Must Have This: Concert

The highly-publicised relocation of Austin City Limits finds the live music show in the still-smelling-of-construction Moody Theater in the base of the still-blocking-traffic-due-to-construction W Hotel and Residences (which is also home to the expectantly-not-smelling-of-construction restaurant Trace, which we cannot wait to try) (also, we have to say, while we love that Austin has a W- and we would like to hear the explaination why Houston does not- and we do find the building moderately agreeable, we are curious as to the lack of advertising- how are we to recognize this particular building as a W property?) (this paragraph, we are finding, is terribly parenthetical) (we just felt it worth pointing out) (so there) (we digress)

Coming up in two weeks are two Must See tapings: Willie Nelson (on Sunday 2/13) and Robyn the following Thursday (2/17). While you may have heard of Mr. Nelson (and his recent extracuricular activities), you may not have heard of Robyn. This, we think, is a low down dirty shame.

Robyn is a Swedish pop singer who we have loved since 1997's "Show Me Love". The time between that particular song and this particular taping is certainly an interesting story, and she has put out some delectable music in that time, but we will let you google those things should you choose. (We will say that 2008's Robyn is an incredibly solid album and very much worth a listen or a few)

We will, however, strongly encourage you to attend her performance (and for those of you located otherwheres, this is the schedule of dates- we do know she plays Dallas 2/18 and Houston (!!!) 2/19) for the taping of ACL. Her recent Body Talk EPs and subsequent LP have caused quite a stir amongst critics, and were certainly in heavy rotation on our devices in 2010 (the LP is great, but both the EPs are equally excellent in their own rights).

And if our endorsement of the quality of her music wasn't enough, the tickets are only $15USD. We'll repeat that: fifteen dollars for an amazing live show. Great music, a true live performer and an inexpensive ticket? We cannot put it any plainer: GO SEE ROBYN.

For samples of her music, go here or here.


Post Script:We are infinitely excited to see that there is a W hotel opening in Taipei, one of our favorite international cities.