Wild Moccasins

​This Saturday at the Granada Theater, one of the best Texas oddball pop shows of the year takes place, featuring Austin's The Octopus Project, Houston's Wild Moccasins and locals Mystery Skulls.

Recent New West Records signees Wild Moccasins are nearing the re-release of their shimmering, catchy-as-all-get-out LP, Skin Collision Past. And, given the strength of the record, there isn't any reason to think that this quintet, featuring the she/he vocals of Zahira Gutierrez and Cody Swann, won't be tapping into the subconscious of the great 48 in the very near future.

With the gig Saturday night, we thought it would be a great time to catch up with Gutierrez and find out what album she would keep with her should she ever be stranded, and armed with only a contraption that might spin a few tunes for her.

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​For those who think they've experienced a downright dirty electric blues show, but haven't managed to catch a set from Scott Biram, you haven't gotten electro-nasty just yet. The Austin resident recently released Bad Ingredients on the dependably great Bloodshot label, and while the record is another fine example in Biram's arsenal, the recordings only serve as mean-spirited appetizer for the toxic main course that is his one-man blues-rock smorgasbord.

With Biram hitting the stage at LaGrange tonight, we thought we'd ask what album he would keep with him should he ever be stranded. Oh, and a way to play the music, of course.

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