Friday, October 12th

Emo’s

$25 (currently sold out)

Metric is the prime example of success in the modern day music industry atmosphere. No major record label backing, and still getting radio play, doing film scores, and playing arenas. Metric is a great mix of sound. Vocalist Emily’s voice is the centerpiece, and is framed perfectly, sometimes with sweet, sometimes with edge, by killer synths, and pounding drums. Sometimes, as especially the case with newest release Synthetica earlier this year, it’s hard to know just how to react to Metric’s music. The decision falls somewhere between rocking out, and dancing around until you dislocate a hip. They put on a great show, and seeing them in the setting of Emo’s versus a larger venue is an awesome opportunity. Take it!

Check out Metric here.

Check out Polica here.

Check out Half Moon Run here.

By Sania Parekh Posted in Austin emo's east, Emos, half moon run, Metric, POLIÇA

Tuesday, May 22nd

Emo’s East

$16 tickets

Portland’s The Dandys have been doing their thing for quite a while now, and this is very evident upon seeing them live. They sound so near perfect, exactly as you would expect their songs to sound in your head. You may find yourself saying, “gee, the venue’s sound tonight sure is spot on,” but no, it really is them, they sound just like that no matter where you see them. This hypothesis has been tested by yours truly, and the results don’t lie, The Dandys put on nothing short of an amazing show.  New Album, This Machine, emerged this year, it’s studio release number 1o for them. It is very guitar heavy, more stripped, and has some darker trends present. The scuzz sometimes borders on punk rock, Henry Rollins may dig it, and there’s no real flow, just a cluster of songs presented as is, each with its own vibe to share. Yet still, that classic Dandy Warhols sound lives on, you can hear it somewhere in there, amongst it all, it’s instantly recognizable. An interesting, and fun to listen to, direction for the Dandys to take, and it will be a pleasure to hear what these songs do in a live setting.

Check out the new Dandy Warhols LP, This Machine, HERE.

Check out 1776’s sound ,and get to know them HERE.

By Sania Parekh Posted in Austin 1776, emo's east, The Dandy Warhols

Tuesday, Feb 21st

Emo’s East

$20 tickets

Finnish Rockers COB have been labeled many things : heavy metal, melodic death metal, black metal, thrash metal, and power metal. Front man Alexi Laiho says he just prefers metal. If you see them live, they’re just metal. The variations just don’t matter, they just rock. As does every band on this bill. Good, solid, awesome metal. Take your pic of sub-genres. \m/

Check out Children of Bodom, including the recent 7th studio album release Relentless Reckless Forever here.

Folk Metal? Yes indeed, check out Swiss rockers Eluveitie here.

Check out Revocation here.

Check out Threat Signal here.

By Sania Parekh Posted in Austin children of bodom, eluvietie, emo's east, revocation, threat signal

April 27th-29th 2012

Emo’s East & Beauty Ballroom

Tickets on sale Jan 21st via Austin Psych Fest & Emo’s

The Reverberation Appreciation Society & The Black Angels present to you, Austin Psych Fest 5! Last year’s event at the Seaholm power plant was nothing short of an amazing experience, and we were glad to be there. This year, well, this lineup is a thing of beauty. The fest will will take place at the new Emo’s East, as well as The Beauty Bar’s Beauty Ballroom. Tickets will be available from both Austin Psych Fest, and Emo’s starting this Saturday, Jan. 21st. Info on individual day passes has not yet been released, but will shortly, as well as info on even more artists performing as they are added to the bill. I died a sweet, little death when I read the lineup this morning. Sitting in a quiet place, trying not to frighten people. I hope your heart skips a beat as mine did as you go through the list, enjoy, and see you there!

A small note – THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE.  THE BLACK LIPS. OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL. Whoa.

BANDS

Brian Jonestown Massacre

The Black Angels

The Black Lips

Olivia Tremor Control

Dead Meadow

Wooden Shjips

Bombino

The Telescopes

Woods

Pink Mountaintops

Dissapears

Sun Araw

Peaking Lights

Prince Rama

Psychic Ills

Pure X

Indian Jewelry

Sleep Over

Lotus Plaza

Moon Duo

Quilt

The Intelligence

Amen Dunes

Ringo Deathstarr

Headdress

Spindrift

Night Beats

Acid Baby Jesus

The UFO Club

Allah Las

Federale

Quest for Fire

High Wolf

Christian Bland and The Revelators

Cosmonauts

MMOSS

Smoke and Feathers

Orange Revival

A Band In Heaven

The Cush

By Sania Parekh Posted in Austin austin psych fest, Beauty Bar, black angels, emo's east, reverberation appreciation society

Saturday, Dec 31st

Emo’s East

$25 tickets

Doors 8pm

Let’s not beat around the bush here, basically it seems like the entire point of this little column is to constantly be a reminder that The Black Angels are amazing. Here’s another opportunity to do just that. Spend NYE blissing out in a psychedelic dream haze sequence to 3 killer bands. Ume will get the energy going for the night with their explosion of a live show, Wooden Shjips will drag you back through time to set the mood, and then of course, The Black Angels will leave you haunted, and slightly paranoid, just in time for 2012. How perfect. This is where we’ll be for the night, regardless of where you end up, have a safe, and rockin’ New Years!

By Sania Parekh Posted in Austin emo's east, nye 2011, The Black Angels, ume, wooden shjips