Austin City Limits Music Festival 2009: Can't Miss This - Friday, Oct 2

The PARLOR MOB - Sat. 10/2, 2:20pm (Austin Ventures)

People, you’ve got to be ready for ACL right out of the gate– and we know you are. With the impossibility of scheduling every band in its ideal time slot, gems like The Parlor Mob risk getting lost in the shuffle.
Hailing from Asbury Park, New Jersey, Parlor Mob is a now-and-then collision of the sounds of Jack White, the Black Crowes and Led Zeppelin. Guitarists Paul Ritchie and Dave Rosen transcend their age and shred up riffs that would make Michael Schenker or Rik Emmett blush. Vocalist Mark Melicia is high-hitting and explosive.

These cats can really put on a show as evidenced here. For an audio sample of what you’ll experience, head here and then click on the song “Everything Your Breathing.” Follow it up with “Carnival of Crows.”

Signed to Roadrunner Records – a label who knows their talent – And You Were a Crow,  is the band’s debut album and it’s a smoker.

Parlor Mob plays early in the day on the Austin Ventures Stage – and with the newly planted  grass, turns the greenish venue into the closest thing ACL has to Chateau de Versailles. You’ll be able to get up real close for this one and get the Parlor Mob get your blood pressure going to start your ALC 2009.

~jason repko