Guest ColumnIST: The Laurie Show
The following is a weekly column by guest contributor Laurie Gallardo. Hear her on KUT 90.5FM on Friday nights, 11pm-3am. -- The Editors
Oooh, my achin’ head. There
was a party goin’ down…
Good day to you, music fans!
If you weren’t enjoying last night’s music and festivities at the
Austinist’s high-energy pre-ACL party, Local Music Is Sexy 2,
I regret to inform you that you missed one hell of a great time. I was
honored to serve as emcee of this year’s event (although I had to
remind myself to shut up and keep it short at the mic), and the
evening served as inspiration for the playlist I’m assembling for
this evening’s Laurie Show on KUT 90.5.
I await CD’s from Horse
+ Donkey and ‘Til We’re Blue Or Destroy, two bands that
started the night off right, so kids, get me your music as soon as you
can. But I do have CD’s from the others on the marquee that I’ll
feature tonight: Loxsly, Brothers and Sisters, and
the IV Thieves. Great show, everyone! And thanks to the Mohawk
on Red River for providing such a great performance space. Check it
out when you get the chance; it’s been refurbished quite attractively.
Of course, tonight will be
chock full of artists who’ll grace the stages of the ACL Festival.
My playlist is so far evolving into an impressive mixture of both local
and touring acts: Ted Leo + The Pharmacists, Nada Surf,
Iron & Wine, the White Ghost Shivers, Explosions
In the Sky, the Flaming Lips, the Long Winters,
What Made Milwaukee Famous and Okkervil River, to start.
There will also be music from
many more local artists, as you well know, along with my usual assortment
of odds and ends, and “Oh, that sounds like fun.” Check in with
me this evening, 11 p.m. to 3 in the frickin’ morning. It’s KUT
90.5. And, of course, as RoboCop would say: Thank you for your cooperation.
Photo by AndrewVDill on flickr
