Twonight: Twosday: Two Shows

On Tuesday, starting the evening over at Bottom of the Hill is experimental instrumental electro rock group Octopus Project out of Austin. Not only one of the many highlights of my SXSW experience, but considered by many folks I know to be the best band in Austin these days. Note: The played Coachella because they won a contest on Myspace based on people voting for their favorite up and coming band. $8 in advance and $10 at the door. If your feeling like spending a little more money, you could head over to the Great American Music Hall with yours truly and check out Slow Music, a collective experimentation in ambient music involving Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Fred Chalenor, Matt Chamberlain, Robert Fripp (King Crimson guitarist), Bill Rieflin (ex-Ministry/current R.E.M. drummer) & Hector Zazou. Read more about it here. Then you can decide is you want to shell out $25 for this likely one-time show.

Things seem to slow down a bit after tonight (halle-fucking-lujah, since tonight will be my 6th night out in a row) , with the only exception being lo-fi indie psych-popsters Elf Power playing Café Du Nord on Friday. But that doesn’t mean you can rest easy. Radiohead tickets for the Greek go on sale this Sunday and will surely sell out extremely quickly. They are shooting for intimate on this tour – playing smaller venues, cutting back on the light/video show and performing mostly new material. Don’t sleep on those if you want to go. Oh, and the Mission Creek Music Festival starts this Sunday and brings us over a week of great music, mostly rock and experimental. More on that later when I provide you with my picks.

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