Jan 26-29, 2006
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From the editor
By Austin Powell
Daily Texan Staff
She won’t return my phone calls. She won’t even acknowledge my email attempts anymore. After being asked to write a personalized letter to Chuck Berry requesting an interview, along with sending several issues of our publications and the interview questions for his approval, Berry’s people have cut all ties with my people. Did I move too fast? Was I too demanding? I didn’t even bring up his armed robberies. Oh well. This whole issue has worked that way, one difficulty after another.
In case you haven’t ever read one of these notes from the editor before, they’re usually written in one of two equally obnoxious and annoying ways. 1. Name-dropping everything deemed hip and cool — putting names and bands in bold text so everyone will notice how in the know you are or 2. Writing out in sentence form everything that’s listed in the table of contents. It’s really all quite ridiculous. I instead place my trust in you, the collegiate reader, to turn the pages and deduce for yourself everything that you need to know to have an awesome weekend. Rock.
Chris Thile and Mike Marshall
Live Duets
Sugar Hill
Gently coming through the right speaker like an open breeze on a cloudless day, mandolin extraordinaire and one-third of the Grammy-winning bluegrass outfit Nickel Creek, Chris Thile performs with ingenious improvisation that pushes the boundaries of sound previously associated with his small, acoustic instrument.
On the left speaker, Mike Marshall, 20 years his elder, effortlessly plucks and picks his way through delicate compositions that evoke more to the senses than that of sound alone. Together the virtuosos create magnificent compositions and, judging from the quality of these live recordings, their performance at Cactus Café on Saturday night should not be missed.
Tribute Band of the Week:
1/28 Out on the Weekend: A Tribute to Neil Young @ Stubbs
Neil Young currently appears on the cover of Rolling Stone, has a Grammy nominated new album, Prairie Wind, and was tapped as the keynote speaker for this year’s SXSW. On Saturday night, Almost There Records, featuring Gleeson, Grand Champeen, Milton Mapes, and Mandible among others, will pay homage to the folk-rock icon that remains today at the top of his game.
Editor’s Setlist:
1/26 Hard-Fi @ Stubbs
Four young Brits whose distorted dance-rock music aims to do exactly what their current single proclaims and “Cash In” here in the States
1/27 Stanley Jordan @ One World Theatre
See the guitar-tapping innovator that revolutionized jazz music in the ‘80s
1/28 Chuck Berry @ Paramount Theatre
(see page 4)
1/29 Criteria @ Emo’s
Cursive’s Stephen Pedersen’s latest Saddle Creek venture.
1/30 1960s Promo Videos @ Alamo Drafthouse
A gold mine of music videos from before the MTV Generation. Buy your tickets for only $1 in advance online at drafthouse.com
1/31 Secular End @ Emo’s
Local noise rock currently pushing the self-released debut The Revenge of the Phoenix
2/1 Cord @ Emo’s
Bar music by locals who look and sound like old friends