Weekend Music Preview: Free Week featuring Dans la Lune & much, much more!

We’re spoilt for choice on Saturday as well -- Emo’s has quite the line-up on both its stages -- Those Peabodys, Shapes Have Fangs, and Wine and Revolution are just three of the talented acts on the schedule inside while the outside stage line-up this evening includes The Black, Cry Blood Apache, and Corto Maltese.

Shapes Have Fangs are also scheduled to perform at Club de Ville on Saturday, along with Cavedweller. The Mohawk offers up Brazos, Frank Smith, The Lovely Sparrows outside; Transmography will be on hand to furnish the inside bar with its innovative concoctions. The duo is set to release a split 12" with The Snake Trap on Australian Cattle God Records next month.

Sons Of Hercules at Beerland, and Crash Gallery (inside) and Lower Class Brats (outside) at Red 7 offer further Saturday Free Week options.

Now, as promised, our interview with Dans la Lune:

Image from Dans la Lune’s MySpace, by Naomi Cherie

Dans La Lune: Three out of the five members hail from Corpus Christi, TX. Bassist Gary Delgado and vocalist Johnny Flores were childhood friends and had played music together for several years. We were acquainted with drummer Daniel Hinojosa through Little League Baseball but didn't become close friends with him until we all ended up in Austin around 2003. We began playing with guitarists Chazz Bessette (from Tacoma, WA) and Aaron Mason (from Atlanta, GA) in early 2008 and have been doing shows as Dans la Lune ever since.

We hear a lot of 60's influences in your music -- what were some of your favorite bands growing up, and what are your listening to these days?

There's no doubt that the band is heavily influenced by music of the 1960's such as The Turtles, The Who, The Beatles, The Sonics, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, Pink Floyd, and too many others to mention. We aren't really moved by much on the radio these days but we like The Black Keys, Dungen, The Raconteurs, Of Montreal, The Strokes, The Shins, The Hives, and The Black Angels to name a few.

Dans la Lune seems to be a part of a retro-pop movement in Austin -- would you define it as such? What are your thoughts on the various "retro" and "garage" pop bands in town -- any favorites? Do you guys aim to portray a certain fashion ethic?

We don't want to be defined by the movement, we formed the band because we love to play, write, and perform. We just want people to come, dance and have fun. However, we do agree that there's definitely something going on around here. You can feel the energy, excitement, and camaraderie between the local show-goers and all of the new acts that have recently popped up. We like a retro sound with a modern twist and have enjoyed sharing the stage with other local rockers who feel the same such as The Ugly Beats, The Jungle Rockers, The Strange Boys, Wine and Revolution, and Hacienda, just to name a few. As far as fashion goes, is thrift store chic a category?

Image from Dans la Lune’s MySpace

Lucy the Poodle Productions was formed earlier this year by members of Southern Drama, DawnStarArt, Dans la Lune, and Death is not a joyride. Their creative vision was to provide a platform and support system for artists of all types to showcase their work. One of LTP's goals is to support the handful of bands that they feel passionately about and help out with things like promotion, art, photography, booking, etc. They are rapidly becoming known for their infamous themed parties which incorporate music, art, dance, theatre, costuming, and audience interaction. These events are an all out, over the top experience to say the least, and Dans la Lune has gotten to participate in some really fun shows.

Lastly, what plans for a full-length?

Right now we are searching for the right studio and making preparations for our first release. We've been lucky enough to have the opportunity to work on pre-production with musician and producer Oscar Houchins who performed in the 1960's with groups like Tommy James, The Shondells, and The Clique, and has worked with musicians such as Loretta Lynn and Wilco. We hope to have something special to offer soon.

Thank you for speaking with Austinist!

Non-Free Week highlights this weekend include F for Fake, The Unfortunate Heads, and CB II at Carousel Lounge (Friday), The Soldier Thread at Stubb’s (Friday), Foot Patrol and Big Mess at Room 710 (Saturday), New Disaster at Stubb’s (Saturday), plus the latest installments of The Fuzz Club (at Scoot Inn on Saturday) and the Sssh-Second Sunday Sock Hop (at Shangri La on Sunday).

Check out the Austinist Weekend Music Preview Slideshow below for details on a number of events in town this weekend.

Images from MySpace / provided by entity.