"Nice and Slow" is without a doubt my favorite song from Austinite Max Frost. If you're digging it too, you can catch him along with Bob Schneider next month (July 10th) at KGSR's Blues on the Green. The show is at Zilker Park and is absolutely free, so you have no excuse.
Max Frost | [Official Site] [Twitter]
This upcoming August 6th would have marked the 44th birthday of the incredibly talented Elliott Smith. His many friends and family members are commemorating the occasion by organizing four concerts set up in different cities around the country to raise money for charity. The events, entitled "No Name #1: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Elliott Smith", will take place in Portland, Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City.
These shows promise to be an intimate experience for all involved. They will include contributions from over a total of 100 musicians and tributes from director Gus Van Sant, producer Jon Brion, members of Grandaddy, Chris Thile (Punch Brothers, Nickel Creek), Rhett Miller, and Mary Lou Lord, to name a few.
Portland's Doug Fir Lounge will get the first show on Sunday, August 4, with the proceeds to benefit Outside In, an organization devoted to helping the young homeless community and others in need. Purchase tickets here, starting on Monday, June 17th.
On Wednesday, August 6th, the Los Angeles concert will take place at Largo, with the donations going to help Free Arts for Abused Children. Purchase tickets here, starting on Monday, June 17th.
The Austin show will take place on Friday, August 9th at the Scottish Rite Theater with KUTX's Jody Denberg, along with members of Grandaddy, Lil' Cap'n Travis, and David Garza. The SIMS Foundation, which provides mental health services for Austin musicians, will be the beneficiary of the evening's proceeds. Purchase ($25) tickets here, starting on Monday, June 17th at 10am.
The last show will take place on Saturday, August 10th at New York's Bowery Ballroom and will raise money for New Alternatives for LBGT Homeless Youth. Purchase tickets here, starting on Monday, June 17th.
All the shows are for great causes, so please help. For more information, you can visit No Name #1's Twitter and Facebook pages.
Tickets for the screening + concert are SOLD OUT but tickets are still available for the concert and can be purchased HERE.
From Drafthouse:
Drafthouse Films’ latest release, A BAND CALLED DEATH is a documentary 42 years in the making. It’s one of the most unlikely true stories you’ll ever hear, and one of the greatest triumphs in rock history. Detroit, 1971. Three teenage brothers, Bobby, Dannis and David Hackney dabbled in playing funk music, but after they attended a particularly thunderous Alice Cooper performance, the Hackneys’ group “Rock Fire Funk Express” gradually transformed into an entirely different band…a band called DEATH.
Their sound was tight, compelling and formidably unique. Death’s rampaging drive was clearly “punk,” but the Ramones were still years from striking their first power chord. After months of rejections from record companies, someone reached out to the group with an offer... if they agreed to change their name. The answer was no. After years of disappointment and still no recording contract, they had no battle left in them. Death sold off their instruments and disbanded, with their recordings laying dormant in an attic for years.
Or so they thought. In 2008, Death songs began making the rounds virally across the internet. Bobby and Dannis remained unaware. Collectors went rabid, the recordings were pulled from the attic, and it wasn’t long before the world finally caught up with the band’s unparalleled, innovatory vision.
And now see Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett’s electrifying rock doc and SXSW ‘13 Audience Award-winning A BAND CALLED DEATH on Monday, June 24th at 6:00PM at the Drafthouse Ritz. Following the one-off advance screening and Q&A with the filmmakers, the now-legendary re-formed Death will take the stage at The Parish (214 E 6th St) at 9:30PM (doors open at 8pm). You can experience Death live on the screen and stage for just $25. Tickets to attend only the Death concert portion of the evening at The Parish are available for just $15.
6:00 PM - A Band Called Death Advance Screening and Q&A
8:00 PM - Doors open at The Parish
8:30 PM - Opening band takes the stage
9:30 PM - Death
Learning Secrets is at it again. I can only imagine that at this point they just sit in a room alone for hours and try to come up with ways to outdo whatever amazing party they last hosted. This time around they are bringing Ladyhawke in to entertain with a DJ set at Empire Control Room. If that wasn't enough they are also going to have a super secret surprise guest to round out the night. I have been sworn to secrecy but if you read this site regularly I can say it is one of our personal favorites. It's going to be an epic night and we want to put you on the guest list. Enter below for a chance to win!
Empire Control Room & Learning Secrets Present:
LADYHAWKE (DJ Set)
w/ Special Secret Guest & Learning Secrets
Sat June 22nd | EMPIRE CONTROL ROOM (606 E. 7th Str.)
$10 adv / $15 door | 21+ | 10pm TICKETS
