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On their recent stop through Austin with Death Cab for Cutie, we had the chance to interview Syracuse indie-rock band Ra Ra Riot. We spoke with bassist Mathieu Santos about the state of his band, his favorite music of 2009, and how his band has survived through some major adversity. Follow the jump to read our entire interviewwith Mat.
So we just updated our Dears + Eulogies at the Parish ticket/merch contest. Now you can enter the contest by leaving a comment about almost anything on the contest post or hit us up on twitter with something about the contest in your @. Do it now. Get to the choppa! Contest ends on Tuesday – May 12th.
A longtime ATH favorite, The Paper Chase, are returning to the stage at Mohawk on Friday night. The Dallas band is currently touring in support of their two part double album, the first half Someday This Could All be Yours (Volume One) is due out May 12th. Joining the band for the show will be Haunting Oboe Music and Valina. Tickets will be sold only at the door with music starting at 10pm.
Download: The Paper Chase – What Should We do With Your Body? (The Lightning) [MP3]
Bill Callahan has just been confirmed for a last minute/surprise instore at Waterloo on Friday. As always, these events are totally free, start around 5:30pm and include free keg beer. Check out our recent review of Bill’s new album Sometimes I wish I Were an Eagle or head elsewhere on the site to hear new single “Eid Ma Clack Shaw”. You won’t want to miss this.
Coming off the huge recent popularity of their HBO series and debut LP, Flight of the Conchords are touring the nation and making a stop at Bass concert hall on Thursday night. This show has been sold out for quite some time now so try craigslist for some buying options. Show starts around 8 with an opening set by Eugene Mirman.
Download: Flight of the Conchords – Business Time [MP3]
NPR is streaming a few new to stores albums and one that isn’t even out yet as part of their Exlcusive First Listen series. For Starters, they are streaming the new Camera Obscura album, St. Vincent’s latest Actor, and the new Conor Oberst joint. On top of that, a First Listen for Jason Lytle’s new album Yours Truly, The Commuter, which isn’t our for a week or so, went up a couple days ago. We gave you first single “Brand New Sun” from Lytle’s new album a while back and we’re really digging the whole thing. What’s your take?
We recently posted a new song by Wye Oak and now we’re lucky enough to have the band stopping through town at the Mohawk on Wednesday night. The Baltimore band will share the stage with openers Pomegranates and local guys Salesman. Doors are at 8pm/music at 9. No word on door cover. Here’s that new song we posted not long ago.
Download: Wye Oak – Take It In [MP3]
Alright listen up, we’ve got one helluva contest for a couple lucky winners out there so pay attention. Upcoming on May 18th, The Parish has one very solid lineup in-store featuring The Dears & Eulogies along with The Great Northern as opening support. If you aren’t feeling spendy, we’re going to giveaway some prize packs to two lucky winners. That’s right, first place AND second place. Deets:
1st place – 2 tickets to the show, a copy of the Eulogies latest LP Here Anonymous on vinyl, and a fancy Eulogies t-shirt
2nd place – A copy of Eulogies last EP Tempted to do Nothing on vinyl, The Dears Latest album Missiles on vinyl, AND a Dangerbird Records hoodie.
If that doesn’t spark your interest, I don’t know what will! Let’s try something new for entry in this contest… Simply leave a comment OR hit us up on Twitter and mention something about the contest in your @. Please remember to leave a valid email address so we can get in touch with our winners. Contest will be open until May 12th (one week from now).
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/thedears_meltdowninamajor.mp3]Download: The Dears – Meltdown in A Major [MP3]
Cinco de Mayo is upon us and some people are of course looking to put on some parties downtown. Apparently one is going on in the block between Lamberts and La Condesa near second street. Information on this show has been hard to come by, but word is that Xemumba alum Los Bad Apples and Cienfuegos will be playing along with Charanga Cakewalk and DJ George. The event is totally free and gets started around 5pm. Food and drink will be provided by several vendors (not sure if they are free or not). Check out the fancy poster attached for more info or head to wikipedia to do some stuyding on the significance of Cinco de Mayo.
So here’s our obligatory Daytrotter post of the week… The always stellar live music website just posted a session by Pennsylvannia band Illinois that we’ve been enjoying. We caught this band during SXSW a couple years ago and sort of forgot about them until now. Check out the 4 song session now or listen to “Are You Coming With Me?” below.
Download: Illinois – Are You Coming With Me [MP3]
