Kathy McCarty, Shoulders release party

Mophead Presents: Kathy McCarty (of Glass Eye) @3:00pm, Shoulders @4pm - $5 cash cover. 21+ only. Shoulders, an alternative group from Austin, Texas, announces the release of the 14-song album BEAUTY IN THE ARMS OF PAIN. Shoulders toured nationally and throughout Europe, and they were especially well known in France and other European countries. Their material, written almost entirely by lead singer Michael Slattery and guitarist Todd Kassens, has been called "drunken carnival music." Shoulders' lineup included Slattery, who sang and played everything from a huge parade drum which he also used as a trampoline to the "harmonica, out-of-tune cornet, hideous trombone, bent tin whistle," and "free-hanging river pipe"; Kassens on the guitars; Alan Gene Williams on the drums; and Chris Black on bass, piano, and organ. They were frequently accompanied by the well-known Austin cellist John Hagen, who plays in Lyle Lovett's large band. From her days as a founding member of both Buffalo Gals and the legendary Glass Eye through her highly claimed solo albums DEAD DOG’S EYBALL and ANOTHER DAY IN THE SUN, Kathy McCarty has been one the Austin music scene’s most revered figures for over 3 decades.