As I mentioned earlier, ACL live Moody theater is the best venue this day in age. Austin, however, has several other awesome venues too. Here are a list of my favorites.
1.) ACL live
2.) Austin Music Hall
3.) The Parrish (this is a small place good for an intimate show.)
4.) Stubb's
5.) La Zona Rosa
Emo's East is up an coming in austin and should hold true to its original Emo's popularity. This will most likely make the list once I visit it, however, I cant back it if I have never been.
Go visit these theaters, they are amazing.
Monday, November 21, 2011
If you ever in Austin...
Here are some great websites to discover the most amazing music scene in the world.
http://www.austinlivemusic.com/
http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/index.html
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/MusicListings
www.Do512.com
http://www.austinlivemusic.com/
http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/index.html
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/MusicListings
www.Do512.com
Moody Theater
This past weekend, I saw Ghostland Observatory at Austin City Limits Moody Theater. It was
amazing. GLO is two guys who fuse electronica and true rock and roll. They provide a wonderful atmospher at there show with lasers everywhere. The two started off in Austin playing shows at Red 7 and Emos. Now they are known nation wide and have played at places like Red Rocks in Colorado and several music festivals.
The topic of this blog though is not about GLO, its about the Moody Theater. I personally feel that this is one of THE MOST classy venues this day in age. The balcony holds many and it tiered in a way that gives everyone a great view of the small intimate stage. The sound was stellar. I personally was on the floor(right infront of the stage.) The stage sticks out in the middle which allowed Aaron to give us alot of love. The vibe of the show was very classy. People were there to see music but felt like they got a upscale night on the town. This venue is a must visit for everyone, no matter the show.
amazing. GLO is two guys who fuse electronica and true rock and roll. They provide a wonderful atmospher at there show with lasers everywhere. The two started off in Austin playing shows at Red 7 and Emos. Now they are known nation wide and have played at places like Red Rocks in Colorado and several music festivals.
The topic of this blog though is not about GLO, its about the Moody Theater. I personally feel that this is one of THE MOST classy venues this day in age. The balcony holds many and it tiered in a way that gives everyone a great view of the small intimate stage. The sound was stellar. I personally was on the floor(right infront of the stage.) The stage sticks out in the middle which allowed Aaron to give us alot of love. The vibe of the show was very classy. People were there to see music but felt like they got a upscale night on the town. This venue is a must visit for everyone, no matter the show.
Monday, November 7, 2011
FUNFUNFUN
Fun fun fun fest was this past weekend in Austin. This was the first year that it had to be held at Auditorium Shores because it has grown too big for Waterloo Park.
This festival is crazy because it brings out several different kinds of music lovers and crams them into the same park. It had Slayer, a very hardcore band, mixed with Passion Pit, a very poppy band.
The festival itself has become a huge deal to Austin, bringing in music lovers from all over the world. Austin gets a chance to show them all what the love of all music is really about. It also allows several restaurants to thrive by bringing in their tailors.
This year The Sexy Sax Man mad an appearance and it was absolutely hilarious. If a man of this stature is comming to a music festival in your town, you know you have hit it big time!
Festivles like these have helped and will help the Austin economy survive any sort of economic slow in our nation so rock on music lovers!
This festival is crazy because it brings out several different kinds of music lovers and crams them into the same park. It had Slayer, a very hardcore band, mixed with Passion Pit, a very poppy band.
The festival itself has become a huge deal to Austin, bringing in music lovers from all over the world. Austin gets a chance to show them all what the love of all music is really about. It also allows several restaurants to thrive by bringing in their tailors.
This year The Sexy Sax Man mad an appearance and it was absolutely hilarious. If a man of this stature is comming to a music festival in your town, you know you have hit it big time!
Festivles like these have helped and will help the Austin economy survive any sort of economic slow in our nation so rock on music lovers!
Monday, October 17, 2011
The Backyard
Let me start off by saying the internet has been out at my house for a week or so and I have been meaning to blog about this for a while now. I finally found some time to connect. Sorry again to all my viewers.
A few weeks ago, I saw one of my favorite bands ever, Incubus, at what used to be one of my favorite venues in Austin, The Backyard.
Let me continue by saying Incubus was amazing. They have a new album out which is O.K. Since Incubus has not toured in over 3 years, All I wanted to hear was the classics. They complied. I think maybe three songs of the show were from the new album, the rest were their hits. They played Circles, Pardon Me, Are You In and a brand new version of Dig. I was in heaven.
Let me now take the time to say the new Backyard is a giant clusterf*** The parking situation is ridiculous and it took over an hour to get into the venue. The beers are way over-priced and the venue didnt seem to hold many more people like promised. It took my friend an hour to get out of the venue at the end of the show. Overall, the new venue is a BIG WASTE OF MONEY.
A few weeks ago, I saw one of my favorite bands ever, Incubus, at what used to be one of my favorite venues in Austin, The Backyard.
Let me continue by saying Incubus was amazing. They have a new album out which is O.K. Since Incubus has not toured in over 3 years, All I wanted to hear was the classics. They complied. I think maybe three songs of the show were from the new album, the rest were their hits. They played Circles, Pardon Me, Are You In and a brand new version of Dig. I was in heaven.
Let me now take the time to say the new Backyard is a giant clusterf*** The parking situation is ridiculous and it took over an hour to get into the venue. The beers are way over-priced and the venue didnt seem to hold many more people like promised. It took my friend an hour to get out of the venue at the end of the show. Overall, the new venue is a BIG WASTE OF MONEY.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
The 10 year
ACL has been Amazing throughout the years for Austin's Music scene and for Austin's economy.
This 10 year anniversary was no exception. Unfortunately, The Zilker Park field is becoming to small for this event. I could not get past the sound booth at any of the stages this year. It used to be that I could go from stage to stage and catch anyone I wanted and still be close enough to the big guys. At Ben Harper in 2005, I got in the front row 10 minutes before the show. Now I am lucky to get to a point that I can actually see the performer.
We need to find a bigger venue or at least allow it to pour across Barton Springs, into the field where all the bike racks are. May I suggest a temporary bridge over the street to two more stages? This would allow more space for viewers and more space to gain a broader variety of bands.
Next year I may not go to ACL, simply because of the lack of space. If C3 can find solutions to this issue, I will reconsider.
They would make more money and people would be happier throughout the weekend.
Thanks for letting me rant!
This 10 year anniversary was no exception. Unfortunately, The Zilker Park field is becoming to small for this event. I could not get past the sound booth at any of the stages this year. It used to be that I could go from stage to stage and catch anyone I wanted and still be close enough to the big guys. At Ben Harper in 2005, I got in the front row 10 minutes before the show. Now I am lucky to get to a point that I can actually see the performer.
We need to find a bigger venue or at least allow it to pour across Barton Springs, into the field where all the bike racks are. May I suggest a temporary bridge over the street to two more stages? This would allow more space for viewers and more space to gain a broader variety of bands.
Next year I may not go to ACL, simply because of the lack of space. If C3 can find solutions to this issue, I will reconsider.
They would make more money and people would be happier throughout the weekend.
Thanks for letting me rant!
Social Distortion
Social D was a band I was excited to finally see live as well. There raw, old school rock and roll was something I needed in my life. They came out with grease in there hair and old classic cars on there back drops. This is always a good sign that your about to get hit with some true Rock and Roll.
Now I had never gone out and bought any of their CD's or songs on itunes. At the show, I didn't even know what any of the popular song titles. But, boy did I love the sounds I was hearing. The next week I went to Waterloo Records and purchased my first Social d album. It Is awesome and hasn't left the CD player in my car. It was good to see young and old again, ROCKING OUT!
Now I had never gone out and bought any of their CD's or songs on itunes. At the show, I didn't even know what any of the popular song titles. But, boy did I love the sounds I was hearing. The next week I went to Waterloo Records and purchased my first Social d album. It Is awesome and hasn't left the CD player in my car. It was good to see young and old again, ROCKING OUT!
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