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Posts Tagged ‘The Parish’
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
UPDATE: This round was a dead heat, with equal interest in both shows. @TaraATX won the Parish tickets through a Twitter post. Kristina won the Stubb’s tickets through her comment here on the blog. DM or email me your full names and I’ll put you on the respective lists with a +1. Email is tyler@twogroove.com.
After a great first round, both venues have returned to their respective corners. Stubb’s is nursing a sweet black eye after The Parish’s devastating one-two punch of Speak and Frontier Brothers. Fighting analogies aside, there was a lot more interest in tonight’s show at The Parish than the Landon Pigg show at Stubb’s. Local music wins again!
Today, we are pitting the two venues against each other again. I’m not picking winners, but I think that Stubb’s will put up a good fight in the second round. I hold in my hand two tickets to the shows below. Let me know via Facebook, Twitter, or here on the blog which one you want tickets to. Winners will be selected first thing tomorrow morning (which means sometime around 10am).
The Parish: Carolina Chocolate Drops w/ The Lost Pines
The roles have been reversed this time. The Parish is bringing North Carolina bluegrass/folk outfit Carolina Chocolate Drops into town for a night of fiddles, banjos, and stand-up bass. Local bluegrass six-piece The Lost Pines will take the support slot, ensuring you get your fill of knee-slapping, moonshine-swigging roots music. Tickets will set you back about 4 Shiners ($15.00) or you could always get them for free from your friendly neighborhood TwoGroove.
 Stubb’s: Passion Pit aftershow with Paper Shapes
If you’re like me, you didn’t get tickets to Passion Pit (maybe it was because you saw them at ACL and thought they sucked…). The sold-out Passion Pit show is being followed up an official aftershow featuring local energetic rockers Paper Shapes. Paper Shapes will keep you moving late into the night with quick guitar riffs, spastic drums, and passionate vocals. Doors open nice and late at 11:30pm and is $6 if you don’t have your Passion Pit ticket.
So I put it to you, dear reader, who has the better show? Will The Parish take a two round lead or will Stubb’s rally and tie things up? It’s up to you.
Tags: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Paper Shapes, Passion Pit, Stubb's, The Parish, ticket giveaway
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
UPDATE: The Parish won handily. There was a lot of interest in the Speak show and expect to see all you fool out there! Lauren Lytle won the tickets to that show and Elaine Funk took home the tickets to Landon Pigg. More giveaways coming soon!
For today’s ticket giveaway, we’re pitting two venues against each other. It’s The Parish versus Stubb’s in a knockdown drag-out fight to the death. Both venues are putting on great shows this Thursday, and you can score tickets to one of them.
 In this corner, it’s the music venue in the heart of popped collars, cover bands, and one dollar you-call-its. The Parish is playing host to a night of locals this Thursday, bringing Speak, The Frontier Brothers, The Eastern Sea, and Marmalakes to the stage. The first three bands on that list should need no introduction. This is especially true for Speak, who found a good deal of success at this year’s SXSW. They won an Austin Music Award for Best New Band, were introduced by Talking Heads, and are signed to Playing in Traffic Records. With support from The Frontier Brothers and The Eastern Sea, plan to see plenty of energetic white boys on stage this Thursday.
 Over on Red River, Stubb’s is bringing some serious competition in the form of Nashville’s Landon Pigg. Heh, his last name is Pigg. Despite the moniker, Mr. Pigg is quite the contender; his songs have been played on a number of popular TV shows, he played Ellen Page’s love interest in Whip It, was on The Tonight Show last month, and co-wrote the title track for Shrek Forever. The bill is rounded out by Nashville singer/songwriter/indie poppist Madi Diaz.
So, what’s it going to be? Which venue has the better show? Which show do you want tickets to? As per usual, reply here on the blog, on Facebook, or @TwoGroove on Twitter. Winners will be selected on Wednesday!
Tags: Stubb's, The Parish, ticket giveaway
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
Oh yes you will.
Happy birthday, Richard!
Vital musical info:
Doors at 9pm!
Set Times:
The Redboys – 9:50
Politics – 10:15
Love at 20 – 11:10
L.A.X – 12:10
Psst…there’s an afterparty at Barbarella.
Tags: The Parish, Ultra8201
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
 I hope you aren’t getting tired of ticket giveaways yet, because I am just now getting started! For reasons I struggle to explain, dark forces have conspired to provide me with many a ticket to give out this month. Much like Haiti’s “deal with the devil“, I am sure this dark union will end in disaster. However, in the meantime, you can totally go to shows for free!
Today you have a choice. Do you want to see DJ Thibault at The Parish or Full Service at Stubb’s Jr. tomorrow? Here are some more details to help you decide.
Door number one: DJ Thibault
Half of the electro-duo Auto Body, DJ Thibault exudes electrofunk. This show will feature live video mashups along with local favorites Prepmode, Coma in Algiers, and GOBI. Thibault is moving to New York, so this will be his last show in Austin for a while! Expect a full-blown audio/visual experience that makes full use of the upgraded lighting at The Parish.
Door number two: Full Service
If you’re looking for a more guitar-driven show, look no further. Austin rockers Full Service will team up with Subrosa Union and Apostrophe to ensure you get your fill. Subrosa Union’s pop-punk-reggae styling were recently reviewed by Austin Vida, saying “One Night Stand is chocked full of big, blaring anthemic choruses fit for rock festivals and pop-rock radio. They get in your head and never leave.”
Here’s how to win tickets. Simply post to our Facebook page, Twitter (@TwoGroove), or here on the blog. Just say “door one” or “door two” to indicate your selection. I’ll pick winners at random at the end of the day. Winners will be on the guestlist with a +1. Don’t worry if you’ve already won tickets from TwoGroove, when I say random, I mean random! You can definitely win again.
Tags: DJ Thibault, Full Service, Stubb's, Subrosa Union, The Parish, ticket giveaway
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
If you are like me, you haven’t quite decided what to do with yourself this weekend. There are plenty of shows and things to do; the sheer amount of options is overwhelming. If you were to, say, get some free tickets to shows this weekend, would that help narrow it down?
Let’s try it out and see. The first show I have for you is the always entertaining The Eastern Sea, who will be sharing the stage at The Parish with Hotel Hotel, Robert Ellis, and From Where They Run. It’s tomorrow night, May 28th.
To save yourself $14 (or $20 if you’re all young n’ stuff), just tweet @TwoGroove on Twitter, post to our Facebook page, or post a comment here on the blog. I’ll pick a winner at random (unless you can somehow convince me to pick you…) today or early tomorrow depending on the response.
Stay tuned, I’ll be doing another ticket giveaway tomorrow.
Tags: The Eastern Sea, The Parish, ticket giveaway
Posted in Musical Musings | 1 Comment »
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