If you come to Austin, you must come to the Continental Club. This place is always listed on the top attractions of our city and once you come, you know why. This is the best music hall in town. The diversity of music and of the crowd alone make it worth the trip. The place is almost always packed - an atmosphere that adds to the experience. moreIf you come to Austin, you must come to the Continental Club. This place is always listed on the top attractions of our city and once you come, you know why. This is the best music hall in town. The diversity of music and of the crowd alone make it worth the trip. The place is almost always packed - an atmosphere that adds to the experience. There are places to sit, but more importantly for most people, there is space to dance.
The cover charge ranges (usually between $5 to $10). I assure you though, the $10 is almost always worth it. They know the value of the show before they price it. However, if you just want to check out the place without paying a hefty cover charge, check out some of the free happy hour shows.
Bottom line, don't miss out on a chance to see a show at the historic Continental Club.
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Mario Matteoli left the phenomenally succesful Weary Boys after deciding to go in a different direction and focus exclusively on his solo career. Hard Luck Hittin’, his debut solo album was well more Mario Matteoli left the phenomenally succesful Weary Boys after deciding to go in a different direction and focus exclusively on his solo career. Hard Luck Hittin’, his debut solo album was well received by fans and critics alike. About his latest, Golden State, Jim Caligiuri said "The local songwriter's passions are splayed all over his second solo disc, but in a way that's easygoing and rarely gushing." and Dante Dominick said is "...a compositional masterpiece: warm melodies, absorbing refrains, and mighty fine playing while visiting an array of Americana genres with one cohesive sound."
Scott Biram, the self proclaimed "Dirty Old One Man Band" successfully, and sometimes violently, lashes together blues, hillbilly and country precariously to raucous punk and godless metal. Biram ain't no dour ass singer/songwriter either, sweetly strumming songs about girls with big eyes and dusty highways. HELL NO!!! His singing, yodeling, growling, leering and brash preachin' and hollerin' is accompanied by sloppy riffs and licks from his 1959 Gibson guitar and pounding backbeat brought forth by his amplified left foot. The remainder of this one-man band consists of an unwieldy combination of beat-up amplifiers and old microphones strung together by a tangled mess of guitar cables. Pure bliss.
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Scott Biram, the self proclaimed "Dirty Old One Man Band" successfully, and sometimes violently, lashes together blues, hillbilly and country precariously to raucous punk and godless metal. Biram ain't no dour ass singer/songwriter either, sweetly strumming songs about girls with big eyes and dusty highways. HELL NO!!! His singing, yodeling, growling, leering and brash preachin' and hollerin' is accompanied by sloppy riffs and licks from his 1959 Gibson guitar and pounding backbeat brought forth by his amplified left foot. The remainder of this one-man band consists of an unwieldy combination of beat-up amplifiers and old microphones strung together by a tangled mess of guitar cables. Pure bliss.
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