Giveaway: The Raveonettes & Here We Go Magic @ The Parish [Oct. 2nd]

Come the first weekend of October, Austin City Limits Music Festival will once again take over our town, with thousands enjoying the likes of Pearl Jam, Kings Of Leon, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs on the newly laid lush green grass of Zilker Park. Although this gathering of top notch talent in one spot is appealing to most, some might prefer to dodge the relentless crowds and the sweltering heat and save themselves for the plethora of official aftershows scattered around downtown Austin all weekend. The late night gigs also offer a second opportunity to watch a band you may have missed because of a conflict, or perhaps the festival set was so darned early, you just couldn’t get there in time. Both The Raveonettes (Saturday) and Here We Go Magic (Sunday) are scheduled for 1:15 p.m. sets on the Xbox 360 Stage. However, night owls rest assured, both bands will perform at The Parish Room once the sun has set and dusk has set in.

The Raveonettes’ latest full-length In And Out Of Control drops next month on Vice Records. True to Raveonettes form, the album is chock-full of sugary pop melodies and Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo’s trademark vocal interplay and harmonies, along with crisp guitar hooks, melancholy lyrics, and moments of numbing fuzz. Somehow, The Raveonettes wrap the subject matter contained in “Boys Who Rape (Should All Be Destroyed)” and “Suicide” in sing-along pop songs while “Bang!,” “Last Dance,” and “Breaking Into Cars” are truly memorable ditties, the kind that get stuck in your head for the rest of the day, but not in an annoying way. You should hear ‘em -- enter your information in the form below for chance to win two tickets to The Raveonettes’ performance at The Parish Room on October 2nd. Spearheaded by Luke Temple, Here We Go Magic mesmerized us with their nifty concoctions at our SXSW day show this year and we definitely recommend getting there early to catch the Brooklyn outfit’s experiments in sound.

[The Raveonettes MySpace]
[Here We Go Magic MySpace]