Concert Update: The Home Stretch & The New Year

Well, it certainly feels like winter. This marks a usually slow time on the roadshow scene, as bands head home for the holidays and clubs close up shop. Not so fast, though: December is still unusually active this year on the Austin music calendar, so have a look below and see which acts you should bundle up and head out to.

December:
12/01 FunFunFun: Spoon, Peaches, Prefuse 73 + more (Waterloo Park)
12/01 Dressy Bessy (Mohawk)
12/01 Ziggy Marley (La Zona Rosa)
12/03 Mates Of State (Emo's)
12/06 BT, Thomas Dolby (Science!) (Elysium)
12/08 Centro-Matic (Emo's)
12/09 Black Keys, Dr. Dog (La Zona Rosa)
12/11 Forward Russia! (Stubb's)
12/12 The Faint, Ratatat (La Zona Rosa)
12/13 Joanna Newsom (The Parish Room)
12/13 Pete Yorn, Sound Team, Starsailor (Antone's)
12/14 Burden Brothers, Sparta (Antone's)
12/16 Slick Rick (Emo's)
12/20 Amos Lee (La Zona Rosa)
12/28 Galactic (La Zona Rosa)
12/31 Octopus Project, Starlight Mints (Emo's)
12/31 IV Thieves (Emo's Lounge)

January:
01/14 Cities (Room 710)
01/18 Incubus, Albert Hammond Jr.(??) (La Zona Rosa)
01/19 Ghostland Observatory (Hogg Auditorium)
01/23 Ron Sexsmith (Stubb's)
01/25 Lindsey Buckingham (Hogg Auditorium)