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Ted Leo Returns!

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Man it has been way too long since Ted Leo’s name has been featured on this site. He’s long been silent his last new music coming in 2014 via his collaboration with Aimee Mann, and his last album with The Pharmacist coming a whopping 7 years ago. Well we are pleased to share news today that Ted is back and flying completely on his own with a new solo album entitled The Hanged Man. The entire album was recorded in a home studio, with Ted playing the majority of the instruments. He’s even self-releasing this sucker after a successful Kickstarter campaign. What would an album announcement be without a song right? Check out the new rocking track called “You’re Like Me”. Ted is back!

Pre-order The Hanged Man now. It’s out on September 8th.

 

New Music from The Gorgeous Hands

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gorgeoushandsSeeing as we live in Austin, we’ve always got to represent the great Austin bands, like The Gorgeous Hands.  The band is finishing up touches on their latest album, Tender, which should see a May release.  This tune perfectly exemplifies the band’s sound, using a polished vocal that occasionally uses some accompaniment; it also has a straight-up-and-down rock structure, allowing the band to really get things going in the live setting, as we know they can do.  The band is currently running a kickstarter to finish off funding for the record; you can donate to the worthy cause HERE.

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Download: The Gorgeous Hands – Desperate Mainstream [MP3]

Mellow Bit of Cool from Spanish Prisoners

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Late last year, Spanish Prisoners released their album, Golds Fool, via their bandcamp page.  Even with such a quiet release, the band made huge waves on the Internet, and definitely captured our attention.  They’re back now with the second single from that record, which includes two new remixes that you can grab HERE.  It’s a soft number, but it definitely reminds me of the band’s abilities to create emotion evoking songs that you can listen to time and time again.  They’ve also started a Kickstarter Page that will allow the band to travel, bringing their craftsmanship to your ears from coast to coast.  And don’t forget they’ll be popping up at SXSW too! Here’s the original track, “Downtown Chicagoland.”

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Download:Spanish Prisoners – Downtown Chicagoland [MP3]