Month: September 2011

Show Preview: Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Emo’s (10/1)

September 30, 2011 RayRay Leave a comment

Date	10/1/11
Location	Emos
Doors	9pm
Tickets	$10 @ Ticketweb

As if your weekend didn’t have enough choices, let’s go on and add a sweet show at Emo’s going down Saturday night featuring indie rock stars Cymbals Eat Guitars. Also make sure that you are on time for the openers Hooray For Earth and ATH fave locals Milk Thistle. Should be a solid option for musical plans on a Saturday night.

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Download: Hooray For Earth – Surrounded By Your Friends [MP3]

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Show Preview: Disastronauts Fundraiser @ Red 7 (10/1)

September 30, 2011 RayRay Leave a comment

Date	10/1/11
Location	Red 7
Doors	8pm
Tickets	$10 @ Door

Red 7 has a great lineup put together by the Disastronauts Foundation on Saturday night. Those unfamiliar with the recently formed foundation, should know that their mission is to help out the musicians affected by the tragic wildfires that consumed Central Texas recently. All proceeds from the minimal door fee AND a percentage of bar sales will be donated directly to those musicians in need. As if bringing some good karma your way isn’t enough, a stacked lineup featuring local legends Octopus Project, Reagonometry, Bangaar, Party Wizard, and Her Space Holiday should entice you even more.

This one also hits home for the ATH family, and Marc from Her Space Holiday, as the park in Bastrop where Marc filmed our first Lost in Austin video was destroyed by the fires. Makes the song “Anything For Progress” that much more special doesn’t it? Get out and support people.

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Download: The Octopus Project – Fuguefat [MP3]

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ACL Aftershow Review: Cults and Smith Westerns @ Parish (9/16)

September 30, 2011 jon.wagner Leave a comment

It’s a little late for ACL reviews, but after decompressing from the week I took a moment to write a few of my thoughts. Friday night in Austin during ACL weekend is an interesting one. The energy and presence descended upon Austin by visitors and the music brings a vibe that only SXSW and FFFF can trump. After the first night of the 3-day party at Zilker, a few non-fest goers gathered to catch a glimpse of two of the up and coming acts of this year’s line-up. See more details after the jump. Read more

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New Music From Mr. Gnome

September 30, 2011 RayRay One comment

I’ll be honest here and say that I had never really come across Cleveland’s Mr. Gnome prior to a few days ago. Since then, I’ve been enjoying their sort of spastic style indie rock music featured on their upcoming LP Madness in Miniature due out October 25th. From that new joint, I’ve got their latest single “Bit of Tongue” available for you below so you can see what spastic indie rock sounds like. Enjoy.

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Download: Mr. Gnome – Bit of Tongue [MP3]

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New Slow Burner from Little Silver

September 29, 2011 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

There’s a certain genre of music that I would have discarded long ago, but as I have matured (barely) my tastes have as well. Slow songs with woodsy folk influences are now jewels, so when I got this new track from Little Silver I had to share it with you. They’ve just put out The Stolen Souvenir EP, and this little number is absolutely superb. The attention to detail, the inherent melody and vocal harmonies make for an incredible listen. You’re gong to fall head over heels when you listen to this track; here’s to hoping you enjoy it as much as I do.

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Download: Little Silver – Sleep Til Morning [MP3]

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Show Pics: Junior Boys @ The Mohawk

September 29, 2011 brian.gray Leave a comment

You could tell who was from Austin at ACL by their reaction to the rain. While I loved seeing the bits of green, yellow and red on the radar Wednesday night, we had an outside show at the Mohawk to hit. Junior Boys were in town and I will freely admit that since I first heard “In the Morning”, I have been a big fan.

The rain fortunately parted sending water from the skies to areas just North and South, leaving a wall of clouds filled with lightning as a backdrop for those on the upstairs patio. And while you could sense the weather kept the crowd down a bit, I think it only kept the lesser fans away as everyone at the Mohawk was way into it.

Egyptrixx opened, more on the show and a few pics after the break…

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New Punk Jam from Steve Adamyk Band

September 29, 2011 nathan.lankford 2 comments

It’s been a mild week, musically speaking, with nothing really rocking coming my way. So, when I got this new track from Dirtnap Records about the Steve Adamyk Band, a little bit of joy came across my face. It’s got a classic pop-punk sound, and there’s nothing wrong with that. For those looking for a little bit of fun, get into this one now. Sharp guitars, hooks, gang vocals and oh so much more. If you dig this, you can get your hands on the group’s newest, Forever Won’t Wait, come the end of the year. Maybe it’s just me, but this definitely made my day.

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Download: Steve Adamyk Band – Landslide [MP3]

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Mohawk 5th Anniversary Begins Tonight

September 29, 2011 RayRay Leave a comment

Date	9/29 – 10/2
Location	Mohawk
Doors	Varies
Tickets	4 day Passes or Day Passes Available

The best little venue in town is celebrating their 5th anniversary starting tonight with some great shows planned all weekend long. You can check out individual shows, or pony up $42 for a 4 day pass of badass music. Here’s a quick list of what’s going down, door times, and where you can buy tickets.

THURSDAY – 9/29 – Doors @ 7pm. Tickets Right here

Les Savy Fav, The Arm, Canoe, Christian Bland & The Revelators, Shapes Have Fangs, The Vitamins, Johnny Hottub

FRIDAY – 9/30 – Doors @ 8pm. Tickets over here.

Grupo Fantasma, Soul Happening DJs, Master Blaster Sound System, Peligrosa All Stars

SATURDAY – 10/1 – Doors @ 8pm. Tickets in the same spot.

Lucero, Moonlight Towers, Frank Smith, Mike & The Moonpies, East Cameron Folkcore

SUNDAY – 10/2 – Doors @ 6:30pm. FREE fools!

My Education,Transmography, Marriage, Golden Bear, Lean Hounds

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Download: Les Savy Fav – Let’s Get Out of Here [MP3]

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More New Music From Warm Ghost

September 29, 2011 RayRay One comment

Here’s another new industrial pop jam called “Myths on Rotting Ships” from Brooklyn based Warm Ghost that’s been crawling around inside my head recently. As previously stated, the band has finally released their debut full length LP Narrows this week on Partisan Records. It’s taken some time for me to get into their tunes, but after spinning their new album several times now, I’d call it highly recommended from ATH Ray Ray.

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Download: Warm Ghost – Myths on Rotting Ships [MP3]

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New Music from Cate Le Bon

September 28, 2011 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

It’s been an odd year, as I seem to be warming to incredible female vocalists quite a bit more. Welsh singer Cate Le Bon is yet another of my discoveries, spinning songs that have this majestic quality to them, recalling music of the past that seems far more enchanting than anything else I’ve heard recently; it’s like french pop spun around the emotions of the British Isles. If you love the song below, you’ll love Put Me to Work, her new album that just came out. I keep finding myself getting completely lost in it all, and that’s a perfect way to wrap up my evening here. Hopefully you’ll take the same from this tune, and this record.

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Download: Cate le Bon – Puts Me to Work [MP3]

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