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The good folks at Peppermill Records have a new sampler for you to download and enjoy. The sampler features an astounding 42 tracks that you can download in zip form or individually. Let us know which tracks are worth gettin’!
Our second installment of Funx3 Festival interviews features veteran front man Will Johnson of Denton based band Centro-matic. Will and I discuss all his projects and how the Cardinals can make it to the World Series next year. Follow the jump to read the entire interview with this incredible and highly underrated song writer.
Seems like the live video/audio this week has been really solid for you music junkies. The goodness today comes from the LaundroMatinee website, who bring us some live video featuring an in studio performance by Oxford band Supergrass. Watch it now.
Birdmonster recently played a Lounge Act for the good people at Woxy.com. Ths set features four older songs and two songs previously unreleased. Listen and download the whole thing now.
Instead of creating seperate posts about the good things going down with Fun Fest this weekend, we’re just gonna give it all to ya at once. For a full list of after parties and oficial pre-festival shows, have a look at the fancy flier attached to this post. If you want some help making decisions, we’d recommend parking yourself at Mohawk Friday-Sunday night. The venue features Brothers & Sisters on Friday night, a White Denim CD release party Saturday night, and Girl in a Coma to close things out Sunday night. To make it even more enticing, every show is either free or half price with your Fun Fest wrist band.
Brightblack Morning Light will be bringing their brand of psych-folk rock to the Mohawk on Thursday evening. Buy your tickets now for only $8! Catch a preview of the show below with the band’s most recent single “Opressions Each”.
Download: Brightblack Morning Light – Opressions Each [MP3]
Oklahoma boys Colourmusic will be playing a free instore at Waterloo Records this Thursday afternoon at 5pm. I guess you could call this a teaser for the band’s full blown set at Fun Fest this weekend. It’s also probably well known that we enjoy this band’s music and never miss their shows. The free beer Waterloo provides should make the decision to head out even easier.
Nashville based outfit, The Bird Ensemble, have a brand new album you can download for free from their website. Don’t have much info to give out on these guys, but the album is worth your time. Download the new one The Last Song Book now.
Austin’s most rock ready band, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, will be playing a free instore at End of an Ear Records in Austin on Wednesday. The free show is set to kick off at 5pm 6pm. Don’t fret if you can’t get off work in time, Trail of Dead is also part of this weekend’s Fun Fest.
Matador Records has a pretty sweet fall sampler you should download and enjoy. The free compilation features killer tracks from Shearwater, Lou Reed, Pavement, and some other fine artists.
