Weekend Music Preview: Meat Puppets @ The Parish [Saturday]
Saturday, June 20
The Parish Room (214 East Sixth Street)
9 p.m. | $15 Advance
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The band’s most lauded record was 1984’s Meat Puppets II; Nirvana’s Unplugged covers of “Plateau” and “Lake Of Fire” off the album would propel the Puppets onto the radar of mainstream America in 1993. The band had already garnered a larger audience thanks to an opening slot on Nirvana’s In Utero tour. Their expanding fan base was further fueled by the radio hit “Backwater” and 1994’s Too High To Die (London Records) duly became the band’s most successful album to date. The original trio’s last release was 1995’s No Joke!
The next few years were filled with tragedy and personal issues for the band members, leading to an inevitable break. The Kirkwoods rebounded in 2007 with new drummer Marcus and a new album, Rise To Your Knees (Anodyne Records). Last month, they released their twelfth full-length Sewn Together on Megaforce Records. Expect to hear plenty of new material along with some classics tomorrow night at The Parish; get your tickets here or fill out the form for a chance to go on us:
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Follow the jump for information on more shows in town this weekend, and the Austinist Weekend Music Preview Slideshow.
Saturday, June 20
Antones (213 W 5th St)
9 p.m. | $5 Advance
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Friday:
- St. Vincent, Pattern Is Movement (Outside / 9 p.m. / $13 Advance -- Tickets) and The Sad Accordians, The Soldier Thread (Inside / 10 p.m.) at The Mohawk
- Screeching Weasel, The Sweethearts, Stymie (Outside / 9 p.m. / Sold Out) and Telepathe, Lemonade, Hotel Aviv (Inside / 9 p.m. / $10 Advance -- Tickets) at Emo’s
- Grumpy F*ck Fest III with Lair Of The Minotaur, Kill The Client, Mammoth Grinder, Pack Of Wolves, Broadcast Sea, Fight Pretty (Outside) and The Black Irish (CD Release), DJ Lizzy (Inside) at Red 7 (8 p.m.)
- EAR PWR, The Always Already, DJ Beef, Prince Klassen at Beauty Bar (9 p.m.)
- 7-10 Days Of Room 710 with Belligerent 86, Pickled Punks, 13th Victim, Me Vs. Everybody at Room 710 (9 p.m. / Free)
- F*ckemos, Blower, Babydick at Scoot Inn (9 p.m.)
- GOBI, Rage Ranger, Panjoma at Elysium (9 p.m.)
- STEREO IS A LIE, Colour Wheel, Western Ghost House at Hole In The Wall (9 p.m.)
- Steve Earle, Joe Pug at The Paramount Theatre (7 p.m. / $31.50 Orchestra, Mezzanine, & Balcony; $28.50 Upper Balcony -- Tickets)
Saturday:
- Sunset Rubdown, Elfin Saddle, Witchies (Outside / 9 p.m. / $10 Advance; $12 At The Door -- Tickets) and SWISS (Inside / 11:55 p.m.) at The Mohawk
- The Riverdales, The Sweethearts, Teenage Cool Kids (Outside / 9 p.m. / $12 Advance -- Tickets) and Unholy Grave, Magrudergrind, Pretty Little Flower, Hatred Surge (Inside / 9 p.m. / $8 Advance -- Tickets) at Emo’s
- DJ Mel at Beauty Bar (9 p.m. / Free)
- Scott H. Biram, Darren Hoff & The Hard Times, Pure Luck at Red Eyed Fly (9 p.m.)
- 7-10 Days Of Room 710 with New Disaster, Velvet Brick, Duke, Tandoorifinger at Room 710 (9 p.m.)
- Curvette, Coma In Algiers, ST37 at Club 1808 (9 p.m.)
- Rockland Eagles, special guests at Hole In The Wall (9 p.m.)
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Faux Punk, Learning Secrets, Yadira Brown (Outside) and Karaoke Apocalypse (Inside) at Red 7 (9 p.m. / Free) - Spring Fling with The Boxing Lesson, The Summer Wardrobe, New Roman Times, My Education, Benko at Guero’s (Oak Garden / 3 p.m. / Free)
Sunday:
- 7-10 Days Of Room 710 with Gas Mask Attire, Hank Of The Destruction Moose, Spastic Colon at Room 710 (9 p.m.)
- Victoria Noll, Amanda Lepre at Hole In The Wall (9 p.m.)
- Daedelus, Ghislain Poirier, Tuh-nie & Gnaws, Richard Henry at Emo’s (Inside / 9 p.m. / $10 Advance; $12 At The Door -- Tickets)
Check out the Austinist Weekend Music Preview Slideshow below for details on a number of events in town this weekend.
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