Month: January 2012

Great New Reissue from the Tronics

January 12, 2012 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Just in time for Valentines Day, you can pick up this incredible reissue of the Tronics classic Love Backed by Force. Sure, it came out decades ago, but you can definitely throw it right into the current mix, and it would fit right along side bands like Beat Happening or Television Personalities–both solid bands in my book. The good people over at Whats Your Rupture will be releasing the album February 14th for all you fans of art-pop, and if you’re in love like I am, they’ve also got a sweet shirt from the band’s heyday that you can pick up as well. Start your day off right with this track.

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Download: Tronics – They’re Talking About Us [MP3]

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New Music From Woodpigeon

January 11, 2012 RayRay Leave a comment

Here is a beautiful new number from Canadian based outfit Woodpigeon called “For Paulo”. I discovered these guys a couple years ago when they sent me some music and I’ve fallen for them ever since. This new song appears on a new digital only EP from the group entitled For Paulo of course. A video for this song has actually been available for a little while, but this is the first I’m hearin’ of it… Imagine that! Watch the Woodpigeon bandcamp site around January 24th when the entire EP becomes available for purchase and download.

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Download: Woodpigeon – For Paolo [MP3]

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Show Preview: Balmorhea @ The Parish (1/13)

January 11, 2012 RayRay Leave a comment

Date	1/13/12
Location	The Parish
Doors	9pm
Tickets	$11 @ Frontgate

Some great shows are going down this weekend to get all of you crazy kids back into the swing of things after a long free week in Austin. Let’s start the long holiday weekend off right with a show by Austin band Balmorhea at The Parish. Joining the talented band on stage are Peter and the Wolf and Botany. This should be a great venue to hear all the intricacies of some great local and talented musicians.

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Download: Balmorhea – Clamor [MP3]

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Noisy New Punk Jam from Mind Spiders

January 11, 2012 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Last year I raved about the self-titled debut from Mind Spiders, so I was really excited when I found out the band would already be releasing their new album Meltdown almost less than a year later. Said record is set to come out on February 21st via Dirtnap Records, and you’ll definitely find some differences this go around, at least if this first preview is any indicator. Their last effort was pretty straight forward rock n’ roll, but here you’ll hear a little bit of a scuzzier performance from the band, reminiscent of Blank Dogs. It’s coated in some sort of dingy wash, yet that’s not going to take away from the fact that the band still know how to kick out the jams. For me, it’s Jay Reatard meets Mike Sniper, which equals awesomeness to the max!

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Download: Mind Spiders – Wait For Us [MP3]

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Lost in Austin – Literature

January 10, 2012 nathan.lankford One comment

It’s been a minute or two since we ran a Lost in Austin Take Away feature, but we’re back today with one of our favorite local acts, Literature. Again, we’ve teamed up with the good folks over at GuerillaWaltz to coordinate the best in video and music, so we hope you like the coverage.

Show Preview: Benefit For Esme @ Scoot Inn (1/12)

January 10, 2012 RayRay Leave a comment

Date	1/12/12
Location	Scoot Inn
Doors	7pm
Tickets	Sliding scale $5-$10

I’m sure that most of you reading this have heard the tragic story of Esme Barrera’s death that came all too soon. As Esme was such an active individual in our music community, tons of great people are coming together to support her family and celebrate her life. One such event is taking place on Thursday night on the east side at Scoot Inn. The show features stellar local acts Follow That Bird, Love Collector, The Dead Space, Foreign Mothers, Kingdom of Suicide Lovers, Neighbor, Ichi Ni San Shi, and Eric Static. Door cover will be on a pay you what you want sliding scale between $5-$10 with all proceeds going to Esme’s family. Good music for a great cause. You can also donate directly to Esme’s family via a recently created blog or buy a shirt for Esme.

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Download: Follow That Bird – The Ghosts That Wake You [MP3]

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New Music From We Have Band

January 10, 2012 RayRay Leave a comment

A little spastic dance pop never killed anybody… That’s just what you’re going to get with London based group We Have Band and their new song “Watertight”. While the band remained relatively quiet in 2011, they are returning in 2012 with a new album entitled Ternion which will be released on February 28th via Naïve Records out of France. Prior to that release, the band just made a new sampler EP available for free download over on their website featuring the new tune previously mentioned. “Watertight” will also appear on the new LP.

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Download: We Have Band – Watertight [MP3]

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Bouncy Pop Ditty from Standard Fare

January 10, 2012 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Ready for your new favorite band? It’ll only take you a few seconds to listen to the jangly line from this track from Standard Fare before you fall in love. The Sheffield trio is set to release their Out of Sight, Out of Town for Melodic on January 24th, and the minute I played this song, I got hooked. Emma Cooper takes the lead role on this number, and it’s her performance that lends a steadying hand to the catchy tune. If you’re in the market for bright, infectious indie pop today, then you came to precisely the right spot; you’re not going to hear anything better today.

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Download: Standard Fare – Suitcase [MP3]

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Popular New Song from White Rabbits

January 9, 2012 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

When It’s Frightening came out in 2009 we were all over it, especially with the magic that was “Percussion Gun,” one of our favorite tracks from that year. Today, news hits the street that White Rabbits are going to release their new album Milk Famous on March 6th via TBD Records, the label that brought you Other Lives. This opening single definitely sees the band experimenting with negative space, offering up a more subdued bit of groove as opposed to the more boot stomping moves from their last record. Still, that trickling piano and shattering guitar kicking it in the background of the track show the band’s got something new up their sleeve, so we should definitely be on the lookout for this record.

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Download: White Rabbits – Heavy Metal [MP3]

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Show Pics: Free Week 1/7@ The Mohawk

January 9, 2012 brian.gray One comment

Things are settling back in after the calm of the holidays. New releases are starting the trickle in and the show circuit is picking back up. Free Week kept many local music fans busy and there were many great lineups. One of our favorites was at The Mohawk last Saturday. Shivery Shakes, Ghost Knife, A Giant Dog, Grape Street and OBN IIIs played inside. I figured I should grab bigfiddyonefour and have fun.

So with pints of local beer, we listened to local music and I took local pictures. Head past the break, please.
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