Austinist Show Preview: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone & Clue to Kalo

Imagine yourself to be a person who's gone through some crap in the last five to ten years. Imagine that you've had some bad breakups, some unfulfilling jobs, maybe you've run out of money a couple times. Maybe you've drank too much and made a fool of yourself, argued with your parents, lost your keys, or missed an old friend. Maybe you don't really have to imagine any of this at all, because it's the sober realization that life is real that drives bearded man of honesty Owen Ashworth, the brain and emotion behind California-based Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. But truly it's not all gloom, as Ashworth's electronically produced beats, to be found at Emo's on Saturday night, are undeniably pleasant in their simplicity, and his incredibly frank and straightforward monotone is bound to inspire a sweet nostalgia for the real world, even when that real world didn't quite turn out like you'd dreamed it would.

Opening up for Casiotone are Clue to Kalo, a band from Australia who are in the midst of a lengthy U.S. tour. Their easy-to-listen-to music could be called pop-folk-electronica, and they represent yet another band who is ably incorporating the technology of today into the musical themes of the past. And, in a convenient counter to that far-away band, Denton's Tre Orsi open. The trio, no strangers to the Austin scene, features current and former collaborators of Shearwater, South San Gabriel, John Vanderslice, and Okkervil River, and plays put-together pop songs with a distinctly Texan edge. When all's said and done, and you've scraped all your memories off the floor and made them into something new, it looks to be a pretty good show.