Show Pics: Best of Day Parties @ SxSW 2012

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SxSW 2012 will not go away. It refuses to be ignored. It boils rabbits (that is a movie reference before anyone gets mad at SxSW).

I have a mess of pics from the day parties. This is a hot mess. I am still doing forensics on who and where based on when. I have a rough idea of where I was, but add in an occasional adult beverage, the fact that these were taken five days into my SxSW and I have a lousy memory, you can understand if the details evade. Regardless, these are some my favorite shutter clicks from the unofficial that has become official.

From MWTX to The Fader Fort presented by Converse (professional obligation there, you can thank Converse for saving Fader Fort), I got all kinds of bands performing in daylight. Yech, daylight…

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Swedish Pop Punk from Terrible Feelings

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We’re running a very rock oriented Thursday it seems, so Sweden’s Terrible Feelings fit right in with that motif. The group recently signed on with Deranged Records to release their album, Shadows, this April.  For my ears, it’s definitely got something going on, beyond stereotypical punk/pop; there’s something in the vocal delivery that harkens back to days before punk was even born, lending itself to sort of a haunting effect.  Sweden seems to think they’re full of angst and darkness, and I see that, but over here in the States, it’s just good old fashioned rock n’ roll–the kind we love here at ATH.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/2_Intruders.mp3]

Download:Terrible Feelings – Intruders [MP3]

New Rocker From Screaming Females

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Thank you friends over at The Gum for pointing us to this new jamming tune “Expire” from Screaming Females.  It’s full of all the great things you should love about the band.  A new album, Ugly, is due out on April 3rd via Don Giovanni Records.  The band also has some must see dates coming up in Austin on May 4th @ Red 7 and on June 1st @ Beauty Ballroom for Chaos in Tejas.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Screaming-Females-Expire.mp3]

Download: Screaming Females – Expire [MP3]

New Country-Tinged Jam from Natural Child

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The offices over at ATH have been really crazy lately, so when we stumble across a truly fun track, we’ve got to throw it in the mix!  I’ve spent the last few days jamming to this track from Natural Child, the newest sensation out of Nashville. The group will be dropping their new LP, For the Love of the Game, on April 20th via Burger Records, just before heading out on the road with our favorite Hunx and his Punx (including an Austin date on 4/18). This almost has a bluesy-feel to it, which is no surprise coming from Tennessee, but it’s got just the right amount of garage grit to make it a stomping tune we can all get behind, right? Buen proveche.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/10-Aint-Gonna-Stop-1.mp3]

Download:Natural Child – Ain’t Gonna Stop [MP3]

New Music From Ty Segall & White Fence

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It seems that we have another super group on our hands that everyone should be pumped about in the form of ATH favorites Ty Segall & White Fence.  The guys have an album coming out as a duo on April 24th via Drag City entitled Hair.  Until then, here’s a first taste of the new collaboration with this sweet new tune “I Am Not A Game”.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/02-I-Am-Not-A-Game-1.mp3]

Download: Ty Segall & White Fence – I Am Not A Game [MP3]

New Music From Like Pioneers

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Below you’ll find a new song called “Boggs” by indie rock outfit Like Pioneers.  The song is a fairly straightforward rock number that eventual turns into an extended 6 minute jam.  It’s pretty similar to older Broken Social Scene eh?  Yeah it is.  This Chicago based group have a new album entitled Oh Magic coming out on May 22nd via Abandoned Love Records and you should definitely pick it up.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/02-Boggs-1.mp3]

Download: Like Pioneers – Boggs [MP3]

SxSW Pics: Jesus and Mary Chain @ The Belmont

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Still more coverage of the conference left…

Every SxSW, I like to pick a night to just camp out at a bigger venue and take in some stuff I may already know usually with the headliner that is trying to be cool. Duran Duran palyed last year’s Wednesday line up at Stubb’s that included Yuck and Rapheal Saadiq. I chose the Belmont on the Thursday night of the conference to catch The Jesus and Mary Chain with Cold Showers, Night Beats, (a band we shall ignore) and Titus Andronicus.

It was a night of noise and feedback and awesome. I made some new friends from Brazil and in the Russian Space Program, ran into old friends in the crowd and managed to meander through a freshly remodeled and tightly packed Belmont patio room to get pics from both sides of the stage (quite a feat).

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Scottish Rocker from Holy Esque

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Up until now, everything coming out of Glasgow, at least in my mind, has come across with this calm beauty to it, that is until I ran into this new tune from Holy Esque.  Singer Pat Hynes has this stuttering vocal delivery that gives off a weird sort of tension, as if the group’s about to explode.  I don’t know really how else to go into detail, as Hynes has the standout performance on this track.  You can find this number, as well as others when the band releases their Holy Esque EP on April 23rd…should be more than just your run of the mill Scottish rock.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/02-Track-02.mp3]

 

New Jam From Tu Fawning

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This here new mellow tune from Tu Fawning called “Anchor” has been on repeat since it was sent my way earlier today.  Something about those soothing lead female vocals with experimental percussion going on the background has just really done something for me.  The song appears on the sophomore album from the band, A Monument, due out May 15th on City Slang Records.  Hopefully it’s soon to get some repeated plays from you readers as well.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Tu-Fawning-Anchor.mp3]

Download: Tu Fawning -Anchor [MP3]

Show Preview: Parish Underground Presents…Literature/The Hawks and More (3/28)

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Date Wednesday, March 28th
Location Beale Street Tavern
Doors 700p
Tickets $5 at the Door

In the post SXSW lull, we get the chance to see tons of great local acts, and the fine folks over at the Parish are working on a new project specializing in local talent.  They’ll be showcasing several local acts over at Beale Street Tavern (next to BD Rileys), which might help spread music back into 6th Street. The night features personal favorites Literature, but also other local acts we’re interested in checking out, such as The Hawks, Foreign Mothers and Field Dress.  It’s super cheap, so that should be all the reason alone to get out and support the scene.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/06-GRIFTED.mp3]

Download: Literature – Grifted [MP3]

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