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Emo’s has got to be the place to be on Saturday night with a set by Swedish rock band Soundtrack of Our Lives.  Openers on the outside stage are Nico Vega and My Education.  Also, be sure to check out the inside stage as up and coming locals TV Torso, Corto Maltese, and Jesse Woods will all be joining in the fun.

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Download: The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Flipside [MP3]

The folks at Daytrotter gave us a nice surprise over the weekend with a live set by Austin band TV Torso.  Check out the recordings and you’ll get some old tunes and a couple unreleased tracks.  Here’s one of those new and unreleased songs called “Elegy”.

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Download: TV Torso – Elegy [MP3]

We really dig the new BLK JKS record so naturally we are excited to see that they’re stopping through town at Emos on Monday night.  Some of our favorite locals TV Torso and Wine & Revolution will also be on hand to provide your opening support.  You won’t want to miss this one.

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Download: BLK JKS – Molalatladi [MP3]

I hope you’ve heard that indie radio station Woxy is making a move to Austin and plans to start broadcasting and setting up live sessions in the live music capitol.  We couldn’t be more excited to welcome the crew to town!  To celebrate their arrival, the station is putting on one hell of a party at Scoot Inn on Sunday evening.  The lineup features up and comers Black Before Red, English Teeth, TV Torso, and Martin Crane of Brazos.  You can also expect some sweet drink specials and BBQ, Sweet Leaf Tea, and Titos Vodka.  Sunday evening never looked so promising.

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Download: Black Before Red – Matagorda [MP3]

We recently ran a feature on new Austin band TV Torso so we’re excited to see that they’ll be playing two shows in Austin on Thursday.  The first is an End of an Ear in-store at 6pm followed by a full on headlining set at Mohawk later in the evening.  The Mohawk show also features locals Pink Nasty and fellow A2W band The Authors.  That show starts around 10pm on the inside stage.  Check our Artist to Watch feature on TV Torso for more information about the band.

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Download: TV Torso – Days of Being Wild [MP3]

TV Torso may not be a household name at this point, but I’m sure some of you are familiar with the Austin band Sound Team that disbanded forever in 2007.  We mention them because two founding members of TV Torso, Matt Oiver (guitar/vocals) and Jordan Johns (drums) were both members of that now defunct Austin band.  After adding bassist Austin Jones, the band has started fresh and are planning to take the Austin world by storm.  TV Torso call their sound minimal rock music and try to keep their sound as simplistic as possible.  Whatever you want to call it, we dig it.  The band also recently finished recording two 7″ singles which will hit stores August 18th and will come with the vinyl, free downloads, a bonus download and a blank CD-R.  You can catch these guys live on Thursday at Mohawk for free around midnight or on August 20th again at Mohawk along with fellow A2W band The Authors.  Check out the TV Torso band camp site for some more free tuneage or enjoy this one “Days of Being Wild”.

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Local boys Loxsly have been garnishing a lot of positive publicity as of late and are finally ready to drop a proper LP on our ears.  To celebrate the release of the album, Tomorrow’s Fossils, the band is putting on a release party at Mohawk on Friday night.  Fellow local bands Oh No Oh My, Booher and the Turkeyz (Mike Booher from now dead Zykos), Corto Maltese, and TV Torso are also on the bill.  Damn, that’s one helluva lineup.  Show starts at 8pm and tickets will be sold only at the door.  Here’s newest single from Loxsly “Battalions”.

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Download: Loxsly – Battalions [MP3]