Upcoming music shows

Feb 2 - The Residents
Stubbs 8PM, $20/$23
Anonymous, experimental weirdos The Residents descend on Austin for a concert that promises to be anything but ordinary.


Feb 4, 5, 6 - Casual Victim CD Release
Beerland 10PM, $5
Gerald Cosloy of Matador records celebrates the release of his love letter to Austin compilation with three nights of must-see Austin acts including Follow That Bird!, Woven Bones, and Harlem.


Feb 5 - Prototype Fashion Freakout
Mohawk 8PM, $10/$12
Expect good looking lads and ladies showing off apparel that's more eccentric than American.  The runway vamping will be interrupted for a rousing set by girl group The Carrots, and then descend into a DJ dance party later in the evening.


Feb 6 - I Luv Video 25th Anniversary
United States Art Authority 9PM, free
From I Luv Video, the store that brought you Free Beer Tuesday, comes this quarter century anniversary party celebrating cinema with sets by a delightful spread of employee affiliated bands.


Feb 11 - Ringo Deathstarr Mohawk 8PM, $1/$5
Starry eyed shoe gazers Ringo Deathstarr team up with hipster dance party masterminds Learning Secrets for a show guaranteed to have you alternately shaking your ass, and staring at the ground listlessly.


Feb 12 - The English Beat and Fishbone
Emo's 7PM, $18
British Two-Tone pioneers English Beat join forces with nineties Ska stars Fishbone to help garner support for the fourth wave ska revival, which should be coming any day now.


Feb 13 - RJD2
Emo's 10PM, $16
When his debut album Deadringer dropped in 2002, RJD2 seemed poised to inherit DJ Shadow's title as king of hip hop turntablism.  But the rest of the decade saw him shift towards a more poppy, song based sound. Whatever style he takes this Saturday, it's sure to be entertaining.


Feb 14 - Screaming Females Emo's 9PM, $8
Only recently have New Jersey's Screaming Females started getting the attention they deserve.  Energetic, go for broke punk lead by the band's token screaming female, Marissa Paternoster, who not only screams but shreds hard.