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Jul 25
I sure enjoyed talking with Richard Chin for this feature story about our little show. If you want to see a little preview of Siama’s visit, check it out here:
Read MoreJul 25
I sure enjoyed talking with Richard Chin for this feature story about our little show. If you want to see a little preview of Siama’s visit, check it out here:
Read MoreAug 09
1st set
They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock
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They Might Be Giants – Dr. Worm
Poco Drom – Purr Like a Platypus (new)
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Sweet Honey in the Rock – Look! Look! The Sun Woke Up
Justin Roberts – You Grew (new)
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SaulPaul – Home (feat. 123 Andres)
[WJFF/KCMJ – Me First & The Gimme Gimmes – I Sing The Body Electric
[KUTX – Morphine – Dawna
2nd set
Quiet Company – At the Birth (new)
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TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
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Professor Jefferson Band – Airplane of Paper (new)
CandyBand – Rock, Paper, Scissors
The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name
Buffalo Tom – Lolly Lolly Lolly Get your Adverbs Here
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3rd set
Charlie Hope – The One That I Love (in-studio)
Hooray Miss Marae – Can a Camel Dance? (new)
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Steve Weeks – Songbird (new)
Jasmine & Bleu – When the Sun is Shining (new)
Fishbone – Everyday Sunshine
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They Might Be Giants – Why Does the Sun Shine (live)
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock
Read MoreFeb 21
THESE EVENTS ARE POSTPONED.
We are following the city and festival’s leads and postponing the programs below. We will have them at some point after Covid-19 has passed, with as much of the original lineups as is practical.
Gosh, they’ll be great.
After a quiet 2019, we are back like nobody’s business for SXSW 2020 with two ridiculously great unofficial events.
Up first, on Friday, March 20, from 10 am to 3:30 pm, we have a tribute to both Schoolhouse Rock and Daniel Johnston, supported by our friends at Springfree Trampoline. In addition to the artists listed on the poster, we’ll have the mighty Rockaroni & Cheese and, joining the Barton Hills Choir, Nakia. Just a buck for kids and five bucks for adults, with all proceeds benefiting the oldest (and I think best) stage in Austin, the Scottish Rite Theater.
Then the next day, from 3 to 7:30 pm, we’ll return to the Domain for maybe the fifth Rock + Read Festival! It’s free, with amazing music and local children’s authors. Thanks to Hat Creek Burger Company for their terrific support.
ROCK.
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Dec 29
1st set
They Might Be Giants – It’s Spare the Rock
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They Might Be Giants – Happy Doesn’t Have to Have an Ending
Ella Jenkins – My Little Blue Dreidel
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings – 8 Days of Hannukah
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The Doubleclicks – Brand New Year (new-ish)
Charlie Hope – I Have a Little Dreidel (new)
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Slaid Cleaves – New Year’s Day
[KUTX – Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Unkulunkulu
[WJFF/KCMJ – Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Unkulunkulu/ The Weepies – Navigation
2nd set
Elizabeth Mitchell – January, February (Last Month of the Year) (feat. Amy Helm & Marco Benevento) (Benevento Parish 1/16)
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TMBG – Don’t Spare the Rock!
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Jingle Punx – Auld Lang Syne
CandyBand – Ode to Joy
The Breeders – New Year
Jingle Punx – Chanukah, Oh Chanukah
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3rd set
Mama Doni Band – Chanukah Fever
Koo Koo Kanga Roo – Failing at my New Years Resolutions
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Old 97’s – Auld Lang Syne
Andy Sprouts – Garden Grooves (new)
Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis – This Will Be Our Year
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They Might Be Giants – Older (in-studio)
They Might Be Giants – Spare the Rock