Free Week Highlight: La Snacks & More @ Red 7 [Wednesday]

Austin is obviously the top music oasis in Texas but towns like Denton and El Paso are normally included in that discussion. Lately, a little city east of Houston has been throwing its name in the hat as well. Beaumont, a part of the Golden Triangle (which spawned UGK), has given us Ringo Deathstarr already and is home to the Connect The Dots Festival. And then there’s this band called La Snacks that has been making some noise on both sides of I-45.

Singer and guitarist Robert Segovia is frank when asked why he settled in Austin as opposed to his hometown, “We moved here in 2005 because there was really no future in being a band in Beaumont and I wanted to tour.” But things are changing -- he is quick to add, “Having said that, I think the Beaumont Scene is doing great. Joe Deshotel (former La Snacks guitarist) and I started the Connect The Dots Festival two years ago to have a huge show in Beaumont and it really ballooned. We created a network down there, kinda like a mini-Transmission. We have had great bands like the Givers, Free Moral Agents (members of The Mars Volta), and Moth Fight play there recently to big crowds. I actually talked to Elliot (Frazier) from Ringo Deathstarr about it recently. How different it is there now from just a year ago.”

Segovia handles the booking for Connect The Dots and hopes to propel the festival onto Austin’s and national radars this SXSW via a day show or two. As for his band, he states his goal succinctly, “I think good bands fall into two categories -- bands you can sing along to or dance to. We strive to do both. It's all just rock ‘n’ roll, it's all just rebellion. We came from a scene (Beaumont) that had a ton of bad punk and metal bands so we rebel against it. You try to write music you like, damn the torpedoes. I just want to play great shows and make great records. Everything else is just bullshit fashion.”

La Snacks has released their debut full-length Brown, Orange, Black, Gray in 2005 and the Newfangled EP in 2008. Enjoy their screeching guitar melodies, tongue-in-cheek lyrics, and of course, all the sing-along verses and choruses you can handle tonight at Red 7. The band embarks on an east coast tour next month, starting with the official kick-off show at The Ghost Room on the 13th, and yes, a stop in Beaumont (at The Hub) on the 15th.

Outside:
[La Snacks MySpace]
[The Midgetmen MySpace]
[The Gary MySpace]
[Frantic Calm MySpace]
[Opposite Day MySpace]
Inside:
[The El Paso Heist MySpace]
[Commissure MySpace]
[Orchestra of Antlers MySpace]
[Milk Thistle MySpace]