Austin group The Laughing sweep into town today with a nighttime gig at The Cavern on Lower Greenville. Fresh off the release of their debut album Fever, the group is beginning to gain traction on the crowded ATX music scene and recently played at the raucous Fun Fun Fun Fest. Their music is a unique blend of genres across several decades, mixing elements of New Wave, Psychedelic, and Experimental Rock. It has a rumbling, haunting quality to it, with the somber hints of TV on the Radio but the more tribal infectiousness of the Talking Heads – think rock pop in shaman skin. Personal favorites from the album include the title track “Fever” and “Runner”.
Check out their oddly hypnotic website, or better yet, get some live The Laughing at the Cavern tonight.
Categories: Good
Tagged: Austin, Fun Fun Fun Fest, live music, Lower Greenville, music, The Laughing
The full moon casts an ominous glow over the thin veil of fog, snaking through a row of willow trees. A street lamp bathes a group of costumed revelers in an orange glow before they disappear once again down a lonely French Quarter street, their ghoulish laughter still audible in the darkness. Two heads pop up from a dumpster, their painted faces permanently fixed in a leering skeleton’s smile. The pair offers a celebratory toast from their depleted wine bottle. (more…)
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After a tasty dose of Denver morning traffic, sprints across the largest airport in the U.S. and subsequently a missed flight, we have returned to Dallas warm and dry. Renown music venue Red Rocks Amphitheatre hosted some of the best and worst performances of any festival MeVs has visited this year. Albeit suffering from appalling weather conditions, the historical rock formation still managed to churn out some extremely epic performances. The cosmic difference between the Saturday and Sunday showings are a prime example of how weather, venue, audience, and artist all affect one another in creating the festival story. (more…)
Categories: Bad · Good · Ugly
Tagged: chromeo, Deer Tick, Doom, festival, Girl Talk, M. Ward, mars volta, Method Man & Redman, Monolith, Monotonix, music, of montreal, OK Go, Red Rocks, The Walkmen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Our preview of MONOLITH continues as we look at three more bands scheduled to perform in the approaching festival: The Montonix, The Mars Volta, and MSTRKRFT. Keep in mind: all three of these groups will be performing in Texas soon after their MONOLITH appearances! (more…)
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Tagged: chromeo, mars volta, Monolith Music Festival, Monotonix, mstrkrft, music
MONOLITH Music Festival 2009
After much anticipation, MeVersus is happy to announce that we’ll be heading to the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre to cover the MONOLITH Music Festival the weekend of September 12-13.
Among the artists appearing will be MeVersus stalwarts Of Montreal, Girl Talk, and Chromeo. Don’t be afraid to gawk at the rest of the lineup though: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Mars Volta, MSTRKRFT, MF DOOM, and Method Man & Redman are just some of the other notables crammed into two solid days.
And remember those crazy Israelis The Montonix? They’re making sure this will be a hairy event.
Stay tuned for preview posts about some of our favorites artists and more leading up to the fest.
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Tagged: chromeo, festival, Girl Talk, Monolith Music Festival, music, of montreal, Red Rocks, The Monotonix
Free Press Summer Fest
MeVersus is set to cover the Free Press Summer Fest, going down in our own backyard of Houston on August 8th and 9th. The two day fest features national and local bands, including favorites Of Montreal (again!), Broken Social Scene, and Austin’s own The Octopus Project.
Tickets are very reasonable for the talent coming into town, with two day passes going for $16 and one days selling for $10. Plus, there’s going to be water gun and water balloon battles going down – a perfect way to combat the grueling Texas heat that will be decimating festival goers.
For the price, acts, and entertainment, this is a fest you don’t want to miss.
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Tagged: Broken Social Scene, festival, Houston, music, Octopus Project, of montreal, summer
Like traveling? Like showing people what Dallas has to offer? Like a stranger sleeping in your living room?
Ok, its understandable that you probably didn’t agree with all of that. But give me a moment to explain the virtues of CouchSurfing.org, and you might think differently about the idea. (more…)
Categories: Good
Tagged: couchsurfing, hosting, travel
The Pink Snowflakes
Meversus has the pleasure of hosting Portland band The Pink Snowflakes this weekend as they drive through town on their national road trip tour. Catch their brand of psychedelic visual rock tonight at the Lakewood Bar and Grill at 7 PM, and for god’s sake tip these traveling musicians – they need their van fixed!
Categories: Good
Tagged: Lakewood Bar, live music, Pink Snowflakes, psychedelic
Five!
Five dollar!
Five dollar footlong! pitchers of beer, bitches. (more…)
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Tagged: across the street bar, bar, beer, cheap, ice house, magic
I’ve never understood why Texas makes casinos illegal. With prudent regulation the state could garner millions in windfall, as it already does for the education system with the (rather hypocritical) Texas Lottery.
But that debate is for another day. The more realistic question for north Texans looking for a casino thrill is whether to game in Louisiana or Oklahoma. Time for a heads-up showdown. (more…)
Categories: VS.
Tagged: gamble, gambling, LA, Louisiana, OK, Oklahoma, poker
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