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Continuing our coverage of ACL artists this week, we bring you an interview with Portland based Sub Poppers Blitzen Trapper. We talk to leading man Eric Earley about his brand new EP, his upcoming LP, and a few other things that we were curious about. Follow the jump for the full interview.
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| Date | 9/26/09 |
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| Location | Under Pressure |
| Time | 5-11pm |
| Tickets | Free! |
If you’re looking for an early evening/night time event to wet your free party fancy, head to to the brand new Under Pressure Screen Shop on south first on Saturday around 5pm. The event features music by Wiretree, The Bubbles, Holy Fiction, Frantic Clam, and Johnny Whutnot. All kinds of other things will be going on like a fashion show sponsored by Cream Vintage, free drinks, raffles and all kinds of other madness. Check do512 or facebook for more info on the event.
Continuing or ACL coverage today, we are excited to bring you an interview with buzz worthy band Passion Pit. These guys have been getting a whole bunch of praise heaped on them from numerous sources and we tend to think they deserve that praise. We recently spoke with Jeff Apruzzese from the band who discusses the hype and buzz surrounding his band. Of course that’s not all we talk about, but you’ll just have to read more to see it all.
| Date | 9/26/09 |
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| Location | Mohawk |
| Doors | 8pm |
| Tickets | $10 from Frontgate |
Mohawk continues it’s string of great shows with a great lineup of bands on Saturday night. The set includes Asobi Seksu, ATH fave Cave Singers, and Lightning Dust. Should be a fun night for all you concert goers.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/the-cave-singers-at-the-cut.mp3]Download: The Cave Singers – At The Cut [MP3]
Friday is so insanely busy in the music world in Austin that we just had to dedicate an entire post to the goings on. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s happening at each venue:
Waterloo Records: Langhorne Slim free @ 5pm with free keg beer!
Mohawk: Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Depreciation Guild, and Cymbals Eat Guitars @ 8pm. Tickets are $10.
Emos(inside): Datarock & Esser @ 9pm. Tickets are $14.
Emos(outside): Monotonix, Pong, and White Rhino @ 9pm. Tickets are $15.
Club Mixx: Rob Dickinson(of Catherine Wheel), Lost Werks, Buttercup & Stereo is a Lie @ 7pm. Tickets are $8.
Red Eyed Fly: Tenthy Anniversary with Riddlin’ Kids, Rubberhead, Born to Lose, & The Banner Year.
New Jersey boys Real Estate have a brand new LP coming out this fall and we’ve got a tasty little preview of that one for you now. This new track is called “Beach Comber” and will appear on the band’s upcoming debut self-titled album out Nov. 17th via Woodsist. It’s a fun one.
Download: Real Estate – Beach Comber [MP3]
A fairly new blog to town, Republic of Austin, just wrote up a little blurb about myself and the ATH website. He also included my picks for this year’s ACL Festival. This is all part of the site’s plan to run features about local bloggers/musical people and their favorite things about ACL. Check it out. Now the internet knows what I look like.. aaaahhhh! Oh and many thanks for the kind words friend.
| Date | 9/24/09 |
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| Location | Mohawk |
| Doors | 8pm |
| Tickets | $10 from Frontgate |
Mohawk is the place to be on Thursday night with solid bands playing on both the inside and outside stages. The outside stage features headliner Frightened Rabbit along with The Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks. After the outside festivities shut down, the inside stage lineup includes locals Corto Maltese and buzz band Division Day. Now that’s how you get your monies worth.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/frightened-rabbit-last-tango-in-brooklyn.mp3]Download: Frightened Rabbit – Last Tango in Brooklyn [MP3]
Let the ATH ACL festival madness begin! So we’ve started off light with a few spotlights on lesser known ACL artists and now we’re really getting serious with artist interviews. Last year we spoke to some pretty big bands and we hope to reach as many artists as we can this year. To start off our interview series, we have none other than French pop hit makers Phoenix. Guitar player Christian Mazzalai recently sat down with us to chat a bit about his now 10 year old band. Follow the jump for full interview.
I know very little about North Carolina band Roman Candle, but I do know that I really dig this track “They Say”. I would dare say that we may have missed this one when discussing our songs of summer. This song appears on the band’s most recent release Oh Tall Tree in the Air which hit stores back in May. If you like this one, you can stream more tracks from the band on their website.
Download: Roman Candle – They Say [MP3]
