ATTN TEXAS – WHERE HAVE YOU GONE? TOTALLY GARAGE, IT TURNS OUT

You gotta hand it to Travis He Said She Said. The man works hard. And while he doesn’t always bring to town the kind of acts that that tickle the fancy of our well-manicured weak-kneed taste for indie wonk, he does his own thing and he does it well, and that does tickle us the right way. And no event he has organized to date can match up to the long-publicized but suddenly here before we knew it Texas Gone Garage fest, which kicks things off tomorrow night and runs strong like the hammer of a mighty dulcimerist until the weekend end. Three night shows (at Rudyards) and two all ages day-time-athons (at Walters) have your weekend nailed down tighter than a Walmart business trip.

The lineup (31 bands in all) includes both acts currently burning up the flavor crystals in our personal pop charts (The Monocles, American Sharks, Something Fierce, Eat Grapes, Black Black Gold, Sew What, The(e) Freed, Hearts of Animals, the Linus Pauling Quartet, etc) and reunited regulators of rock from beyond our memories (The Mirrors, Dig Dug, The Mike Gunn, etc). HERE’S THE COMPLTE LINEUP

Friday Night Show
8:00 - 8:25 - the Monocles
8:45 - 9:05 - Welfare Mothers
9:20 - 9:45 - Bad Rackets
10:00 - 10:30 - the Born Liars
10:45 - 11:15 - the Matt Mayo Band
11:30 - 12:00 - Alright Tonight
12:15 - 1:00 - the Ugly Beats
1:15 - 2:00 - Amplified Heat

Saturday Day Show
3:00 - 3:20 - Teenage Kicks
3:35 - 4:00 - Bad Sports
4:15 - 4:45 - the Uptown Bums
5:00 - 5:30 - American Sharks
5:45 - 6:15 - Something Fierce

Saturday Night Show
8:00 - 8:20 - the Takes
8:35 - 9:00 - Maaster Gaiden
9:15 - 9:45 - the Teeners
10:00 - 10:30 - the Ape-Shits
10:45 - 11:20 - Something Fierce
11:35 - 12:05 - Dig Dug
12:20 - 12:50 - the Hex Dispensers
1:05 - 1:45 - the Pumpers

Sunday Day Show
3:00 - 3:30 - Eat Grapes
3:45 - 4:15 - Sew What
4:30 - 5:00 - Black Black Gold
5:15 - ??? - Greg Ashley (solo)

Sunday Night Show
8:00 - 8:30 - Sew What
8:45 - 9:15 - The(e) Freed
9:30 - 10:00 - Hearts of Animals
10:15 - 11:30 - the Mike Gunn
11:45 - 12:45 - Linus Pauling Quartet
1:00 - 2:00 - the Mirrors

DAMN. PARY! CALL ME! Remember, the night shows are at Rudyards, are 21+ and have a cover. The day shows take place at Walter's on Washington and are free and all ages. You can apparently still buy tickets online here. Totally the makings for a good weekend. See you then.