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Is Fun Fest really this weekend? Hard to believe some major fun times (x3) are ahead on Friday. You know the drill with ATH by now, we interview a lot of bands leading up to the festival to hopefully give you some nice reading material prior to the weekend. Today we’re speaking with one of our top bands of the weekend, Chicago natives Twin peaks. Follow the jump to see what these guys had to say.
I so wish I had had this track on Friday evening after the kids had left my hood and gone their merry way home. As I settled around a fire with friends and some adult beverages, this tune would have been perfectly fitting, just as the cold of Fall barely made its way into Austin. This New York artist is crafting music that begs for some communal listening; it’s the sort of Americana-inspired folk music that asks you to grab a friend and just enjoy the companionship of great friends. I expect to hear more like-minded tunes when Bay Uno releases his debut LP some time in the next year.
Download: Bay Uno – River [MP3]
Going to a festival is great. Good bands, good vibes (usually), but it’s also about having yourself a grand old time. So, with that spirit, and our previous experience at Fun Fun Fun Fest, we decided to create a little FFF Bingo for you to play with your friends. All you have to do is print this out, then play with us via twitter, and you can win a sweet prize or two. Even if you don’t wanna play, have yourself a fun/safe time out there this weekend folks.
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Jack Name has worked with a lot of your favorite heroes, and in doing so, he’s built a following all his own. His music’s something of an outlier, at least upon the first listen to his new song. There’s a synthesized beat that serves as the backbone, while the darkness of his vocals is so enchanting that I can’t pull myself away from it. He’s also got the approval of John Dwyer, who he’ll be touring with (including this week’s Austin date at Hotel Vegas); Dwyer will also be releasing Jack’s Weird Moons LP on his Castle Face imprint in January of next year.
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Streaming albums is the perfect way for you to sample something you might not have heard, give it a once over, and make an educated consumer choice. Thus, I’m bringing you this new EP from People/Talk. The UK act originally began as So Sexual, but changed their name, possibly due to it’s overt Faint reference. This new EP shows them developing their new wave sound further, pushing into larger pop territory. Of course, this band might not have made it overseas if it weren’t for the hard work of the people at Bleeding Gold, who have released this EP on CD for your pleasure. Listen, enjoy, buy. Done.
If you haven’t read these pages since February, you might not be aware of how much I love the work of The Coathangers in 2014…not that the love wasn’t there beforehand, but it’s pretty strong this year after the release of their album Suck My Shirt. The three ladies have readied a brand new 7″ for Suicide Squeeze where they’ll be covering “Sex Beat” by The Gun Club. It’s just another example of their ability to add a gritty catchiness to anything they touch. You’ll also be able to hear a song from These Arms are Snakes, who are splitting the 7″ with the band; it hits stores on December 2nd.
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Yeah, the name Acid Baby Jesus is a bit ridiculous, but what would you really get if you found a baby jesus while on acid, or even a baby jesus on acid? Methinks that the music that band’s crafting at the moment is precisely what you’d get; it’s a bit psychedelic, especially with the organ grinding in the background, though there’s still an entirely joyous experience in what they’re creating. A slew of songs have leaked out in advance of the group’s Selected Recordings, and they all sound as special as the number below. Look for the release on November 18th via Slovenly Recordings.
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It was Formula One weekend in Austin. If you are oblivious, F1 is the biggest thing to hit Austin from a worldwide awareness perspective, ever. People from everywhere know that Austin is Live Music Capital of the World and has the best BBQ, period.
One other thing F1 brings is a few added festival type events, we’ll get into Fan Fest in a later post, but a special event like Duran Duran at ACL Live? I gotta go. I have proclaimed my love of DD before when they came for SxSW a few years back. They have influenced so many of the current crop of indie/pop/dance acts out there, no doubt. Throw in getting to see local boys Knifight open was an added treat.
Click through for pics and more thoughts on the evening from me and +1.
There’s been some talk around these parts that it has been a touch difficult to bring you new and different tunes on the lately. Well, it’s a new week, and I’ve stumbled upon this track and EP from Little Comets that I somehow missed, and it has this weird and eclectic sound. If you didn’t already know, Little Comets are a three piece from Newcastle upon Tyne that specialize in meshing genres together, from indie pop to electronic to minimalist rock with a heavy emphasis on percussion. They recently released The Sanguine EP, which is four tracks of this mixed media that will have you tapping your fingers on your desk at work today and fading into their impressive harmonies. Take a listen to the lead track “Ex Cathedra” below and if you’re intrigued, go listen to the whole thing here, and then purchase it as well as pre-order their upcoming album, Hope is Just a State of Mind, here.
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We’ve long supported the work of the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. They captured our attention early on, changed some things going forward, and still won us over with every little release. They’re one of the acts at Fun Fun Fun Fest we’re really looking forward to seeing, so we caught up with Kip via the Interwebs in order to toss together a quick interview discussing the festival and the expanded release of their latest album, Days of Abandon. Read more
