Some of Austin’s most active live acts take the stage at Emo’s on Thursday evening to bring an end to the venue’s Free Week. Horse + Donkey are riding high following the release of their impressive self-titled full-length. The album finally gives us locals a chance to enjoy the act’s reverb-heavy droning psychedelia at our pleasure, at home or in the car. Still, that’s no excuse to stop playing live, and the trio has been averaging a solid amount of gigs in town over the last few months. The explosive, vivid video for Horse + Donkey’s “Magic Horse” was directed by Wiley Wiggins and can be viewed here.

Ringo Deathstarr (Le Diamant Brut) and their shoegaze stylings have garnered a fair share of positive reviews lately, and well justified too. The band’s stellar self-titled five song EP was just not long enough we thought, so excuse us for getting excited on seeing a non-EP track on their MySpace page -- jam out “Rats Live On No Evil Star” here.

Details on the rest of the line-up (and a contest form to win a pair of tickets) after the jump!

My Education (My Education vs Dälek is available for purchase here), The Story Of (Le Diamant Brut), and The Boxing Lesson (who will also play at Oyster Creek Park in Sugar Land, TX on Saturday to raise $$ for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Houston (MDA) at the Reach Music Festival) round off the bill at Emo's Lounge tonight.

[Ringo Deathstarr MySpace]
[My Education MySpace]
[The Boxing Lesson MySpace]
[Horse + Donkey MySpace]
[The Story Of MySpace]