best places for austin music...

I dont live in austin, but i always seem to be there. i want to see more of the music the city has to offer. what are the best places to go for music...web sites to find shows?

Antones.net is my favorite in Austin.

just pick up a newspaper. there are 100's of music venues here. Wayyyy to many to get good advice due to tastes.

Best thing to do is pick up a free copy of the local tabloid, "The Austin Chronicle."

It will have all the venues and whose performing. It's the only all-in-one source.

Austin is crowded with boring garage bands and wannabes so you have to choose carefully.

On any week there will usually be only one act with any real accomplishment or merit. Last Saturday Jimmy Webb performed at the University at a sixty-seat tiny room called the Cactus Cafe, which is part of the University Union on campus. This is my favorite venue in the city because it is very small and nationally-renown artists like Jimmy Webb love it because it's tiny and they can chat a lot and be very close to the audience. Only in New York have I found a venue like that. Tonight and tomorrow Kat Edmundson will be there. She's a local jazz vocalist heading to the top. Austin has a group of local favorites that play a lot here but never seem to break out, such as Eliza Gilkison, Jimmy Vaughn, Niko Case - a lot of local enthusiasm but not enough mert IMHO for anything but local following.

not actualy bein IN austin makes it hard for me to just pick up anything. i have looked at the austin360 site, but does not seem to have much of the 'underground' listings.

Headhunters, Red Eyed Fly, Dirty Dog, The Parish are some of the venues i,ve been to. It depends on what type of music you want to listen to. Most 6th street clubs play nothing but that stupid hiphop techno shit to appeal to the narrow minded college kid scene.

not actualy bein IN austin makes it hard for me to just pick up anything. i have looked at the austin360 site, but does not seem to have much of the 'underground' listings. Originally Posted by bubbaJay

Check out the Austin Chronicle on line. Look at club listings under the musical section.

DITTO.

Austin can provide the most wonderful musical experience or the most hellish depending on how you choose.

Headhunters, Red Eyed Fly, Dirty Dog, The Parish are some of the venues i,ve been to. It depends on what type of music you want to listen to. Most 6th street clubs play nothing but that stupid hiphop techno shit to appeal to the narrow minded college kid scene. Originally Posted by tmac39

i have been to dirty dog and liked it there. im down for anything but country really...and even texas counrty is ok with me.

thanks for the replys... looking forward to checking out some more shows.

austin360.com go to music then to the music source blog under blog roll go to showlist austin.

other places not mentioned
continental club, momo's, threadgills, the elephant room, antones, stubbs (damn buddy guy was awesome last time he was here, and we had backstage VIP passes) saxon pub, which is in my favorite zip code
78704, emo's, in december the armadillo christmas bazaar, check the website for the daily line up, la zona rosa,

austin music hall, now gone because the yuppies needed their condo high rise. oldies but goodies are liberty lunch, steamboat, armadillo world headquarters.

if you dont mind going south a little you can always go to gruene.

support local music go watch a show

peace
atx

My buddys band is having their cd release show at the parish on 6th on Nov 19th. The bands name is Snake Skin Prison.

do512.com great resource for shows.

Link to the Austin Chronicle music section
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrob...ion?name=Music

Austin 360 might help
http://www.austin360.com/

I use this site all the time. Its a good overview and starting point:

http://www.austinmetro.com/musicdat.html