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Top Songs of 2013

December 4, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

We’ve put our pretty little heads together ladies and gentlemen to bring you our favorite songs from this past year. It was a difficult task with our ever growing staff, but we feel like this list best represents the diverse taste of our staff. Love it or hate it, it’s ours to call our own. Hit play and put your head down or dance or shimmmy or drool or whatever works. Most of all we hope you hear something you missed, something you want to buy or something you want to see live.

Scroll past the playlist for full the run of the bestest songs ever this year.

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Top 15 Austin Albums of 2013

December 2, 2013 nathan.lankford One comment

Man. Austin had a pretty incredible year; it was a far better year than I’ve encountered recently, making my ears, mind and heart quite proud of our hometown. While it’s obviously difficult to get in on every single band in Austin, I made a list of the albums that were most impactful throughout the year, 2013. I purposefully left off EPs and singles, not because I didn’t enjoy those, but because this is a list of top ALBUMS! I’m sorry to those we left off, and encourage you all to send us your music as we continue our push to be a great voice for Austin music. Without further ado…this is how we do it. Read more

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FFF8 Big Post Of Good

November 22, 2013 brian.gray Leave a comment

What better way to finish out the festival season than a big summary of what happened before and after the festival with a best of gallery and youtube embeds for the interviews you may have neglected or missed? None. So here is the big post of good for FFF8.

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FFF8 Video Interview: Small Black

November 18, 2013 brian.gray Leave a comment

Still working through FFF8 material, we present a video interview with Small Black to feature. We talk about Snoop again, but really just end up chatting like schoolgirls. We like these guys as people now.

Click the play bits and watch.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXpXvN1108o[/youtube]

FFF8 Video Interview: Ceremony

November 14, 2013 brian.gray Leave a comment

Artists are milling about. We will corner and ask awkward questions. Ceremony was nice enough to take a little time and get conversational about a great many things like grammar, Snoop, spirit animals and more Snoop.

Hit play and be entertained by words and moving pictures.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOhZ68cGH2E[/youtube]

FFF Wrap: Nathan.Lankford Edition

November 12, 2013 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Now that we’ve recovered, somewhat, it’s time we take a look at the highs and lows of Fun Fun Fun Fest 8, wrapped up at Auditorium Shores this past weekend. As long supporters of the festival, there’s lots of commentary on the slight changes and the future of the festival.

You’ll have to read on for those thoughts below.

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Fun Fun Fun Fest Interviews: Active Child

November 6, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

When I look at the Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup for the weekend, trend setting new band Active Child is one of my must sees of the festival. We caught the live act a couple of years ago, serving as an introduction to the band, and the ATH crew has been fans ever since. Lucky for you and I, the brains behind Active Child, Pat Grossi, made some time to answer a few of our questions. Follow the jump for more.

Fun Fest Interviews: Quasi

November 5, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

It’s almost here people. That’s right, Fun Fest is just a mere 2 days away, and ATH is of course pumped for the weekend. As usual, we hit up a few bands prior to the fest to ask them a few questions about life. First up on the list is veteran act Quasi. Follow the jump for more.

FFF Preview: Television

November 5, 2013 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Those of us who adored punk rock have been salivating about this show every since FFF announced that they’d be bringing back Television to their yearly festival. I don’t know how they do it, but they always bring a band out of the woodwork that deserves some acclaim for all their accomplishments. Television is one such band; they were part of the punk scene in the 70s, and though they branched out a bit into their own realm, they definitely helped define the sound, especially with some of the groups that wanted to expand beyond the short fury of CBGBs. I might speak for myself, as opposed to the whole ATH crew, but this is the absolute top of my list for the upcoming festival. Ever so often we get to witness a group reemerge that defined who we were as children or teenagers, and I know my record collection owes a great deal to the work the band did. If you’re going to catch one band this weekend, this is my MUST see.

I’ll leave you with the most cliche hit the band have, off of Marquee Moon, and hopefully you hear the brilliance that made them so endearing to us all.

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Download: Television – Venus [MP3]

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FFF Fest Preview: The Walkmen

November 4, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

Fun Fest is now just a few short days away and the ATH crew couldn’t be more excited for the big event. With just those few days left, we plan on highlighting a ton more bands we’re excited about seeing this weekend. Today I give you legendary rock group The Walkmen. Follow the jump for more.

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