Black Rebel Motorcycle Club brings its leather jacket strut and guitar-rock grit to Antone’s tonight. The California act’s first two records, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Take Them On Your Own, conjured up anthemic rock with its fair share of noisy feedback and shoegazing tendencies, resulting in instant classics like “Love Burns”, “Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll (punk song)”, and “Stop.” The three-piece then changed its tune a bit, shifting course with album number three, Howl (released in 2005), which was a primarily acoustic, extremely bluesy, sometimes country flavored record that had loyal fans a tad mystified. However, Howl did not disappoint in terms of quality and was followed by 2007’s Baby 81, which harnessed the swagger and stomp of their earlier work while also harboring the roots of Howl. Even though the in-your-face immediacy and unavoidable panache of the first two albums seemed a bit toned down (for better or for worse), there was little doubting the band’s ability to churn out memorable hooks and catchy melodies. Crunching blues ditties (“Took Out A Loan”), chant-along chorus’ (“Weapon Of Choice”), lengthy jams (“American X”), and radio-friendly fare (“Cold Wind” and “All You Do Is Talk”) kept Baby 81 enjoyable if not fresh, engaging if not ground-breaking....

Darkness can descend like a sheet of fear-inducing nothingness, or it can be a dense, complicated, and utterly tangible shroud. When the lights went down on the house music before Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's set at La Zona on Friday night, the curtain of blackness was like a wall of anticipation crashing down. As Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been and Nick Jago took the stage to screams and applause, the kerosene stage fog seemed......

FRIDAY [15] juneteenth/parade • Alvin Patterson Battle of the Bands and Drumline Competition at Congress Avenue (2pm) books • Lama Surya Das presents Buddha is as Buddha Does at BookPeople (7:00pm) comedy • Billy D Washington with Doug Mellard at Cap City Comedy Club comedy • Punchline, open mic stand up comedy at ColdTowne Theater (10pm) dance • Constellation, a site-specific dance work from Sally Jacques at Pickle & Thornberry Federal Courthouses (9pm) dance......

If you were planning on sitting at home tonight knitting and listening to Lawrence Welk or something, we highly recommend you redirect your energies towards one of the fine rock 'n' roll shows that's going to be gracing our city tonight. Maybe Black Rebel Motorcycle Club would be up your alley? Call it garage rock, call it blues revival, but regardless, the sound is all guitars, all the time, acoustic and electric jangling along......

Jason Quever combines anecdotal songwriting with lush folk-pop in Papercuts’ Can’t Go Back, out soon on Gnomonsong. The San Francisco based musician finds a unique balance between malaise and vigor on his new release. Moody narratives are married with layered orchestrations to conjure a somewhat manic depressive feel. The album opener, “Dear Employee” ends with resigned refrains of “I don’t need you no more” while the possibly tongue-in-cheek “Unavailable” repeats “He’s stepping out for a......

With a one-word moniker like Jima (Jim A., a self-imposed nickname taking his first name and last initial), you kind of have to bring it, right? So front-man/bassist for Seattle’s The Purrs does what he can—he’s known for his rhetorical swagger, spouting off cocky quips inspired by the bottle. Enter comparisons to Brian Jonestown Massacre and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. But musically, The Purrs prove more than cock-rockers, giving us a history lesson in......

Oh, Friday, sweet Friday, and the promise of music and merriment you bring. Even with SXSW ready to crash into our little Texas hamlet at any moment, there are still plenty of must-see shows this weekend. And just wait until you see the line up next week. Matt Pond PA, Mates of State, and Matisyahu all on the same night? Three magnificent Ms, unreal. But we like to live life in the moment, and......

: : FRIDAY : : [film] New Movies! @ your local theater [award] The Writers' League of Texas honors Ann Patchett @ Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum [music] Beta Valentine Instore, 7pm @ End of an Ear [film] aGLIFF kick-offf - films, 7pm party, 10pm @ Great Hills Arbor Theater [music] Hurts to Purr, Sarah Glynn, and 54 Seconds, 10pm @ Stubb's [music] Octopus Project, Voxtrot, Prince Klassen and Treewave @ Emo's [music]......

We won’t argue that August has been pretty slow when it comes to new music, but there are plenty of great releases that came out today that you need to get your hands on. John Vanderslice - http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/vanderslicejohn/pixelrevolt">Pixel Revolt Not as catchy as his last release, but this one will grow on you. JV keeps putting out quality albums. [mp3: JV – Exodus Damage / upcoming show: 10/27 at the parish] Black Rebel Motorcycle......