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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May, 2007
Schuyler
Hupp (L), Jonie Hell (C) and Mike Alvarez warm up their
Texas tour at Austin's Hole in the Wall
Mike
Alvarez Texas Tour Continued with 3 shows in Austin and
San Antonio
Former
Texan, music and filmmaker Mike Alvarez continued his
Texas music tour promoting his new album “2324” with three
dates in April. The album (see http://www.notrecordstapes.com
) was written and tracked in 2 days on April 23 th
and 24 th in 2005. A 3D documentary by Tom Koester
titled “2324: The Making of an Underground Rock Album”
will premiere on at the
Pig N Whistle on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood California
on May 26th.
Alvarez
started his tour in December with a 3D sneak preview of
the documentary and a solo acoustic performance at Rudyard's
in Houston. On March 31 st , Alvarez performed
with friends at The Whiskey A-Go-Go in West Hollywood
to an enthusiastic audience (see http://www.notrecordstapes.com
for pictures and video footage). Alvarez plays
Portland Oregon in June and is planning shows in Chicago
and New York before it gets too damn cold.
Alvarez
was a member of the popular 80s Austin group Max
and the Makeups. As a producer in Texas, he
recorded some of Austin's greatest including Roky Erickson,
The True Believers, Daniel Johnston and dozens of others.
Alvarez has resided in Hollywood California
since 1988. The recent Texas shows included:
Friday
April 27, 9PM CT, Austin Texas
The
Hole in the Wall
2538
Guadalupe
(512)
477-4747
With
special guests Jonie Hell (Max and the Makeups, Strappados,
Junkyard) on drums, Schuyler Hupp (Alvarez's Austin producer)
on bass and a guest appearance by Texacala Jones.
Also on the bill: The Black, Pink Nasty
Saturday
April 28, 7:30PM CT, San Antonio Texas
KSYM
FM 90.1 click
here to listen to podcast
Mike
Alvarez guests
on Brian Parish's radio show Casbah, playing cuts from
his LP 2324 and obscure and unavailable cuts he's produced
for Roky Erickson, The True Believers, Daniel Johnston,
Texacala Jones and other indy giants.
Saturday
April 28, 10PM CT, San Antonio Texas
The
Limelight
2718
N. Saint Mary's
(210)
735-7775
Cover:
$5 over age 21, $8 ages 18-21
With
special guests Jonie Hell (Max and the Makeups, Strappados,
Junkyard) on drums, Schuyler Hupp on bass. Poet
Ken Jones will open Alvarez's set with readings from his
recently published book of poems “Unutterable Blunders
and Palace Disasters, available on http://www.amazon.com
). Also on the bill: Afrika, You Make
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