Austin Sound

Surging originally out of San Antonio, Hacienda’s indelible retro pop masterpieces have landed them in good company the past couple years. Most notably, the Villanueva brothers and cousin Dante Schwebel (who takes the lead in answering our profile questions) have served as the backing band for Dan Auerbach’s solo work, but it’s their own tunes that have merited the majority of their much deserved national attention. Cutting Beach Boys harmonies with a suave touch of Tex-Mex rock on par with the Sir Douglas Quintet, Hacienda’s 2008 debut, Loud is the Night delivered a flash of Sixties style that explodes live. This month, the quartet returns with their followup, Big Red and Barbacoa, which you can get a preview of with the song “I Keep Waiting” for download below. Hacienda will be hitting Antone’s this Saturday, April 17, with an awesome local lineup of the Heartless Bastards headlining and Leatherbag opening the night.

Last year, San Antonio’s Hacienda released their debut, Loud Is the Night, a fantastic set of garage pop and roots rock produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and featuring members of Dr. Dog. Since then, the band, which consists of brothers Abraham, Jaime, and Rene Villanueva and their cousin Dante Schwebel, have been taken under the wings of those bands and garnered quite a bit of national attention. They’re currently even serving as Dan Auerbach backing band for his solo tour, which will be rolling through Austin for SXSW. In fact, with as much touring as the Hacienda fellows are doing these days, SXSW might be your best opportunity to catch them in a while. (We recommend hitting their show at Covert Curiosity’s day party on Thursday!).

Act quickly this weekend, we’ve got a few surprises in store. Tonight (Friday), Simon Joyner is in town for the first time in 10 years, playing the Natrix Natrix House, an incredibly intimate venue for what should be an incredible performance. Saturday is a full bill at Hole in the Wall with soon-to-be-huge Hacienda and other local favorites. Then on Sunday, grab your best sleveless black t-shirt, it’s metal mania with Havoc Dose at Room 710.