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Nov 20
- Free Energy, Loxsly, and Mobley Mohawk, 10 p.m.
  Though some critics gave it a bad rap as a Pavement wannabe due to the ...
  
  DJ Spooky UT Hogg Memorial Auditorium, 8 p.m.
  
  Daniel Johnston St. David's Episcopal Church, 7 p.m.
Nov 21
- Harlem, Americans In France, ST 37, and The Golden Boys Emo's, 10 p.m.
  Will its placement at the forefront of twin waves of emergent bands—one originating out ...
  
  Generationals and The Mercers Stubb's Jr., 9 p.m.
  
  Blue October and Girl In A Coma Stubb's, 8 p.m.
Nov 22
- The Last Waltz Live Club de Ville, 7 p.m.
  With a sound as bright as its namesake (that would be the nostalgic nighttime illumination ...
  
  AFI and Gallows Stubb's, 7:30 p.m.
  
  Local H, Kinch, and Murdocks Emo's Jr., 10 p.m.
Nov 23
- Emilie Autumn Emo's, 10 p.m.
  Bundled in corsets and fairy wings and topped by hair that’s a garish explosion ...
  
  Lyle Lovett And His Large Band UT Bass Concert Hall, 8 p.m.
Nov 24
- Neko Case and Oh No Oh My Antone's, 9 p.m.
  Blessed with the kind of knockout voice a million mewling American Idol contestants would kill ...
  
  Hacienda and Alejandro Escovedo Continental Club, 10 p.m.
Nov 25
- Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses La Zona Rosa, 9 p.m.
  Ryan Bingham is a Texan singer-songwriter who wears cowboy hats, tours with Patty Griffin, and ...
  
  Pinetop Perkins, Carolyn Wonderland, and Dertybird Antone's, 8 p.m.
  
  Monte Montgomery, Slaid Cleaves, and Lincoln Durham Saxon Pub, 8 p.m.
Nov 26
- Wayne Hancock's Dance Your Stuffin' Off Turkey Trot Continental Club, 10 p.m.
  Wayne Hancock’s Annual Turkey Trot is as much a part of Thanksgiving around here ...
  
  Jesse Dayton Broken Spoke, 9 p.m.

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Music features

feature Weekend Agenda: Nov. 20-22

by Erik Adams

November 20, 2009 | 9:52am -
Interview Breaking the ice with DJ Spooky

"In Antarctica, every 10 feet you get down into the ice, there's a couple hundred thousand years of history... It's like a record, these eerily layered aspects of the planet."

by Dan Solomon

November 20, 2009 | 12:00am -
Bandwagon Fake it like you mean it

This week in musician want ads lives in a land of fantasy and illusion, but not the fun kind.

by Dan Solomon and Sean O'Neal

November 20, 2009 | 12:00am -
Recap Max Tundra and Deastro at Mohawk

The art of twiddling knobs from a couple of its most noteworthy aesthetes.

by Adam Schragin

November 19, 2009 | 4:15pm -
Recap The Get Up Kids at Emo's

The "Grown-Up Kids," caught between "Mass Pike" and the Autobahn.

by Erik Adams

November 19, 2009 | 3:00pm -
Interview Considering the big picture(s) with Deastro's Randolph Chabot

Is the Detroit-based synth savant trying to create "new worlds" within his music? "Who knows what is going on there."

by Erik Adams

November 18, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Discos de destrucción: Días De Destrucción organizer Eddie Leal's top 5 Latino punk records

Being righteously pissed off: It's a universal language.

by Sean O'Neal

November 18, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview Growing up with The Get Up Kids

“There are no kids in emo bands anymore who want to go play house parties and book their own tour and drive around in a shitty van for weeks at a time.”

by Marc Hawthorne

November 17, 2009 | 12:00am -
Interview The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle learns to trust others

Other musicians, at least.

by Paul Caine

November 16, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Semi-charmed careers: 5 utterly unnecessary alt-rock comebacks

We smell sex and candy.

by Vadim Rizov

November 14, 2009 | 12:00am -

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a.v. Music picks

No picks today, but still plenty to do! View the full calendar.

Nov 20
- Electric Tickle Machine Beerland, 10 p.m.
  Combining Black Lips' appetite for garage-rock debauchery, Deerhoof’s flair for cross-dressing, and Scorpions’ lack ...
  
  Daniel Johnston St. David's Episcopal Church, 7 p.m.
  
  Free Energy, Loxsly, and Mobley Mohawk, 10 p.m.
Nov 21
- Fabrication 7 Mohawk Patio, 9 p.m.
  You’d be hard-pressed to find two more adored girls in Austin than Erin Mikulenka ...
  
  Harlem, Americans In France, ST 37, and The Golden Boys Emo's, 10 p.m.
  
  Generationals and The Mercers Stubb's Jr., 9 p.m.
Nov 22
- The Last Waltz Live Club de Ville, 7 p.m.
  With a sound as bright as its namesake (that would be the nostalgic nighttime illumination ...
  
  AFI and Gallows Stubb's, 7:30 p.m.
  
  Local H, Kinch, and Murdocks Emo's Jr., 10 p.m.
Nov 23
- Music Monday: Times Square Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, 9:50 p.m.
  New York’s Times Square has been Giulianied and Eisnered out of existence, but during ...
  
  Emilie Autumn Emo's, 10 p.m.
  
  Other Worlds Film Series: Forbidden Planet The Harry Ransom Center, 7 p.m.
Nov 24
- Neko Case and Oh No Oh My Antone's, 9 p.m.
  Blessed with the kind of knockout voice a million mewling American Idol contestants would kill ...
  
  Austin Film Society: The Man Without A Past Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - South Lamar, 7 p.m.
  
  Hey Homo!: Grey Gardens Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, 7 p.m.
Nov 25
- Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses La Zona Rosa, 9 p.m.
  Ryan Bingham is a Texan singer-songwriter who wears cowboy hats, tours with Patty Griffin, and ...
  
  Pinetop Perkins, Carolyn Wonderland, and Dertybird Antone's, 8 p.m.
  
  Monte Montgomery, Slaid Cleaves, and Lincoln Durham Saxon Pub, 8 p.m.
Nov 26
- Planes, Trains And Automobiles Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, 7 p.m.
  A staple in any holiday movie collection, John Hughes’ Planes, Trains And Automobiles pairs comic ...
  
  Wayne Hancock's Dance Your Stuffin' Off Turkey Trot Continental Club, 10 p.m.
  
  Jesse Dayton Broken Spoke, 9 p.m.