Month: December 2010

New Music From Mountain Goats

December 15, 2010 RayRay Leave a comment

ATH fave band The Mountain Goats posted new song “Tyler Lambert’s Grave” on their twitter page yesterday. It’s been made very clear that the track will in fact not be appearing on upcoming album All Eternals Deck due out March 29th on Merge. Mountain Goats leading man John Darnielle has said that the track is intended to preview the new direction of the band but didn’t quite fit in well with the other material. Hope this tides over you fans until March.

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Download: The Mountain Goats – Tyler Lambert’s Grave [MP3]

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Free Sampler From Bad Panda Records

December 14, 2010 RayRay Leave a comment

Our amigos over at Bad Panda Records are celebrating their very first birthday with a free sampler of music from the label. The freebie features 18 tracks from such artists as Great Lake Swimmers, Frederik Teige, James Yates, and tons more. Below we’ve got a taste of the new sampler with “Kind of Guy” from Yawn. It’s a winner!

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Download: Yawn – Kind Of Guy [MP3]

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Show Preview: English Teeth @ Parish (12/16)

December 14, 2010 RayRay Leave a comment

Date	12/16/10
Location	Parish
Doors	8:30pm
Tickets	$5 @ Door

Promising Austin band English Teeth have a show planned at The Parish on Thursday night to celebrate the release of their third new EP this year. Joining the trio on the inside stage are fellow local up and comers Holy Wave, Eric Brendo, and Silver Ships. Those interested in seeing The TEEF, as they call themselves, can expect a set time of around 11:15 pm.

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Download: English Teeth – Dear Caesar [MP3]

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New Track (and album) from Rural Alberta Advantage

December 14, 2010 nathan.lankford One comment

In case you missed out on the last Rural Alberta Advantage album, Hometowns, you’ll have a chance come March 1st to grab their new one, Departing. The band created quite a buzz with their last effort, so our bet is that this round will be no different than the last. It’s going to be coming out on Paper Bag Records, with a little help from the great kids over at Saddle Creek. The intro really uses the cutting guitar to build some tension, but then the vocals kick in, using the pounding rhythm to really kick up the pace. Just listening to this track makes you appreciate the spirit of the band. Consider me stoked, brah.

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Download: Rural Alberta Advantage – Stamp [MP3]

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New Tunes from Toro y Moi

December 14, 2010 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

It’s not like we haven’t already been keeping our eyes on Toro y Moi, but after catching his set recently at Fun Fun Fun Fest, we’re stoked to hear the entire Underneath the Pine album, coming your way on February 22. If you can’t get into the groove of the bass line on this single, then you better get to the doctor quick like. Of course, Chaz’s voice adds that extra element of smooth cool to the moving song, all things that will definitely leave you wanting more already. I mean, who wouldn’t want to get down with the opposite sex while grooving to this song. Count us in.

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Download: Toro y Moi – Still Sound [MP3]

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New Music From Turbo Fruits

December 13, 2010 RayRay Leave a comment

Nashville garage rock band Turbo Fruits have this awesome new song “Keepin’ On” floating around the interwebs. The track is set to appear on a limited run 7″ white vinyl coming to stores on December 14th. This is also a good time to bring up the band as they are coming into our city on Friday at Red 7. We’ll remind you about that show later this week. Thanks to amigo MOKB for pointing us to this track.

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Download: Turbo Fruits – Keepin’ On [MP3]

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Merry Christmas From Los Campesinos!

December 13, 2010 RayRay Leave a comment

So we here at ATH initially agreed that we wouldn’t be posting any lame Christmas music this year, but then I went and got extremely festive this weekend and decided to hell with it. I think many of you may also agree that Los Campesinos! seem like the perfect band to be making some original and poppy holiday time tunes. This track “Kindle a Flame in Her Heart” was just released by the band for free on their website. Sure it’s a little cheesy, but I digs it.

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Download: Los Campesinos! – Kindle A Flame In Her Heart [MP3]

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New Music from Secret Shine

December 13, 2010 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

It seems strange to me that there were all these incredible bands rocking around the British Isles long ago, yet they hardly got recognition. Somehow, shoegaze music returned to the fold, and with it, many of these great bands. Such is the case with Secret Shine, one of the bands from the great Sarah Records catalog. The group has returned, and will release The Beginning and the End on December 25th. If you’ve been loving groups like Pains of Being Pure at Heart, or others that border on shoegaze/dream pop territory, then this will be the perfect fit for your collection. This single is warm, hazy, but overall, absolutely beautiful. Get down with the past, as its the present now.

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Download: Secret Shine – No More Inside [MP3]

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Friday Top 10: Austin Albums of 2010

December 10, 2010 nathan.lankford 5 comments

It’s that time of year folks, the time when we THINK we know what’s the best of the best. In a year where some old faces reemerged, and some new faces joined the scene, we had a hard time narrowing things down, but these are our favorite Ten Albums by Austin bands in the year 2010. If you think we’re wrong, we’re cool with you voicing your opinion, but be nice, these are just one group’s opinions.

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