Jim Caligiuri RADIO 4 9pm, Stubb's Brooklyn's Radio 4 is all bright, dancey beats, driving catchy lyrics, and chunky riffs. Margaret Moser SLAID CLEAVES 9pm, Caribbean Lights Slaid Cleaves' past two releases, 2000's Broke Down and 2004's Wishbones (Rounder), brought the Austin singer-songwriter international acclaim for his ability to craft stories and songs that sound fresh, while being firmly rooted in tradition. Jay Trachtenberg JIM LAUDERDALE 9pm, Antone's Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale boasts a 2003 Grammy for his second recording with bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley and has a second collaboration with Robert Hunter due in May. His most recent Basin Street LP, Pin Your Spin, will lubricate any party. David Lynch JON CLEARY 9pm, Fox & Hound Easily identifiable in his broad-rimmed hat, this British-born, New Orleans-based pianist has mastered the keyboard stylings of the Crescent City, from Professor Longhair to Art Neville. Black Face, Solagbade and his 13-piece band's debut, tackles tough issues on original compositions, but fuels dancing with juju, funk, highlife, and jazz. Darcie Stevens SEYI SOLAGBADE & THE BLACKFACE BAND 8:45pm, Austin Music Hall Solagbade is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader in the mold of Fela Kuti, the famed afrobeat pioneer. Pollard, brother Jim, Chris Slusarenko, and Kevin March close out the night, with gruesome epithets, long-winded jokes, inappropriate oration, and rock & roll. Hoot night sponsors Fivehead (12:40am), who by that hour will likely be as soused as their mentor, bust out with a Malkmus-Mould punch. Recent ATX transplants Sally Crewe & Sudden Moves (11:40pm) pop out a couple, just before Steve Wynn (12mid), Swearing at Motorists (12:20am), and Austin bar band extraordinaire Prescott Curlywolf (12:30am). Carrie Clark (10:20pm) of Sixteen Deluxe fame and now the Pretty Please and ATX college rockers Subset (10:30pm) are chased by Tucson's mariachi rockers Calexico (10:50pm). Local Big Stars Moonlight Towers go at 9:30pm, followed by Brooklyn Spoon-men Robbers on High Street (10pm), and Centro-matic man Will Johnson (10:10pm). Dog (8:40pm), and reformed Athens, Ga., indie poppers Magnapop (8:50pm). New local Cocker Spaniels (aka Sean Padilla) opens at 8pm, followed by Canadian ambient rockers Boy (8:30pm), Philly Beatle-philes Dr.
With 29 bands doing two-cover, 10-minute sets, here's a glimpse at the menagerie of local and national talent gathering to raise their whiskey bottles to Bob Pollard & Co.
Melanie Haupt GUIDED BY VOICES HOOT NIGHT 8pm-2am, Emo's Main This annual covers blowout has built up its own mythology to the point that its subject is playing its own hoot night. New Expo (SpinArt), is forward-looking Eighties nostalgia. Where the Apples are Schneider's outlet for Beach Boys, Marbles is all about Eighties electro-pop. Robert Gabriel MARBLES 8pm, Exodus Robert Schneider's Marbles precedes the Apples in Stereo's 1992 inception by a few months.
Jim Caligiuri NICKNACK 8pm, Zero Degrees This local DJ/beatsmith keeps his octopus hands busy as a member of the Blaze jazz quintet, the progenitor of an impressive 2004 solo release titled Improving Silence, and the creator of a production tool cut to vinyl called Soundcraftsman. They're working on a follow-up to 2003's critically lauded Insofarasmuch. Margaret Moser TWO HIGH STRING BAND 8pm, Opal Divine's Freehouse Austin bluegrass trio Two High String Band mandolinist Billy Bright, who works with Peter Rowan & Tony Rice guitarists Brian Smith and Geoff Union mix originals with Neil Young, John Hartford, and, of course, Bill Monroe. Picks for March 17All showcase times subject to change THE GOURDS 8pm, Town Lake Auditorium Shores Austin's beloved bad-boy roots-rock quintet produced one of their best albums last year, Blood of the Ram, featuring the rustic genius of Kevin Russell's "Lower 48." It's not what the Gourds record that makes their shows so joyous and communal, though.
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