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One of the best local acts around right now, The Strange Boys, are playing a show at Beerland this Saturday. This should be a pretty nice way to work your way back into some live music after your exhausting week at SXSW. The Austin boys are joined by opening acts Mass Hysteri and The Hex Dispensers. Music starts at 10pm.
Download: The Strange Boys – Heard You Wanna Beat Me Up [MP3]
Not too sure if we’re late getting on the bandwagon for Edinburgh band Broken Records, but you can consider us fully aboard the fan train. Sounds and influences seem to draw heavily from fellow Scottish indie bands like Frightened Rabbit with a more native Celtic sound. Forming in the land of Scots back in 2006, the band is set to release a debut full length album Until the Earth Begins to Part on June 1st via the famous 4AD record label.
Download: Broken Records – If Eilert Loevborg Wrote a Song it Would Sound Like This [MP3]
We took loads of photos during SXSW and wanted to share just a few of the better ones with you. We had some camera trouble during the week so we didn’t get everywhere we wanted to be, but we hope you like the shots we made out with. Our goal was to give you an idea of what SXSW is like with pictures of bands, crowds and people. Pictures of our showcase will be up for your enjoyment tomorrow. Follow the jump to see some random photography from our insane week of SXSW fun.
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Despite our minor disappointment in the new White Denim album, the band is still arguably the best local live act around. You can catch a very special show with the garage rockers this Friday at Antone’s for only $10! Rounding out a a great local lineup are up and comers Built by Snow and Harlem. Music starts at 10pm and doors are at 9. Get some tickets now.
Download: White Denim – Sitting [MP3]
Several great local and rising to fame acts will be playing at Mohawk on Thursday night. The lineup features Great Nostalgic (who have a great new album you need), Frantic Clam, Whitman, and The Bubbles. Frequent visitors to our site know that we give lots of coverage to these bands and always support you seeing them live. If you’ve got a little bit of time on your hands, head over to our friends do512 to like this event and get the buzz train movin! Music is set to start at 10pm with Great Nostalgic.
Download: The Bubbles – Late Long Night [MP3]
Our friends over at Austin Sound just came out with volume III of their Sound Advice series and it’s pretty sweet this year. The huge sampler features 21 tracks from all the best under the radar acts currently playing music in Austin. You can get music from Built by Snow, Model UN, Harlem, and tons of other great bands. Thanks for putting this together guys! Here’s a track on the sampler from ATH favorite Sunset.
Download: Sunset – When Perfect Flames Expire [MP3]
So many artists are beginning to realize that actually selling albums is impossible and are turning to streaming music online to possibly spark album sales. Not sure about the strategy, but this week features a slew of solid releases that you can try before you buy. Spinner is streaming loads of new releases this week like The Decemberists, Obits, the flippin’ Pearl Jam Ten re-issue, Gomez and several more. Peter, Bjorn & John are also streaming their new album Living Thing over on their myspace page. What’s your take on some of these new albums?
Is anyone else just a little bit sad today as we wrap up another amazing SXSW Festival in Austin? I know we here at ATH are as depressed as anyone to head back into the real world today. Gone are the carefree days of roaming around downtown in search of the best music and the best parties with free red bull and vodka. While still nursing our hangovers and mending our bruises, we would like to share with you the best live acts that we caught this past week. You may have heard of most of these bands or they may be completely new to you, but regardless, these bands brought the noise at SXSW. We tried to be fair and pick the acts that either lived up to a certain hype or just rocked our faces to the floor. Follow the jump for our top 10 live acts of SXSW.
As you eagerly await our recap of a few things SXSW (we promise we’ll keep it brief), why not head over to some other super sites with tons more information than we plan on having. Our friends Ultra8201 have some great shots of Kanye along with a ton of other coverage. Sonic Itch has cool video of Dan Aurbach at The Parish. Gorilla Vs. Bear already has some of his fancy polaroids up. Austinist has a nice news and photos section as well. New York Times even tells us how much stuff costs and who the hell pays for it. Check back later for our top bands of the week that was SXSW.
Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction are teaming up to give you a sweet new EP for free. The EP features exclusive new rare tracks from both bands along with tracks from Tom Morello’s new project Street Sweeper. Your free music is being used to get fans excited for the upcoming tour between the three bands. Tickets for the Austin date at the Erwin Center go on sale this Saturday at 10am. Head to the new NINJA site to get the free EP with a valid email address.
