BEST BETS: THIS WEEK IN AUSTIN – FEBRUARY 8-FEBRUARY 13, 2013

BEST BETS: THIS WEEK IN AUSTIN – FEBRUARY 8-FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Friday, February 8, 2013

The Broken Spoke: Two Tons of Steel

Cactus Cafe: Wood & Wire

The Continental Club: The Blues Specialists, NRBQ, Homer Henderson

Gruene Hall (Gruene, TX): Alejandro Escovedo, Amy Cook

One-2-One Bar: Shelley King, Ginger Leigh, Ruthie Foster, Uncle Bruno

Scottish Rite Theater: East Cameron Folkcore CD release party with Possessed by Paul James, Mockingbird Loyals

Stubb’s BBQ: Reed Turner, Phoebe Hunt

The White Horse: The Austin Steamers, Wildcat Playboys, Crooks

Saturday, February 9, 2013

ACL Live at Moody Theater: The Big Easy Blowout featuring the Funky Meters, T Bird & the Breaks

The Continental Club: Redd Volkaert, Greyhounds, Hard Proof Afrobeat

Gruene Hall (Gruene, TX): Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun, Turnpike Troubadours, Shane Smith

The Saxon Pub: The Bobby Whitlock & CoCo Carmel Band, the Roosevelts, Carolyn Wonderland, Uhlrich Ellison

Stubb’s BBQ: MURS, Prof, Fashawn, G. Love & Special Sauce, Swear & Shake

The White Horse: Two Hoots & a Holler, Gilded Splinters

Sunday, February 10, 2013 

The Continental Club: Heybale!, the Wagoneers, Planet Casper

The Continental Club Gallery: Jon Dee Graham, Dupree

One-2-One Bar: The Derailers

The Rattle Inn: George Devore

The Saxon Pub: Lindsay Wells, Marshall Hood, John Gaar, the Resentments, Kem Watts

Strange Brew: Jeff Plankenhorn, Jon Dee Graham, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Pete Rodriguez, Brannen Temple, Jeff Lofton, the Matt Butler Quartet, Chop Shop

Monday, February 11, 2013 

ACL Live at Moody Theater: The xx, Austra

Cactus Cafe: The Lost & Nameless Orchestra

The Continental Club: The Peterson Brothers Band

Flipnotics: The Bluegrass Outfit, Bottom Dollar String Band

The Saxon Pub: Bob Schneider’s “Lonelyland,” Nakia, the Leavers, Elizabeth von Santillan

Strange Brew: Jodi Adair, Scrappy Jud Newcomb

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 – FAT TUESDAY

ACL Live at Moody Theater: The xx, Austra

Cactus Cafe: Hayes Carll

The Continental Club: Toni Price, Alejandro Escovedo, Barfield

The Continental Club Gallery: Ephraim Owens, James McMurtry

The Rattle Inn: Greg Izor & the Boxkickers, the Belltower Trio

Stubb’s BBQ: Fun., Andrew McMahon, the Rocketboys

Wednesday, February 13, 2013 – ASH WEDNESDAY

Austin Music Hall: Morrissey, Kristeen Young

The Continental Club: James McMurtry, Jon Dee Graham, Hot Club of Cowtown

The Continental Club Gallery: Trube, Farrell & Snizz, Barbara K

Guero’s Taco Bar: KDRP‘s “Texas Radio Live” with Larry Monroe featuring Don Harvey, A is Red, Jeff Lofton

The Rattle Inn: The 1st Annual Waylon Jennings Tribute Show featuring Lucas Hudgins & the First Cousins, Weldon Henson, Roger Wallace, Kevin Russell (Shinyribs, the Gourds), Brigitte London, Kevin Galloway (Uncle Lucius), Scott Angle, Darren Hoff, Amanda Cevallos, Doug Strahan, Bo Porter, Shawn Nelson, Will Dupuy and many more!!

The Saxon Pub: Cody Bryan, Johnny Nicholas & Hellbent, Tessy Lou, Walt Wilkins & the Mystiqueros