Dean Wareham at Maxwell's in NJ in 2011 (more by Chris Gersbeck)

Dean Wareham (with help from Britta is playing more songs by his old band 'Galaxie 500' this year, including two times in Texas. One of those shows is at the Belmont Hotel in Dallas on 7/26. The other is in Austin at Antone's on July 27 with Austin dream pop band Love Inks (who we caught once again at Mohawk last night). Tickets for the Austin show are on sale now.

All dates and videos of Dean doing this in the past, at BrooklynVegan.

Deer Tick @ Emo's East in Oct 2011 (more by Tim Griffin)

As BV Chicago pointed out, Deer Tick is going on tour with Nashville band Turbo Fruits beginning later this month. They'll be playing five shows in Texas:

April 28 - Dallas, TX / The Loft
April 29 - Austin, TX / Antone's
April 30 - San Antonio, TX / The Korova
May 1 - Laredo, TX / Old No. 2
May 2 - El Paso, TX / Lowbrow Palace

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photos by @griffinshot - Tim Griffin

The Mountain Goats @ Antone's on 1/19

John Darnielle came to Austin last night to begin a Mountain Goats tour with Nurses. Here are some pictures from the sold out Antone's show. More of them, along with the list of songs that were written on the setlist (which didn't match exactly what was actually played), below...

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Shearwater @ BV-CMJ 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)

The now-Sub Pop signed Shearwater will be out on the road with Sharon Van Etten (their former tour manager) in February, but return home in time for a show at Antone's on March 4th. Tickets are on sale. The Austin show is with Dana Falconberry & Marmalakes who also play with Shearwater one night earlier at Fitzgeralds in Houston.

Broke? Shearwater also play a free-instore at Waterloo on March 11th, exactly one month after the Antone's show. Their new album Animal Joy is out 2/14. All tour dates are listed below...

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As announced back in November, The Mountain Goats (aka John Darnielle and band) are going on tour with Nurses this month, starting at Antone's on 1/19. Hopefully you got a ticket because the Austin show is now sold out. The tour continues in Houston on 1/20 (tickets are still on sale for that one). All dates are listed below.

John writes:

"One small word about these shows. For years bands have been pretty judicious about playing unreleased new material, because much of it becomes available online immediately, even when the new songs are still in fairly raw form. We, too, have gotten into the bad habit of holding new stuff back. We are done with that whole philosophy, though. I miss playing stuff that's unreleased & unrecorded, stuff that still stings fresh. So we got together and decided to tour the new songs before we even record them. I don't guess that we'll be touring all ten of the new songs I've written for the next album (eleven if you count one that's presently being herded back and forth between its cell & the chopping block), but be advised that if you're the sort of person who wants as many surprises as possible when you hear a new album, you should tread lightly around recordings of these shows, because we're not going to be holding the best ones back for the album release like people tend to do now."

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