Entries from Austinist tagged with 'minorthreat>'
February 26, 2008
When the band Minor Threat dissolved, lead singer Ian MacKaye famously declared he wanted his next project to sound "like the Stooges with reggae.” For about fifteen years, Fugazi was that band, whose atypical sound and grounded approach to touring and performing have made them legendary, and nearly deistic to their many granola-punk followers....
Continue Reading "Austinist Show Preview: Joe Lally and Edie Sedgwick at The Mohawk"December 19, 2007
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November 9, 2007
Image from Dischord Records’ website The EvensSunday, November 11The Compound (1300 E 4th St)$5, 7:30 p.m.[info]A legend will grace east side venue The Compound for a very special early show this Sunday night. Ian MacKaye (of Minor Threat and Fugazi fame) teamed up with Amy Farina (The Warmers) to form The Evens in 2001. Their self-titled debut record was released in 2005 on MacKaye’s Dischord Records and Get Evens dropped the year after. The Evens’......
Continue Reading "Austinist Show Giveaway: The Evens at The Compound"November 5, 2007
Photo by Ray Soto $2 Music Mondays: Punk’s Not DeadMonday, November 5thAlamo Drafthouse Downtown [map]9:45pm, $2[info] | [tickets]After a painful four month hiatus, the Music Mondays film series has finally returned to the Alamo Drafthouse! Huzzah! The series will no longer be curated/hosted by Kier-La Janisse (who has left Austin to return to the wilds of Canada), but the first batch of programming looks strong, beginning tonight with Susan Dynner's Punk's Not Dead, a documentary......
Continue Reading "Music Mondays Returns: Punk's Not Dead"February 20, 2006
Anyone who has spent any time in Washington D.C. has undoubtedly logged hundreds of hours at the 9:30 club. Last year the club sold 236,000+ tickets to shows, making it the most popular club venue in America, followed in positions 2-6 by House of Blues franchises. The club opened 26 years ago, and before it was located on V street, it was downtown at 930F and was host to some of the best punk......
Continue Reading "Documentary about DC's 9:30 Club Tonight at Alamo Downtown"