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| Date | 10/25/11 |
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| Location | Emos East |
| Doors | 9pm |
| Tickets | $14 @ Ticketweb |
Folk/blues rockers Deer Tick are making a stop into the recently opened Emo’s east over on Riverside. Support for the night is provided by Virgin Forest and Dead People. Seems like a great time to experience the new venue for the first time.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/deertick20miles1.mp3]Download: Deer Tick – 20 Miles [MP3]
I’ll apologize now for neglecting the Daytrotter website that has been so solid for what seems like an eternity at this point. With that out of the way, I was pleasantly surprised to see our local ATH A2W band Whalers as the featured band of the day. The guys grab a lengthly 5 song live in-studio set highlighting their short career in the music business. Below you can find a live version of the song “Magic Tricks” which was the first tune that started turning heads around here. Head on over now to grab yourself some free music by this up and coming local band.
Download: Whalers – Magic Tricks [MP3]
| Date | Monday, October 24th |
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| Location | 29th Street Ballroom |
| Doors | 900p |
| Tickets | $5 @ the Door |
Sure, St. Vincent is coming to town, but the best show no one seems to be discussing is going down at 29th Street Ballroom, and for cheap! Hozac Records is bringing a solid posse to town, and perhaps my favorite on the list is Terry Malts. There’s a bit of punk, a bit of the gaze, and just solid track after track. You’ll also get Wax Idols, who’ll be premiering some of their new material from their upcoming record, No Future. And, to finish out the night, you’ll have Rayon Beach closing things down. If you’re into music, you have no excuse not to be at this show.
[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/01-Something-About-You.mp3]Download: Terry Malts – Something About You [MP3]
Washed Out is all growns up?
Ernest Greene has been a buzz-worthy blog-hyped man and a latop. He and his wife manage all merch. He records in the corner of a bedroom at a lakehouse. This is a solo act. Or is it?
The stage was full of instruments. There were three sets of keyboards, drums, a bass and, yes, a Macbook. But it wasn’t front and center. It wasn’t on a card table up front with a small keyboard for improv. More on the band, the tech and the openers Feathers and Sleep ∞ Over after the break.
We spend a ton of time on this site covering music and musicians, but rarely do we ever set our focus on the tools of music-maker’s trade. Excluding voice, clapping, whistling, etc. as instruments, which were almost certainly the first true musical tools, several apparatuses have left indelible marks on human society. Without instruments, some of the finest art and music in the recorded history of man would cease to exist. The romantic image of a child and a piano becoming the next Chopin lead parents around the world to push their children into musical apathy, but sometimes a musician needs an instrument to find their voice, not the other way around. Throughout the history of music, a few instruments stand out as more important than others, so here is the FT5 of influential instruments.
| Date | Sunday, October 23rd |
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| Location | The Parish |
| Doors | 800p |
| Tickets | $13 from Frontgate |
For all intents and purposes, this is sort of a must see show. The Drums have pretty much dominated the surf-pop spectrum for the better part of two years, and their latest record, Portamento shows a great bit of maturity–not to mention some killer tracks. Yes, I admit that I definitely had some issues with their last set over at the ND awhile back, but that’s neither here or there. I’m going to be at this show, swinging my arms, taking part in all the joyous harmonies and surfy riffs the band brings. Plus, it’s gotta sound great over at the Parish. Come on out kids.
[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/04-Money.mp3]Download: The Drums – Money [MP3]
Okay, so Folk Core is totally made up, but I wanted to make sure I had your attention. In all actuality, Steve Koester and Two Dark Birds are a lot more folk, a lot more traditional, so much so that you might call them hardcore folksters. Their new record, Songs for the New, comes out next week via Riot Bear Recording, and it’s shaping up to be a really beautiful listen, filled with traditional folk elements spun in an entirely novel manner. It makes you yearn for wintery weather, which we just so happen to be experiencing, so what a wonderful way to wrap up our Friday.
Download: Two Dark Birds – Black Blessed Night [MP3]
It’s contest time kids! It seems like forever since we’ve had ourselves a ticket contest and I’m pumped that our first one in a long time is for St. Vincent tickets. So I’ll cut the crap and give you some contest deets:
Rules: Leave a comment below with why you should win and we’ll pick winners with the best answer.
Prize: 2 tickets to the St. Vincent show at ACL live on Monday the 24th. We will pick TWO winners who will each receive ONE ticket.
Timeline: We’ll pick our winners and email them sometime this weekend.
Tickets for this on are still available for $20 if you don’t win. Don’t forget to leave a valid email address in the comment section so we can get in touch with the winners.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/st-vincent-actor-out-of-work.mp3]Download: St. Vincent – Actor Out of Work [MP3]
It’s Friday, so I feel like we all needed a nice swift kick in the ass, you know, to get us going into the weekend. With that in mind, I’d like us all to have a listen to this little rocker from Tyvek, who just put out Fast Metabolism via M’Ladys Records. It’s a compilation gathering all the old singles from the group’s early days, thrusting some furious rockers back in our ears. It’s always good to listen to the history of bands we love, so it’s good to get to finally have a hold on these gems from some of my favorite rockers. Give this a go; it’ll save your Friday.
New Zealand’s The Golden Awesome aren’t necessarily what you’d associate with the typical Oceanic fare, but that’s a good thing. They’ll be releasing their album, Autumn, via M’Ladys Records on November 15th, and it’s shaping up to be a darkly tinged bit of poppy noise rock. If you stream the single below, you’ll be met with walls of guitar noise drenched in warm female vocals. Clearly there’s an element of pop one can’t escape in NZ, but there’s more than enough darkness lurking in the songwriting of this group. Stream the jam below for a taste of great things to come.
