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Heading to Texas for Austin City Limits? Party with Austinist.
On the eve of Austin's gargantuan music festival in Zilker Park, Austinist is hosting our second annual fall soiree, replete with bands, DJs, video projections, fire dancers, and more! For Local Music is Sexy 2, we've brought together some of our favorite bands who call this city home:
- IV Thieves [myspace]
- "You Can’t Love What You Don’t Understand“ (from without sound)
- “Chase Me Off/Out“ (from without sound)
- "Take This Heart" (from Berkeley Place)
- Brothers and Sisters [myspace]
- Loxsly [myspace]
- "Card Gauge"
- "San Leon Medley"
- "The Rainbow Connection"
- "Stethoscope"
- "Dramatador" (KVRX Local Live)
- Til We're Blue or Destroy [myspace]
- Horse+Donkey [myspace]
- "The Riddle"
- "Magic Horse"
- "Mysteries"
- "Royal Romance"
Emceed by KUT's Laurie Gallardo, Local Music is Sexy 2 will also feature two of Austin's hottest DJ collectives, Car Stereo (Wars) and Stay Gold, video projections by Super!Alright!, and fire dancers Kate and Ivy. Be sure to check out the wicked mashups by the CS(W) kids after the jump:
- "What's Up California" (The OC meets Fat Lip)
- "My Love Is So Mashed Up" (CSS, Joy Division, Tom Vek, and loads more)
- "Ghostface Observatory" (Austin's own Ghostland Observatory and Ghostface Killah)
- "Ghostland Gets Bossy" (GLO versus Kelis)
It's all happening on Thursday, September 14th, at The Mohawk -- that's 912 Red River, next door to Club de Ville, and a mere block north of Stubb's. And, like all Austinist events, it's completely free. We'll bring you more juicy details about the bands playing the party next week; for now, mark your calendars!
Austinist Proudly Presents
Local Music is Sexy 2
Thursday, September 14th
The Mohawk (912 Red River) [map]
Doors at 7pm, 21+
FREE!
Special thanks to Green Potato Ventures, The Alamo Drafthouse, Daily Juice, and Sparrowhead.
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Flyer by the inimitable Justin "Juice" Cox. Photos by Courtney Chavanell (Brothers and Sisters, Stay Gold DJs), Zach Ground (Loxsly), Felicia Graham (Til We're Blue or Destroy). All others lifted from myspace or artist websites.
After the jump, some YouTube selections.
IV Thieves - You Can't Love What You Don't Understand
Brothers and Sisters - California in the Fall (Live at The Parish Room, 3-31-2006)
Loxsly - "Go Car" (Vintage footage from 2004)
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