Lite + Brite: 49 Serpentine Austin Events 2/26

Hello, what’s up, and welcome to the Lite + Brite newsletter.

Okay, firstly and most importantly (to us): No Lights No Lycra, our dance party in the dark, is this evening, Wednesday! You can reserve a spot here or just show up. The lights go out just after 8pm.

We already mentioned this to our Patreon subscribers, but we feel compelled to mention it on main as well: We fear we have gotten TOO GOOD at our job, which is finding Austin events for you. We have this dim memory of a time, long ago, when there were a finite number of eligible events and this newsletter basically wrote itself. If such a time ever existed, it is now long gone. 

But what are we supposed to do? Not tell you that the Opossum King and the Train Lord are back in the ring? Ignore drag and burlesque shows themed around D&D, muppets, slumber parties, pop princesses, and Texas state politics? Hide our knowledge that both the local ren faire and the local doom metal goat yoga are now back from their winter slumber? Neglect to mention that it’s still Black History Month (including a huge block party and bike tour), still Carnaval (including Brazilian music and dance), and still Mardi Gras (including brass bands in private backyards, other brass bands in bar backyards, and cool witches)? Pretend like this quintessentially Austin nonprofit isn’t hosting a sick launch party, or like “micro-opera” isn’t a thing?

Sorry, we can’t do that. Guess we’re just going to have to keep sending you super-long newsletters. Don’t hate the player; hate the game.

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Let’s do fun stuff!

—Leila + Brian
liteandbriteatx.com

OUR STUFF

TONIGHT we’re holding No Lights No Lycra at 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge! We’re taking the 2nd Wednesday in March off to do SxSW so this is the last chance to dance in the dark until March 26th. Grab a ticket here and scroll down for a recording of the last time we held it.

We’re getting ready to head back east to where Brian began DJing during his college years for a reunion party, so for the occasion Brian did an episode of No Humans Allowed devoted to 00s electroclash + electro. Stream Electro Sounds 2001-2007 on the Kpiss archives, and tune into No Humans Allowed live on Tuesdays at 6pm central.

LITE + BRITE’S SxSW 2025 PICKS

SxSW is nearly upon us, and resident wristbands are now available! $149 for a Music Festival wristband and $120 for a Film Festival Wristband—it’s 1/10th as expensive as a badge, and all of us Austin residents are eligible. Here are some of the bands we’re excited to see at this year’s fest:

Brian’s Pick of the Week
Los Eclipses
Franco-Mexican duo deftly slides between slinky downtempo + cumbia, French + Spanish

Leila’s Pick of the Week
Borderline
Upbeat, hook-laden Kiwi pop band. RIYL the 1975

Past Weeks’ Picks
Pivots
Very new UK trio mixing post-punk + shoegaze to great effect
Confidence Man
Singers “Janet Planet” + “Sugar Bones” prove 90s eurodance is thriving
The K’s
Indie rock from a Northern English town. It’s giving Arctic Monkeys.
Kap Bambino
Hyperactive French synth punks evoke Bis, 00s sleaze, + horror soundtracks

EVENTS WE’RE EYEING

Friday 2/28

Saturday 3/1

  • Fight Opera at Austin Beerworks
    Dramatically silly wrestlers seek to evolve metallically
  • It’s My Park Day at parks throughout Austin
    Volunteer to improve parks across Austin + get freebies
  • Celebrate Black Austin at Kenny Dorham’s Backyard
    Walking tours, block party, art, + DJs “honor Austin’s Black community”
  • Welcome to the Junkyard at Feels So Good
    Music rehearsal space opening w/live music, Franklin BBQ eats, chili cook-off
  • Opening Day at Sherwood Forest Faire
    Central Texas’ renaissance faire w/medieval food, arts, fun, + dress
  • District Dialogues at Swan Dive
    Panels, free zine, + screenings of docs about classic Austin punk venues
  • Serpentine Ascendance at Bathe Austin
    Get snakey w/live musical performances + sound healing
  • Plant & Sustainability Fair at Wheatsville South Lamar
    Acquire plants, shop artist market, sample food, + learn stuff
  • Fantasy Karaoke at Tiny Minotaur
    Bard-hosted fantasy costumes-only karaoke w/vendor market
  • Geekgasm Revue at Kick Butt Coffee
    Muppet-themed burlesque, drag, trivia, + costume contest
  • Carnaval at Ani’s Day + Night
    Celebrate Carnaval w/live music + DJs, BIPOC + queer vendor market
  • Cool Witches Mardi Gras Market + Celebration at Nature’s Treasures
    Mardi Gras-centric witchy vendor market, dragon dancing, readings, more
  • Daytime Disco at Dark Horse
    DJs, vendors, flash tats, caffeinated bevs, + daylight
  • TEDxUTAustin at Hogg Memorial Auditorium
    TED talkers, art gallery, + live performances
  • Beethoven x Coldplay at the Long Center
    Austin Symphony performers mash up Beethoven + Coldplay
  • Two Year Anniversary Party at Golden Mean
    Live art + portraiture, vintage vendors, vinyl DJ, + sparkles
  • Tethered Ashes at Co-Lab Projects
    Musical + mixed media art performances examine our place in our tech world
  • There There at the Museum of Human Achievement
    Interact w/ immersive filmed performances including some big-name actors
  • Austin Gay Men’s Chorus at Oilcan Harry’s
    Fundraiser w/drag + very competitive choral performances
  • Karaoke Underground at Knomad
    Sing karaoke to your favorite punk, indie + alt classics
  • Texas Roller Derby at Thunderdome
    Roller derbyists murderously smash their way through a banked track
  • The Rose at Coldtowne
    Annual improv show parodying reality romance TV
  • Open Studios at Canopy
    Artists at Canopy open up their studios to the public
  • Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera at dadaLab
    Short operas from all over the world, sung in English and Spanish
  • (weekly thru 5/31) Doom Metal Goat Yoga at Jester King
    “We call out to the beasts of the land to come forth and JOIN US!”

Sunday 3/2

Monday 3/3

Tuesday 3/4

  • One Page Salon at Radio Coffee + Beer
    Hear local writers read their works in progress + published works
  • Karthian Fanfic Open Mic at Tiny Minotaur
    Tiny talks + lore dumps about the fantasy world of Tiny Minotaur
  • Mardi Gras at Hotel Vegas
    Dress up in Mardi Gras attire for free live brass + marching bands

Wednesday 3/5

  • Word Perv at Sterling Stage
    Storytelling + variety show about gender + sexuality

Thursday 3/6

  • Testify at Barrel O’ Fun
    Storytellers tell true stories about being alone

No Humans Allowed 225
Electro Sounds 2001-2007

For the occasion of DJing a reunion party for a 2000s dance party, we decided to dig through our 00s electro archives. The resulting collection is a mix of artists electro heads might know and lesser known electroclash, electropop, + electro.

Stream Electro Sounds 2001-2007

Tracklist
Bergheim 34 – Random Access Memory
Cylob – Cut the Midrange Drop the Bass
Adult. vs. Solvent – Flexidisc (Remix)
Legowelt – Raid on Stanleyville
Green Velvet – La La Land
Felix da Housecat – Madam Hollywood ft. Miss Kittin
Von Südenfed – That Sound Wiped
Leroy Hanghofer – Bathroomboogie
Baby Dayliner – Raid!
Rainbow Brothers – 818.323.01
Magnus International – Kosmetisk
Morgan Geist – 24k

No Humans Allowed is Brian Blackout’s award-winning, dodgy European news coverage receiving, weekly robots-themed radio show on internet station KPISS.fm. Machine vibes 4 machines. Songs for robots, androids, mandroids, cyborgs, AIs, cylons, skinjobs, roombas, wifi routers, smart devices, anything colored Bondi blue, and virtual assistants. Humans not required. Broadcasts live every Wednesday at 6pm CT on kpiss.fm, with over 200 episodes now streamable in the archives on topics like and Beach Simulations, Roomba dance parties, undersea adventures + Cyber Texas.

No Lights No Lycra ATX 179
w/Brian Blackout

Recorded live in the dark in 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge on February 12th, 2025

Listen to NLNL ATX 179 on Mixcloud

Tracklist
Airbird – Trust
The Paradise – In Love with You
Midnight Star – Midas Touch (CFCF Remix)
Nude Disco – Remind Me of U
Diana Ross – Love Hangover (DJ Apt One Edit)
Charli xcx – Boom Clap (Aeroplane Remix)
Tamiko Jones – Can’t Live Without Your Love
Stevie Wonder – Do I Do (U-Tern Edit)
Conway & Temple – Love Lights (Young Pulse Rework)
Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love
Whitney Houston – Love Will Save the Day
Aroop Roy – Save Our Love
The Source – You’ve Got the Love ft. Candi Staton
Heavy D & the Boyz – Now That We Found Love
Stardust – Music Sounds Better with You
Cut Copy – Saturdays
The Presets – This Boys in Love (Lifelike Remix)
Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun (Trailmix Remix)
The Outfield – Your Love (DiscoTech Remix)
The Monroes – What Do All the People Know?
The Cure – Just Like Heaven
Prince and the Revolution – I Would Die 4 U
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Home – All at Once
Mayer Hawthorne – Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)
Electric Light Orchestra – Letter from Spain

What is No Lights No Lycra?
Austin’s twice-monthly, judgment-free, substance-free, high-impact dance thing in the dark. It’s a DJ night that’s not at the club, a workout that’s not at the gym, a personal meditation that’s anything but silent. It’s produced by us, your kindly L+B overlords, and usually one or the other of us is on the hook for DJ duties. Read more about it in the Austin Chronicle. You can listen to the kind of music we play over on Brian’s Mixcloud.

PATREON THANKS

A huge thank-you to our Patreon subscribers Lilly Ettinger, Michael Sales, Zach, Gino Scaramuzza, Erica Speegle, Jarrett Holtz, Thomas Refferson, Dale Markowitz, Bones Malones, Amy Hayes, Katie Green, Christina Jue, Colleen MB, Lena Long, Amalia Litsa, Alexander Freed, Kristen Backor, Timon A., Kate Murray, and Amy Wilde. We’re deeply grateful for your support, which allows us to do things like “pay our Mailchimp fee” and “spend hours researching Austin events when technically we should be working.”

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SOCIALS

Recent weeks found us catching Faux Real’s show at Hotel Vegas, attending a book launch at Justine’s, and enjoying 1-800-CLOWN-TOWN at Kick Butt Coffee. Follow Lite + Brite on Instagram to keep up with our adventures. We’re now on Bluesky too. Yay federation! And come chat with us and the rest of the L+B community on our Discord server!

ABOUT US

How do we choose which events to feature?

Honestly, it’s pretty random. We might include anything in Austin that we, personally, would conceivably want to go to, generally excluding normal concerts, comedy shows, and movie showtimes because there are many other good resources for finding those. (We especially recommend Showlist for live music, The Darker Side of Austin for goth and metal stuff, Concept Animals’ ATX Art for You for gallery openings + artist talks, and the 60+ Weirdest Things in Austin for exactly what it sounds like). This list is by no means exhaustive; it’s just stuff that caught our eye this week. If you have an event that you want us to consider including, send it over.

Who are we?

We are Leila + Brian. We make this newsletter. We do our own events, most often No Lights No Lycra, + also BYOT, a party where we share very good YouTubes (here’s a playlist from the last one). We go very hard seeing bands at SxSW (here are playlists of our favorites from 2024). We once got called “local Austin couple” by KXAN. We do some other stuff here and there. We love going out to creative events in Austin, and we want you to join us. Visit us at liteandbriteatx.com, and support us on Patreon if you like what we do.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK, CHAMPIONS

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