Plenty going on this weekend, as Austin welcomes ACL festival-goers to our beautiful city limits. While I won’t be attending the Austin City Limits Festival itself, there are plenty of good bands playing and plenty of events going on around the Transmission community worth the price of admission, as they say. This is one of those weekends (like the week of SXSW, Fun Fun Fun Fest weekend, etc) where you really just have to step back, look around, and say “Damn… I live in a great fucking town!” Assuming you stay sober enough to piece together a coherent sentence.
Monday: Mohawk welcomes DFA Records’ Juan Maclean Monday, with LAX and Learning Secrets’ Ian Orth. I can’t say I’m particularly impressed with Juan Maclean’s music… I mean, next to labelmates like Hercules & Love Affair, Hot Chip, LCD Soundsystem and Fun Fun Fun Fest participants YACHT (get your tickets here), Maclean’s music seems awfully run-of-the-mill. But LAX and Ian Orth? Hot shit. If I were you, I’d get down and dirty at this dance fest Monday, then just chill out the rest of the week, in preparation for a weekend that will surely kick your ass.
Directed by Mark Klasfeld
Video for "Heart Attack" from Low Vs. Diamonds' self titled LP (Epic).
Video for "JE VEUX TE VOIR" by Yelle off their 2006 release Pop Up (Astralwerks).
Directed by Nicolas Benamou
REMINDER - Yelle is playing The Mohawk 10.08.08
You can get your tickets here!!! http://transmission.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?pl=448&lid=25485
Come downtown to 4th and Main (Winston St/Main) where we're closing down the street from 10am to 3pm with a stage. Dios Malos, Tom Freund and Tenlons Fort will be performing live from 11am-3pm with Dj Soft Touch (from summer camp). It's free, it's outdoors and IT'S FRIIIIIDAY! Free Little Radio samplers all day.
11am Tenlons Fort
12am Tom Freund
1pm Dios Malos
Park(ing) Day LA. What is it? Park(ing) Day LA is a day that brings together a diverse constituency of community groups, neighborhood councils, design & architecture firms, professional organizations, non-profits, cyclists & pedestrian advocates who work together to transform numerous parking spaces & parking lots located throughout LA into ephemeral parks for the day. By occupying a parking spot, volunteers enhanced the streets with sustainably designed pocket-parks. In a nutshell, it raises awareness for public transporation and the need for open space in the city of Los Angeles
Come down and join us from 10am-3pm in the middle of the street for good music and free cd samplers.
Directed by Petro Papahadjopoulos
Video for TV On The Radio's "Golden Age" from Dear Science
Directed by John Maclean and Christian McKenzie
Video for "Magic Man" from The Aliens forthcoming LP Luna.
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