Austinist Weekend Music Preview: Built By Snow + more

“Ever wanted to be a space ship pilot in an 8-bit Nintendo game?” With that subject title, the latest press release from local synth-pop outfit Built By Snow grabbed our attention well before we even ventured into deep space. The “rad dudes” rescue a princess in the brilliant video for “Underneath”, the first song on their debut EP Noise, eventually scoring cheeseburgers for their troubles. The video incorporates plenty of eye catching imagery and retro animation and the result is a hilarious conglomeration of pop culture influences.

Check it out on the big screen this weekend (and on your computer screen after the jump!) Club de Ville hosts the Built By Snow “Video Launch Party” this Saturday with a typically energetic live performance by the band included, no doubt. Crash Gallery, Vinyl Dharma, and The Politics support.

But that’s not the only “video party” on tap this weekend! There’s a second such event at the Carousel Lounge on Saturday featuring music by three “one person” acts -- Pataphysics, Renée, and VAZ. Videos by Oswald James (including one for Shapes Have Fangs’ “Rattle and Confuse Me”) and a Bundyhill Recording produced video for “I’m On a Budget” by Preston Dukes (from Count Dracula’s Weed Smuggling Jam Engine) can be enjoyed between the bands, all for a mere $3.

Follow the jump for a slideshow of the best of the rest of this weekend’s shows, and be sure to check the site for previews of the Black Lips and White Denim gig at Emo’s, as well as the Spectrum appearance at The Mohawk.