Austin Sound Check

ACL Festival has released a complete list of sanctioned aftershows. Featuring some of the best ACL performers, these aftershows are a great opportunity to see them in more intimate venues after the sun goes down.
Ticketing information for all these shows can be found on Frontgate Tickets.
Thursday, September 25th
Manu Chao @ Stubb’s
David Byrne @ Paramount Theatre
Friday, September 26th
Gnarls Barkley and CSS @ Stubb’s
G. Love & Special Sauce @ La Zona Rosa
Jamie Liddell and Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears @ The Parish
Drive-by Truckers and Shooter Jennings @ Emo’s (outside)
Heartless Bastards, Dead Confederate & Wax Fang @ Emo’s (inside)
Car Stereo (Wars) …read more

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Jonathan Meiburg has been splitting his time between Okkervil River and his side project Shearwater for a few years now. Fellow Okkervil member Will Sheff collaborated with Meiburg on Shearwater as the two bands rose to fame. But Shearwater began to take center stage after 2006’s Palo Santo gained national recognition as NPR’s Album of the Year.
2008 has found Shearwater putting its final touches on new album Rook. Now, Meiburg has decided to “completely disengage from Okkervil rather than stretch (himself) too thin” in order to focus on the promising new album. Rook is set to drop on June 3 …read more

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Stream The Black Angel’s new album Directions to See A Ghost on Imeem.
RCRD LBL is also offering a free download of Doves, the first single from Directions to See A Ghost.
Download the Ted Leo (as in The Pharmacists) remix of Spoon’s Don’t You Evah.
Wilco announced upcoming tour dates, including a two-night stand at Stubb’s on May 11 & 12.
Pitchfork has a great review (with pics!) of last night’s Okkervil River show with the New Pornographers at 9:30 Club in Washington D.C.
Dilated Peoples announced dates for their Fresh Rhymes Tour, coming to Emo’s on June 9.

Image : American Chronicle

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