Pitchfork

The Lemonheads don't wanna take up your whole time in Austin: they just want a bit part at SXSW. But the veteran band's walk-on role is a little different than most, as Evan Dando and company will bring the entirety of their 1992 gem It's a Shame About Ray to Emo's Annex on March 12. It's all in celebration of Rhino's March 25 release of a remastered collector's edition CD/DVD set of Ray.

Note that this gig won't see a full-on reunion of the Ray-era 'heads lineup, but will find Evan doing his best to remember what 1992 was like with the help of bassist Vess Ruhtenberg and drummer Devon Ashley.

Still, there's plenty of the old Lemonheads crew-- including bassist/backing vocalist Juliana Hatfield and drummer David Ryan-- on the brand new Ray reissue. There are also nine previously unreleased demos, "My Drug Buddy" single B-side "Shaky Ground", and the first-ever DVD version of their 1993 collection Two Weeks in Australia. Daddy, what's a VHS?

Ray-issue:

01 Rockin Stroll
02 Confetti
03 It's a Shame About Ray
04 Rudderless
05 My Drug Buddy
06 The Turnpike Down
07 Bit Part
08 Alison's Starting to Happen
09 Hannah & Gabi
10 Kitchen
11 Ceiling Fan in My Spoon
12 Frank Mills
13 Mrs. Robinson
14 Shaky Ground
15 It's a Shame About Ray (demo) *
16 Rockin Stroll (demo) *
17 My Drug Buddy (demo) *
18 Hannah & Gabi (demo) *
19 Kitchen (demo) *
20 Bit Part (demo) *
21 Rudderless (demo) *
22 Ceiling Fan in My Spoon (demo) *
23 Confetti (demo) *

* previously unreleased

Two Weeks in Australia:

01 It's a Shame About Ray (music video)
02 Ride With Me (live)
03 Mrs. Robinson (music video)
04 Being Around (music video)
05 Alison's Starting to Happen (live)
06 Hannah & Gabi (music video)
07 Half the Time (music video)
08 Rockin Stroll (music video)
09 Confetti (music video)
10 It's About Time (live)
11 My Drug Buddy (music video)

Lemonheads:

03-10 Phoenix, AZ - The Brickhouse Theater *
03-12 Austin, TX - Emo's Annex (SXSW)
03-13 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater

* with the Icarus Line