Get Animated After Comic Con With Destroyed For Comfort, Total Unicorn, Low Red Center, Boonesboro, World Racketeering Squad, The Cocker Spaniels, and DJ Stephy B @ Skinny's Ballroom - Sat. 11/12, 7pm

On Saturday, November 12th, Get Animated! Experience an all-night costume optional event which happens after Austin Comic Con. seven diversely talented live music acts—plus one DJ who boldly traverses genres—will perform at Skinny's Ballroom and Radio Station, near the Austin Convention Center. 

Comic book lover & artist Eric Michener returns to Austin with his amazing indie pop band Fishboy, and local comic book writers and artists will also be featured performers: Delightfully quirky indie characters Boonesboro and outstanding nerdwave rockers World Racketeering Squad. Showstopping 8-bit cyber/steampunk Destroyed For Comfort, otherworldly improvisational ensemble Low Red Center, and visceral video music jockeys Total Unicorn highlight the animated night of music, which begins with legendary party starter The Cocker Spaniels. KAOS Radio Austin DJ Stephy B adds eclectic excitement to the live music mix. (You are invited to click on the links to listen to and/or download music by these participating artists.) 

Cosplay encouraged! After comic con, attendees may stay dressed up or get dressed up as a favorite sci-fi/fantasy, steampunk, anime, animated, video game, superhero, or original character and enjoy colorful local sights and sounds at a great downtown bar—just one block west of the convention center. Doors open at 6pm, and live music starts at 8pm. Please note: Sharp and blunt weaponry costume accessories will prohibit entry. Complimentary baked goodies will be available while they last, in addition to drink specials! 

Austin Comic Con's verified ticket holders, participants, and volunteers get in free, while guests 21 years of age and older pay a $6 cover for an amazing audio and visual experience presented by Anti-Gravity Agency, which promotes Austin's extraordinary talent and events. 

RSVP @ Do512, Facebook, or Plancast. 

Directions & Map to Skinny's.


Update: Due to unfortunate circumstances, Fishboy will not be performing. Look for them to return to Austin during SxSW.


8:00 - The Cocker Spaniels
9:00 - World Racketeering Squad
10:00 - Boonesboro
11:00 - Low Red Center
12:00 - Total Unicorn
1:00 - Destroyed For Comfort
DJ Stephy B plays music between bands. 

The Escatones surf back to Austin! Sun. 10/23 @ Red Eyed Fly

Psychedelic surf/garage trio The Escatones return to Texas to celebrate the recently released "The Ghost of High Island", apparently named after High Island, Texas, a town known for its supernatural haunts. The Tulsa and Stillwater, Oklahoma (via Galveston & Houston, TX and Detroit, MI) based rockers return to Texas to perform a series of shows, which includes a night in Austin with The Cocker Spaniels, The Rich Hands (San Antonio, TX), and Mad Comrades – Sunday, September 23rd at Red Eyed Fly.

After releasing a split EP with Darwin's Finches in April of this year, The Escatones released "Live From High Island" (HomeSkool Rekordz), featuring an eclectic mix of 60s psychedelic, surf, and garage rock, now available on iTunes. The Escatones have been busy, making live appearances at music venues throughout the mid-west US, and on radio and TV, including a June appearance in "The Garage" on WOAI Channel 4 (NBC): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgYVZyUbM_8. Expect a lively set of psychedelic and surf rock sounds – and the possibility an awesome cover of a song by Texas rock icons The Judys. 

"Crunk rocker" Sean Padilla performs insightful and (body) moving autobiographical songs solo as The Cocker Spaniels.

San Antonio, Texas based youthful yet old school soulful garage rockers The Rich Hands are currently recording new music, and playing spirited shows across Texas, and return to Austin to support their favorite surf rock band from Oklahoma. 

Opening folk/punk duo Mad Comrades are the yin and yang of indie rock in Austin.  

Doors open at 7pm, and live music starts at 8pm. Cover: $5 adults/$8 minors

RSVP @ Do512 or Facebook.

Thanks for your consideration of our event. 

Sincerely,

Danna Williams