Giveaway: Holy Ghost! @ Barcelona [Friday]

Diligently peddling wares from bands like Grupo Fantasma, Ume, and Ocote Soul Sounds during the daytime shift, local PR firm Learning Secrets continues to make a name for itself, all the while acquiring a healthy reputation. But the LS crew doesn’t stop at 5 p.m. They curate regular late night shindigs in town and are veritable purveyors of sweaty dance-floor mayhem. The event planners extraordinaire recently hosted quite a party to close out day one of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. A typically robust Voxtrot effort and some choice Loyauté Soundsystem selections had Beauty Bar bumping all night long and the tangible energy in the club definitely helped revive our tired legs. We’re pleased to hear that a pre-Fun Fest bash is currently being planned, especially since early reports cite a DJ set by Yeasayer inside plus performances by Best Fwends, Total Michael, and Josh Mills’ (Clap!Clap!) new project Missions in the Beauty Bar parking lot.

For the time being, it’s back to regular business. Just last night, another Kewl Breeze blew into Lanai, and tonight, LS takes over Barcelona for the latest edition of its new residency, this time featuring a DJ set by Brooklyn’s Holy Ghost!. Now we’ll admit that we’re not totally hip to all the badass DJs and electro acts out there but we know enough to be excited whenever a DFA Records artist makes an appearance in Austin. Learn more about these “analog gear nerds” and their enviable equipment in this Electric Independence episode on VBS TV; download Holy Ghost!’s remix of Phoenix’s “Liztomania” “here and RSVP here to knock two bucks off the cover charge at Barcelona this evening. Or just enter your information in the form below for a chance to go for free.

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