Show review: CHROMEO at Stubb's.

But, before we get down to business.

Thank you kind, insightful, WISE readers of this blog who commented on yesterday's post. I knew I was taking a risk being a little more soul baring than usual, and I appreciate you being so cool (and encouraging) about it. Your words prompted me to leave a "response" comment so long, that Blogger wouldn't even accept it!  Haha. It was over the character limit, and trust me, they give you a lot of characters.

Well today, Austin Concerts Examiner Greg Ackerman guest posts on Austin Eavesdropper, with a review of Chromeo's and Holy Ghost's show at Stubb's last Tuesday. Enjoy his write-up. Thanks so much Greg for doing this!

photo: Marin Heard

from greg ackerman:

When I received an email saying an Examiner writer had already beaten me to the request for credentials for Chromeo and Holy Ghost at Stubb's BBQ on Tuesday I was momentarily stymied. But the PR contact thankfully asked if I had another outlet to publish to. Oh boy, did I! I frantically typed messages on every freaking social media platform and email address I have for Tolly Moseley and requested to submit a guest post for Austin Eavesdropper.

Secretly I've been wanting to write a post for Eavesdropper for months, but the right opportunity never presented itself until now. The subject is perfect, a dance party galore at featuring one of the hottest dance-pop acts on tour currently, Chromeo. The Montreal duo killed it Tuesday evening at Stubb's as the enthusiastic crowd chanted , "Chromeo Oh, oh" periodically throughout the performance. Even in the sweltering heat, fans danced as well as they could as people crowded in front of the stage.

photo: Marin Heard

Chromeo has developed their own presence on stage. As one would imagine, they keep it light-hearted, which makes for a fun evening for fans.

Holy Ghost was equally entertaining but more in a New Order, old-school, Michael Jackson kind of way. It was still pretty hot when HG took the stage. The crowd was attentive, but not moving much even though the band was going for it with energy. Their music fits the DFA label they share with LCD Soundsystem. There is an underlying edge to the music that sounds and feels punk. I'm looking forward to see the band headline a show after seeing two opener performances. They're THAT good.

Holy Ghost! interview @ The Palladium, LA from TIGER TIGER on Vimeo.

Special thanks to Marin Heard for supplying photographs and to Tolly Mosely for graciously accepting my offer.

Connect with Greg Ackerman here.

So much fun tonight it's ridiculous.

But first of all. Did I tell you I met one of The Happen-In's this week? Like, two days after blogging about them?

Of course, it had to be the day I left the house looking like a HOT MESS. We're talking unwashed, gargantuan hair, zero make-up, beyond frightening.  I had just dashed out of the house that day to go to Uptown Modern, that vintage furniture store on Burnet, to snag this sweet green love seat I spied the day before. Which is where he works, apparently.

This was our conversation.

"Hi!!!!! Are you in The Happen-Ins?"

"... yes?"

"Oh! Wow! HEY! I really love your music. I heard it on the radio, then I posted about it, and I'm coming to the show on FRIDAY!"

"... that's cool ..."

"YEAH! Totally!"

"..."

"Ok, awesome!  Well.  See ya!!" (accompanied by large good-bye wave, even though he's literally standing right in from of me)

Haha. Seriously, what a dork right? It was right after this exchange that I saw a mirror. And unfortunately, my reflection.

I'm sorry if I scared you, Happen-Ins guy.

Anyway, about that show tonight.

The Happen-Ins and many others are playing at the Pixel Pop party this evening, where there is so much going on! Music, a fashion show, art, a comic book-themed photo booth. Who has two thumbs and is going to Mohawk tonight? This girl.

Adi Anand (From the Mind of Adi), Candace Carlisle (Electric Promotions) and Team Fabrication are the collective brains behind this event. Candace never ceases to amaze me in the parties she puts together.

There is also a different show tonight, starting a little earlier, at the Hole in the Wall. It features a few of my favorite local bands, including The Great Nostalgic!

details: 

hole in the wall

9pm 

cover: $5

the great nostalgic

the sour notes

row zero

zorch


I had heard of all of most of these guys before, but just now listened to The Sour Notes. 

Lurve.

have a fun night, everybody!

The Happen-Ins!

I heard The Happen-Ins for the first time on the radio last night. Their sound is sweaty '70s rock, and they are from Austin.

 here are 6 songs from their new album. 

"Do It" was the specific tune I caught on KUT, and instantly, I fell in love. It reminded me of watching Dazed and Confused in junior high (and playing the sound track on an endless repeat loop), another piece of '70s nostalgia birthed in Austin, Texas.

Their next show is this Friday, July 16, at The Mohawk for the Pixel Pop party. Who's going?

i will definitely be there!

Fourth of July in Austin: Eat, Play, Love.

Hey 'mericans!

What are y'all doing for the 4th of July?

This little lady is headed to a lake house. Remember how Ross is gone? His parents, my sweet-in-laws, and I are doing the 4th together, complete with burgers, boating, and babies. (Alliteration non-intentional ... but I'm rather pleased with it).

Here is one of the babies! We have twin nephews on Ross's side, and last time we got together with them, Ross tried to teach them how to play ukulele. As indicated by the instrument being pointed to.

Way too much adorableness!

Anyway, if you're an Austinite, and are sticking around town, here are three ideas I had for local 4th of July fun. Enjoy!

eat:

The Final BUNtier: 4th Annual Veggie Hot Dog Eating Contest

What red-blooded Austinite doesn't have a weakness for texturized soy protein? I sure do!

In all honesty, I've wanted to go to this event every year, but I'm always out of town. Someone go, and take pictures?

play:

Everyone needs a place to watch fireworks on the 4th. And you are no exception.

Beginning at 4:00pm on Sunday, the 4th of July Celebration at Seaholm Power Plant is dishing out beer, barbeque, TexMex, and music. But most importantly, killer fireworks viewing.

Entry is free, but the food/libations are for-purchase. You can also bring a donation to benefit the cause, Anthropos Arts, which brings professional musicians into local Title I, low-income middle and high schools (primarily East Austin) to offer free music lessons, workshops, masterclasses, and performance opportunities to economically disadvantaged youth. That almost made me tear up just typing that.

rsvp here, where you can also find parking info.

love:

Are you cooking and/or grilling for friends? For recipe ideas, please check out my new local blog crush, The First Kitchen.

So, every once in a while, I stumble upon a blog that I frankly geek out over. This time, it's The First Kitchen. And it's written by Natalie, a college student at UT.

Now, many food blogs feature good recipes. Ditto with photography. But The First Kitchen is written by a girl cooking for herself for the first time, which feels like my experience in the kitchen, every time. Also, call me nuts, since I don't know her in real life, but Natalie seems like the type of girl I'd like to hang out with! Her posts are so funny and cute. Observe:

"The First Kitchen is more than a blog. It’s a learning process. It’s you watching me learning how to feed myself. And this week in Natalie’s learning curve: buying too much of one product and then eating nothing but said product for the entire week."

Well this is somebody I can relate to. I am constantly learning how to feed myself, with varying degrees of success, and even more unpredictable levels of culinary inspiration. Isn't it funny how some weeks, you're all, "YAY Farmer's Market! Fresh fruit smoothies and hand-tossed salads, ahoy!" And then the next week, it's back to instant oatmeal? 

Anyway, I am greatly looking forward to learning cooking techniques along with Natalie, and I hope you guys find her food blog as delightful as I do. Her roasted tomatoes in particular look like the perfect complement to your freshly-grilled burger.

happy 4th of july weekend, friends!

Saturday is crazy. Here's one option!

Holy weekend, there are a billion things going on in Austin today.

Some rock-tastic teens are playing this afternoon at Highball, 1:00pm, for the Girls Rock Camp Showcase. There's a gourmet grilling party happening at Breed that I totally meant to blog about.  I'll be at the Hollywood Gossip release party tonight, while a ton of you will be getting your faces melted off at Stubb's for Night 2 of the Passion Pit madness. Yow!

(Speaking of. Can we talk about the fact that I sold my Passion Pit ticket last night, for reasons I'll explain later, and saw Sex & The City 2 instead?

?!?!

Actually... let's not talk about it. It's embarrassing).

Anyway, GARY! uncovered one more bit of fun going down tonight, happening on Austin's east side. Take it GARY!:

Don't worry, you aren't seeing things. Yes, you are getting two posts from GARY! this week, and that is because we live in a city that is chock-full of badassery (real word, I swear). So here we go.

A few weeks ago, a show took place that I regretfully didn't have time to write about called Night Fever! VOL I: Hip Hop. Not only did I fail to post about it, I also didn't make it out due to conflicting plans (and the lack of a clone).

Well leave it to our friends here at Austin Eavesdropper to tell me that I missed a pretty stellar event. You see, last time Night Fever occurred Soul of the Boot and Strange Tribe Productions brought in DJ NuMark, and apparently it was amazing. (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the part where I nod and pretend like I know who GARY! is talking about).

So the next time one of these events rolled through town, I knew I couldn't miss it.

Rich Medina, who headlines tonight, is a total grab bag in terms of musical stylings: Think hot soul, funk, hip hop, house, even afro-beat. Here's a sample here, and here. Deliciously chill, non?

Also on the bill are Austin's own The Lost Soul Revue. These guys are an anachronistic wonder, essentially a Motown cover band, but damn are they good. If you ever catch one of their sets, listen up for Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Otis Redding, The Shirelles, The Ronnettes, Stevie Wonder, Sly and The Family Stone... all accompanied by a 10-piece band.  This lady just opens her mouth, and spills out two tons of soul.


Hope to see you guys there for what is sure to be another amazing night in Austin!

details:

The Scoot Inn 

1308 E. 4th St @ Navasota


Austin, TX, 78702

$5.00 for the ladies / $10.00 for the fellas

Additional info here.

see you tonight!

Secret's Out: Hollywood Gossip releases Dear as Diamonds this Saturday.

People!

What are you doing on Saturday night? Hanging out with me!

If you live in Austin, that is. That's because I'm going to Hollywood Gossip's CD release party at Ghost Room, and I don't have to ask you twice if you'll be there.

Hollywood Gossip is about to release their new album Dear as Diamonds, and were kind enough to let me sample it. Here's a review I wrote up for Launch787, and I'm re-posting it below. You can enjoy the whole album here, and be sure to check out Republic of Austin's astute review.

As for me? Y'all, I threw a private dance party for one in my car when I got this CD in the mail. Here's my review!

review: dear as diamonds

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Morrissey woke up one day super-happy, kidnapped The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy in an energetic fit of delight, and flew the both of them down to Austin to throw a house party with Voxtrot?

Of course you do. That’s why we have Austin’s four-piece Hollywood Gossip to thank, for their upcoming Dear as Diamonds album (drops June 19) is all of those things.

I listened to Dear as Diamonds on a sunny weekend, head-bopping along in my car, and pulled out some favorites. While you can sample the album in its entirety here and join the band for its no-doubt packed CD release show at Ghost Room on Saturday, June 19, here are three singular bits of Hollywood Gossip goodness that I personally recommend:

#4, “I Can Be Right:” A sexy, syncopated, Strokes-like tune that contains the album’s namesake. “The lights shown from the stage / and when they caught your face / you seemed as dear as diamonds.” Swoon. Swoon times 1,000.

#9, “Worst Day:” A hand-clap-happy flashback about a good kid who fesses up to…something, while his partner-in-crime lies and gets off scot free. Who hasn’t been there? When I listen to this song, I don’t know whether to dance or punch someone in the face. Probably stick with dancing.

#12: “All That I Want:” Ladies, are you married? If not, you’ll want this to be your future wedding song. TRUST. Cory Ryan trades her big bad bass for a sweet ukelele, and the result is gentle gorgeoussity. No, gorgeoussity is not a word. I don’t care and neither will you when you hear this song. When frontman Tyler Womack croons, “Ooh you’re all that I want, you’re all that I need,” your hipster heart will shed away its hard, hard irony and melt into a pool of shimmering love tears. Tears of joy, that is.

see you saturday at the show!

The brains of Austin nightlife: Henri Mazza and Greg MacLennan

If you've been to an Alamo Drafthouse, or the bowling/karaoke/dance floor venue by the same owners - Austin's Highball - you know there are some seriously creative bashes that go down on an almost weekly basis. Like a Super Hero Dance Party. Mad Men Parties. Labyrinth Quote-a-Longs. Ladies of the 80's Sing-a-Longs. More Japan game show madness than anyone ever thought humanly possible.

In short, you might get the sense that a mad, mad genius is behind all of this.

And in fact, you would be correct. Two geniuses, actually.

Next week, I'll be interviewing Henri Mazza and Greg MacLennan, i.e. the Action Pack duo. Together, Henri and Greg organize these ridiculously cool theme parties at the Alamo Drafthouse and Highball, and even helped my friend Candace and I throw the Glam Off last month. It wouldn't be too far off the mark to say these men have my dream job, so I thought a sit-down fawn session was only appropriate!

But this is where YOU come in. KXAN will be plugging the upcoming interview on their entertainment site, NowAustin.com, and I believe on regular TV, too. We'll be conducting this interview on-camera, not in a super fancy way, but quality enough for the YouTubes. And what we want to know is this:

what would you like to ask the action pack?

Here are some example questions that I thought of:

1. How did you get the most badass job ever?

2. What is the best party you've ever thrown? (Besides the Glam Off, duh!)

3. What's the nuttiest thing you've ever seen go down at one of your bashes?

4. Have you ever considered a Golden Girls theme party?  (I call Blanche).

Submit your questions by next Monday, and I'll ask them on-camera. Can't wait to hear the ridonkulous things you guys come up with.

The New Movement Theater, your company, and erections. Together at last.

People, have you heard of The New Movement Theater yet?

Tami Nelson and Chris Trew, owners and operators of The New Movement, are the two peoples of genius you see above. They run their little blackbox theater on the east side of Austin, next to Nubian Queen Lola’s Soul Food, and down the street from East Side Pies. Both Chris and Tami are New Orleans transplants, who found themselves in Austin years ago after Hurricane Katrina. After first setting up shop at Cold Town Theater, they then struck out to create New Movement, both a performance space and class center.

Now let me tell you about the time I stood up in front of strangers at The New Movement, and talked about erections.

Alright, so a few times now, Chris and Tami have invited me to come in and tell stories about my life. My bits are nothing long - five minutes max - but then, their well-trained band of improv masters take those stories and actually make something entertaining out of them. I've had the good pleasure of watching Lauren Modery from Hipstercrite do this too, and from time to time, Chris and Tami invite in other Austinites to divulge their hearts and diaries.

During my last visit, I got up on stage, and talked about my thesaurus-loving father. When I was a kid, he always encouraged me to check my essays for word variety - and if there was a double, why, that was an opportunity, my friend. An opportunity to learn a new word!

"Tolly, why say sad, when you could say stricken?"

"Why say happy, when you could say jubilant?"

It all made perfect sense.  I mean, why say building, when you could say erection?

Thus, my fourth grade essay about the Empire State Erection. The tallest erection on the eastern seaboard!

The New Movement improv team had a field day with that one. But I've watched them spin magic from my more boring stories, too. In fact, I'm considering signing up for their sketch writing class (beginning next Monday), to see just how they whip up their comedic gems.

However, what I really want to talk to you about - addressed especially my Whole Foods friends, Dell friends, or other Fortune 500 friends out there - is how The New Movement can inject more awesomeness into your work environment. It's true.

During my professional career, I have worked in schools, I have worked in cubicles, I have worked inside my house. And, the only people I would ever trust to do team-building exercises are Chris and Tami. Trust falls = no. Chris and Tami = yes.

I was not always an improv enthusiast, but after going to The New Movement long enough, I saw that these people possessed a superpower: Chris and Tami, and their student charges, were capable of building somethings out of nothings. Taking my half-baked ideas, and fleshing them out into hilarious stories, ON THE SPOT. I would kill for this kind of professional ability.

Now, until yesterday, I did not know that The New Movement offered corporate team building. Because I have been wanting to write a love letter to The New Movement for a while now, and because I also suspect corporate gigs pay a lot more than the $5 entry fee to their shows, I want to encourage anything that will make them lots and lots of money.

So Reader, do you know anyone who operates a big, badass corporation? Or perhaps you do yourself? If so, direct them here. And watch their business explode into a sparkling rainbow of innovation and profits.

One more New Movement treat: "Love Lessons." It's so weird and wonderful.

A post from GARY! In the Words of Johnny Kemp, "It's Friday Night"

This post comes to you courtesy of GARY!, Austin Eavesdropper's devilishly handsome music contributor. GARY!, tell the good people of Austin what they should be doing tonight:

Have wiser words ever been spoken?

Just got paid, Friday night
Party huntin', feelin' right
Body shakin', all around (Body shakin' all around)
No one thinks when I'm gettin' down

Check the mirror, we're lookin' fly
Round up the posse, jump in my ride
Radio rockin', a monster jam
Feel the rhythm, pump up the sound

Ok now that we got that out of the way, let me be the first to say congratulations. You made it through another monotonous work week. So let us all let out a collective sigh, because it’s Friday yo. Now let’s talk about what to do with all that hard earned cash!

We all know that Austin has its fair share of things to do on any given day, and tonight is no different. Tonight brings us a pretty stellar event that has the Eavesdropper all up in a tizzy. Yes, a TIZZY. And I will be the first to say that we don’t use that word lightly.

First up we have an album release party for one of AE’s favorites, Fresh Millions. We’ve talked about these guys in the past on AE, and to beat a dead horse, we absolutely love it when these guys play a live show. There is something about their music that just causes the booty shake involuntarily. The way Geoff Earle melds the sounds of electro, funk, and rock (with heavy emphasis on the FUNK) are unprecedented in the Austin Music scene, perhaps only matched by fellow Austin band Auto Body. Tonight’s show at The Scoot Inn marks quite an achievement for Geoff, being that tonight is also the band's album release party.

I’ve had a chance to listen to the album a few times and I have to say it delivers on every front that it should. My only complaint is that it falls slightly short of capturing the spectacle of seeing Fresh Millions live. That’s not meant to be disparaging ding against the album, but rather a compliment to how rad they are live. I feel the same way about Hot Chip, Ghostland Observatory, and The Octopus Project. All great bands, but live they take things to a whole other level of awesome. In my humble opinion some bands just need to be experienced, and I can’t really think of a better compliment to pay a musician than that. We now live in the age of the modern recording studio where anyone can sound like a great band, but what matters is that they have the goods to back it up live (AHEM. Looking at you, Crystal Castles).

Also on the bill for tonight’s show is Focus Group, releasing their new Unicornography EP tonight. This is the first time they’ve really popped up on my radar, but I have to say I’m REALLY digging what I’ve heard on their website. I can’t even begin to really describe their sound except to say that it’s two parts awesome and one part eclectic, with a dash of horns and keys to boot. I'm looking forward to hearing more from these guys in the future, and if the music posted on the web is any indication of the new EP’s sound, I’ll definitely be picking up a copy for myself.  Check 'em out yourself to see what I mean.


No Mas Bodas , Butcher Bear and VidKidz are also on the bill as well.

Make sure to RSVP over at Do512 for FREE entry tonight. Show starts at 10 at the Scoot Inn, and the first 25 people through the door will receive a free copy of the brand new Fresh Millions CD. To get a little taste of that goodness, visit Fresh Millions' band camp page or Sound Cloud page.

That's all I got,
g.

Boas! Sequins! Shiny! Glam-Off pics

Trevor Ray, a photographer and a gentleman here in Austin, took pictures of this wild bunch of yahoos on Saturday night at The Highball for the Glam-Off.  These are some of my favorites!

This picture totally needs a caption.

As do BOTH of those.

My friend Jason, on the left, is basically Blue Steel.

Aren't lightening bolts on the face a little bit awesome? (As modeled by Megan, above?) I kind of want to wear one in real life, like, to Walgreens and stuff.

Would be even more awesome if these guys could carry me to Walgreens (or, anywhere).

Candace, the blond beauty above, was the other birthday girl and the main brains behind the Glam Off.

These are my buddies, Beaux and Dana. There is something very Kill Bill about this photo to me, and I like it.

The two men who made all of our dreams come true: Greg MacLennan and Henri Mazza of The Highball. Without them, our birthday dream would still be in the realm of fantasy and glitter! Cheers, dolls.

More Trevor Ray photos of the Glam-Off  here.  Go spot your pretty faces!

Thank you to EVERYONE who came out and got down!

TONIGHT: Yay or nay? YEAsayer.

Oh my good God, I am still recovering from last night's wonderment!

There shall be pictures of the Glam Off as soon as my computer figures out how to process this many sequins.  Right now, David Bowie I must dust off this glitter and tell you about MORE FUN happening tonight: Yeasayer.

Actually, GARY! is going to tell you about it. Here's GARY!:

So tonight, Yeasayer descends upon Austin's La Zona Rosa. It will be the second radass show of a back-to-back Saturday/Sunday concert weekend for them.

Now there was a little bit of confusion surrounding this show since it was originally slated to be at The Parish. Both nights sold out so quickly that they decided to move it to LZR so they could up the capacity to meet demand. I was pretty bummed about the location change because The Parish show would have been a little more intimate, but the increased exposure for the band is worth it.

Yeasayer's sound is rather complex and has been billed as Experimental Rock, Psychedelic Pop, and Worldbeat. Whatever it is it seems to be an amalgamation of different styles and genres that in less talented hands, probably shouldn't work. You can check out the video for the band's first single off Odd Blood here to see what I'm talking about, and if that doesn't convince you, watch the Ambling Alp video.  Both are pretty darn fantastic.

Tickets are still available for tonight, and you can score them here.

That's all I got,
GARY!

TONIGHT: David Bowie, Prince, and YOU. Glam Night at the HIGHBALL.

Hello, dear Austin Eavesdropper readers. What are you doing tonight? Does it involve glitter? I hope so!

My buddy Candace Carlisle of Electric Promotions are having a joint birthday party together at Highball tonight, and it is open to all. No RSVP necessary, just come.

The theme is glam, SO we're having a live David Bowie/Iggy Pop set at 10pm (provided by local faves Frantic Clam), and a Prince set at 11pm (provided by Lost Werks and The Lennings). Then it's all-night (well, until 2am anyway) glam music video dance party!  New York Dolls!  Blondie!  Lady Gaga!

Basically anyone who wears sequins!

On that note, I am dressing up as Bowie and my outfit is halfway finished. Here is the look I am going for:

Oh David Bowie, you are just the dreamiest. I was also thinking of this look, but would you believe that one-sleeve one-legged patchwork unitards are surprisingly hard to find?

Oh well, while I hunt down the rest of my outfit, here is the song I'm singing for inspiration. Even though it is Prince.



Yes! Is this not the most ridiculous. I think they borrowed the set from a Jane Fonda exercise video series. I love you Prince!

Highball typically gets a line anyway on Saturday night so you might want to come early (doors at 9pm), especially since Tito's and Sugar Mama's hooked us up with some treats for early arrivals. Just sayin'.

see you at the glam-off!

TONIGHT: A post from GARY! Behold, They're Coming Back...

Tolly here, physically restraining her gorgeous blogging partner GARY! from throwing up all over the computer, he is so excited about this dance party tonight. I was all, "what is the deal with this Auto Body show, GARY?" and friends, this is what he wrote back.

What you are about to read is a kind-of-adorable expository essay on a handful of (awesome) electric acts, with a special educational section on mash-up music, supplemented by video, wit, and abundant exclamation points.  Here's GARY!: 

Well, hello there!

You might have noticed that I've been mildly absent from the blog lately.  I guess I've been more "behind the scenes," really. Lately I like to think of myself as "The Blog Whisperer" or "The Blogging Intern," but only because I love referring to Tolly as "The Boss." You see it's part of my job here on the AE to keep "The Boss" informed. Even though we only live about two miles from each other, we explore different parts of Austin, and then share our discoveries with each other another and with you guys. So with that said I think it's time to do what I do best, which is gush about something I love. In this case, it's Auto Body, Prepmode, Car Stereo (Wars), Machine, and The Parish.

If you have been following us for a while you may recognize Auto Body from a previous post I did that actually had nothing to do with Auto Body (that's how impressed I was when I saw them for the first time) I believe they included the words "melt your face off." Ring a bell?

Now, Tolly and I realize we gush more than one of those oil derricks in There will Be Blood, but I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing - it's gushing, after all, that makes me curious about things. When my friend Lindsay wouldn't shut up about how great Auto Body was, I joined her at The Parish for Free Week and ended up having one of the most EPIC nights I've ever had. So gushing is a good thing, see? It makes miracles happen.

Auto Body:


Auto Body:


So now you know how I feel about Auto Body, so let's move on to another great thing about tonight's show: PREPMODE.

I've had the chance to catch him a few times around town, and let me just say the man gets me. Everywhere he plays, he brings the party with him. He's an expert on the decks, as both a DJ and a turntable-ist, and has more than a few tricks up his sleeve. I believe this is one of the last times you will actually be able to catch him before he jaunts off to the Caribbean as the resident DJ of a cruise ship (no joke). So take my advice and get in on this action while the gettin' is still good. Rumor has it that Prepmode may even drop a couple of turntable mashups himself.

PREPMODE'S "PON DE FLOOR" (MAJOR LAZER) TONE TRICK:


Had enough? Well tough! We still have one more thing to go over before I can let you get back to whatever it was you started ignoring when you decided to read this blog (to which we say THANK YOU!).

Anyway, tonight's action is so good they've even brough Car Stereo (Wars) back from New York to partake in the awesomeness. If you aren't familiar with CSW's you are at least familiar with what it is he does. He's a mashup artist. A what? A MASH-UP. ARTIST. Basically someone that thinks a little differently than your typical DJ. They take 2 different songs with beats that complement each other and mash them together. You may have heard of Girl Talk or The Hood Internet; both are great examples of what a mashup artist does, except the main difference here is that Girl Talk should SERIOUSLY be on a heavy doses of Adderall.

Check out the video example below, courtesy Car Stereo (Wars), and you will see what I'm talking about.

Car Stereo (Wars):


Do yourself a favor and make sure you hit this show up tonight. Tickets are available HERE.

And as an added bonus, if you find me tonight at the show and tell me what the title of this blog post is a quote from, I'm buying you a drink. DM me on Twitter.

Finally, I'd like to share some choice quotes from the press release for this event tonight - i.e., the raddest press release I have ever seen.

The men of Auto Body have completed Priest Party, their debut album, and formal introduction to the world.

Conceived in and birthed from Austin's steamy underground houses of rock, AUTO BODY is live electro fusion. Fueled by their shared bloodlust for sonic divinity, and armed with a war chest of synths, samples, rattlesnakes, and bass, Tibaut Bowman and Felix Moreno crusade the universe in search of the electronic Holy Grail.

THIS Friday, 04.09.10, at 9 PM at The Parish in Austin, Texas.

The lights will be taken to the next level.

The sound will be taken to the next level.

The face-melting will be taken to the next level.

Even the levels on the scale that is used to measure these things will be taken to the next level.

bring your protective eye wear.

That's all I got,

g.

TONIGHT: Stereo is a Lie.

Hi friends. Got plans tonight? The answer is "yes." And GARY! is about to give them to you. You're welcome!

Take it away, GARY!:

So I'm a little short on time today, but I wanted to make sure people new about a little local show our friends at the Mohawk are hosting tonight. If you don’t have plans swing on by for Stereo is a Lie, Love at 20, The Burning Hotels, and the Team Fabrication DJ's. Cover is only $6.

I am honestly am not too familiar with Stereo is a Lie, but I’ve been told by the ever reliable Jennifer Leduc that they will indeed be rocking my socks off. So I'm pretty sure you can take that to the bank.

(As a bonus you can actually download all of Love at 20’s new album here.)

That’s all I got, and maybe I’ll see ya at the Hawk--

g.

TONIGHT: Game Night and Beautiful Revolver

I am a little late getting this up, but hopefully you know about both of these fun parties tonight anyway!

My friend Erin at Recovering Lazyholic, who did a little interview on Austin Eavesdropper not too long ago, designed this poster for Artifact Workshop and Neiliyo.  She has a great write-up of the CD release for "Game Night," happening tonight at Club DeVille.  And, get this - instead of selling CD's, the tracks are going to be made available on a time-sensitive link printed on SLAP BRACELETS! How cool is that?

Immediately following, some of our favorite party-throwers, Knuckle Rumbler, are hosting:

BEAUTIFUL REVOLVER: The Beatles vs. Madonna is at The Scoot Inn tonight, with doors at 9:00pm. RSVP on Do512.

Fun!

GARY! has a birthday, internet rejoices! Also: Digital Love.

Well guys, I'm not going to beat around the bush. What I'm about to show you is kinda sexy.

Tonight is Digital Love, a show hosted by dance party BFF's, Knuckle Rumbler.  (Pause. If you are a regular reader of Austin Eavesdropper, you might think that Knuckle Rumbler pays us to talk about their parties. And if you thought that you would actually be right, because they do pay us - generously.  In awkward hugs. The side, one-armed kind, that are like "oh, hey....good to see you....um."  GARY! and I are holding out for full-frontal).

Anyway! Remember how I said this was about to get sexy. This next thing might be a teensy, tiny bit NSFW, but it is enormously clever so if you're boss is awesome, he/she probably won't mind.



This is a video flyer, made by Emmett at Rusty Screw Productions. And if that doesn't convince you to go, here! Look at this pretty pink poster!

If you're anything like me and effortlessly dazzled by pink things, well, I'll see you there. But if you need more information here are some links to sample:

speak
missions
love at 20 
dj markus with a k

Rumor has it SPEAK packed Waterloo Records on Wednesday, and?  They showed up in an Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile. 

In addition to the dance party tonight, there will be chocolate. That's right, CHOCOLATE. And an Annie Ray photo booth.

But. Would you believe I haven't even gotten to the most exciting part? GARY!'s birthday is tomorrow!

We're unofficially kicking it off at Digital Love tonight, so if you'd like to meet this handsome man, well....form an even cue, gentlemen.

Poster courtesy of Andrew at Frank + Victor.

Happy Friday, everyone!

Fashion Freakout 2010.

Friday night, fashion - along with a crowd of about 900 people - freaked out at Mohawk.

Comic Matt Bearden was about the most delightful emcee anyone could ask for.  (So much so that I am currently browsing his website, looking for dates when I can see his stand-up.) The models were not only nice to look at, but cute in their struts, too. Fashion Freakout is one of the only fashion shows I've attended where models are encouraged to show off their personality a little, and respond to the blaring overhead rock music with a touch of air guitar, a shimmy at the end of the catwalk, or a wink at the audience.  We shrieked in kind, and I snapped pictures as fast as I could.

Speaking of pictures: I took SO many that night, but only a few of them turned out lovely. Apologies in advance that so many are taken from the back (but, then, given that these are models, perhaps you won't mind looking at these backsides). For more, hop on over to Everzalez, who snapped some delicious pics, or the commentary and video on News 8. (Note: It's taking my computer a little long to load that particular video, but it's probably just my computer). Amanda at Dishevelled Stars got a ton of amazing shots too, and Indiana at Adored Austin recorded a killer video.

Spotted: Tiffany Diane of Austin is Burning working the shit out of some big hair and black frocks on the runway.

Holy Jebus I loved this show.  There was some serious metal accompanying these looks, prompting cute Keaton O'Neal (wife of Austin AV Club editor Sean O'Neal) and I to give each other knowing fist pumps at one point. Girlfriend knows her metal! "Motley Crue, second album," she said. Keaton, if you're reading this: you are a badass.

While the styling between the three featured vintage shops - Buffalo Exchange, New Bohemia, and Prototype Vintage - was very diverse, my favorite features were: '90s Courtney Love/Hole looks, with grungy teased hair paired and short, poofy prom dresses; lacey tights; tiered taffeta (freaking layers of it); and of course, the abundant black leather. Yummy.

Thanks again Audrie San Miguel for the preview on Austin Eavesdropper, and already, I am entirely too jazzed for FF 2011. 

I love you, Fashion Freakout!