FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2010
8:00pm 21+
Smiley’s
41 Wharf Road, Bolinas, CA
Otto Mobile and the Moaners plus TV Mike and the Scarecrowes ascend to Bolinas on Friday April 2nd for festivities galore. Pass out on the beach or rent a cabin or if you wanna get a room at Smiley’s it’s $84.
Smiley’s Schooner Saloon and Hotel
http://www.coastalpost.com/smileys
We had a great time running around Austin playing shows with Odawas. There are a lot of great bands and people down here. We’ll be back. Here’s a pic of Matt soakin in that warm Texas sun with Downtown Austin in the background.
This following week the Coach (Connor) and Lder (Lundquist) are teaming up with fellow Bloomingtonian Ex-Patriots Odawas to rain Hoosier Folkadelia on Austin’s South By Southwest Conference. The intensity will be turned up to 9 when Connor plugs in his Baritone Guitar in tandem with his Electro StandUp Bass. Lder will be hunched over his pedal steel trying to lift people out of their brains.
If you think this picture is dark and ghostly just wait til you hear us (www.odawas.net). Pronounced ‘Odd-uh-wahs’ if you’re from Indiana or ‘Oh-Dow-wuz’ if you’re Bay Area. Either way it’s the Nietzchean Post Modern Lyricism of Michael Tapscott’s gentle folk ballads about Whales and Jim Jones. I explain what’s happening in the lyrics because the vocals will be submerged in Reverb soup. The tunes are blended with some Synthesized Orchestras under the magic baton wand of Isaac Edwards. These dudes put out several records on Secretly Canadian’s ‘Jagjaguwar’ Label (www.jagjaguwar.com). Michael Carreira checks our pulse with his original copyrighted brand of drum stylings.
Here’s the dates in Austin:
Thursday 3-18 Brooklyn Vegan/Anso Day Party @ SpiderHouse 2:00pm
Friday 3-19 BBQ @ 32nd St. and Red River 4:00pm
Friday 3-19 Panache Showcase @ Beauty Bar 8:00 pm
Saturday 3-20 Kevchino Day Party @ Cafe Mundi 1:00 pm
In homage to the SF Bluegrass and Old Timey Festival this week, Otto will be going all electric with the same cast of folks at the Hotel Utah Saloon this Tuesday, February 16th at 8:00. This show marks our first time with Elliott on keyboards plus Matt on the Strat. Otto’s folk sensibilities now awash in organ swells and guitar crunch.
The Moaners will be opening for our friends Wartime Blues from Missoula, Montana. This Folk Rock Octet is fearlessly putting thousands of miles on an old van and criss crossing the vast Western States in an all out chasing of the American Dream. (www.myspace.com/wartimeblues)
Chris Jones, from TVMike’s Scarecrowe family, is headlining the night. (www.myspace.com/chrisjonesmusic) He was last seen fronting his own acoustic trio after years of face melting in Strangefeather and Ride the Blinds. The incorrigible Charlie Knote will be in the pocket on drums.
HOTEL UTAH SALOON (500 4th St. @ Bryant)
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH
8:00
6$
Chris Jones
Wartime Blues
Otto Mobile and the Moaners
