2am.

Lots of booty music, New Orleans Bounce, hip-hop, cash money, indie & punk tunes.

Happy hour drink specials all night!

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DEATH VALLEY HH RESIDENCY

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:20:00 -0700

MONDAYS, MAY 14TH, 21ST & 28TH, 2012.

Mohawk Presents:

DEATH VALLEY HAPPY HOUR RESIDENCY.

Featuring: Sam Kearny (Ex-Alberta Cross) + Reed Calhoun (Ex-Rick Kills Kid) + Gabe Strycahrz (The American Spirit)

FREE // No cover. // 5-8pm.

Acoustic set on inside stage.

$3 Drafts.

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Alcoholic Faith Mission

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:05:00 -0700

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Alcoholic Faith Mission + You Won't + TBA

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $8 ADV // $10 DOS

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

In February 2006 the two high school friends Thorben and Sune formed Alcoholic Faith Mission.
Walking through Brooklyn they accidentally stumbled upon the Apostolic Faith Mission. Since they at the time were discussing alcoholism they joked about trading Apostolic out for Alcoholic; alcoholics have faith in booze like the devout have in religion. A band with a name was conceived.

Six months after the conception of AFM they released their debut Misery Loves Company.

All recordings were made with a simple laptop in Thorbens bedroom along with just a few set of rules: Only record at night. The only light source could be that of candles. Consumption of alcohol was integral. And lastly, once something was recorded it could not be changed.

Brooklyn never quite loosened its grip however, and in spring of 2008 the guys went back to where it all started to record their second album 421 Wythe Avenue the address where they stayed.

This time the setting was an old rebuilt factory loft next to the Williamsburg Bridge overlooking the East River. And now there was only one rule: everything used to record had to be found in the confines of their dwellings. This is how two dictionaries came to be a kick drum and wailing and screaming came to remedy the lack of synthesizers.

421 Wythe Avenue was released in April 2009 and like its predecessor it received critical acclaim. AFM turned into a collective enrolling Kristine, Gustav, Morten and Anders.

In 2010 their third and most renowned album Let This Be The Last Night We Care was released in Europe, USA and Japan and a busy touring schedule of shows and festivals throughout Europe and North America could commence.

Again in the summer of 2011 AFM stepped out onto the big European festival stages playing Roskilde Festival (DK), Peace & Love (SE), SIESTA! (SE) and Positivus (LV) to list a few.

Several American media like MTV, Brooklyn Vegan, Esquire, New York Times, Blast Magazine and Toronto Star highlighted AFM as one of the stand out acts respectively at Reykjavs Iceland Airwaves, New Yorks CMJ, Torontos Canadian Music Week and Austins SxSW.

Together with Tom McFall (R.E.M., Weezer, Stars) AFM finished their fourth album Ask Me This in the fall of 2011. Its set to release worldwide in 2012 followed by extensive touring in Europe and North America.

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DYNAMITE HACK

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:20:00 -0700

Thursday, May 24th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Dynamite Hack w/ Schatzi, Oh Look Out

Doors @ 9pm // Show @ 10pm.

Advance: $8 // DOS $10

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

The quirky post-grunge quartet Dynamite Hack was formed in Austin, TX, in 1997, taking their name from a line in the film Caddyshack. Vocalist/guitarist Mark Morris, vocalist/bassist Chad Robinson, guitarist Mike Vlahakis, and drummer Chase Scott took their cues from bands like Weezer, Pavement, Jawbreaker, and the Barenaked Ladies. The latter influence was especially apparent on Dynamite Hack's acoustic folk-rock cover of N.W.A.'s "Boyz 'N tha Hood," which became a local radio hit in the Austin/Dallas area in 1999. In its wake, the group recorded a full-length album, titled Superfast, which was released locally in January 2000 and remixed for national distribution by Universal that summer. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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TY SEGALL

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:35:00 -0700

Friday, May 25th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Ty Segall + White Fences + TBA

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Ticket Price: $10 // $12

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

Lo-fi musician Ty Segall first garnered public acclaim as the lead singer of Orange County, CA, garage rock revivalist band the Epsilons. With that band, he practiced a rawer, snottier take on Strokes/Vines/White Stripes-style rock, occasionally delving into more retro territory. On his solo album, Lemons, however, Segall delivered a much more traditional sound, studiously re-creating '60s guitar tones and drenching his tracks in old-school reverb. The stomping results bore a striking resemblance to early garage masters such as the Sonics and the Standells, as well as proto-punks the Stooges and bedroom folk antecedent Alexander "Skip" Spence. He returned in 2010 with Melted. 2011 was a busy year for him, with two albums -- Live in Aisle Five and Goodbye Bread -- scheduled for release.

~ Pemberton Roach, Rovi

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ALL ARE WELCOME

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:15:00 -0700

We do a few things well.

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FATHER JOHN MISTY

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:40:00 -0700

Saturday, May 26th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Father John Misty (JTillman) w/ HarMar Superstar

Doors: Stay Tuned.

Ticket Price: $12 // $14

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

Singer/songwriter J. Tillman's music paints languid, sadly beautiful portraits of love and life on the margins with the moody depth of Nick Drake and the country-influenced textures of Ryan Adams. Tillman first made a name for himself playing drums in a pair of indie rock bands, Saxon Shore and Stately, while attending college in New York City. In his spare time, however, he began writing material of his own, citing the music of Nick Drake and Pete Seeger and the writings of Flannery O'Connor as key influences. Some of Tillman's demos found their way to Damien Jurado, who invited Tillman to join his band for a tour. Tillman played solo sets during several dates on the tour and began distributing CD-R copies of an early collection of tunes called I Will Return. During the tour, he also struck up a friendship with Eric Fisher, who produced another CD-R album, Long May You Run, J. Tillman. Both Tillman and Jurado later signed on for a U.S. tour with Richard Buckner, where Tillman once again found a ready audience for home-burned copies of his disc.

In 2006, the independent Fargo Records label released Tillman's first properly distributed solo album, Minor Works, and Keep Records reissued I Will Return and Long May You Run as a two-disc set the same year. In 2007, Yer Bird Records released Tillman's fourth, more elaborately arranged album, Cancer and Delirium. Although his solo work continued to garner critical acclaim, Tillman briefly shifted focus in 2008 by joining Fleet Foxes. The group toured heavily in support of its debut album; meanwhile, Tillman continued working on his own material, releasing Year in the Kingdom in 2009.

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SPARTA

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:50:00 -0700

Sunday, May 27th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

SPARTA

Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm

Ticket Price: $13 ADV // $15 DOS

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

"Wake up! Can you hear me?" So begins "Cut Your Ribbon," the lead track on Wiretap Scars, the first full-length offering from El Paso, Texas' Sparta. The album is both a logical extension of, and a quantum leap beyond, the ragged promise of the three-song-and-one-remix Austere EP, released in March of 2002. Wiretap Scars is the sound of the underdog triumphant.

"Before Sparta, I was struggling," Jim Ward recalls, "trying to find a happy, ideologically perfect place. Once Paul [Hinojos] suggested pursuing what is now Sparta, there was no more questioning. It felt undoubtedly, wholeheartedly the right thing to do. And the writing process was totally and immediately carefree, loose and happy. Knowing each other so well music-wise made for good chemistry, but the new energy has made for a really welcome chapter in all of our lives."

When Ward talks of chapters in the members of Sparta's lives, he's not exaggerating: There's history there. Despite their relatively tender ages, the various members go back as bandmates and peers at least to 1994. The family tree begins with Ward, Paul Hinojos and Tony Hajjar playing in at the drive-in, which Ward co-founded in 1994, and intersects with bassist Matt Miller's former band, Belknap, and the Restart label. Restart was founded by Ward and Hinojos as an outlet for other El Paso artists. It released Austere (with DreamWorks) and has also issued records by Universal Recovered, Airplanes Are Better and more.

If El Paso has the dubious distinction of shaping the sound and aesthetic of Sparta from day one, Wiretap Scars works in color and perspective from all corners of the world. Growing up on the Texas/Mexico border, the band members whose ethnic makeup ranges from Mexican to American to Lebanese have witnessed the division of First and Third World living conditions by a chain-link fence as a fact of daily reality. This inevitably shapes the moods and textures of songs like "Cataract," which evokes the expansive vistas of their native town, or the bleak yet hopeful struggles of "Echodyne Harmonic." Elsewhere, new worldviews and experiences inform "Air," with its protagonist preferring life-ending disaster to the responsibility of life-changing decision, "Collapse" and its imagery of bodies "shut down in Bordeaux," and the seemingly more autobiographical "Glasshouse Tarot" and "Red Alibi."

Early Sparta fans will no doubt notice the creative leaps and bounds that have taken place since work-in-progress versions of "Cut Your Ribbon," "Air" and "Collapse" first surfaced in spring 2001 on the band's Spartamusic.com website. Likewise, Austere featured early versions of Wiretap Scars' "Cataract" and "Mye," as well as a remix of "Echodyne Harmonic" and the non-LP "Vacant Skies" ("Vacant Skies" appears on the U.K. and Japanese pressings of Wiretap Scars only). Primal as they were, these formative efforts nevertheless helped to build a following almost instantaneously, as fans turned out to watch the material evolve as Sparta made its way from Texas to Iceland and virtually all points in between in its first eight months as a band.

"Our first tour was awesome and humbling at the same time," says Hinojos. "We basically had to start from scratch, cobbling together 11 shows in the western U.S., but the response was instant. We were blown away by not only the support we had from the kids who came out in force but also by the response we received from them. We can't express enough gratitude for that."

Since then Sparta has done more than its share of traditional touring in the U.S. and overseas, including a stellar showing at this year's South By Southwest conference and an extremely successful co-headline outing with Thursday. They eventually landed at Armory Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, where work began in earnest on Wiretap Scars with Jerry Finn (Blink 182, Green Day, Sum 41) producing.

"When we started writing together," says Hajjar, "Our main focus was just to have a good time and release the energy and music we had boiling up in us. Our early demos were recorded in the space of about a week. Austere was more focused because we started finding our place as a band. Working on the first full album was even more so: Two weeks of pre-production, Jerry Finn and the choice to make the record in Vancouver, removed from everything we know in El Paso and Los Angeles it was a completely different kind of energy."

And so, this underdog has grown into a formidable beast, one that has crisscrossed the globe and recorded an incredible debut album in barely a year and is holding its own on an arena tour with Weezer and Dashboard Confessional at the time of this writing. Clearly, this is a band that believes in making every moment count, as a lyric from Wiretap Scars closer "Assemble The Empire" indicates:

"Don't make this fake/ Last second of life."

Hajjar concludes: "The whole process has been rapid, but super-positive and fun. Overall, we're just so ready to work."

- http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Sparta-Biography/F1623E33A97439C448256C7C002B3F5C

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Margot & the Nuclear So & So's

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:30:00 -0700

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Margot & the Nuclear So & So's + Dinosaur Feathers + Whispertown

Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm

Ticket Price: $12 ADV // $14 DOS

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

When the time came to record the follow-up to their debut album The Dust of Retreat at the end of 2007, the eight members of Indianapolis art-pop collective Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos traveled to Chicago to camp out in the studio of their new producer Brian Deck. There, during one of the coldest winters the Windy City had experienced in decades, the group worked in shifts, with band members recording their parts in shifts around the clock. This went on for three straight months.

People didnt really leave the studio, recalls Margots frontman and songwriter Richard Edwards. It was freezing. But we had little mats on the floor, so you could sleep anywhere, guitarist Andy Fry adds brightly. If you got drunk enough, eventually youd pass out somewhere.

For the band, the result of their labors is Animal! a genre-defying blend of lilting melodies, grinding guitars, sweeping strings, and frenetic percussive elements, topped off by Edwards expressive, yet often apprehensive croon. The songs, initially written by Edwards, swell into noisy mini pop-operas once filtered through Margots collectively skewed sensibility. With eight people, theres a lot of possibility for noise-making, Fry observes.

Spent, but elated after their three months in Chicago with Deck, Margot gave Animal! to its label, Epic Records, which had fallen in love with the bohemian indie group and signed them in October 2007 a few years after their previous label, Artemis Records, shut down. Epic expressed disappointment that Animal! was missing several key songs that the band had been performing over the years, including the fan favorite Broadripple is Burning. Firm in their vision, Edwards and Fry were unwilling to alter the track-listing. Drama ensued, but a compromise was reached. Epic would release two albums: Animal!, featuring the bands original song sequence, would come out on vinyl (with a digital download card inside), while Not Animal, a compilation of the labels favorites plus five tracks from Animal!, would be made available digitally and on CD.

It seemed like an okay solution, Edwards says. I dont have a problem with the other songs, I just dont think they hang together as a album. I consider Not Animal more like a compilation of songs. Adds Fry: Animal! feels like the directors cut. The cool thing about it is that Epic did leave us alone and let us make the record we wanted to make. Its untouched as far as what we wanted to do.

Taken together, the 12 tracks on Animal! unfold under a cloud of anxiety, which Edwards struggled with while writing the songs last year. I had trouble leaving my house, he says. I was experiencing very severe panic attacks, so I wrote while I was buried at home doing much of anything.

Because Edwards and Fry, along with three other band members Frys brother, drummer Chris Fry, percussionist Casey Tennis, and keyboardist Emily Watkins all live together in the same house in Indianapolis, it was inevitable that Edwards nervous state would affect Margots music. The albums broader theme is definitely fear, says Fry. The mood sometimes feels like a heavy blanket of doom.

And so songs arose like Hello Vagina (about the Heavens Gate cult whose Nike-clad followers committed suicide in 1997), As Tall As Cliffs (about a ghost in a haunted hotel trying to hang a sheriff), and s Brazen Overture, (about farm children who set up a community in a mineshaft, Edwards says). Others, like A Childrens Crusade on Acid, Broadripple is Burning, and My Baby Shoots Her Mouth Off, Edwards explains away as just a string of words put together. Im never writing about anything. If Im writing about somebody shooting their mouth off, I just fill in words with little bits of experience. Then theres m A Lightning Rod, which Fry feels sums up the anxious mood of the past few years.

Those years may not have always been easy, but they did include Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos creating one of the most beguiling indie debuts in recent memory. Lyrically based on Edwards musings on what life must have been like in 1960s Greenwich Village, The Dust of Retreat is a lush, folky affair that led one critic, writing in Harp, to declare it everything you like about music: vibrant, cathartic, expressive, commiserative, eloquent, elegant, awesome. After the album was released (by the Standard Recording Company in 2005), then remixed and re-released (by Artemis Records in 2006), the band hit the road traveling the country in a beat-up black school bus that had bunks, but no air-conditioning. (m not sure it was even street-legal, Fry says.) After logging more than 100,000 miles, it was time to go home and make a new record.

I just wanted the new songs to sound a bit more raw, Edwards says. I wanted them to be noisier to have more sounds and more electric guitar. They dont sound like what we did when we first got together.

Edwards and Fry formed Margot in 2004, originally telling journalists that they had met in a pet store, but which they now admit is untrue. Now 24, Edwards had been writing songs since the age of 13. Eventually he began to play acoustic shows, but, due to strict Indiana liquor laws, had to wait outside the club until it was his turn to go on. Fry caught a few of those early shows. I hadnt heard anyone with a voice like his who could write songs like that, he says of Edwards. The two became fast friends, bonding over a love of the Beatles and their shared musical ambitions. Here was somebody who was going to take playing music seriously, Edwards says of Fry. Andy was one of the first people I met who felt the same about it that I did.

The two decided they were going to do it or die, as Fry puts its. Then we ran out of money so we had to move in together. One by one, musicians they had begun to play with also moved in, figuring housing was part of the deal if they joined the band. Most of them were borderline homeless, Edwards recalls, so it was mostly out of necessity. We didnt plan to make it some sort of commune. Nevertheless, a communal vibe emerged, one that exists to this day as this rag-tag band of eight continue to make music together. In July 2008, they became the first artists to formally release the songs from a session recorded for online music site Daytrotter. The Daytrotter Sessions EP includes four songs from Animal!/Not Animal and the Dust of Retreat favorite In August, they performed a well-received set at legendary rock festival Lollapalooza.

All of Margots shared adventures have led to a self-assurance as a band that informs the songs on both Animal! and Not Animal. The music is definitely more assertive, Fry says of the 19 collected tracks. ve become a lot more confident from playing together, getting in fights, resolving them, and learning about each other.

Says Edwards: The music just sounds more like us.

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tUnE-yArDs

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:35:00 -0700

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

tUnE-yArDs

Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm

Ticket Price: $17 ADV // $20 DOS

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

tUnE-yArDs is the moniker of Oakland-based musician Merrill Garbus. To date, she has two full-length studio albums and is currently signed to the British independent record label 4AD. She was formerly a member of Sister Suvi.

Her debut album Bird-Brains was first released on limited edition vinyl and cassette in June 2009, via the Portland-based imprint Marriage Records. In July 2009, it was announced that tUnE-yArDs had signed to 4AD, and a limited edition pressing of BiRd-BrAiNs was released on August 17, 2009.

A full worldwide release followed on November 16, 2009 (and November 17th in North America). The autumn 2009 pressing was remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Christian Wright, and includes two new bonus tracks: Want Me To and Real Live Flesh.

BiRd-BrAiNs was entirely self-produced and recorded, with Garbus utilizing a hand-held digital voice recorder, ukulele, some noisy off-balance drums, and produced using shareware mixing software. Garbus described her sound as a patchwork of sound snippets, of history in a present tense. It is a composers commitment to the preservation of stories, however small and unassuming.

A second album w h o k i l l was released on April 19, 2011, preceded by the single . It was produced by Garbus and engineered by Eli Crews at New, Improved Studios in Oakland, California. Applying the live approach to her studio work for the first time, Garbus works with bass player Nate Brenner, who co-wrote some of the albums songs. Comparing the act to Sonic Youth, Frontier Psychiatrist said, if BiRd-BrAiNs was Garbus EVOL, a record bursting with musical ideas that attempted to subvert the notion of song, w h o k i l l is her Sister, a record that embraces the traditional pop song as a vehicle to convey those ideas. Garbus song is featured on a 2010 commercial for the Blackberry Torch.

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CHAOS IN TEJAS 8! 31 MAY - 3 JUNE 2012

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:50:00 -0700

31 MAY - 3 JUNE 2012.

TIMMY HEFNER Presents:

WHAT: CHAOS

WHERE: Austin, TEJAS @ MOHAWK (& Other Sweeet Venues).

Doors: Individual Dates Vary

Ticket Price: ~$20-$25/Day // $85/Mohawk Pass

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

FOR FULL FESTIVAL

MOHAWK - THURSDAY // $20

(outside)
the Mob (England)
10:00-11:00
Ted Leo
and the Pharmacists
9:00-9:45
Reality Crisis (Japan)
8:15-8:45
No Fucker
7:30-8:00
Criaturas
6:45-7:15

(inside)
Crazy Spirit
12:45-1:15
Bi-Marks
12:00-12:30
Dawn of Humans
11:15-11:45

MOHAWK - FRIDAY // $20

(outside)
Municipal Waste
11:15-12:00
Dropdead
10:30-11:00
Forward (Japan)
9:45-10:15
Heratys (Sweden)
9:00-9:30
Skizophrenia (Japan)
8:15-8:45
Mauser
7:30-8:00
Wild//Tribe
6:45-7:15

(inside)
Brain Killer
1:00-1:30
Koward
12:15-12:45

MOHAWK - SATURDAY // $25

(outside)
Antisect (England)
11:15-12:00
Winter
10:15-11:00
Deviated Instinct (England)
9:30-10:00
Zyanose (Japan)
8:45-9:15
Hoax
8:00-8:30
Death Evocation
7:15-7:45
the Impalers
6:30-7:00

(inside)
Pegasus
1:00-1:30
King's Destroy
12:15-12:45

MOHAWK - SUNDAY // $20

(inside)
Pygmylush
10:45-11:15

(outside)
Moss Icon
9:30-10:30
Iceage (Denmark)
8:45-9:15
Ceremony
8:00-8:30
Give
7:15-7:45
Thou
6:30-7:00

SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST YEAR:

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THE MOB + TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS + MORE

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:45:00 -0700

Thursday, May 31st, 2012.

FOR FULL FESTIVAL

MOHAWK - THURSDAY // $20

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MOSS ICON

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:40:00 -0700

Sunday, June 3rd, 2012.

MOHAWK - SUNDAY // $20

(inside)
Pygmylush
10:45-11:15

(outside)
Moss Icon
9:30-10:30
Iceage (Denmark)
8:45-9:15
Ceremony
8:00-8:30
Give
7:15-7:45
Thou
6:30-7:00

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Xiu Xiu

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:50:00 -0700

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20TH, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Xiu Xiu w/ Yamantaka//Sonic Titan + Father Murphy

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: ADV $10 // DOS $12

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Taking their name from the 1998 Chinese film Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, post-punk throwbacks Xiu Xiu were formed in San Jose, California by Cory McCullough, Yvonne Chen (publisher of the indie zine Zum), Lauren Andrews, and Jamie Stewart. Before forming Xiu Xiu, McCullough and Stewart played in the band Ten in the Swear Jar. Prior to the 2002 release of their first full-length album, Knife Play (released on vinyl through Absolutely Kosher and on disc through 5RC/Kill Rock Stars), the band made appearances on numerous compilations. Shortly after Knife Play's release, Springman released a 10" collaboration between Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof. Vocalist Stewart has earned comparisons to the Cure's Robert Smith, while the band itself has been likened to just about any angular guitar band from the late '70s and early '80s without any blindingly obvious sources of inspiration. In 2002, the band issued the Chapel of the Chimes EP. The following year, A Promise and the limited-edition, mostly acoustic Fag Patrol EP arrived, and early 2004 saw the release of their most accessible work to date, Fabulous Muscles.

Xiu Xiu kept busy in 2005 with the full-length La Fort and a split single with Devendra Banhart. The group's fifth album, The Air Force, which was produced by Greg Saunier, arrived in fall 2006; an EP of covers, Tu Mi Piaci, was also released that year. Issued in 2008, Women as Lovers managed to be some of Xiu Xiu's catchiest and most abrasive work, and featured Michael Gira on a cover of "Under Pressure." Caralee McElroy, who had joined the group for The Air Force, left Xiu Xiu in 2009 and became a member of Cold Cave; she was replaced by Angela Seo, who worked with Stewart and Saunier on 2010's more overtly poppy and electronic Dear God, I Hate Myself. Two years later, the band commemorated its tenth anniversary with Always, which tackled war atrocities ("Gul Muldin"), the plight of Chinese female migrant workers ("Factory Girls"), and the right to choose ("I Luv Abortion"), and was dedicated to the band's devoted fans. Andy Kellman, Rovi

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YACHT

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 22:15:00 -0700

FRIDAY, JUNE 8TH, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

YACHT w/ TBD, Love Inks

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm.

Tickets: $10 ADV // $12 DOS.

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YACHT is a musical moniker created by electronic musician and multimedia artist Jonathan Warren Bechtolt (A.K.A. Jona Bechtolt, born December 2, 1980). YACHT has since 2009 included musician, writer and media artist Claire Evans whose vocals had been featured on previous YACHT recordings (I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real). YACHT is based in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Bechtolt was born in Astoria, Oregon and began playing music as a teenager, dropping out of high school to play drums in his brothers touring punk band. He started working with electronics in the late 1990s and began releasing solo records under the name YACHT in 2003. Nearly all of his recordings have been distributed by both marriage records and States Rights Records.

Claire Evans came of age playing in bands in the underground noise scene of Los Angeles, and was part of the Portland-based The World Court. She has presented her PowerPoint performances at MoMA PS1, The Kitchenand the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art and has collaborated with Bechtolt on literally hundreds of projects since they met in 2004.

In 2003, Bechtolt was commissioned to create a full length audio/visual electronic pop opera by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA). He performed with his group The Badger King with bandmate Marianna Ritchie (a Wolf Colonel and Dear Nora alumnus who went on to record alone as Manta, and then Mantar).

In 2006, Bechtolt collaborated with Khaela Maricich as half of the pop group The Blow to release Paper Television. Bechtolt toured extensively with The Blow, providing beats and backup vocals until quitting the band in 2007 in order to focus on his work in YACHT.

In January 2006, Bechtolt was commissioned for two performances for the New York based art and technology platform Rhizome, as part of their Crap-tops vs Laptops show. In February 2006, he performed at the Museum of Modern Arts P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center and produced an hour-long internet radio program with Clear Cut Press; a Northwest-based publisher of new literary work.

In 2007, for the release party for YACHTs album I Believe In You. Your Magic Is Real, Bechtolt performed a concert on an actual yacht on the Willamette River in Portland.

The 2009 release, See Mystery Lights, was the first to feature Claire Evans as a group member.

YACHT live performances include dancing as well as elaborate PowerPoint presentations. Bechtolt documents his professional and sometimes personal life via video, text, and images on his blog.

In 2010, YACHT expanded to include The Straight Gaze; a backing band of 2 additional members. Bobby Birdman plays bass guitar and sings backing vocals while Jeffrey Jerusalem plays drums. In this incarnation Bechtolt and Evans both play instruments.

Bechtolt is a co-founder of the Portland-based popular blogging web community Urban Honking as well as the producer, editor, cameraman and a writer of The Ultimate Blogger.

Both Bechtolt and Evans are vegans.

Sites: Discogs, Wikipedia and www.teamYACHT.com

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THE IMPOSSIBLES // SOLD OUT

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:25:00 -0700

TWO DAYS: SAT. 9TH & SUN. 10TH OF JUNE, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

THE IMPOSSIBLES // SOLD OUT //

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Ticket Price: $15 (Sold Out Both Days In Advance)

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SCALE THE SUMMIT

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:35:00 -0700

MONDAY, JUNE 18TH, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm.

Tickets: $10 ADV // $10 DOS.

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Scale the Summit is an American progressive metal band based out of Houston, Texas. It formed in 2004 and signed to Prosthetic Records. The band draws influences from other progressive acts such as Cynic and Dream Theater. However, unlike most other progressive metal bands, they have no vocalist and play solely instrumental music.

In 2004, Guitarists Chris Letchford and Travis Levrier moved to Los Angeles to attend the Musicians Institute where they met drummer Pat Skeffington. Several months later, the band was complete with the addition of Jordan Eberhardt, while attending M.I. Chris and Travis also attended a luthier course, where the duo learned to build their own custom guitars. At the end of 2006, Scale The Summit moved to Letchfords home state of Texas where they released their self-released debut album, Monument. They slowly started to gain attention from magazines such as Kerrang and Rock Sound and Amp. A couple years later in 2008 they signed with Prosthetic Records and began working on their second album, Carving Desert Canyons. It was this album that started getting them a lot more attention and it was soon after that they really started to become more known within the metal community through such avenues as the Progressive Nation tour. After a couple more years of touring the band settled in again in late 2010 to record their most recent album, The Collective.

The band has recently played as part of the Progressive Nation tour with Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa and Bigelf. In 2010, they toured North America in support of Between the Buried and Me, along with Cynic, and Devin Townsend Project. In 2011, they will begin a tour with Periphery and Fair to Midland.

On April 3, 2012 it was announced that bassist Jordan Eberhardt has parted ways with the band due to no longer wanting to tour full time. Mark Mitchell formerly of Tetrafusion was chosen to be Jordans replacement. Marks first show with the band is set to be April 21st, in Bridgeport CT for Fauxchella Fest.

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BOUNCING SOULS

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:40:00 -0800

THURSDAY, JUNE 21ST, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Bouncing Souls + The Menzingers + Luther

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm.

Tickets: $13 ADV // $15 DOS.

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The Bouncing Souls started out in 1987 with the intention of playing loud fast three-chord party music around their native New Jersey; besides, it gave them something to do while they were in high school. Upon graduation and after years of struggling to find a label to release their records, friends Greg Attonito (vocals), Pete Steinkopf (guitar), Bryan Kienlen (bass), and Shal Khichi (drums) got some money together and -- in true D.I.Y. fashion -- formed Chunksaah Records in 1993. Upon the formation of their own label, two EPs were to follow, entitled Argyle and Neurotic, before they released their first full-length, The Good, the Bad & the Argyle, in 1994.

Considerable touring and partying were to follow before the band struck a deal with BYO Records in 1995. Not only did they re-release their debut album along with their follow-up, Maniacal Laughter, but they were also starting to make a name for themselves by opening for NOFX, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, 7 Seconds, and the Descendents, among other big names. Their style of singalong, hard-hitting, and passionate pop-punk caught the ears of Epitaph Records in 1997. In that same year, their self-titled third album was released, which not only called attention to the Bouncing Souls around the world, but also enabled them to leave their full-time jobs for a while. The live EP Tie One On held fans over in 1998 before their fourth album, Hopeless Romantic, was released in 1999.

Khichi left the band in 2000, and ex-Murphy's Law/Skinnerbox drummer Michael McDermott replaced him soon after behind the kit. How I Spent My Summer Vacation appeared in spring 2001. Two years later, the band assembled its most honest material to date for the release of Anchors Aweigh. That same year, the band also put together and released the double-disc Do You Remember? 15 Years of the Bouncing Souls, which comprehensively documented the guys from their humble D.I.Y. roots through to the early 2000s. Another DVD, a live one, came out in September 2005 on Kung Fu, and a live two-disc album followed two months later on Chunksaah. The Bouncing Souls' next proper studio effort, The Gold Record, appeared in June 2006; in celebration, the Souls played a string of six soldout shows at N.Y.C.'s The Knitting Factory leading up to its release. The band then spent the entire summer on Warped's main stage. Mike DaRonco, Rovi

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Jonathan Richman

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:45:00 -0800

FRIDAY, JUNE 22ND, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

LIVE! ON STAGE JONATHAN RICHMAN featuring TOMMY LARKINS on the drums!

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm.

Tickets: $10 ADV // $12 DOS.

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Born in 1951 in Boston, MA; married; wife's name, Gail; children: A son and a daughter. Addresses: Record company--Rounder Records, One Camp Street, Cambridge, MA

Jonathan Richman picked up a guitar at age 15 and let out, in what Derek Richardson of Pulse! called "a permanent head-cold voice," a brood of adolescent laments that later became the signature of his art-punk band, the Modern Lovers. Young and angst-ridden when he actually wrote some of his first songs (including "Pablo Picasso," "Roadrunner," and "Girlfriend"), Richman was barely 20 when they were finally recorded. He has since recorded over 17 albums, spanning a stylistic musical gamut that includes surf-rock, country-western, insect love songs, and Egyptian reggae recorded with a frequently changing crew of musicians that have comprised the Modern Lovers over the years.

Influenced most heavily by the Velvet Underground, particularly their ability to improvise music and lyrics on stage, Richman began playing publicly in Boston's Harvard Square at the age of 16. According to his artist profile from Rounder Records, by the age of 17 he had caused "many people to leave coffee shops ... quickly ... with their hands over their ears." When he turned 18 Richman moved to New York City and wound up sleeping on the couch of the Velvet Underground's personal manager for two weeks until he was finally settled in what he called "New York's legendary (and rat infested) Hotel Albert." He lived in New York for nine months, working as a busboy and a foot-messenger, trying to find a place to sing his songs in public.

Richman became so frustrated with desire to perform that one afternoon he climbed onto the roof of the Hotel Albert, where he began strumming his unplugged electric guitar and yelling his song lyrics loudly at the pedestrians passing below. His delight at having attracted a large crowd on the sidewalk turned to disappointment when he discovered the people were not lingering to hear his great lyrics, but rather waiting to see if he would jump.

Formed the Modern Lovers

Richman moved back to Boston in the summer of 1970. Wanting to put a band together, he contacted his friend and former neighbor John Felice, who was 15 years old at the time. They then recruited drummer David Robinson (who eventually became the drummer for the Cars). Robinson's cousin Rolfe Anderson also joined in as the Modern Lovers' first bass player. According to Richman, the first meeting with Robinson was rather serendipitous. Looking to advertise for a drummer and a bass player, Richman went to a record store where Robinson worked. Robinson recognized Richman from his solo performances on the Cambridge Commons and said something like, "If you ever put a band together, I want to be the drummer." Richman, having just then begun to write "WANTED, DRUMMER," on an index card, replied, "Now's your chance!"

The Modern Lovers played their first show at Simmon's College in Boston in September of 1970 as an opening act for a band formed by Andy Paley (who later produced both Rock'n Romance and It's Time for Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers). Within six months, Rolfe was replaced by Ernie Brooks, John Felice left the band, and Jerry Harrison joined. In the spring of 1972, Harrison engineered a record-industry first by coercing Warner Bros. and A&M to split the cost of flying the entire band to California. The resulting recordings by John Cale and Alan Manson comprised The Modern Lovers, which was bought and released by Berserkely in 1976.

Many of Richman's cult classics like "Pablo Picasso," "Roadrunner," and "Girlfriend," were recorded on this first album, which Dave Winans of the Jacksonville Jam Entertainment News called "the darkest music of Jonathan's career, showcasing both his disdain for the hippie fashions of the time and the musical influence of the Velvet Underground." Although Winans later added that the lyrics also reveal the young songwriter's unpretentious humor, the release is not one of Richman's personal favorites. "People who wonder why I'm not that proud of the Modern Lovers album should know that on a good night we did 'Roadrunner' ten times better than you ever heard it recorded. We got kind of a dark Rolling Stones vibe in our rhythm sometimes." The difference between their live performances and their recordings became a well-known characteristic of Richman and the Modern Lovers; like the Velvet Underground, Richman is known for his improvisation on stage and his ability to constantly recycle material in long, verbal monologues that were difficult to duplicate in the recording studio. Often Richman and his producers attempted to replicate this impromptu performance style by recording in garages and using sound instruments.

Richman's love of improvisation and his idiosyncratic performance personality began to undermine his ability to keep a band together; Richman's playing became more spontaneous-- changing keys, adding verses--as he slowly convinced himself that this was the best way to communicate with his audience. Of the band, Richman stated: "We didn't always like each other when we played. We were just this side o' twenty and out to explore the world.... But boy, could we hang out at your local college-age rock-star and Jimmy Page-Keith Richards imitator bar. I was even snottier than the other three so I'd be disgusted at how fake everyone was. But not disgusted enough to stay home. So like I said, we didn't always like each other. But we were not musicians, we were a band."

In the fall of 1973, Warner Bros. heard a rumor that the Modern Lovers were going to break up, and they sent producer Kim Fowley to record some material from the band. These tracks later became the bootleg Original Modern Lovers; by the time it was released, Richman had already decided to quit. He was tired of the band's loud, electric sound, and at the age of 23 embarked on a new trend of writing "happy songs." He played his acoustic guitar in solo concerts at hospitals and elementary schools, convinced that "high volume was not a necessity but a hindrance to communication and intimacy."

According to Spin, Richman's albums grew more and more childish. Richman began writing children's songs (with lyrics such as "the wheels on the bus go round and round," and "I'm a little airplane, wheee, wheee"), although he maintains that the songs were still of more or less adult subject matter and not aimed directly at children. "Do you know why I made up some of my funny songs?," Richman responded in the Spin interview. "Because I went through children's folk songs and I didn't think they were good enough. I just write them like I'm talking to anyone else." Jim Sullivan of the Boston Globe stated that Richman "spends more time upon minutiae than any of his contemporaries. That is, he is the only song-writer in the world who has written an ode to a chewing gum wrapper--and has made you feel for the damned thing."

In 1976, Berserkely released both The Modern Lovers and Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers. Late that year, Richman hooked up with yet another set of musicians to record Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers, an acoustic album containing the single "Egyptian Reggae," which became a smash disco hit in Europe in 1978. In the late seventies and early eighties, Richman experimented with performing by himself in small clubs, and the press speculated that he had retired, hinting that Richman's solo venture was due more to his problems working with other musicians than to any lack of songwriting inspiration.

"Take it from me, it's better that I'm a solo act," said Richman referring to an incident that occurred at the Bottom Line Club in New York with Modern Lovers drummer from that period, Michael Guardabasico. Guardabasico had just set up his drum set and finished a sound check when Richman asked him to put the whole thing away and simply use a dumbek (a small hand drum) during the performance. Richman admits to being completely stubborn and completely changeable at the same time, a combination often fascinating for audiences, but trying for his accompanying musicians.

In 1982, Richman recorded Jonathan Sings with back-up vocalists the Rock'n Robins (Ellie Marshall and Beth Harrington) and Rock'n Romance in 1984, two albums that marked his self-described coming of age process. Over the next ten years, Richman released nine more albums, including a country- western album recorded with the Skeletons, and Jonathan, Te Vas A Emocionar!, recorded completely in Spanish. In 1987, he signed with Rounder Records and began working with producer Brennan Totten on Modern Lovers '88 and Jonathan Richman. Totten also played guitar as a Modern Lover on tour with Richman and helped Richman record a song commemorating the animated figure Gumby for Walt Disney Records.

Although his later albums are decidedly more mature than his burst of children's songs in the 1970s, Richman maintains his Peter Pan persona and his emphasis on the spontaneity of sound in his music. Having a Party with Jonathan Richman and I, Jonathan are decidedly party albums that rehash some old fifties doo-wop songs, recycling a few of his earlier recordings, and remaining within his style of post-modern wit and lyricism. "Richman rattles through a record in a couple of weeks," said Richardson in Pulse!, "and he does his best, without overdubs, to impact the party ambience and twangy sounds of the cheapest kind."

On his 1993 release, I, Jonathan, Richman's 17-year-old son (with the help of a friend) played drums on many of the tracks. "I don't know how to play what's fashionable now," Richman told the Houston Press. Yet both of these albums contain New-Age jargon and a recurring regionalism that fans found in old songs like "Government Center." He also sings about the 12-step program's "Higher Power," as well as the Dunkin Donuts in Mattapan.

Denny Dyroff of the Boston Globe described this element of Richman as "exhaulting the ordinary," while still maintaining loopy humor; these albums also contain song titles such as "I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar," and "You Can't Talk to the Dude." "He can turn words and witty rhymes the way [professional baseball players] Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker turned the double-play in their prime," wrote Boston Phoenix columnist Fran Fried, "flawlessly, smoothly, and before you realize what's happened." In "The Girl Stands Up to Me Now," on Having a Party With Jonathan Richman, he sings: "Now when she says no/ comes out smooth as silk/ she don't act like no bad breakfast cereal/ waitin' to wilt in the milk."

Writing for Pulse!, Richardson described Richman's old and new work as establishing a balance between "cozy reflections on emotional resonances from the past and specific details from real-life experiences in the here-and-now." Richman admits to not knowing "whether I'm gonna talk about the future or the past minute to minute." The musician lives with his wife, Gail, and his two children in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, taking a lot of time off to camp in the desert and jump on his trampoline in his backyard. The landscapes that he still writes about in his songs, however, are the cities of his youth: Boston and New York.

On I, Jonathan, Richman plays tribute to his past, and specifically to the band that inspired him as a teenager to pick up a guitar and eventually move to New York City, the Velvet Underground. In a tribute to them, he sings: "They were wild like the USA/ A mystery band in a New York way/ Rock & Roll, but not like the rest/ And to me, America at its best/ How in the world were they making that sound?/ The Velvet Underground." Perhaps 24 years and 17 albums later, Richman has finally figured it out.

by Sarah Messer

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EL-P

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:30:00 -0800

SATURDAY, JUNE 23RD, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

El-P/ Killer Mike/ mr muthafukin' eXquire/ despot

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Cover: $18 ADV // $20 DOS

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El-P, aka El Producto, is one of hip-hop's most obstinate and adventurous pioneers, combining a lo-fi old-school aesthetic with a progressive rock musician's inclination to push boundaries. He has never succumbed to the demands of corporate rap, instead choosing to pursue his own decidedly non-commercial direction. In the mid-'90s, he developed a strong reputation with the groundbreaking trio Company Flow, a band whose achievements include El-P-produced LP Funcrusher Plus on Rawkus Records, a label considered by many one of the best for intelligent hip-hop. Over the group's auspicious stint together, he proved he was himself capable of intense lyricism as well as sonic production so powerful it could stand on its own. In the latter part of the '90s, El-P was also a collaborator with Blackalicious, Mos Def, and Dilated Peoples. In 2001, after releasing one last album with Harlem rappers Cannibal Ox, the group chose to amicably pursue their own directions. El-P then started his own label, Def Jux -- later renamed Definitive Jux to avoid a suit from Def Jam. Between label operations and work on a proposed solo album from former Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha, he found the time to work on his own solo release, Fantastic Damage, which saw the light of day in May 2002. A critical masterpiece, it was followed by a real change-up, 2004's High Water, which was part of the Matthew Shipp-curated Blue Series and teamed the producer with Shipp, William Parker, and others from the fringe of jazz. Collecting the Kid, a collection of unreleased and hard-to-find tracks, appeared later that year. After nearly four years of work, El-P released his second proper production album, I'll Sleep When You're Dead, featuring contributions from the Mars Volta, Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails, and even Cat Power. ~ Kieran McCarthy, Rovi

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FRIENDS

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:45:00 -0800

MONDAY, JULY 2ND, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

FRIENDS

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Cover: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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Friends is a band from Brooklyn, New York formed in September 2010. The band, originally named Perpetual Crush,^[3] consists of Samantha Urbani (vocals), Lesley Hann (bass, percussion, backing vocals), Nikki Shapiro (guitar, keyboards, percussion), Matthew Molnar (keyboards, percussion, bass), Oliver Duncan (drums)^[4]. They are named after the sophomore album of the 80s British band The Bolshoi.

The group released the singles "Friend Crush" and "I'm His Girl" in 2011.^[5] On April 10, 2012, BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens selected the band's third single, "Mind Control", as his Hottest Record in the World.^[6]

Friends were named one of NME's top 50 artists of 2011 and were nominated for the BBC's poll 'Sound of 2012'.^[7] Friends's music has been described as a mix; "One moment it's indie-pop, the next it's mutant funk, then disco - something that sounds only of itself, even as the echoes of the past flit through the songs." ^[8]

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BASS DRUM OF DEATH

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:20:00 -0800

TUESDAY, JULY 10TH, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Bass Drum of Death + DZ Deathrays

Doors: 9m // Show: 10pm

Cover: $8 ADV // $10 DOS

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Hailing from Oxford, Mississippi, the lo-fi duo Bass Drum of Death make bluesy garage rock. On record, Bass Drum of Death is singer/guitarist/bassist/drummer John Barrett, who began recording his rambunctious D.I.Y. rock in 2007. Live, the band also features drummer Colin Sneed. Bass Drum of Death released the EP Stain Stick Skin on Fat Possum in 2008. The full-length debut album, GB City featuring the single "Young Pros" followed in 2011.

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TWIN SHADOW

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:05:00 -0800

2 NIGHTS IN SEPT.: FRIDAY 14TH & SATURDAY 15TH, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

TWIN SHADOW x 2 NIGHTS.

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Cover: $15 ADV // DOS $18.

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Nostalgia has long been a recurrent theme in popular music, but in recent years it's become an aesthetic, and a strangely tweaked one at that. From the fuzz-pop of Vivian Girls to the bedroom new wave of Memory Tapes, familiar, even comforting sounds have played a starring role in music made to only slightly resemble those of yesteryear, resulting in manufactured memories of a time that may never have happened. But this is a common occurrence of human nature; nothing ever quite happens the way we remember it, and pop culture, from Akira Kurosawa's "Rashomon" to Bob Saget's narration on "How I Met Your Mother," frequently acknowledges the flawed nature of human memory. Yet pop music serves to romanticize nostalgia, creating an intriguing and glamorous series of Polaroid prints that were never actually processed, and few artists are doing this on the same level as Twin Shadow.

It's a bit ironic, then, that Twin Shadow's debut album is titled Forget. When digging into Twin Shadow mastermind George Lewis Jr.'s biography, however, the title begins to click. As a black teenager, Lewis had a confrontation with the KKK in Florida, and he's described his youth as "lonely," and mostly isolated from popular music and culture. And there's an enduring melancholy that runs through Forget, albeit in the vein of '80s heroes such as Morrissey and The Cure, complete with the gloss and gloom that loomed large during the era. Yet like these figures, Lewis transforms darkness and heartbreak into magical, universal anthems, crafting a blissfully dark album of love, loss and memory.

Forget, co-produced by Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor, shimmers and sparkles with all the elements of a great new wave or post-punk album. Danceable beats pulse beneath woozy, warm keyboards and glorious guitar sheen, and the ever-present disco basslines provide a pervasive sex appeal. Yet this is far from a strict '80s throwback. Much like the aforementioned garage rock or chillwave artists that have turned nostalgic sounds into an idealized aesthetic, Twin Shadow succeeds in taking the familiar and making it sound new, and for that matter, quite original. A particularly stunning example is "For Now," a sexy, danceable standout that throbs and shimmies beneath a dark veneer, and even features a surprise guitar solo halfway through. Likewise, single "Slow" twinkles with the downcast glaze of early Cure blended with big synthesizers and delay-heavy guitar, climaxing with Lewis' chorus of "I don't wanna believe... believe in love!"

The mood on Forget veers between sweet and sinister, sad and regretful, in each instance coming on with a kind of slightly intoxicated sensuality. Lewis addresses the fallibility of memory on the sweetly romantic "When We're Dancing," singing "I'm trying to remember all the things that I've known" and "It's hard for me to remember all the things that we did." Yet later on the album, on the darkly shuffling synth-pop of "Castles in the Snow," Lewis takes on a much darker role, crooning "You're my favorite daydream/ I'm your famous nightmare." And on the softly upbeat "I Can't Wait," Lewis even sets his gaze to the future: "I can't wait for summer/ I can't wait for June."

Yet whether dreaming of summer on "I Can't Wait," growing more unsettling in "Castles in the Snow" or describing a surreal haunt in the groovy "At My Heels," Lewis performs each song with sublime beauty. Whether danceable or serene, the whole of Forget plays out like a strange and beautiful dream, allowing the listener to float in a kind of nonexistent time and place that may not always promise joy or true love, but sounds perfect all the same.

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AESOP ROCK

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:40:00 -0800

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Aesop Rock w/ Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz + Edison + Dark Time Sunshine

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Cover: $18 ADV // DOS $20

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A Northport, Long Island, New York-born MC, Aesop initially recorded and released two self-financed efforts, Music for Earthworms (1997), a full length featuring underground legend Percee P on two tracks, and the Appleseed EP (1999), while also working as a waiter. These two independent releases are widely sought after in the underground scene.

After moving to the Mush label, Aesop released his first major album, Float (2000), with guest appearances from Vast Aire, Slug, and Dose One. Production was split between Blockhead and Aesop himself, with one track by Omega One.

Shortly after releasing Float, Aesop Rock signed to Manhattan-based label Definitive Jux (commonly shortened to Def Jux), where he released Labor Days (2001), an album dedicated to the discussion of labor in American society and the concept of "wage slaves". This album was most well known for its single "Daylight." Because of its popularity, Daylight was re-released in 2002 as a 7-track EP, including an "alternative" new version of the song, "Night Light," whose paraphrased lyrics simultaneously refer back to, and stand in stark opposition to, the original's. The song "Labor" (from Labor Days) was featured on "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4", giving Aesop Rock more recognition.

Labor Days was followed by Bazooka Tooth in 2003. For the first time, production was mostly handled by Aesop himself, with three tracks from longtime collaborator Blockhead and one from close friend and Definitive Jux label CEO El-P. Guest appearances include Party Fun Action Committee, El-P, and Mr. Lif (all Definitive Jux labelmates) and Camp Lo. With this release Aesop hit a higher level of recognition, releasing "No Jumper Cables" as a single and music video, then another single, "Freeze", shortly after.

In February 2005, Aesop Rock released a new EP, Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives. The first pressing of the EP included an 88 page booklet with lyrics from every release from Float until this EP (the lyric booklet is titled The Living Human Curiosity Sideshow); later pressings of the album come without the booklet, but with an additional bonus track, "Facemelter". In addition, a limited number of albums were available direct from Def Jux with Aesop Rock's graffiti tag on them. In response to demands from his fans, Aesop did less production on the EP: three songs are produced by Blockhead, three produced by Aesop, and one by Rob Sonic. During this time he was asked to join the Weathermen to replace Vast Aire.

Aesop Rock was commissioned to create a 45-minute instrumental track for the Nike+iPod running system, entitled All Day. It was released in February 2007. Distributed via the iTunes Music Store and featuring his wife Allyson Baker on guitar and scratches from DJ Big Wiz, Aesop has described the release as "something that evolved enough that the sound was constantly fresh and attractive, as though the runner were moving through a set of differing cities or landscapes."

All Day was followed in August of the same year by Bavitz's fifth full-length album, None Shall Pass (2007). The album also contained original artwork by Jeremy Fish. About Jeremy Fish, Aesop Rock said: "Man that guy is my hero. We have a friend in common who hit me up a while back saying that this guy Jeremy Fish had an opportunity to pitch a cartoon to Disney and wanted me to be involved in the music side. I flipped out cuz I was also a fan of his, and owned some of his work." Aesop Rock also teamed up with Jeremy Fish again in a project called Ghosts of the Barbary Coast. Aesop Rock made a song called Tomorrow Morning, to go along with a slideshow of drawings that Jeremy Fish drew. This was displayed in San Francisco, but was also made available for download online.

In 2008, Aesop Rock was named the 19th most influential artist of the decade, according to betterPropaganda.

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Acid Mothers Temple

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:50:00 -0700

Saturday, May 12th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $10-$12

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Acid Mothers Temple ( & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.) are a psychedelic Japanese musical clan featuring a massive and ever-changing cast of musicians centred around guitarist Kawabata Makoto. The collective record under a number of names reflecting the different arrangement of people performing including Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno, Acid Mothers Afrirampo, Acid Mothers Temple & the Pink Ladies Blues, Acid Mothers Temple SWR, Acid Mothers Guru Guru, Acid Mothers Gong (including original Gong member Daevid Allan), Acid Mothers Temple & the Incredible Strange Band adn finally Kawabata Makoto & the Mothers of Invasion (who have been known to play under the appropriate name of 'What?').

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WASHED OUT // SOLD OUT //

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:45:00 -0700

Thursday, May 10th, 2012.

Presented by Transmission Events:

Washed Out + Memoryhouse + Dog Bite

Doors: 7pm // Show: 8pm

Ticket Price: $15 ADV // $18 DOS // SOLD OUT //

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Ernest Greene had been involved in a number of musical endeavors by the time he started putting together a series of recordings as Washed Out. Leading up to his first Washed Out recordings in the summer of 2009, Greene had worked on a similarly noisy and computerized (albeit far more guitar-heavy and fast-paced) bedroom recording project called Lee Weather. He had also worked on a series of dance music recordings with a local band in Columbia, SC called Bedroom. Washed Out's initial offerings -- drowsy, distorted, dance pop-influenced tracks that brought to mind Neon Indian and Memory Cassette -- would reflect the influence of both of these projects. Mexican Summer digitally released Washed Out's debut EP, Life of Leisure, in mid-2009; the EP was released on vinyl in October of that year. A limited-edition, cassette-only release, the High Times EP, was released on Mirror Universe that September. In 2011, Greene signed on with Sub Pop, releasing his first full-length as Washed Out, Within and Without, later that year.

~ Margaret Reges, Rovi

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HANNI EL KHATIB

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:30:00 -0700

Monday, May 7th, 2012.

Presented by Transmission Events:

Hanni El Khatib + Sundelles

Doors: 9PM // Show: 10PM

Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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A press bio states, "Hanni El Khatib makes music for relationships on the verge of exquisite failure," while his blog and Twitter account sport the respective tags, "These songs were written for anyone who's ever been shot or hit by a train," and simply "knife fight music."

But domestic violence (as in "relationships failing via knife fights") is not the connective tissue here -- it's the aesthetic of classic catastrophe that rules the day, both in Khatib's lyrics and in his sound, which instantly evokes '50s Los Angeles as seen through the lens that shot Rebel Without a Cause.

It's no coincidence that the video for "Dead Wrong" (streaming below) features vintage footage of California greasers doing their thing, while the song itself dances out a swaggerful and airy blues to Khatib's playful sneer: "Yeah, I know it might be a scary sight/To run into a bunch of us at night."

Likewise for his off-kilter cover of "You Rascal You," a '30s standard that shows off Khatib's love for American archetypes like Sam Cooke and Robert Johnson. This isn't just dress-up (though the one-man band has dabbled in clothing design as well). These two songs suggest a real mastery of a long-lost craft. It stands up in the face of modern day girl-group remakes and indie blues duos alike, and hints at a highly promising full-length to come.

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2010/08/hanni_el_khatib_black_keys_shangri-las.php

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ACTIVE CHILD

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:35:00 -0700

Friday, May 4th, 2012.

Presented by Transmission Events:

Active Child + Balam Acab + Superhumanoids

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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Active Child is the project of Pat Grossi, resident of Los Angeles, native of New Jersey. Inspired by his days as a choir boy and epic nights as a member of the band Weight Room, Grossi combines his soaring vocals and crunching analogue synths with the honey drip drop of echoing harps.

For Pat Grossi of Active Child, the last two years have been nothing short of enriching. Musically, Pat has worked within and appropriated a number of styles into his sound, from his early days singing with that heavenly voice as a choir boy to his more recent forays into laptop-assisted indie-pop made in his bedroom, best exemplified on 2010s acclaimed Curtis Lane EP. His sound is so wide-ranging that he has found himself touring with many notable acts of differing genres, including dubstep producer James Blake, dreamy synth-pop of School of Seven Bells, and the indie-rock bands White Lies and White Rabbits.

Nothing quite prepares you for the leap that Pat has taken with his debut album, You Are All I See, out on August 23rd via Vagrant records. Recently, he has expanded his sonic ambitions and turned the studio into an instrument for a record that sounds cosmically huge and yet intimate all the same.

Of the album title, Pat himself says, You Are All I See is an attempt to build a bridge between the listener and I, in that, I wrote these songs for you as much as I did for me. And right now when you are listening to my voice, by yourself, it really is just you and I. In attempting to craft songs that meant something not only to himself but that could be meaningful to others as well, he found himself working with some universally human and fragile themes. The songs focus primarily on the joy and heartbreak of relationships, love lost and rediscovered, battles with monogamy, battles with identity, Pat says. It came out much darker than I had intended, but sometimes you only have so much control.

The grand, cinematic scope of Pats artistic vision is apparent on You Are All I See, which owes as much to his wide array of influences as it does to Pats own knack for employing these influences in fresh, forward-thinking ways. With triumphant synths and shimmering, contrapuntal harp lines, songs like the title track and Hanging On are reminiscent of Radioheads Motion Picture Soundtrack, but improve upon that template with layered vocals not far removed from Bon Iver or even James Blake, who Active Child recently opened for on tour. High Priestess and See Thru Eyes are stunning forays into electronic music territory, littered with samples, drum machines, and keyboards that propel the songs forward while simultaneously seeming weightless and suspended. It is in this tension that You Are All I See lives, breathes, and thrives so magnificently. The album is indebted to the sounds of the 1980s, from New Orders drums-and-synths to danceable hip-hop beats, and its all topped off with soaring r&b melodies. The albums first single, Playing House, features guest vocals from Tom Krell, the crooner of lo-fi r&b project How To Dress Well. Pitchfork Media recently premiered the track, noting Active Childs sound now seems positively ahead of its time.

Reflecting on the albums finished product, Pat says I think more than anything, I see this debut release as a bridge towards something bigger and truer. Something I can look back on and think, damn, you really did it When you finally hear You Are All I See youll think the very same thing.

- http://www.last.fm/music/Active+Child/+wiki

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Sister Crayon

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:25:00 -0700

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012.

Presented by Transmission Events:

Sister Crayon + Hospital Ships + Featherface

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $9 ADVANCE // $7 DOS

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Something small and quiet at first, Sister Crayon began with vocalist Terra Lopez playing classical guitar and pre-programmed beats on a loop pedal to attentive house crowds. With the addition of members Dani Fernandez (MPC 1000 and Microkorg), Genaro Ulloa (Keyboards and Synths) and Nicholas Suhr (Drums and Percussion), Sister Crayon has emerged as a four-piece whose emotional live performances along with their styles of ambience, hip-hop, and "hysterical" have created a stir with their upcoming EP release, "Enter Into Holy (or)ders". Inspired by the late French writer Jean Genet, "Holy (or)ders" is a sexual lament and sigh to the popular criminal. With their EP to be released in February 2010, Sister Crayon plans on touring nationally and internationally before releasing their full LP, "Bellow" in late 2010. fair.

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THE STRANGE BOYS

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:20:00 -0700

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012.

Presented by Transmission Events:

The Strange Boys + more

Doors: 7pm // Show: 8pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $8 DOS

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Austin, TXs The Strange Boys evoke a wild-eyed, porcelain-skinned innocence that is capable of summoning the wayward spirit of Brian Jones. The mystery of the South couples with the mastery of rhythm to create a sound completely timeless and familiar, yet absolutely raw and avant-garde. Greg Enlows syncopated, organ-driven grooves hark back to The Seeds Pushing Too Hard while guitarist Ryan Sambols voice wavers beyond comparison. Older brother Philip Sambol keeps the pulse with the aptly named Matt Hammer, who unmercifully pounds an old Ludwig set.

The Strange Boys began as a duo (Hammer and the younger Sambol) in 2003. The other two joined in 2005 and the band has been on tour non-stop ever since. Since 2003 the Boys have recorded a wealth of material which was passed around at shows and to friends, but never officially released. In 2007, Dusty Medical Records put out the Nothing EP, and in 2008, In The Red released the Woe Is You And Me single. Now, finally, the bands proper debut album is seeing the light of day. Its easy to imagine The Strange Boys and Girls Club, a sixteen-track beast, blasting out of any stereo system between The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators and Wires Pink Flag.

The Strange Boys were the backing band for Mighty Hannibal (the 50s R&B recording artist); were main support for Roky Erickson and The Explosives at the Chaos in Tejas festival; have played South by Southwest the last four years, the Fuck Yeah Fest the last three years, Austin City Limits, Festival in Music Fest Northwest, and Bamalama (all in 2008); shared bills with Daniel Johnston, Black Lips, Reigning Sound, The King Khan And BBQ Show, Jay Reatard, Mika Miko, No Age, and BRMC; have toured with The Black Angels, Fucked Up, The Carrots, and Crystal Antlers[a/rtist]; and will tour with Darker My Love and Mika Miko in

In 2010, Indierockcafe.Com listed Austin indie band The Strange Boys Be Brave, LP on their Best Albums of 2010 (So Far) and Artists and Bands favorites list.

- http://www.last.fm/music/The+Strange+Boys/+wiki

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Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:10:00 -0700

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Doors: 8:00pm // Show: 9:00pm

Advance $10 // $8 DOS

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Grecoro Man the ultimate wrestling warrior looks up at an enormous
towering Tyrannosaurus Rex. In the last 2 years he has deftly matched
David E Sugars sonic boom, gracefully danced around the ring with the
lady-slaying Grovesnor, triumphantly spun the mighty Buraka Som
Sistema above his head and he has just got the last of Drums of
Deaths facepaint off his leotard after one long, sweaty headlock that
delighted crowds around the globe for the last 6 months, from
Melbourne to Minehead.

But this next guy looks really big...

Quite how they found themselves in this situation is a mystery. Good
young lads who spent most of their times in museums were never
supposed to end up belting out bass in the wrestling rings of the
Gods or at least thats what their parents thought. Unfortunately for
them they had never anticipated the lure of Jump-up Jungle, and they
were blissfully unaware of what went on in the countryside after
lights-out. In something resembling a certain episode of Inspector
Morse, the boys spent much of their youths escaping into the
Oxfordshire fields and praying at the alter of rave. But were back in
time for breakfast.

With their heads buried deep into their Natural History books by day
but their hands raised high in trigger-fingers by night, concepts
collided in their heads, dreams of dinosaurs rampaging the planet
roaring pre-historic basslines and thumping out neanderthal beats with
their tails. Cavewomen in lycra, men beating drums and everyone
dancing naked around fire the usual. And so Totally Enormous Extinct
Dinosaurs retired to the cave, taking on the mammoth task of rewiring
the DNA of mid-90s culture to make a record that will leave other DJ
fossils to shame, submitting New Kids On The Block to the low
frequency seismic tremors of Zinc and rightly booting R Kelly into
Remarcs closet.

It wasnt long before the Greco-Roman collective of DJs, artists &
musicians invited them to play in the amphitheatre of one of their
infamous Bachinalian orgies: East Londons Mount Olympus. Left reeling
by their sonic onslaught, they asked them to pen their first EP a 2-
step ode to south coast teenage pregnancy , the
glittering fidgety pop of Moon Hits The Mirrorball and Sickly
Child, a scuzzy electro workout reminiscent of fellow monster
Syclops. Recent months have also seen remixes for Lee Mortimer,
Sugababes, The Joy Formidable and Micachu.

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) have raised their beastly
heads from the marshlands of Oxford and are on the rampage. Are you
going to stand in their way, or are you going to put your hands in the
air and start screaming?

- http://www.clashmusic.com/artists/totally-enormous-extinct-dinosaurs

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Allo Darlin'

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:15:00 -0700

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Allo Darlin' w/ The Wave Pictures

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $8 ADV // $10 DOS

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Allo Darlin are many things. They can turn a room in a famous punk venue into a joyous, jumping, sweaty, pop-mosh pit. Or bring a room of 500 to hushed silence with the few strums of a ukulele and a love song about cooking. Theyre close friends that found each other and the music they make in London. Elizabeth and Bill are from Australia, Mike and Paul are from Kent. Theyve only been playing seriously as a band since January 2009, although Elizabeth has been releasing music under various guises since 2007.

In that time, theyve been signed to one of the great indie labels, played sold-out shows in Germany and Sweden, wowed the crowds at the Indietracks and Swn festivals, toured the UK and recorded an album. Theyve received airplay on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 music and XFM, and had glowing reviews in places such as the Metro, The Fly and The Guardian, the latter calling their Henry Rollins Dont Dance single on WeePOP! records the best indiepop song for years.

Their first single for Fortuna Pop!, The Polaroid Song, was released in December 2009. That song made it into the Drowned in Sound Top 50 Singles of the Year, and garnered them further great reviews. m sort of scared at how brilliant Allo Darlin are, and could be. Disarming and self-effacing they might be, but when they smack you square on the nose with a pop song so instantly loveable as The Polaroid Song it makes my jaw drop in awe. (A Layer of Chips blog)

Their debut album Allo Darlin was released in June 2010, and another single Dreaming was preceded this in March. The album was recorded at Soup with producer Simon Trought, underneath the Duke of Uke shop in Brick Lane.

http://www.last.fm/music/Allo+Darlin%27/+wiki

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MOHAWK BEACH PARTY PRESENTS // SURF ROCK.

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:00:00 -0700

Sunday, April 29th, 2012.

Mohawk Presents:

MOHAWK BEACH PARTY // SURF ROCK

Happy Hour Beach Party with Burgess Meredith + DJ "Saturday Night Matador."

Doors at 5:00 // Show at 6:00.

FREE ($3 minors).

Come celebrate our 3rd Annual Mohawk Beach Party Sunday 29th. Pools, games, giveaways, sno cones, drink-specials, & food. Live Music Outdoors + DJ. Surf Rock. Ends at 9pm.

Sponsored by Pucker Vodka, Crispin Cider and Frank.

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MOONTOWER COMEDY & ODDITY FEST

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:20:00 -0700

Wed. 25th - Sat. 28th, April 2012.

Moontower Comedy And Oddity Fest Presents:

* WED: The Dan Band // Doors @7:30pm // On @8:30pm // $25

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* THU: Marc Maroon // Doors @8:00pm // On @9:00pm // $20

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* FRI: JB Smoove // Doors @8:00pm // On @9:00pm //$17

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* SAT: Blue Moontower, A.K.A The Dirty Show w/ Ari Shaffir, Big Jay Oakerson & John Tole. // Doors @8:00pm // On @9:00pm // $15

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* SAT. "That's A Wrap - Party!" (following show)

Wed. April 25: The Dan Band (MUSIC) Doors: 7:30 7:50(?)- Aaron Aryanpur 8:10 Matt Bearden 8:30 The Dan Band 10:30 Show Ends Indoor Stage: 10:30 12:30 DJ Honeycomb Thurs. April 26: Marc Maron Doors: 8:00 9:00 Bryan Gutmann 9:10 Lucas Molandes 9:40 Marc Maron 11:00 Show Ends Indoor Stage: 11:00 Charlie Hodge Podcast with guests 60-70 minutes Fri. April 27: JB Smoove Doors: 8:00 9:00 Chris Cubas 9:15 Bob Biggerstaff 9:35 Comic TBA 10:00 JB Smoove 11:00 Show ends Indoor Stage: Matt Bearden 11:15 Host TBA 11:25 Scott Kennedy 11:45 Comic TBA 12:00 Matt Bearden 12:40 Show Ends Sat. April 28: Blue Moontower then Wrap Party Doors: 8:00 9:00 host: John Tole 9:10 Pat Dixon 9:25 Rachel Feinstein 9:40 Big Jay Oakerson 10:10 Ari Shaffir 10:40 comedy show ends 10:45 Cover Girl (Band) 12:00 Show Ends Indoor Stage: Lance Herbstrong (DJ set) 12:00 2:00am

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APRIL 24TH: SLEEPY SUN

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:30:00 -0700

Wednesday, April 22ND, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Sleepy Sun w/ White Hills (presented by Austin Psych Fest)

Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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FREE with your AUSTIN PSYCH FEST 2012 WEEKEND PASS, get yours here - http://www.austinpsychfest.com

The band of brothers known far and wide as Sleepy Sun don't sit still for long. Though they remain real and spiritual citizens of the Northern California hive that birthed the band in the latter half of the last decade, Sleepy Sun is a rambling band- a certifiably vagabond unit that built a reputation among American and European audiences as fine-tuned, ironclad locomotive and candy sweet heavy pop machine. Barnstorming the Great Plains....stealing afternoons from the unsuspecting on the European festival-go-round...hooking the uninitiated opening for the Arctic Monkeys, Black Angels, and Low Anthem, they've done yeoman's work, sparked the party, and made the music sound young again.

Sleepy Sun's miles, months, and days in the van are a tangible presence in Spine Hits, an LP of whimsy, restlessness, and urgency that leaps nimbly from landscape to landscape with ease, irreverence, and a catch-em-before-they-ain't changeling nature. For the most part, the sprawling Zeppelin-esque epics that defined much of Embrace and Fever have been traded in for a potent pop-compact framework. But never at the expense of the dodging, juking, and downshifting instincts that set their older long form pieces apart from a thousand other psychedelic drone warriors.

Recorded under the big skies of the California high desert with Queens of Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal alumnus Dave Catching, the jams on Spine Hits are alternatingly precision whittled and moodily muscular. Matt Holliman and Evan Reiss' guitars adroitly move from steamroller heavy to beachside airy and bouncing to interstellar- tinkering with texture and dynamics like never before. Vocalist Bret Constantino sings with a road-toughened, husky soul yowl and hush that occasionally betrays a society-weary frustration but more often hints at a way out. The rhythm section of drummer Brian Tice and Jack Allen is a super-cohesive, tricky, and tough-as-hell unit that keeps the Sleepy train on track as it teeters, creeps and runs wild across the land.

To any seasoned Sleepy Sun listener the new destinations will be surprises and revelations. "V.O.G." hints at a backstage conspiracy hatched on the Arctic Monkeys tour- buoyant and tight as a wire. "Boat Trip" moseys with a Lou Reed offhandedness- a postcard from Brian Wilson's forgotten vacation with the Velvets. "Still Breathing" is an elegiac nod to the band's early alignment with the Verve's dreamworlds.

For Sleepy spotters that came to love the band in its most massively rocking incarnations, there are the slow burns- "Stivey Pond" a sinister, stalking, and tender lurching beast bearing down on the subject of its obsession. And "Lioness (Requiem)" - a drifting, drowsy, late night lost in contemplation, dawn nowhere in sight.

Spine Hits isn't a portrait of a band in a moment. It's a box of snapshots spilled on the floor and blowing in the wind...left behind by a band that can't stop moving, but remembers what they left behind in a thousand colors.

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APRIL 23RD: SUCRE

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:55:00 -0700

Monday, April 23rd, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Sucre + TonTons + Emily Wolfe

Doors @ 9pm // Show @ 10pm

Tickets: $10 ADVANCE // $12 DAY OF SHOW

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Sucr is a three piece musical act composed of vocalist Stacy Dupree-King, of Eisley, her husband and drummer Darren King, of Mutemath, and multi-instrumentalist and arranger Jeremy Larson^[1] formed in 2011 and beginning to play shows in 2012. Their first single "When We Were Young" was debuted in early 2012^[2], and their debut album A Minor Bird is to be released April 10 2012. As of April 9, the album is streaming on HelloGiggles.^[3]

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APRIL 22ND: Shabazz Palaces

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:25:00 -0700

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Shabazz Palaces

Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm

Ticket Price: $12 ADV // $14 DOS

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Shabazz Palaces are percussionist Tendai Maraire and Ishmael Butler, formally of Digable Planets and Cherrywine. While Tendai employs ancient instruments from his homeland Zimbabwe, Ishmael provides the groups vision and vocals.

For Butler, who never stopped making music since he released his classic album by Digable Planets , Blowout Comb, Shabazz palaces is his latest place to play with ideas. Those ideas have always been simultaneously global in their expansiveness and basement ceiling low in their commitment to hip-hops bottom line.

After releasing several recordings themselves on small time labels, in 2010 they contracted to release an ep with Sub Pop and have collaborated in recordings and on stage with artists such as Mc Silk, THEESatisfaction,. They deliver sincere and radical lyrics with sounds and beats that include sounds from around the world. Containing echos of funk, minor-key jazz, London dubstep and mbira sounds they structure their songs outside the 16-bars/chorus/repeat form of much hip hop.Their music won them the first ever Music Genius award from The Stranger in 2010.

The group which also features mixing engineer Erik Blood, often dress in elaborate costumes and masks for their live performances.

Their video for Belhaven Meridian is a one-shot bw music video, shot in Watts, LA, homage to the 1977 classic film Killer of Sheep, a film set around the Watts Riots. It features a cameo by Ernest Wadell from The Wire.

Dope.

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APRIL 21ST: CURREN$Y

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:05:00 -0700

Saturday, April 21st, 2012.

ScoreMore Presents:

Curren$y

Doors @ 8pm.

Deets: $23 Advance // $25 Day of Show

http://currensyaustin.eventbrite.com/

Curren$y was signed to Master P's No Limit Records in 2005 through his friendship with Soulja Slim, a rising star on that label. He was also on C-Murder's label Tru Records. He then signed with Cash Money Records and Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment where he remained until late 2007. While still at Young Money, Curren$y created Fly Society with skateboarder Terry Kennedy, first as a clothing company then expanding to release music. He released the song "Where Da Cash At" as the lead single for his Young Money debut Music to Fly to in 2006, but due to several push backs and lack of promotion, Curren$y decided to leave the label and venture off to do business on his own.

For several months throughout 2008, Curren$y released a series of mixtapes to gain notoriety. His work was impressive enough to land him on the cover of the XXL Magazine Freshmen 10 of 2009. After the release of This Ain't No Mixtape and Jet Files through Amalgam Digital, he joined the Def Fam family via Damon Dash's imprint DD172. With Ski Beatz handling most of the production, Curren$y's Pilot Talk album was released in July 2010 with Pilot Talk II appearing shortly thereafter.

On February 1, 2011, Curren$y signed a label deal with Warner Bros. Records for his imprint Jet Life Recordings. Covert Coup was his first project on the Jet Life Recordings imprint under Warner Bros. The album contained 10 songs completely produced by The Alchemist and was released on April 20th for free. Weekend At Burnie's is set to be released on the June 28, 2011.

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APRIL 20TH: FRANZ NICOLAY

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:45:00 -0700

Friday, April 20th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Franz Nicolay + My Jerusalem + Some Say Leland

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $8

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Franz Nicolay is that multi-instrumentalist and man-about-town peddling a modern vaudeville with full-throated songs and stories shamelessly strident, stentorian and more than a little sentimental. Hes been a member of cabaret-punk circus World/Inferno Friendship Society, worlds best bar band the Hold Steady, gypsy-Balkan carnies Guignol, founded the outlaw orchestra Anti-Social Music, has been an occasional touring member of agit-punks Against Me!; and recorded (complete discography here) or performed (complete list here) with everyone from Leftover Crack to Bruce Springsteen.

He has been a contributor to magazines from Blender to Impose, is a regular columnist for the literary journal InDigest, and has released several collections of essays. His first story collection, Complicated Gardening Techniques, was published by Julius Singer Press in 2009 (more writing here).

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APRIL 20TH: BROWNOUT

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:40:00 -0700

Friday, April 20th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Brownout! w/ Stooges Brass Band

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

TIckets: $10 ADVANCE // $13 DAY OF SHOW

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Before forming the Latin rock/salsa band Grupo Fantasma, guitarists Adrian Quesada and Beto Martinez, bassist Greg Gonzalez, trumpeter Gilbert Elorreaga, sax player Josh Levy, trombonist Leo Gauna, drummer Johnny Lopez, and conguero Matthew "Sweet Lou" Holmes were in all in an Austin, TX, funk band called the Blimp. In 2003, shortly before Grupo's Movimiento Popular came out, Quesada suggested starting up a funk outfit again, mostly with the intention of simply playing covers and having fun. Culling inspiration from groups like Santana, Earth, Wind & Fire, and P-Funk, and calling themselves Brownout, the octet members realized they sounded good enough to release a 7" in 2005 on England's Freestyle Records, a single that ended up doing so well -- and garnering so many follow-up requests -- that soon a 12" was issued too. This was all enough to convince the friends that Brownout should be a serious thing, and their full-length debut, Homenaje, was released in January 2008. That same year, Brownout won an Austin Music Award for Best Latin Contemporary Band (beating out themselves, as Grupo Fantasma, for the honor) and made appearances at the annual SXSW festival. ~ Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

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APRIL 19TH: ALCEST

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:30:00 -0700

Thursday, APRIL 19TH, 2012.

Transmission Presents:

Alcest + True Widow

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADVANCE // $13 DAY OF SHOW

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"Alcest is a post-black metal band formed in Bagnols Sur Cze, Languedoc-Roussillon, France in 2000.
Formed by French multi-instrumentalist Neige (who has also worked with Amesoeurs, Mortifera, Lantls, Peste Noire, and more).

Alcest was originally conceived as a solo project, though it would eventually take on the form of a full band as Hegnor (also of Peste Noire) and Arguth joined the fray and released a four-track demo entitled Tristesse Hivernale in 2001. This demo was a more straightforward heavy/black metal affair, much different from what would happen next. After that released, Alcest returned to a one-member format, with Neige moving away from the metal overtones of the three-piece and embracing a more atmospheric approach to his work. The 2005 EP release, Le Secret, was more in tune with the project`s ultimate goal, which was to put to ear, as it were, Neige`s fascination with an of sorts that had held a fascination for him beginning in his childhood. In 2007, Neige released the first full-length Alcest recording, Souvenirs D`un Autre Monde (Memories of Another World, for those keeping up in English), which was released on Prophecy Productions, and was a critical success. 2007 also saw a split-EP release with Angmar. cailles de Lune (Scales of the Moon), released in 2010, continues in the otherwordly vein, evoking images of an underwater realm." - http://www.last.fm/music/Alcest/+wiki

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APRIL 19TH: Melvins w/ Unsane

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:05:00 -0700

Thursday, April 19th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Melvins w/ Unsane

Doors: 7pm // Show: 7:30pm

Ticket Price: $17 ADVANCE // $20 DOS

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The Melvins were the first post-punk band to revel in the slow, sludgy sounds of Black Sabbath. Their music is oppressively slow and heavy, only without any of the silly mystical lyrics or the indulgent guitar solos; it's just one massive, oozing pile of dark slime. The Melvins' first record was released in 1987; they've released many albums since then, but it wasn't until 1993 that they went to a major label, thanks to their prot, Kurt Cobain. While some may find the Melvins to be dull and repetitious, their place in rock history is interesting, even if considered to be just a footnote.

The band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, the same town that produced Nirvana's Cobain and Krist Novoselic. For Nirvana and many other Seattle-area bands, the Melvins' sludge was inspirational; the younger bands took the Sabbath-styled heaviness of the Melvins, while adding an equally important pop song structure, which the group tended to lack. While all of their disciples became famous after Nirvana broke big in 1991 (including Mudhoney, which featured former Melvins bassist Matt Lukin), the Melvins only expanded their cult slightly. They did earn a major-label contract with Atlantic, but after releasing three records for the label, they were dropped in late 1996 and the group returned to indie status, landing with Amphetamine Reptile for 1998's Alive at the F*cker Club. The late '90s and early 21st century saw a flurry of releases by the band: The Maggot, The Bootlicker, The Crybaby, Electroretard, The Colossus of Destiny, Hostile Ambient Takeover, Pigs of the Roman Empire, Houdini Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust, all of which (except for the fourth one) were issued on Mike Patton's Ipecac label.

In addition to their Melvins activities, singer/guitarist Buzz Osborne joined Patton (and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo and Mr. Bungle bassist Trevor Dunn) for the experimental outfit Fantmas, resulting in a number of releases (1999's self-titled debut, 2001's The Director's Cut, 2002's Millennium Monsterwork by "the Fantmas Melvins Big Band" (recorded live in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 2000 but not released until two years later), 2004's Delirium Cordia, and 2005's Suspended Animation), while the Melvins' latest bassist, Kevin Rutmanis, joined Patton in another side project, Tomahawk. In 2006, Big Business bassist Jared Warren and drummer Coady Willis joined the Melvins, appearing on that year's Senile Animal album. The follow-ups, 2008's Nude with Boots, 2010's The Bride Screamed Murder, and a live album titled Sugar Daddy Live, were recorded with the same lineup and released by Ipecac. Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Greg Prato, Rovi

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APRIL 18TH: Hunx and His Punx w/ Natural Child

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:15:00 -0700

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Hunx and His Punx w/ Natural Child

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $8 // $10

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A visual cross between the leather bondage movie and the raunchy retro-fuelled imagery of early John Waters movies like Desperate Living, San Franciscos queer Hunx and his Punx (one of whom is Seth Bogart of former Gravy Train!!!!) have injected humor, imagination and fun into their prodigious multimedia output, which includes records and videos.

Hunxs bouncy pop sound is equally cool, melding 60s-based bubblegum pop sensibilities with DIY garage prowess for a sticky-sweet aural assault. Starting with his Good Kisser single on Austrias Bachelor Records, Hunx has moved forward with lightning speed and now has three other singles in the offing. Often compared to Arizonas Nobunny, who co-wrote songs for Hunx And His Punx.

In January 2010, Hunx And His Punx began a tour featuring an all-girl backing band. The new line-up has been identified on the tour and in new songs such as Lovers Lane as Hunx and His Punkettes.

A release on Atlantas Robs House Records is already sold out of two separate pressings. Also on the roster are a single from San Franciscos Bubbledumb Records (which released the original issue of the Nobunny LP) and one on Jay Reatards revived Shattered Records.

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APRIL 17TH: Chairlift

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 20:00:00 -0700

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Chairlift w/ Nite Jewel

Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADV //$12 DOS

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Chairlift, a multi-instrumental three-piece, currently hailing from Brooklyn, New York, play a thoughtful, dream-filled pop music, combining the timelessness of unforgettable melody with spare and sophisticated production, a meta-psychedelic worldview, and a classical avant-garde sensibility resolutely and merrily embracing the future.

Chairlift is: Aaron Pfenning, an experimental minimalist guitar player, who creates the delicate haunting quality of Chairlift; Caroline Polachek, a Connecticut-born singer whose vocals shape-shift from the ethereal to the earthy to the evanescent, depending on the particular needs or lines of a song; and Patrick Wimberly, a Nashville native whose decision to study jazz and orchestral arrangements at university first brought him into the radius of the band.

The group's genesis lies back at the University of Colorado, where, in early 2006, fellow students Aaron and Caroline met in an economics class, quickly developing a friendship and musical simpatico that led to the creation of a nascent version of Chairlift. Aaron claims he pulled the band's name from a list of potential monikers compiled by Caroline and stored in a document file on her home computer.

According to Caroline, the young Chairlift played a variety of small local venues in a concerted effort to generate interest in a new music scene in a Colorado festooned with myriad jam bands but precious few neo-popsters on the edge. In June 2006, as one of the local groups booked for the 2nd Annual Lady Ava Pop Festival, sponsored by a Boulder-based indie label, Chairlift was praised in the local press as a "dreamy electro-folk band."

University of Colorado music student Patrick Wimberly, whose tastes ran to Miles Davis, Albert Ayler and Hank Williams, had his mind split open at an early Chairlift performance and vowed to himself that he would one day join this band whose music had already begun to seep into his metabolism.

In April 2006, Aaron and Caroline -- working with Chairlift's pre-Patrick bassist -- recorded the initial tracks for the band's self-released "Daylight Savings" EP at New Monkey Studio in Los Angeles before laying down stakes in Williamsburg, Brooklyn in August of that year. A fortuitous re-meeting with Patrick in Brooklyn coincided with a bass vacancy in the band and Patrick Wimberly became an official Chairlift member in early 2007.

Like Caroline's films, Chairlift is expansive and cinematic, its name evoking an ever-changing vantage point rising (or falling) above the ground. When it came time to write and record the songs for "Does You Inspire You," the band's debut album, the members of Chairlift drew on a vast array of pop influences, finding echoes of country-western ("stiff boots and rawhide") pathos in "Don't Give A Damn," a swaying emo-samba in "Make Your Mind Up," and an ironically sunny evocation of love's turmoils in "Bruises," (which was ironic soundtrack for a 2008 iPod Nano campaign).

Chairlift has been busy during the group's first two years in New York City, releasing the indie single, "Evident Utensil," with a remix by MGMT, in 2007; recording and releasing "Does You Inspire You" in September 2008; and establishing a reputation as a genre-busting live band with a series of unforgettable live concerts.

The initial success of "Does You Inspire You," released on the Brooklyn-based indie Kanine label in September 2008, led to the signing of Chairlift to Columbia Records. For the group's major label debut, Chairlift remixed and mastered "Does You Inspire You" and included two new tracks -- "Dixie Gypsy" and "Le Flying Saucer Hat" -- originally intended for the debut.

"We have the opportunity to add more material that really should've been on there in the first place," said Caroline to NME.com. "So we get to add two new tracks to it, which we're really excited about. Those tracks were really a part of the batch for 'Does You Inspire You' but we didn't have the chance to finish them. Now the complete era will be documented."

Already receiving rave reviews on both sides of the Atlantic -- "utterly magical" (guardian.co.uk) and "earns the rare distinction of holding the songs to back up the buzz" (The Nashville Tennessean, February 24, 2009) -- the era of Chairlift has only just begun.

http://myplay.com/artists/chairlift/bio

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APRIL 14TH: CURSIVE

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:50:00 -0700

Saturday, April 14th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Cursive w/ Cymbals Eat Guitars + Conduit

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Ticket Price: $12 ADV // $14 DOS

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Cursive is an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The band records for the label Saddle Creek Records and, along with Bright Eyes, is one of its flagship artists. The band was formed in 1995 by Tim Kasher, Matt Maginn, Steve Pedersen (all formerly of Slowdown Virginia), and drummer Clint Schnase. In 1997, they released Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes. After a few years of touring the band broke up in 1998. They posthumously released The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song in the fall of that year. A year later in the summer of 1999 the band reformed. Pedersen had started law school so Ted Stevens (formerly of Lullaby for the Working Class) stepped in and joined the band. In 2000, their album, Domestica, a concept album written like a one-act play documenting the lies, hate and deceit associated with a divorce, gained them much attention from fans and critics alike and they toured with At the Drive-In.

Cursive added Gretta Cohn in 2001 on cello. The strings added complimentary sounds to that summers Burst and Bloom. In 2002, the band toured on the Take Action! Tour.

Saddle Creek Records released The Ugly Organ in 2003, a series of internal monologues that reflects insecurities and self-doubt amidst the turmoil of life on an ever-turning emotional carousel. The music magazine, Rolling Stone, gave the album a 4-star rating, while alternative music magazine Alternative Press rated the album a perfect 5 out of 5. In 2004 The Cure selected Cursive to tour with them on their Curiosa tour. Afterwards the band went on hiatus with no specified return date.

The label put out a compilation album of unreleased songs and B-sides, The Difference Between Houses and Homes on August 9, 2005. In mid-2005 Gretta left the band to pursue other musical opportunities. Instead of replacing her, the band remained a four-piece.

After Cursives hiatus, Saddle Creek announced that Kasher had temporarily stopped his work on his side project, The Good Life, to start recording an album with Cursive. The new album, Happy Hollow (named for an area of Omaha around Happy Hollow Boulevard, running parallel to Saddle Creek Road, and, perhaps, a comment on midwestern city life), was released August 22, 2006. Its first single was Dorothy At Forty, released on July 11th, 2006. With this album Kasher turned his focus away from self-reflective lyrics to concentrate on what he thought were bad politics, empty suburban lives, and religious hypocrisy. Music Magazines Spin, URB, Time Out New York and Blender gave the record a 4 star rating, and Rolling Stone, gave the album a 3.5-star rating, while alternative music magazine Alternative Press rated the album a perfect 5 out of 5 saying Cursive havent just redefined their soundve transcended it. Happy Hollow features a five-piece horn section, a concept first introduced on the songs Art is Hard and Gentleman Caller on The Ugly Organ

The October following the release, the band revealed plans to bring audience participation to its catalog, offering fans a chance to remix its song Bad Sects through a competition on the website. The finalist is scheduled to appear as a B-side on an upcoming Cursive single. Cursive released their latest album, Mama, Im Swollen, on March 10th, 2009.

http://www.last.fm/music/Cursive/+wiki

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APRIL 13TH: SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:40:00 -0700

Friday, April 13th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

School of Seven Bells + Exitmusic

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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Like many bands before them, School of Seven Bells were born as the result of a late-night revelation. Benjamin Curtis connected with sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza in 2004 while their bandsSecret Machines and on!air!library!, respectivelywere on tour. While watching PBS at 3am, Alejandra caught a show about the School of Seven Bells: a mythical South American pickpocket academy that may or may not have existed in the 80s. The idea of seven minds working as one appealed to her, as did the phrases cryptic musicality, and a creative spark ignited.

By the end of 2006, Curtis and the Deheza sisters had completely disappeared into School of Seven Bells. From the outset, it was clear that the trios music transcended the usual genre restrictions. Early recordings popped up on Sonic Cathedral, Table of Elements, and Suicide Squeeze, then Blonde Redhead

tapped School of Seven Bells for a tour. Remixes came from Cocteau Twins Robin Guthrie and Prefuse 73, whose Class of 73 Bells, a re-imagining of SVIIBs ended up on his 2007 album Preparations (Warp).

School of Seven Bells music is full of tensions gentle guitars wrap around jagged beats; silky vocals hide behind grumpy, alien synthesizersbut the resulting songs are effortlessly cohesive, and insidiously catchy. Elements of dream-pop, Afrobeat, IDM, and 4ADs gauzier moments provide a constantly shifting frame for the Dehezas lyrics, which they write as mysterious missives between the Schools imaginary seven members. On their Ghostly debut, Alpinisms, we get the impression that the three seasoned musicians have taken up full-time residence in a dizzying fantasy world; they move freely within the realm of pickpockets and dreamers, composing a soundtrack according to their own odd, beautiful logic.

http://ghostly.com/artists/school-of-seven-bells

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APRIL 12TH: TERRY MALTS

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 00:05:00 -0700

THURSDAY, APRIL 12th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

TERRY MALTS

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $8

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San Francisco, California trio Terry Malts began in late 2009 when three members of Smiths-worshiping indie pop quintet Magic Bullets conceived the band as a less sensitive side project. Guitarist/vocalist Corey Cunningham, bassist/lead vocalist Phil Benson and drummer/vocalist Nathan Sweatt, eventually opted to concentrate on Terry Malts full time and Magic Bullets disbanded. Perhaps ashamed of their derivative past, Terry Malts made deliberate efforts to obscure their origins from the press at first, making no mention of Magic Bullets in any statements. Self-classified as "chainsaw pop," the group follows in lines drawn by both classic fuzz-pop institutions like the Ramones and Jesus and Mary Chain, pop-punk roots like the Descendents and Hsker D, and the reverb-coated stable of late-2000s Slumberland Records bedroom pop. The band's first recorded outing was a six-song cassette on Loglady Records in 2010, followed the next year by two 7" singles on Slumberland. In the following years, the band played sporadic gigs in the Bay Area and did several beer-soaked tours up and down the West Coast. Their first full-length album, Killing Time, was released in 2012.

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APRIL 11TH: KEEP SHELLY IN ATHENS

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:30:00 -0700

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Keep Shelly in Athens w/ Jonquil

Doors: 9PM // Show: 10PM

Ticket Price: $12

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As enigmatic as they are talented, Keep Shelley in Athens is a Greek based duo signed to Forest Family Records. Fearing the trend of bands coasting more on their own hype than their actual talent, KSiA keep their cards close to their chest, focusing on their music, not their image. If their sold-out 2010 EP is any indication, its a more than fair trade-off.

The vocals, at times hopeful and haunting, provide a coherence to the music. Its all too easy to hear the descriptor and write a band off as an aimless assembly line creation from the mope factory, spiraling unchecked well beyond the 14 minute mark. But unlike some of their atmospheric contemporaries, KSiAs songs are as tightly constructed as anything you might hear on the radio, never pushing the run time to the point of self-indulgence. In our opinion they can be as mysterious as theyd like so long as they keep producing this captivating sound. Fans clamoring for a KSiA record to have and to hold can pre-order their February release through Transparent Records.

http://myspoonful.com/keep-shelly-in-athens

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APRIL 11TH: Real Estate w/ The Twerps // SOLD OUT

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:50:00 -0700

Wednesday, April 11th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Real Estate w/ The Twerps

Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm

Ticket Price: $13 ADV // $15 DOS

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Real Estate is a band from Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States, now based in Brooklyn, N.Y. The band has roots in the Garden State and they're led by singer/guitarist Martin Courtney and feature guitarist Matthew Mondanile (the latter known to some for his work in Ducktails, Predator Vision, and The Parasails) as well as Alex Bleeker on bass and Etienne Duguay (also of Predator Vision) on the drums.

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APRIL 10TH: MEGAFAUN

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:20:00 -0700

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Megafaun w/ Field Report

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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Based in Durham, North Carolina, Megafaun was built by brothers Brad and Phil Cook and fellow Eau Claire, Wisconsin native Joe Westerlund. The trio, plus longtime friend Justin Vernon (a.k.a. Bon Iver), made the cross country move together from WI to NC as the band DeYarmond Edison, ultimately splitting in 2006. Megafaun was born from those ashes and proceeded to record the remarkable album Bury the Square in 2007. The band found a home on the road, collaborating with friends (they also joined Akron/Family and Dreyblatt as backing band) and developing an American musical language that is exquisitely translated by 2009's Gather, Form & Fly.

Brad, Phil, and Joe have been playing in bands together since 1997, after meeting at jazz camp in Wisconsin as teenagers. With the end of DeYarmond Edison, a paradigm-shift was imminent." Brad and I left our primary instruments behind and picked up secondary ones. We booked a seven day tour without having written any songs," said Phil, revealing the seeds of the improvisational spirit that both Megafaun and their fans now cherish and exalt. "We've become song writers collectively and individually through the birth of this band," added Joe, "and Gather, Form & Fly marks a huge growth and change in our thinking about time and song form."

Gather, Form & Fly rings out in its honesty to its makers and, thus, to its listeners --- both on wax and on stage. Phil, Brad, and Joe move with awareness of their every move, acknowledging in near-unison that this album shares Bury the Square's broad stylistic and emotional palettes --- group percussion, cacophony, drone, and folky narration will not disappoint --- but also reveals sounds and words that have been, somewhat silently, with them all along. There are the moments, present in every song, that will turn heads toward speakers, turn eyes toward the sky, and turn all notions of music on their sides, if just for one shimmering and genuine moment. And then, almost anywhere this Summer, you can go see Megafaun live... and hear it all again, for the ﬁrst time. - jambase

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APRIL 10TH: THE HOLD STEADY

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:35:00 -0700

Wednesday, April 10th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

HOLD STEADY

Doors: 6:30pm // Show: 7:30pm

Ticket Price: $16 // $18

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Resisting the musical trends in New York City, vocalist/guitarist Craig Finn (ex-Lifter Puller) formed the Hold Steady after moving from Minneapolis in 2000. Wanting to capture the sound of bands such as the Replacements and the Grifters, he recruited guitarist Tad Kubler (also ex-Lifter Puller), drummer Judd Counsell, and bassist Galen Polivka. Recording mostly live, the band released its debut, Almost Killed Me, on Frenchkiss Records in March 2004. Dave Gardener (Rocket from the Crypt, Drive Like Jehu) and Dean Botulonis signed on to produce Separation Sunday, which arrived in 2005. The World/Inferno Friendship Society's Franz Nicolay (keyboards) and Bobby Drake (drums), formerly of End Transmission and Arm, were also added to the Hold Steady lineup. The band's third effort, 2006's Boys and Girls in America, marked its first release for Vagrant. After writing the majority of their fourth record on the road, the Hold Steady returned to John Agnello's Water Music studio to record Stay Positive, their most heavily produced effort. In July of 2008, the album was released by both Vagrant and Rough Trade. In 2010 the band announced the departure of Franz Nicolay. Later that same year they released their fifth album, Heaven Is Whenever. Kenyon Hopkin, Rovi

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APRIL 9TH: Andrew Jackson Jihad

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:20:00 -0700

Monday, April 9th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Andrew Jackson Jihad + The Menzingers + Cheap Girls + Joyce Manor + Treasure Fleet + The Sidekicks

Doors: 6pm // Show: 7pm

Ticket Price: $10 // $12

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Andrew Jackson Jihad is an American folk/punk/rock group from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2004. They have been classified as everything from indie rock to anti-folk to Americana.

Andrew Jackson Jihad was formed after its original drummer, Justin James White, approached Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty, who had just left Rodan (not the Rodan of Kentucky fame) and The Sub-Standards. Since then, many significant Arizona musicians have sat in with the remaining duo of Sean and Ben, including John De La Cruz of Fatigo and Asleep In The Seas Owen Evans. Dylan Cook also plays mandolin regularly with the band.

According to Songfacts, Bonnette, who is also the lyricist of the band (with upright bass player Ben Gallant handling most of the production and some vocals as well) volunteered at a suicide prevention hotline for teenagers for eight years, and worked with homeless men and women in the Phoenix, Arizona area. These experiences gave him a sometimes bleak, but at moments, hopeful outlook on life, often reflected in the bands lyrics.

On Halloween 2005, Andrew Jackson Jihad covered Neutral Milk Hotels In the Aeroplane Over the Sea album in its entirety at CounterCulture Cafe.

Their biggest performance to date has been in their hometown with Flogging Molly and Authority Zero on St. Patricks Day 2006.

On April 15, 2006, the band played as part of the 2006 New Times Music Showcase, nominated for Best Americana Band, and won a 2006 Best of Phoenix later that year.

Besides their local shows, where they have become arguably the most prominent representative in Arizona of the DIY ethic, they have also toured in clubs and basements across the Western United States, appearing at such venues as the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, CA. One show in Kimberly, Idaho saw the band in a cowboy bar and leaving the premises as soon as possible after the show.

Andrew Jackson Jihad also performed at St. Augustine, Floridas second annual Harvest of Hope Festival in 2010. They played a dual set with Bomb the Music Industry!

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APRIL 8TH: PONTIAK + Zlam Dunk + La Migra

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:10:00 -0700

Sunday, April 8th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

PONTIAK

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $8

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Pontiak's neo-psychedelic rock is created by three brothers from the Blue Ridge area of Virginia -- Van (lead vocals, guitar), Jennings (bass, organ, vocals), and Lain Carney (drums, vocals) -- who were separately involved with numerous bands in the U.S. and Europe before reconvening in Baltimore in 2005. Once together, they quickly established common musical ground and began honing a multifaceted sound steeped in '60s psych and acid rock, '70s prog and proto-metal, and '90s stoner and indie rock, with likeminded outfits such as Dead Meadow and Black Mountain providing a few contemporary comparisons. Returning in due time to their isolated Virginia birthplace, the brothers recorded both 2005's White Buffalo EP and 2006's Valley of Cats LP in their home studio. Both albums were subsequently released on the band's own label, Fireproof Records.

Pontiak supported their albums by touring the country, taking advantage of the nightly on-stage jam sessions to write, road-test, and perfect a noticeably heavier batch of new songs. Such new material would help them attain a deal with Thrill Jockey Records, which issued the trio's second album, Sun on Sun, in September 2007. Widespread critical acclaim ensued, and on the first day of 2008, Pontiak began making waves again, having released a split EP of John Cale covers (simply entitled Kale) with labelmates and future touring partners Arbouretum. In 2009, the band hit a creative groove, and recorded the full-lengths Maker and Sea Voids, followed by a steady succession of albums: 2010s Living, 2011's Comercrudos, and 2012's Echo Ono.

~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi

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MARCH 31ST: Bomb the Music Industry!

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:35:00 -0700

Saturday, March 31st, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Bomb the Music Industry! + Laura Stevenson and The Cans + Ghostknife + Shit Creek

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $10 // $12 minors

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Bomb the Music Industry! (commonly abbreviated as BtMI!) is a musical collective originally from Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. They write, produce, record, and distribute all of their music under the leadership of songwriter and producer Jeff Rosenstock.

They are known for their DIY punk ethic, embodied in such actions such as distributing six albums worth of their own material for free on their website, and offering free stencils and paint for fans to create their own T-shirts. They also offer their fans a chance to perform on stage if they learn a song and bring their instrument to the show.

Rosenstock and several other contributors were previously members of The Arrogant Sons of Bitches. As that band was breaking up, Rosenstock recorded the first BtMI! song, "Sweet Home Cananada," using his PowerBook's built-in microphone. "I wrote that song and put it out to see if anybody wanted it. That was how it started, people showed interest and I like recording stuff."

Saturday, March 31st, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Bomb the Music Industry! + Laura Stevenson and The Cans + Ghostknife + Shit Creek

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $10 // $12 minors

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 31ST: Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:25:00 -0700

Saturday, March 31st, 2012.

Mind of Adi Presents:

Doors @ 8 // Show @ 9

Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys + Nakia + Hard Proof Afrobeat

Akina / Nakia Soul Shakedown featuring:
Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys / http://aavpmusic.com
Nakia / http://www.nakia.net/
Hard Proof Afrobeat / https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hard-Proof-Afrobeat/52118866030

Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys is an Austin soul band whose unique sound blends elements of rock, funk, and old-school R&B. Front woman, vocalist, songwriter and band leader Akina Adderley lights up the stage as 'the little woman with the big voice.' Her powerful presence is irresistible, and KUT 90.5FM declared her "phenomenal vocals call to mind the sounds of classic soul and R&B." Granddaughter of jazz trumpeter Nat Adderley, grandniece of jazz saxophonist "Cannonball" Adderley, and daughter of Nat Adderley, Jr. (producer/pianist/band leader for Luther Vandross), Akina brings a distinguished musical pedigree to the Vintage Playboys, who are a tight group of players from an eclectic musical background. The Austin American Statesman calls AAVP a dynamite nine-piece driven by [Akina's] rich, emotive pipes. They have shared bills with such acts as Budos Band, Big Sams Funky Nation, The Scabs, and Carolyn Wonderland. On the heels of an Austin Chronicle cover and subsequent performance at the Chronicle's "Paper Cuts" concert series, tremendously well-received showcases at SXSW '09, '10, and '11, tapings for Radio Without Borders on KUT 90.5 FM, News 8 Austin's Summer Rooftop Series, and Balcony TV Austin, an auspicious debut album release, and road shows from Memphis to Los Angeles, AAVP's fan base continues to grow and excitement surrounding their live performances is steadily increasing. AAVPs eponymous debut full-length recordwhich the Austin Chronicle described as having "laid out [Akina's] dark, rich vocal chops over the Vintage Playboys brassy punch"was released on March 28, 2009. The album is available on iTunes and CD Baby, as well as at area record stores. Their sophomore album is scheduled for a spring 2012 release.

From www.mohawkaustin.com

SXSW 2012

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:45:00 -0700

TUESDAY 13TH - SATURDAY 17TH.

FREE DAY PARTIES + SXSW NIGHT SHOWCASES.

We here at the Mohawk extend our warm welcome to all travelers, from far & wide, who have come to this Rock-Mecca-Austin to partake in it's holy glow of sights & sounds. Many of you are long-time friends & family - to you this is old hat. Many of you are rock-probies - so let me break it down for you:

* ALL DAY PARTIES ARE FREE.

* All Night Showcases have access in this order - SXSW Badges, Wristbands & then General Admission, venue capacity permitting (you can only squeeze so many peeps in a room; much like one can only put so many Tacos in your gullet).

* "Buying Tickets in Advance" for SXSW is called getting a wrist-band.

* SXSW sells tickets at the door - here is their website for any questions about price http://sxsw.com/. I don't know if you'll get help from it - I'm just saying, please fucking quit asking us about how you can get into Skrillex on Friday.

* To answer a follow-up from the above: Yes. Skrillex is playing. Last year this sold out early. For all "Dubsteppers" out there, you're welcome, but know that like a new Spielberg Trilogy, you should bring a tent, or stay home. Tell your mom that you're staying at a friend's house, or that you needed to stay late at the German-Texan School next door studying Deutsche - your choice.

* Yes - Lonestars & Whiskey.

* No - Chocolate Martinis & Mixology.

* No - we don't have a phone. Tough-Tetons. Do I really want to sit at my desk answering phone calls about "When should I drive-up from Baytown to be able to get into Skrillex?" 1996 called - it wanted it's land-line business-model back. chief@mohawkaustin.com.

* Questions? Keep up with us in real-time @mohawkaustin or http://www.facebook.com/mohawkaustin.

Peace-Out, homies! And bien s'amuser.

TUES. DAY // VICE
Fly Golden Eagle + Bear Hands + Strange Boys + White Denim.

TUES. NIGHT // PITCHFORK

Trust + Cloud Nothings + Star Slinger + Matthew Dear + Teengirl Fantasy + Light Asylum + Zammuto + Light Asylum + Tycho + Sun Araw + Schlomo + Schoolboy Q + Bear In Heaven + Mr. Muthafuckin Exquire + Star Slinger.

WED. DAY // LANEWAY FEST (WINDISH)

Blood Orange + Chairlift + Clock Opera + Django Django + Husky + Kindness + Twerps + Zulu Winter.

WED. NIGHT // AGENCY GROUP

Octopus Project + Yelle (DJ set) + Housse De Racket + Anoraak + College + Yan Wagner + Rodriguez + Hindi Zahra + Doldrums + The Two + Gush.

THU. DAY // PITCHFORK

Dive + Friends + Bleached + Mikal Cronin + Cities Aviv + Peaking Lights + Trash Talk + Cloud Nothings + Lower Dens + Japandroids + Youth Lagoon + Danny Brown + The War On Drugs + SBTRKT + El-P.

THU. NIGHT // secretly canadian, jagjagwar, dead oceans

Sharon Van Etten + The War on Drugs + Bear in Heaven + Gardens & Villa + Taken By Trees + Supreme Dicks + Nite Jewel + Gauntlet Hair + Exitmusic + Peter Wolf Crier + Oregon Bike Trails + more.

FRI. DAY // WINDISH

BASS DRUM OF DEATH + BLEEDING KNEES CLUB + CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS + DAN DEACON + DRAGONETTE + ELECTRIC GUEST + FRIENDS + JAPANDROIDS + NITE JEWEL + QUILT.

FRI. NIGHT // AM ONLY

"skrillex and friends:" Laidback Luke + Knife Party + Kill The Noise + Skrillex vs 12th Planet + Zeds Dead + Araab Muzik + Felix Cartal + Codes + Nit Grit + Breakage + Kastle + Alvin Risk + Flinch.

SAT. DAY // MOG

The Roots (exclusive) + Bob Mould plays Copper Blue (exclusive) + Blitzen Trapper + The War On Drugs + Gary Clark Jr. + Howlin Rain + G-Side + Cloud Nothings + K. Flay + The Silent Comedy.

SAT. NIGHT // PANACHE

Slowdance + Idiot Glee + Matthewdavid + Sun Araw + The Suicide of Western Culture + Vockah Redu + Delicate Steve + The Black Belles + Mikal Cronin + White Fence + Strange Boys + more.

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 17TH: MOG @ MOHAWK

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:45:00 -0700

Saturday Daytime, March 17th, 2012.

FREE SXSW DAY PARTY #5.

MOG @ MOHAWK

Outside:

4:45-6:00p The Roots (exclusive)
3:30-4:15p Bob Mould plays Copper Blue (exclusive)
2:30-3:10p Blitzen Trapper
1:30-2:10p The War On Drugs
12:30-1:10p Gary Clark Jr.

Inside:

4 4:40p Howlin Rain
3 3:40p G-Side
2 - 2:40p Cloud Nothings
1 1:40p K. Flay
12 12:40p The Silent Comedy

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 17TH: SXSW PANACHE SHOWCASE

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:15:00 -0700

Saturday Night, March 17th, 2012.

Panache Booking SXSW Showcase
Saturday March 17th @ the Mohawk (two stages)

Outside:
The Strange Boys - 1:00 am
White Fence - 12:00 am
Mikal Cronin - 11:00pm
The Black Belles - 10:00pm
Delicate Steve - 9:00pm
Vockah Redu - 8:00pm

Inside:
Aleister X - 12:45am
Suicide of Western Culture - 11:55pm
Sun Araw (band set) - 11 pm
Matthewdavid - 10:10pm
Idiot Glee - 9:20 pm
Slowdance - 8:30pm

912 Red River Austin TX
7:30pm ALL AGES
________________________________________________________

The Strange Boys -http://www.myspace.com/thestrangeboys
White Fence - http://whitefenceartcollective.blogspot.com/
Mikal Cronin - http://www.mikalcronin.bandcamp.com/
The Black Belles - http://theblackbelles.com/
Delicate Steve - http://www.delicatesteve.com/
Vockah Redu - http://www.vockahredu.com/
Aleister X - http://www.aleisterx.com/
Suicide of Western Culture - http://www.myspace.com/thesuicideofwesternculture
Sun Araw (band set) - http://www.sunaraw.com/
Matthewdavid - http://soundcloud.com/matthewdavid
Idiot Glee - http://www.idiotglee.com/
Slowdance - http://slowdancewith.us/

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 16TH: WINDISH PRESENTS // AUSTIN ANNUAL DAY PARTY

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:35:00 -0700

Friday DayParty, March 16th, 2012.

FREE SXSW DAY PARTY #4.

WINDISH PRESENTS // AUSTIN ANNUAL DAY PARTY

BASS DRUM OF DEATH

BLEEDING KNEES CLUB

CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS

DAN DEACON

DRAONETTE

ELECTRIC GUEST

FRIENDS

JAPANDROIDS

NITE JEWEL

QUILT

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 15TH: PITCHFORK PRESENTS // MOHAWK DAY PARTY

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:30:00 -0700

Thursday, March 15th, 2012. SXSW DayParty.

FREE SXSW DAY PARTY #3.

PITCHFORK

Austin, get ready! We're proud to announce the Pitchfork Day Party, taking place March 15 atMohawk. Featuring sets from 15 bands, including El-P,the War on Drugs,Danny Brown,Cloud Nothings,Youth Lagoon,Trash Talk, Lower Dens, Peaking Lights, and loads more, the party is free and open to the public. Stay tuned for set times.

The Pitchfork Day Party joins ourofficial showcase at the Central Presbyterian Church on March 15 (featuringperformances from Fiona Apple, the-Dream, Nicolas Jaar, Charli XCX, Grimes, and Purity Ring) and the Show No Mercy Day Party at ND Studios on March 14 (featuring Rwake, the Atlas Moth, Black Tusk, Deafheaven, Pallbearer, KEN mode, Pilgrim, and Mutilation Rites).

The Pitchfork Day Party
Mohawk, 912 Red River (corner of 10th and Red River)
Thursday, March 15
12-6 p.m.

El-P
SBTRKT
The War on Drugs
Danny Brown
Cloud Nothings
Youth Lagoon
Trash Talk
Lower Dens
Peaking Lights
Cities Aviv
Japandroids
Mikal Cronin
Bleached
Dive
Friends

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 14TH: "AUSTIN OR BUST" // PRESENTED BY...

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:50:00 -0700

Wed. Daytime, March 14th, 2012.

FREE SXSW DAY PARTY #2.

Eat Your Own Ears + Laneway Festival + The Windish Agency + Austinist

"Austin Or Bust"

Blood Orange

Chairlift

Clock Opera

Django Django

Husky

Kindness

Twerps

Zulu Winter

***SPECIAL GUESTS***

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 13TH: VICE/JANSPORT PARTY

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:30:00 -0700

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012.

FREE SXSW DAY PARTY #1.

VICE/JANSPORT PARTY

MORE INFO TBD.

1PM- Doors
2PM-Fly Golden Eagle set
3PM- Bear Hands set
4PM-Strange Boys set
5PM- White Denim set

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 12TH: BARBARIAN PRESENTS // ROBO-TRIP!

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:25:00 -0700

Monday, March 12th // SXSW InterActive.

The Barbarian Group & Tumblr are partnering up for the first time ever to take you on a Robotrip. Its gonna be big. Two venues big.

Join us at Mohawk + Club DeVille for the only official SXSW show thats free and open to the public.

Doors at 6PM, NO RSVP NEEDED, just be sure to come early to ensure admission.

You'll be enjoying the following crazy line-up:

DeVille:
Tim Sweeney
Mathew Dear (live band)
Bear In Heaven
Orthy
DJ Mike Simonetti

Mohawk Outside Stage:
WAVVES
Kool Keith
Japandroids
Sleep Over
House DJs: Members Only

Mohawk Inside Stage:
Beach Fossils
Oberhofer
The Young
Grape St
The Sour Notes

Dont miss it, unless you hate great music and good times. Its Gonna Be Awesome.

**The Mohawk & Club DeVille are located side-by-side on Red River St, nestled between 9th & 10th Streets. Like Voltron, these two bar titans have joined-up, allowing seamless access between the two venues for this historic event.

And check our excellent Spotify playlist here: http://open.spotify.com/user/lexiinny/playlist/1ETOAibGYDY9RTSH6sPt73

https://www.facebook.com/events/174363639345456/

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 11TH: .net Seven Second Pitch Challenge // VIP

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:25:00 -0700

Sunday, IntAct March 11th, 2012.

8pm - Midnight. Hoodie Allen & Literature will be performing and Matt Ruby will be your master of ceremonies.

Join us for drinks, free food, music, and comedy for a VIP event complements of .net. Record your seven-second pitch for a new product, business (anything really) and our judges might declare it the best idea of SXSW! Tweet your .net idea to #netidea

SXSW Badges + Invite Only.

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 10TH: AMODA Digital Showcase + Laptop Battle

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:55:00 -0700

Saturday, March 10th, 2012.

AMODA Digital Showcase + Laptop Battle

Mohawk
(10th & Red River)
8pm-2am
$10 general;
$5 for members
Free with SXSW Interactive badge
18 and up

PLEASE NOTE: We strongly recommend arriving on time for this event. Due to sound ordinance, the Laptop Battle is scheduled between 10pm and midnight. Also, we are expecting a large number of SXSW badge holders and may reach capacity.

https://www.facebook.com/events/360902563930854/

http://amoda.org/showcase/showcase.php?EventID=93

Once again AMODA is kicking off SXSW with one of its legendary Digital Showcases. This event will feature a musical Laptop Battle, live video projections, stellar performances from local electronic musicians and DJs, a wide range of interactive installations, and stunning animation pieces from around the world. Don't miss what promises to be an amazing event!

LAPTOP BATTLE CONTESTANTS:
-- Ntropy (Austin)
-- FBOM (Austin)
-- Deejay Yayyay (San Antonio)
-- DXM (NYC)
-- Kinder (Austin)
-- Dungeons & DJs (Austin)
-- Ikipr (Austin)
-- Aaron Pea (San Antonio)

LAPTOP BATTLE EMCEE:
-- Zeale (Austin)

LOCAL MUSICIANS / DJs:
-- Ernest Gonzales (Friends of Friends / San Antonio)
-- Silent Diane (True Panther / Austin)
-- Brad Hoods (Broken Teeth Crew / Austin)
-- Cap'n Tits (Austin)

LIVE VIDEO ARTISTS:
-- Dan Winckler (NYC)
-- VJDK (Plastik Harlots / Austin)
-- Tommy Blackburn (Arawa.fm / Austin)

VIDEO & ANIMATION ARTISTS:
-- Weirdcore (London)
-- Joe Hamilton (Australia)
-- Teppei Koseki (Japan)
-- Stephen Fishman (Austin)
-- Paul Nichols (London)
-- Michael Robinson (Pennsylvania)
-- Arthur Chance (London)
-- Johnny Woods (Los Angeles)
-- Vidkidz (Austin)

INTERATIVE INSTALLATION ARTISTS:
(In collaboration with Dorkbot and TACC)
-- Brandt Westing (Austin)
-- Craig Newswanger (Austin)
-- Interval Studios (Montreal)
-- Christian Miller (Austin)
-- Jason Torres (Austin)
-- Circuit Salon (Austin)

FLYER ARTIST:
-- William Sellari (Engines Roar / Virginia)

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 9TH: Listener Approved

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:40:00 -0700

Friday, March 9th, 2012.

ListenerApproved.com presents The Listener Approved Launch Party @ SXSW on March 9th at The Mohawk in Austin, Texas.

Featuring live performances by -

Michal Menert & Paul Basic (Pretty Lights Music), Texas' own Govinda, Derek VanScoten (D.V.S*), BedRockk, The Color Pharmacy, Mr. Free And The Satellite Freakout and Sweet Bandana.

Free music, free admission, free schwag, what badge!?

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/372237892796008/

Ticket Link: http://ListenerApprovedSXSW.mogotix.com

http://ListenerApproved.com

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 6TH: THE BUSINESS

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:15:00 -0700

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

The Business + DOWNTOWN STRUTS + BLACK EYED VERMILLION + CONCRETE.

Tickets: $10 ADV // $12 DOS.

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

The BUSINESS were formed towards the end of the seventies in UK with a line-up consisting of Micky Fitz-Steve Kent-Martin Smith and Nick Cunningham. Their first apperance on vinyl came in 1981 on the VU Records compilation 'Sudden Surge Of Sound' with the track 'Out in the cold'. The album also featured the UK SUBS and Laura Logic, formerly X-RAY SPEX. The Business track did not fare too well with the music press and one critic described it as "an angry bastard version of Status Quo". The group next turned up on the 'Carry On Oi!' LP which featured two songs by them.

A month later they released their debut single 'Harry may' which reached the top ten in Sounds independant chart, and is now quite hard to find. The original line-up split soon after it's telease and the last track they recorded was 'Step Into christmas' for the 'Bollocks to Christmas' EP(Dec.'81). Also released in December was the '1980-81 Official Bootleg' on Syndicate Records. This mixed live and demo recordings from the first incarnation of the band.

Micky Fitz wasted no time in re-forming the band with the help of Steve Whale, Mark Brennan, Graham Ball(ex-Conflict) and John Fisher(later to join Combat 84). The band only survived long enough to play one gig and Ball and Fisher left. Kev Boyce was drafted in to fill the vacant drum-stool and recorded an EP 'Smash The discos' with the band in March '82. The single spent six weeks in the indie chart peaking at number one spot by Pigbag's quarter of a million selling 'Papa's got a brand new Pigbag'. Before the release of the band's delayed first album, they appeared on two compilations in 1982. 'Total Noise' EP featured a studio version of 'Loud proud and punk' and the secret Records 'Oi Oi that's yer lot' LP inclued 'Real Enemy'. The business debut album 'Suburban Rebels' was finally released in May 1983 and reached number 37 in the national charts.

The LP was produced by Micky Geggus of the COCKNEY REJECTS, but was not technically their true first album. The original first album was produced by Ron Rouman(the band's manager) but The Business were not happy with the mix, so they decided to remix themselves. However, when they went to do this they found the tapes had mysteriously disappeared. So they borrowed 2,000 from Secret and re-recorded the album. The tapes finally came to light when Secret licensed the song 'Blind Justice' to Cherry Red for use in the 'UK/DK' video and sound-track LP(released 1983).

Apparently Secret had sent, by mistake the Geggus mixes instead of the Rouman LP. The original Rouman produced album finally surfaced on the 'Back to Back Vol.2' double LP on wonderful World records in 1985. The album was titled 'Smash The discos'(later re-issued on Link) and iclued covers of Crass's 'Do they owe us a living' and Sham 69 'Tell us the truth''. The band was unable to record during most of 1984 due to legal hassles with Secret and trouble with their management. However, in september they returned again with a new LP 'Loud Proud and punk- Live' and a new drummer Micky Fairbairn. The album went down well with the music press and gained a five star review in Sounds.

1985 proved to be a productive year with the new line-up releasing their first 12" 'Get Out Of My House' ; two double LP's 'Back To Back-Vol.1' and the already mentioned volume 2; and the controversial 'Drinking and driving' . The latter was released on 7" and 12", the 12" containing a cover of SHAM 69's 'Harry up Harry'. The single did not impress the public, especially Professor Brian Pritchard of Action on Drinking and driving. He was quoted in the national press as saying: "The record is absolutely criminal, the group should be prosecuted for aiding and abetting manslaughter"(!!)

An album followed in December '85 entitled 'Saturday's heroes' which inclued 'Drinking and Driving' and another 'offensive' song - the title track 'Saturday's heroes'. The song was a tongue-in-cheek tribute to football hooliganism, but again was treated seriously and with contempt. Record wise, apart from songs on various compilations, The business were not heard of again until the release of 'Do a runner' in February '88(a brilliant song reminiscent of COCK SPARRER). Dojo Records kept the band's name alive prior to this by releasing a compilation LP in june '86. 'Singalongabusiness' contained singles A and B-sides, plus various odds and sods. The 12" 'Do a runner' was issued on Link records(which was formed by Business bass player Mark Brennan in '87).

An LP 'Welcome to the real world' followed quickly in May '88. As well as containing original Business songs it also contained versions of songs originally written for Prole and The Blackout(bands which Business members had been previously involved in). In October '88 a four-track EP was given away with the first issue of 'Beat Of The Street' magazine. The inclued song was a live version of 'Do a runner' recorded at the Lisieux Festival in Normandy-France and which was to be the band's last ever gig.

On Saturday April 2nd 1988, The Business played their final English gig at the Astoria in london. A crowd of 1500 attented and the event was recorded by Link and issued as the 'Live and Loud' LP. The band split up shortly after the aforementioned French Festival...

Biography by Martin Sumper

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 5TH: Leslie and the Ly's + Pennyhawk + Ramona & the Swimsuits

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:45:00 -0700

Monday, March 5th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Leslie and the Ly's + Pennyhawk + Ramona & the Swimsuits

Doors: 6:30pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

Leslie Hall initally caught the hearts & eyes of Americas children when she began posting images of her world famous gem sweater collection on the interweb. Word of mouth quickly grew and within a month Leslie recieved over 2 million unique hits to her website, which left her with a $800 bill for exceeding her bandwidth.

In order to raise money to pay back her mother, Leslie did what any 200 lb. plus girl from Iowa would do. She became a rapper. Leslies star has risen quickly with such viral video music hits as GOLD PANTS, BEATDAZZLER, & ZOMBIE KILLER.

Her stage show is like nothing you have seen before. Complete with video projection & 3-6 costume changes (all lovingly hand sewn by her mother), you can expect to be dazzled. Leslies laserbeam dance moves have been known to cause near blindness in the fans who gather at her shows. You can be sure that gay men will squeal with delight when she tumbles and triumphs never before seen dance moves. If you are lucky, it is possible that a bead of perspiration may ripple down her brow and upon your flesh.

-recent shows include 2 sold out nights supporting the Scissor Sisters at New York Citys Bowrey Ballroom. -owns over 300 gemmed sweaters -Find out why every venue she plays, asks her back....

Influences : Tracy Turnblad, Elvira - Mistress of the Dark, Ginger Spice Likes: Dill Pickle Potato Chips, Sierra Mist, Zombie Movies, Lifetime Television for Women, Hobby Lobby Craft Department

From www.mohawkaustin.com

MARCH 3RD: Saul Williams (sub pop)

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:30:00 -0700

Saturday, March 3rd, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Saul Williams + TBD...

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Ticket Price: $13 ADV // $15 DOS

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

Never has the power of the word and the ability to dictate reality been expressed so clearly and creatively at once, than through the lyrical fervor of Saul Williamss spoken word art.

Gifted and fiery, Williams is a former Grand Slam Champion who continually explores social consciousness with passionate emotion through his poetry. His artistry is raw and expressive, and always capable of provoking deep introspective thought in hopes of bringing about change.

Williams brings his remarkable success to books, film, television, and music. He co-wrote and starred in Slam, a Sundance Film Festival and Camera dOr Cannes Film Festival winner. He has also been on HBOs Def Poetry Jam and is a recurring character on UPNs hit show, Girlfriends. With three albums to his credit, Williamss music provides a sonic soundscape for his already rhythmic and expansive poetry. His debut album, Amethyst Rock Star, earned him great critical acclaim and his September '04 self-titled release has received just as many accolades.

As the author of four unique collections of poems, including She and The Seventh Octave, his voice adds value and intensity to the weight of words. His newest book, The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop, gives readers a tour of the history of hip-hop.

A prolific contemporary artist, Williams is modern poetry at its best.

"Saul Williams has proven himself a master of words, music and acting time and time again. With this album, hes expressing himself through what he refers to as 'the most powerful artistic medium. If it has the power to make a nation nod their heads then it can help society change its face.'"

- Def Poetry Jam

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MARCH 2: FASHION FREAKOUT 5

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:50:00 -0700

Friday, March 2nd, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Fashion Freakout 5 w/ The Fleshlights + A Giant Dog + OBN III's.

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

From www.mohawkaustin.com

FEB. 25TH.: 6TH Annual Misprint Beard & Mustache Competition

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:55:00 -0700

Saturday, February 25th, 2012.

Episode VI: Return of the Handle-Bar.

See last year's Pics Here.

From www.mohawkaustin.com

FEB. 24th: MDS Residency: HarMar Superstar.

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:55:00 -0700

Friday, January 24th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

MDS Residency: HarMar Superstar + Polia + Marijuana Deathsqauds + Total Fucking Blood

Doors: 9pm

Ticket Price: $8 ADV // $10 DOS

Buy Tickets Now @ http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/

Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, Har Mar Superstar returns this fall with Dark Touches, his first album since 2004s critically acclaimed The Handler. The new Har Mar retains his defiant sexiness and uncanny knack for irresistible R&B hooks, but fans his colorful wings in the spirit of inclusion. Har Mar has always represented the most out-there and outrageous and in your face aspects of me, says Sean Tillmann, the Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and producer behind the Har Mar Superstar moniker. ve gone through phases where theres been angry Har Mar and different versions of this guy, but lately its all been this vibe that everyones included and everyones part of this thing, and you feel like you added something to it just by being there. Its about me going out and getting as sweaty as possible, moving around as much as I can, and in a sense glamour-ing everybody for the night and making them feel better about themselves.

Tillmann spent the past several years playing music with his other projects Sean Na Na and Neon Neon, whose album Stainless Style was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Music Prize. But he also found time to launch a new career as an actor and screenwriter, earning roles in the upcoming feature films Whip It (directed by Drew Barrymore, and starring Junos Ellen Page and Arrested Developments Alia Shawkat) and Lovely, Still. Hes developing his own movie scripts and sitcom pilots, building on the success of his Crappy Holidays videos; in each of the comedic shorts directed by Ryan Rickett and written with John Ringhoff Tillmann suffers a different cruel twist of fate for each holiday.

I kind of got sick of the Har Mar persona for a little while, says Tillmann. I thought it was time to go away for a little bit, so hung up the Har Mar jacket and went back in my shell and made a new Sean Na Na album and had fun doing that and toured a lot with Neon Neon, and started these film projects with my friends out here. But Tillmann kept writing tunes throughout those years, and after awhile he found himself feeling much the same way he had when he started Har Mar Superstar ten years ago. I just got sick of playing guitar music again, he says. I realized that I really missed Har Mar.

For Dark Touches, Tillmann recorded with friends like Greg Kurstin of Los Angeles band the Bird and the Bee, rapper P.O.S. of the Rhymesayers collective, singer-songwriter Adam Green, the Faint beatmakers Clark Baechle and Jacob Thiele, and The Handler producer John Fields, whose credits include Andrew W.K., Rooney and the Jonas Brothers. The results soundtrack a retro-futuristic dance party, an exuberant pastiche of late Eighties R&B grooves, crisp synth samples, Tillmanns soulful falsetto part Usher, part Todd Rundgren and cheeky lyrics describing the courtship practices of the lothario known as Har Mar Superstar. I Got Next, for instance, was inspired by Tillmanns habit of asking a cute girl to sign a contract agreeing that, if she should break up with her current beau, Har Mars got next. s like, sign this contract, and Ill come back and make out with you next time, explains Tillmann, who co-wrote the track with his Neon Neon band mate, Bryan Boom Bip Hollon and Bird And The Bee singer Inara George. I have a lot of contracts signed, on napkins and things. Its a fun, flirtatious thing to do that feels naughty when youre on tour.

Tillmann started writing Dark Touches a few years ago, but it took him a minute to realize that the initial ideas worked perfectly as Har Mar Superstar songs. Tall Boy (written with Kurstin) and Girls Only (written with Fields), for instance, were conceived as tunes for Britney Spears and the Cheetah Girls, respectively, but have twice the spice coming from Har Mars perspective. I realized a song like Girls Only is so much more amazing if I sing it, he says. I wrote that one for the Cheetah Girls a while ago, and I feel like Disney freaked out a bit after doing a Google search and seeing pictures of me performing in my underwear. I understand why they would pass on that. But its one of those things where I was stepping outside of myself and writing totally uninhibited for somebody else. Then, when you come back at the end of the day, you realize you wrote a Har Mar song, and theres a light bulb that goes off and youre like, Oh yeah, thats ME.

Har Mar Superstar was born ten years ago, when Tillmann was living in Minneapolis, playing guitar-based indie rock. The Har Mar idea, he says, was a reaction to boring indie rock and how people were taking themselves way too seriously, and any aspect of playing and touring was no fun after a while, and I realized if I go to a dance party and sing an R. Kelly song on a couch, the girls are going to go fucking crazy. So I started transferring that to the stage and doing more R&B-oriented songs, and it really was a no-brainer after Id done it a few times. Like, why dont I just make this gross, why dont I just start writing songs like that? And as soon as I did, it was obvious, it was like a light bulb went off and I went on my way and got more and more aggressive, and the shows became this weird exercise in sexual tension, and I really learned how to play with that fire and make it work for me.

By the time Tillmann had accumulated eight or nine new tunes last year, he started to embrace the idea of making the album that would become Dark Touches. I just kept going with it, he says, and this record was born. Embracing the various threads of his personality the humorous, the self-deprecating, the potty-mouthed, the lusty Tillmann came up with booty-shakers even more irresistible than The Handlers hit tune Dope, Man, a sunny funk tune about the agony and ecstasy of being a weed dealer and t Ask Dont Tell co-written with his buddies Josiah Steinbrick from the band Heavens and Matthew Compton of Cursive and Engine Down are the epitome of what Tillmann calls fun party jams with a deeper subtext or double- or triple-entendre going on in the lyrics.

Elsewhere, hes more direct: Gangsters Want to Cuddle Me, with its lo-fi electro beat and a slinky Sly Stone-style horn loop, tells the story of a how a hoodie covered in puffy neon dinosaurs made Tillmann into the most huggable dude walking down Sunset Boulevard. And Game Night featuring a beat supplied by Minneapolis rapper P.O.S. and a whisper verse by Adam Green narrates the singers habit of inviting friends together in LA for board games and trivia. (He even hosts a popular Sunday night pub quiz at Silverlake Mexican restaurant Malo.)

Har Mar is as much Crappy Holidays as it is an album, says Tillmann. The place that Im coming from isnt going to change, and it all really is an extension of myself. Theres not too much of a division between Har Mar and Sean at this point. I guess it sort of fulfilled the prophecy: Ive just become my own guy, and thats what Har Mar records present to people.

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FEB. 22ND: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:40:00 -0800

Wed. February 22, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

Times TBD.

Price: $17 ADV // $20 DOS

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Already a renowned figure in American alternative music due to his involvement with the legendary band Pavement, Stephen Malkmus has gone on to have a fruitful solo career. Based in Portland, Oregan and backed by band The Jicks, Stephen Malkmus has remained a critical darling for nearly two decades, becoming a hugely respected elder figure of the American underground.

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FEB. 19TH: Scott Kelly (Neurosis) + Eugene Robinson + Ancient VVisdom

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:20:00 -0800

Sunday, February 19th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Scott Kelly (Neurosis) + Eugene Robinson + Ancient VVisdom

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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Scott Kelly is one of three founding members of Oakland, California, United States experimental metal band Neurosis. Has been writing and publishing music since 1985 with Neurosis, Tribes Of Neurot, Blood and Time and his solo acoustic project. He has contributed guest vocals on three Mastodon recordings, Aqua Dementia from the album Leviathan (2004), Crystal Skull, from Blood Mountain (2006) and the title-track off Crack the Skye (2009).

Currently he's still writing, recording, and performing with Neurosis and all of the related projects as well as being part owner of Neurosis' record label Neurot recordings.

http://www.myspace.com/bloodtime
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kelly_(musician)

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FEB. 13TH: Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:00:00 -0800

Monday, February 13th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra

Doors: 6:30PM // Show: 7:30PM
Ticket Price: $12 ADV // $14 DOS

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Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (previously A Silver Mt. Zion, The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band with Choir and Thee Silver Mountain Reveries) are a Canadian band which formed in 1999, originating from Montreal, Quebec. They use a number of different variations of the name on different releases, but the group use the shorthand SMZ and their name is most often simplified to Silver Mt. Zion (as they are referred to hereinafter). Since inception, the group has undergone almost yearly personnel changes. The band currently has five members following the resignation of three in late 2008.

The band has released six studio albums and one EP, publishing them through the influential record label Constellation. Their debut album He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms was released in 2000 andwith the exception of two tracksis a purely instrumental record. As other records were created, their sound and membership progressively changed from a sequestered trio to a boisterous quintet. By the release of Horses in the Sky, the group became overwhelmingly vocal in its style.

Their most recent album, Kollaps Tradixionales, was released in February 2010. It consists of seven songs, three of which previously debuted at live performances. Several members of the band are also working on a live album tentatively titled Fuck You Drakulas. A mid-summer 2007 release was planned but did not materialize as the band are still working on it "when time permits".

Silver Mt. Zion's music has been described as "post-rock", though the band members are hesitant to use the term. Singer and guitarist Efrim Menuck identifies with punk rock ethos and aesthetic.

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FEBRURY 11TH: The Lemonheads

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 09:40:00 -0800

Saturday, February 11th, 2011.

Transmission Events Presents:

The Lemonheads (Performing "It's A Shame About Ray")

Doors: 8PM // Show: Deets TBA

Ticket Price: $15

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The Lemonheads:
Evan Griffith Dando formed The Lemonheads with two high school buddies in late winter '86, in their senior year at Boston's tiny Commonwealth School. A few months later, they spawned what is now one of the most sought-after punk relics of the 80s, the indie EP Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners. Boston-based Taang! Records immediately picked up on The Lemonheads, with three college radio pleasers to follow: the LPs Hate Your Friends (1987), Creator (1988), and Lick (1989). In 1990 Atlantic Records took notice of the massively expanding Lemonheads fanbase in Europe (where they toured in 1989) and America by signing the band and releasing their well-received (in Cambridge, Massachusetts) fourth LP, Lovey.

Even by this time, The Lemonheads lineup had been volatile: more than a dozen different configurations over a period of just five years, all sorts of bit parts and reshuffles, with Dando as the only constant. At one point it got so confusing that an ex-drummer, just a week after getting kicked of the group, answered The Lemonheads' ad to replace himself. By a conservative estimate, the band has had more than ten bass players and at least a dozen drummers over the years.

But out of this primordial chaos came a veritable Golden Age for The Lemonheads. A 1991 tour brought Evan to Australia, where by chance he met songwriter Tom Morgan and future Lemonheads bassist Nic Dalton. Their collaboration made all the difference for the next Atlantic release, It's a Shame About Ray (1992), a concentrated blast of pure pop perfection that clocks in at just under 30 minutes. Thanks to songs such as "Confetti", "My Drug Buddy", "Rudderless", and "Ceiling Fan in My Spoon", Dando hit a whole new audience ("they're getting younger," he confessed to Kathie Lee Gifford at the time).

Mainstream media hype of The Lemonheads shifted into high gear, with lots of wild speculation as to the exact nature of the relationship between Dando and long-time friend Juliana Hatfield (who played bass and sang on Ray). It also didn't hurt when a 1993 People magazine spread devoted a full page to Evan as one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world. That news came to Evan in New Zealand, on his 26th birthday. When a magazine rep called to tell him he was among the "fifty dishiest people", Dando recalled, "I thought she said busiest". And I thought, 'kin right!" With all the traveling, I was busy!"

Atlantic released a smash follow-up, Come on Feel The Lemonheads, in October 1993. The album brought Dando a genuine charting single ("Into your Arms") as well as instant classics such as "Great Big No", "Down About It", "Being Around", and "You Can Take it with You." In winter 1993/1994 Evan Dando was in your living room, thanks to live appearances on the Letterman and Leno late night network TV shows. Inevitably, in Warrington, Pennsylvania, a 20-something named Jeff Fox published the first issue of his backlash 'zine Die Evan Dando, Die.

Two years of brutal touring for The Lemonheads followed, which Evan punctuated with some high-profile personal meltdowns on various continents that caught the imagination of a press ever eager for negative copy. Still The Lemonheads (now with Boston friends John Strohm on guitar and Murph on drums) managed to crank out a defiant 1996 release Car Button Cloth, with some of their best melodic pop/punk to date: "It"s All True", "If I Could Talk I"d Tell You", and "Tenderfoot". After a year promoting the record, Dando announced at the 1997 Reading Festival that he was disbanding The Lemonheads. Atlantic released a Best of The Lemonheads album in 1998, and a lot of geezers surmised that that was that.

"I just decided to duck out for a while", explains Dando of his self-imposed exile from the scene. "I didn't have it in me. It took until I met my wife in 1998 until I got back into making music." That would be Elizabeth Moses, Newcastle-born English supermodel and musician. Once married in 2000, Dando started to come alive again like Frampton, first with a 2001 live album Live at the Brattle Theater/Griffith Sunset, and then in 2003 with a well-received solo LP, Baby I"m Bored.

In 2004 Evan Dando found himself fronting the MC5, the most incendiary rock band of 1960s America, as lead vocalist in a 41-show tour. And it was hard to miss Dando during 2005 and early 2006, as he toured widely in North America and Europe with various bass players (Juliana Hatfield and Josh Lattanzi) and drummers (Bill Stevenson, Chris Brokaw from Come, George Berz of Dinosaur Jr), and occasionally as a one man electrical wrecking crew. Memorably, in September 2005, Dando, Stevenson, and Lattanzi played two instantly sold-out shows in London as part of the Don"t Look Back series, where they rocked through It"s a Shame About Ray from start to finish.

In 2006 came The Lemonheads, released on Vagrant records and recorded with Bill Stevenson and Karl Alvarez of The Descendents. Stevenson co-produced with Dando, and wrote or co-wrote three of its eleven songs, while long-time collaborator Tom Morgan added another two. There were cameos from bassist Josh Lattanzi ("Poughkeepsie", "Rule of Three", "In Passing"), Garth Hudson (of The Band, who plays keyboards on "Black Gown" and "December"), and some real foot-on-monitor guitar work by Dinosaur Jr's J. Mascis ("No Backbone", "Steve's Boy").

"We started out in Jam and Buzzcocks territory," explained Dando at the time, "We got some psyched-out country on there as well, but all of it is squarely in The Lemonheads tradition."

Following a Rhino reissue of ...Ray in 2008, complete with stripped-down demos, next up for The Lemonheads was a covers LP, Varshons. The idea for the bands new covers record was inspired by Gibby Haynes, ringmaster of the Butthole Surfers, who for years has made mixes for Dando, a longtime friend. Making a good mix is an art, and Gibby has it down, says Dando. I thought it would be fun to share these songs with other people like he shared them with me. So I picked the greatest hits from his mixes and covered them, along with a few other songs I always wanted to play.

Varshons was produced by Haynes and features Dando along with Vess Ruhtenburg (bass) and Devon Ashley (drums). The collection is filled with strange bedfellows - from G.G. Allin to Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt and garage rockers The Green Fuz. The Lemonheads make each track their own, with help from actress Liv Tyler, singing back up on Leonard Cohens Hey, Thats No Way To Say Goodbye, and Kate Moss, who sings over the dance groove of Arling & Camerons Dirty Robot, which also features lead guitar by John Perry on loan from The Only Ones.

Varshons unearths a pair of psychedelic treasures with a song recorded in 1969 by the group Sam Gopal featuring future Motorhead bassist Lemmy Kilmister and Dandelion Seeds from July, record collectors Registered Landmark Band. For Up With Linda, the band filters Allins cold-blooded tale through the swaggering country-honk of The Stones Dead Flowers.

Filled with obscure nuggets, the tracks on Varshons cut a wide swath, jumping from early British psychedelic to Dutch electronica and like all good mix tapes, you never know what is coming next.

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FEB. 10TH: THE OCTOPUS PROJECT

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:05:00 -0800

Friday, February 10th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

The Octopus Project

Doors: 8pm // Show: 9pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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"The Octopus Project is an experimental electronic band based in Austin, Texas and formed in 1999. The band has a unique sound, blending pop and experimental elements, is a combination of digital and electronic sounds and noises (including drum machine, keyboard/ synthesizers and other strange devices) and analog equipment (including guitars and live drums). Their music is mostly instrumental, except for tracks like Queen, Moon Boil and Wet Gold.

On April 30, 2006, the band played the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. They were offered the opportunity after a fan, unbeknownst to the band, entered them in a contest held by the festival on MySpace in which voters were to nominate their favorite band for an open slot at the festival.

All members are known to switch instruments live (for instance, Josh Lambert playing drums while Toto Miranda plays guitar, or Yvonne Lambert playing guitar while Josh Lambert operates the electronics), but each member can be said to play a primary instrument.

Yvonne Lambert is one of the few modern rock musicians to consistently play the theremin on recordings and in performances. The instrument appears on many of the bands tracks. The theremin is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without discernible physical contact from the player. It is named after its Russian inventor, Professor Lon Theremin, who patented the device in 1928. The controlling section usually consists of two metal antennas which sense the position of the players hands and control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude (volume) with the other, so it can be played without being touched. The electric signals from the theremin are amplified and sent to a loudspeaker."

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Octopus+Project/+wiki

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FEB 6TH: The Jealous Sound

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:10:00 -0800

Monday, February 6th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

The Jealous Sound + TBA + Pswingset

Doors: 9PM // Show: 10PM

Ticket Price: $8 ADV // $10 DOS

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Relationships are hard work. Whether it be for love or love of musicgetting together with that special someone isn't an easy task. Luckily, The Jealous Sound have seemingly beat the odds and come together from their diverse pasts to create some musical gems. The Jealous Sound is made up of singer/songwriter/guitarist Blair Shehan of the now defunct Knapsack, guitarist Pedro Benito, formerly of Sunday's Best, drummer Michel Bravine, formerly of the Killingtons and John McGinnis, formerly of Neither Trumpets Nor Drums, on bass. Here we have the formula for a torrid dalliance with this disparate cast of characters.

Blair Shehan had an intense love affair with his last project, Knapsack. In it from the beginning of '94 and seeing the relationship through three releases that were coined successes by the adoring public, Blair became accustomed to people reacting to his most unique voice that could be recognized within a millisecond throughout the indie-rock, collegiate masses. And while Blair's duty in Knapsack solidified his place in the indie-rock yearbooks, The Jealous Sound is a vehicle in which Blair can drive further and faster by way of its texture and style.

On this EP, Blair is able to showcase his own neverending passion for music, gracing the listeners with five tracks of blistering complexity in songwriting and movement. The songs are intense and hardhitting overtop Blair's signature voice. The songs complexity is furthered by the benefit of Pedro's indie rock sensibilities that signature the Sunday's Best guitar sound. Joining the Jealous Sound just weeks before the Holiday Matinee tour comes Michel Bravine, formerly of the Killingtons. Michel brings power and intense energy. You'll understand if you see him live.John's history as guitarist and singer in the Los Angeles' based eclectic indie pop band, Neither Trumpets Nor Drums, helps round out this diverse group. We wouldn't call this an all-star cast, as the past-life references are there as just references. This is a marriage of talented musicians, here to pool their skills and develop a relationship for the love of music.

What we have on this EP is an ode to the days when music courted listeners with sheer, unabashed ingenuity and still remembered to open the car door for us. Already playing scores of shows on the west coast with such lavish (and as the band itself, diverse) luminaries like At the Drive In, Death Cab for Cutie, Sensefield, Samiam or The Weakerthans, The Jealous Sound is ready to seriously romance the world.

- http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/The-Jealous-Sound-Biography/D7E0B5406B95606948256C4E000E0210

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FEB. 5TH: RIOTGOD

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:45:00 -0800

Sunday, February 5th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

RIOTGOD + Dixie Witch + Modok + Bay of Pigs

Doors: 9pm // Show: 10pm

Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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October 2011: Riotgod has released their new album on Metalville Records, "Invisible Empire" Available in Europe 10.21.11.

In 2007 Monster Magnet's Bob Pantella and Jim Baglino forged a new alternate universe -- inviting guitarist Garrett Sweeny and vocalist Mark Sunshine to come with them -- their goal to create, over time, some of the most energetic, recognizable, high quality hard rock possible.

Signing with Metalville Records out of Germany in March 2010, Riotgod's album is out in stores and online worldwide.

Their second CD "Invisible Empire" will be released in Europe on 10.21.2011.

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FEB 4TH: KING KHAN & THE SHRINES // SOLD OUT //

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:55:00 -0800

Sarurday, February 4th 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

King Khan & the Shrines // SOLD OUT //

Doors: 8PM // Show: 9PM

Ticket Price: $11 ADV // $13 DOS

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"Who is this manic Master of Ceremonies who openly confesses to the two grand black bohemians said to be lunatic Sun Ra and George Clinton, and whose stagings certainly remind us of a young Herman Sonny Blount and his Solar Arkestra? In 1995 Khan leaves the frosty soil of the city of Montreal playing the bass for the International-Underground-Legends THE SPACESHITS. The band is produced by Mike Mariconda with a special guest appearance from the Fabulous Andy G (Devil Dogs). Khan founds the secret lodge of the KUKAMONGAS. During the oncoming years Khan tours across the States. Detroit, New Orleans, New York City, LA, San Francisco, Dallas, Tijuana etc. Khan doesnt return from the first Spaceshits-Europe-Tour in summer of 1999. In Germany the young 22-year old Canadian founds a Psychedlic-Soul-Big-Band THE SENSATIONAL SHRINES. The first line-up includes Ron Streeter (live-percussionist of Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Al Jarreau and other Soul-Legends), as well as a horn section of rowdy teenagers, and a rhythm section which can only be called a german/french version of the Freak Brothers. Khan meets Fredovitch (Bordeaux's wildest organ player) wearing a silverstudded gogo dress, matching cowboy hat and sporting a full beard. He dubs him into shrinehood only one week before recording their first album in Toe Rag Studio in London. THREE HAIRS & YOURE MINE is produced by Liam Watson. THE SHRINES grow into an all-star international movement. Their first concert in London is suspended by the police. The band escapes through the back-door. Numerous gigs will follow all across Europe, among others with the Demolition Dollrods, Mr.Quintron and Ms. Pussycat, an after-party for 50 cent, even a legendary stint at the Roskilde festival. In 2003 Khan encounters the Hazelwood-producers-team Gordon Two Horses Friedrich and Wolfgang Gottlieb, who stage the second longplayer MR. SUPERNATURAL in the beginning of 2004."

http://www.hazelwood.de/kingkhan/index.php

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FEB. 2ND: Anthony Green (Circa Survive)

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 08:45:00 -0800

Thursaday, February 2nd, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Anthony Green (Circa Survive) w/ very special guests The Dear Hunter.

Doors: 7PM // Show: 8PM

Ticket Price: $15-$19

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Anthony Green, born April 15, 1982 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, is the lead vocalist for the band Circa Survive. His first solo album, Avalon, was released on Photo Finish Records in 2008. A follow-up entitled Beautiful Things is planned for later this year.

Anthony is well known for his impressively high vocal range. In addition to his position in Circa Survive, he is the former lead vocalist of Saosin and member of The Sound of Animals Fighting, a experimental rock band featuring members of RX Bandits and Finch. Other projects he has been involved in throughout his career include High and Driving, Audience of One, Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer and Jeer At Rome. He has been featured as a guest vocalist or backup vocalist in many bands, such as Fear Before the March of Flames, The Receiving End of Sirens, Envy on the Coast, The Spill Canvas, Say Anything, Good Old War, A Trunk Full of Dead Bodies, and Like Lions. Green also played four acoustic sets opening for The Color Fred in late December 2005, as well as two benefit shows in December 2006.

In 2003, Anthony Green moved from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Southern California in order to pursue a future with Saosin. Saosin would release only one EP with Green, Translating the Name, before he departed to form Circa Survive. The band immediately gained the support of Equal Vision and within a year had released a limited edition tour EP entitled The Inuit Sessions. They went on to release two full-length albums, Juturna and On Letting Go, before moving on to Atlantic and releasing a third, Blue Sky Noise, and another EP, Appendage. Anthony Green considers Circa Survive his only band, and has labeled his other ventures, including his solo career, as

Anthonys song Ive Been Dying To Reach You, was recorded in 2003 with Justin Shekoski of Saosin at John Feldman of Goldfingers home studio. It was later rerecorded and released as Dear Child (Ive Been Dying To Reach You) on Avalon, along with other tracks that Anthony had played throughout the years but had not released. Anthony has acoustically covered songs by artists such as Good Old War, Bjork, Pink Floyd, and The Monkees. A spoken version of his poem Jesus And The Sharp Electric Star appears in the book Revolution on Canvas.

http://www.last.fm/music/Anthony+Green/+wiki

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Jan. 30th: A Lull + Deleted Scenes + Tape Deck Mountain

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:05:00 -0800

Monday, January 30th, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

A Lull + Deleted Scenes + Tape Deck Mountain

Doors: 8PM

Set Times: 9PM // 10PM // 11PM

Ticket Price: $8

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Chicagos A Lull is nearly impossible to describe without qualifiers. Equal parts mystical and primal, the music crafted by these five multi-instrumentalists gathers the recognizable traits of a half dozen indie micro-genres, tosses out all but the stem cells, then adds the calculated, percussive verve of a half dozen rhythm sections on top of beautifully crafted songwriting to result in a sound that is as unique as it is memorable. A Lull blurs the lines between the synthesized and organic. The evocative lyrics and vocals of Nigel Evan Dennis are engulfed with music elements that live on the barriers between guitars, electronics, and effects, then (with each member of the band having at one point in his career been a drummer) covered with endless layers of percussion. Recording the music themselves, the band is not confined to traditional studio techniques or time constraints, and the obsessive attention to detail shows. Employing anything available to create beats, melodies, textures and layers of sound, A Lulls sonic landscape is experimental in the ways that it takes form, yet at the same time inherently musical.

A Lull plans to release Confetti in early 2011 and the band will continue to tour, with local and national dates scheduled throughout the rest of the year. - http://www.last.fm/music/A+Lull/+wiki

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JANUARY 29TH: TWIN SISTER // SOLD OUT //

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:15:00 -0800

Sunday, January 21st, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Twin Sister + Ava Luna // SOLD OUT //

Doors: 9PM // Show: 10PM
Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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Long Island, New York-based indie pop quintet Twin Sister make music that is dreamy, yet danceable. The five members of the group -- vocalist Andrea Estella, bassist Gabe D'Amico, drummer Bryan Ujueta, keyboardist Dev Gupta, and guitarist (sometimes vocalist) Eric Cardona -- crossed paths while playing in their respective bands, ultimately befriending each other and forming Twin Sister in 2008. Their first EP, Vampires with Dreaming Kids, was self-released that year. After their first live show out of town, at SXSW, they toured with tUnE-YarDs and Xiu Xiu before putting the final touches on their second EP, Color Your Life, which followed in 2010. In 2011, Twin Sister signed to Domino Records and released their first full-length, In Heaven, that September. ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi

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JANUARY 25TH: GRAVEYARD

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:20:00 -0800

Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

Transmission Events Presents:

Graveyard + Radio Moscow + Eagle Claw

Doors: 6:30PM // Show: 7:30PM
Ticket Price: $10 ADV // $12 DOS

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A throwback rock band much in the vein of Witchcraft or Priestess, Gothenburg, Sweden's Graveyard formed in late 2006. Original members Joakim Nilsson (guitar and vocals), Truls Mrck (guitar and vocals), Rikard Edlund (bass), and Axel Sjoberg (drums) were moved by the legacy of giants such as Cream and Black Sabbath, and quickly recorded their first demo. Rather quickly thereafter, the band scored a dual distribution deal with both Tee Pee Records and Transubstans Records. Their debut album, simply entitled Graveyard, was released in early 2008. Following the recording of said collection, the band saw the replacement of guitarist Sjoberg with Jonathan Ramm, after the former called it a day.

~ Chris True, Rovi

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JANUARY 1ST - 8TH: FREE FREE FREE WEEK @ MOHAWK.

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:15:00 -0800

January 1st - 8th 2012.

Transmission Event Presents:

FREE WEEK @ MOHAWK.

* FREE MILKSHAKES every night at midnight from our homies at Handshakes *

(Click on STAGES for more info.)

SUN. 1ST // Curse The Heavens + BANDS OUTSIDE. +BANDS INSIDE.

MON. 2ND // Vagabond Collective Presents: BANDS OUTSIDE. +BANDS INSIDE.

TUE. 3RD // Giant Steps Presents: BANDS OUTSIDE. +BANDS INSIDE.

WED. 4TH // Austin Surreal Presents: BANDS INSIDE.

THU. 5TH // Manejo Beto + BOY + BANDS OUTSIDE. +BANDS INSIDE.

FRI. 6TH // Switched On Presents: BANDS OUTSIDE. +BANDS INSIDE.

SAT. 7TH // T-Bird and the Breaks + BANDS OUTSIDE. +BANDS INSIDE.

SUN. 8TH // Broken Gold + BANDS INSIDE.

Tickets on Sale Now.

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NYE // BIG FREEDIA + TURQUOISE JEEP. // SOLD OUT //

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:10:00 -0800

Saturday, December 31st, 2011.

Transmission Events Presents:

Big Freedia + Turquoise Jeep. // SOLD OUT //

$15 Advance ($20 Day of Show).

High Life Champagne (of Beers) Toast at Midnight.

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Big Freedia (pronounced ) is the undisputed Queen Diva of Bounce Music, and performs six or more times a week in various venues throughout her home town of New Orleans.

Bounce Music is an original urban music rising up from the challenging yet fun-loving nature of the New Orleans housing projects which dominate the citys street culture, and Freedia performs a derivative of Bounce reserved for self-proclaimed (a locally used name for biological men with varied and ambiguous sexual identities) that has risen to prominence in recent years and features explicitly gay and cross-dressing musicians and themes. Big Freedia, like other artists, has achieved mainstream success with several New Orleans hit singles such as Gin in My System and Azz Everywhere! from her albums An Ha, Oh Yeah (1999) and Queen Diva (2003). Freedia began her musical career almost 15 years ago at the Walter L. Cohen High School in New Orleans, where she was enlisted as choir director from her Sophomore to Senior years. She sees her performance as a Bounce artist as an extension of this work, often interacting in a call and response/teacher and student fashion with her audiences.

While also running a successful decorating business (for which she has counted the Mayors office as a client), Freedia has begun traveling outside the city regularly with her dancers, The Divas, and live DJ, Rusty Lazer, playing to sold out audiences from the East to the West Coast alongside (or onstage with) artists such as Spank Rock, Ninjasonik, Monique, The Rapture, 7 Seconds, Snoop Dogg and many more. 2011 has been a banner year for the Queen Diva as she's begun to travel to Europe and beyond, headlining shows in Paris (Social Club), Amsterdam (Valtifest), Milan (Nike Stadium) and London. Freedia will perform at Meredith Festival in Australia this December, followed by a 4 city Austalian tour, then returns to the Big Easy to put the finishing touches on her next album which will include collaborations with New Orleans' most prominent rappers and beatmakers alongside the work of unique producers and performers from around the world.

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BOOK YOUR PARTY AT THE MOHAWK.

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:00:00 -0800

12.01.11

The Mohawk Presents:

"Season's Drinkings" from the Mohawk!

We just wanna Party with You! Come book your Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanza, Winter Solstice, "Escape-From-Your-Family", Corporate or Birthday Parties now for December.

"It is better to drink than to receive." - Patrick Waites. Mohawk Events Promoter.

BOOK EVENTS NOW.

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SEASONS GREETINGS // FROM THE MOHAWK.

Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:00:00 -0800

Sautrday, December 24th & 25th, 2011.

Warm greetings and thanks to you all for supporting us through the years. We hope this weekend finds you happy, healthy & in the company of loved ones. Be Safe, Be Merry, Give Thanks & Enjoy your Traditions - whether they be sacred or profane.

We'll be in a yurt, carving a whale-bone & smoking a herring - listening to Skynrd.

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DECEMBER 22ND: ISHI.

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:05:00 -0800

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011.

Transmission Events Presents:

ISHI + Soldier Thread + The Burning Hotels + Bali Yaaah.

Doors: 9PM // Set Times: 9:30PM / 10:30PM / 11:30PM / 12:30AM
Ticket Price: $5.00

The Soldier Thread is an indie pop-rock quintet hailing from Austin, Texas. Having been only patched together since late 2007, the ensemble has already undergone quite an alteration in style. Todd Abels (guitar, keyboard) and Justin McHugh (keyboard, guitar, backup vocals) set out from ambient origins to weave in the missing pieces. Close ties to Patricia Lynn (lead vocals, keyboard) and Drew Vandiver (drums) allowed for an easy joining of loose ends. With Chance Gilmore (bass guitar) eventually completing the chain, the group began to play shows in and around Austin, as well as throughout Texas. The release of In Spades in 2010 marked a shift from true indie sound to more polished, pop-driven tunes. The band went on their first national tour in May 2011, opening for Blue October, and landed the 101X Staff Pick with self-released single "Anybody." The integration of producer Dwight Baker served as the anchor stitch to complete the composite the group currently finds themselves in. Rumors of this particular trend unwinding further are validated by TST's present live set. Additionally, the band just recently recorded a new EP, expected to be released in early 2012.

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DECEMBER 17TH: AUTO BODY.

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:25:00 -0800

Saturday, December 17th, 2011.

Transmission Events Presents:

Auto Body w/ Learning Secrets + DJ Geoff Millions (of Fresh Millions)

Doors: 7PM // Show: 8PM
Ticket Price: $12 ADV, $15 DOS ($12 DOS w/ costume)

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Adventurous indie rockers Autobody formed in Brooklyn in 1995, taking their cue from the warped, lo-fi artiness of bands like Pavement and Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, as well as rock avant-gardists from Captain Beefheart to the Residents to Sonic Youth. Founder Nicolas Chaikin first recruited multi-instrumentalists Jim Abramson (guitar, bass, vocals) and David Abel (bass, guitar, trombone, tapes, vocals), but departed quickly to move to France with his girlfriend. Autobody carried on with two more members, Sheila McCarthy (drums, tapes, vocals, keyboards) and Eric Marc Cohen (drums, vocals, trumpet, tapes). All four members were active in other bands: Abramson and Abel played together in Fly Ashtray and the Wharton Tiers Ensemble, while Abramson also drummed for Dymaxion. McCarthy was a veteran of Cattle Prod, and would go on to found the percussion ensemble Drumhead, with whom Cohen sometimes gigged. Autobody debuted on record in 1997 with the Black Angus EP, issued on the Haunted Toast label. Their first full-length, Vanilla Impressions, followed later in the year. A move to the better-distributed Silly Bird label preceded their second album, 1999's Autobody. Confusingly, it was followed by another eponymous release -- this time a five-song EP -- on the Old Gold label in 2001. Their third album, Xelp, was released on CD-R only, and was accompanied by a CD-R collection of outtakes titled Black Angus, Vol. II. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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DEC. 16TH: "BLOOD MONEY DRIVE" W/ BOY + KITE + MANY OTHERS.

Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:25:00 -0800

Friday, December 16th, 2011.

BLOOD MONEY DRIVE.

Doors @ 6PM. // Price: $6 Advance/ $8 DOS.

OUTSIDE // Live Music + Art Performances + Light-Strava-Ganza.

INSIDE // Live Music + 2 Story Silent Art Auction.

Back Alley Music Review

Krum Bums + Scorpion Child + Boy + Kite + El Abuso + Dolls from the Crypt + Others.

Local Vendors

Live Painting By:

Sloke

Jason Ice

Local Austin Artists

Special Effects Face Painting.

Raffle with Prizes from:

Alamo Drafthouse, I Luv Video, Vulcan Video, DoveTail Tattoo, Topaz Salon, Antone's Records and others.

Viewing of Trailer on Massive Outside Projection (horror movies playing on silent during acts)

http://www.facebook.com/postmodernundead

http://postmodernundead.com/

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DECEMBER 15TH: DEVIN THE DUDE. (TENTED)

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:10:00 -0800

Thursday, December 15, 2011.

Transmission Entertainment Presents:

DEVIN THE DUDE.

Doors: 7PM. // Show: 8PM.

Price: $17 ADV, $20 DOS

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Devin Copeland, aka Devin the Dude, was born in St. Petersburg, FL, and moved to Texas while in the fourth grade. As a child he went back and forth from New Boston and Houston and finally settled in the latter after he graduated high school. In the late '80s, Devin met Rob Quest, a blind rapper and producer who was part of a Houston crew called the Coughee Brothas. Later on, the duo formed a group named the Odd Squad and recruited Devin's longtime friend Jugg Mugg and a local DJ named DJ Screw. Screw (who was later replaced by DJ Styles) took the group's demo tape to Rap-A-Lot Records CEO James Smith, who quickly signed the group in 1992. Their debut album, Fadanuf fa Erybody!!, was released in 1994 with "I Can't See It" as the lead single and video.

Although hip-hop fans praised the effort put out by the Odd Squad, their album was not as commercially successful as they hoped. While the group went back to the drawing board, Rap-A-Lot franchise artist Scarface approached Devin to be a part of his new group, Facemob. Facemob released one album in 1996, The Other Side of the Law, and then broke up due to internal problems. At this time, Devin decided to work on his debut solo album, The Dude, with the help of Smith and Scarface.

The Dude was released in 1998 with virtually no video and little radio play. The Dude was a smoothed-out, funk-laden album and an ode to wine, women, and weed. Regardless, the album built a large underground following and even caught the attention of veteran hip-hop producer Dr. Dre. He contacted Devin in 1999 and asked him to be a part of the 2001 album on the track "Fuck You." This single appearance made Devin a hot commodity, earning him appearances on songs with De La Soul, Raphael Saadiq, veteran rap group UGK, and a solo track on the Oz soundtrack.

His anticipated sophomore LP, Just Tryin' ta Live, was released in the summer of 2002 and featured appearances from Nas, Xzibit, and Raphael Saadiq with production from Dre, DJ Premier, and his Coughee Brothas. To tha X-Treme arrived two years later and was followed in 2007 by Waiting to Inhale, his first album to crack the Top 40 on Billboards album chart. A year later, Landing Gear became his first album for the Razor & Tie label. Suite 420 followed in 2010 and had the honor of being released on the stoners holiday of April 20th (4/20). Quibian "Q" Salazar-Moreno, Rovi

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DECEMBER 14TH: THE COUCH.

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:35:00 -0800

Wednesday, December 14, 2011.

Transmission Entertainment Presents:

The Couch (CD Release) + Zlam Dunk + Little Radar

Doors: 6:30PM. Show: 7:30PM. Price: $6 ($8 minors)

On Wednesday, December 14th, come down for The Couchs CD Release show at The Mohawk. You can check out their new single The Way You Came via BandCamp. The talented local outfit formed in San Marcos during the founding members time at Texas State University. Now based out of Austin, they recorded Old and Touchin Blue with Lars Goransson at Sounds Outrageous Studio. Theyll be preceded on stage this evening by fellow San Marcos transplants Zlam Dunk and Little Radar. Doors at 8p.m.; cover is $6 ($8 for minors).

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DECEMBER 8TH: THE SEA AND CAKE

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:20:00 -0800

Thursday, December 8th, 2011.

Transmission Entertainment Presents:

THE SEA AND CAKE + My Education.

Doors: 7 PM. Show: 8 PM. Price: $15.

The Sea and Cake are a post-rock supergroup of sorts, comprised of luminaries from the Chicago independent scene. The band is led by singer/guitarist Sam Prekop, who, along with bassist Eric Claridge, was an alumnus of the frequently brilliant Shrimp Boat. After that group's dissolution, Prekop and Claridge were offered the opportunity to embark on a new project and hastily recruited ex-Coctails guitarist Archer Prewitt and Tortoise drummer John McEntire before entering the studio. Originally intended as a one-off project, the musicians decided to continue performing together, and after selecting the name the Sea and Cake -- derived from McEntire's misinterpretation of the Gastr del Sol song "The C in Cake" -- they issued their eponymous 1994 debut, an enigmatic collection highlighting Prekop's stream-of-consciousness wordplay and singular fusion of pop, jazz, blue-eyed soul, and Krautrock styles.

In 1995, the group returned with two more LPs, the intricate Nassau and the shimmering The Biz. After the release of The Fawn in 1997, the band took a break while both Prewitt and Prekop released solo albums. Finally, in 2000, the Sea and Cake released their fifth album, Oui, followed three years later by the delivery of their most elegant album yet, One Bedroom. By this point, the group's repertoire had swelled to include African-inspired riffs, Brazilian influences, and guitar-based indie pop, and they hit a wellspring of creativity as the decade wound to a close. Everybody and Car Alarm were released in quick succession, with Everybody appearing in 2007 and Car Alarm arriving in 2008. An EP, The Moonlight Butterfly, followed in 2011, as did a round of recording sessions for the band's tenth studio album. Jason Ankeny, Rovi

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