Category: Tunes

New Music from Strawberry Whiplash

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You know how much we love Matinee Recordings, one of the best, if not the best, small labels around right now.  They’re releasing a special gift for their fans, The Matinee Holiday Soiree EP, and its filled with exclusive holiday tracks from five of the bands on their roster, including my personal favorite Math and Physics Club.  You also get to hear this new Strawberry Whiplash track, which despite having a holiday theme, doesn’t sound too far off from the splendid pop this label has been churning out for some time. You can preview it Here, then head over the the Matinee site to get your hands on your very own copy.  This is the perfect gift for your pop loving friends; its reasonably priced, and filled with good tunes.

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Download: Strawberry Whiplash – Santa Needs a Holiday [MP3]

New Tunes from Fergus and Geronimo

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You can’t deny the buzz of a band, and right now we’re stil supporting local Texas act Fergus and Geronimo.  In preparation for their new record, Unlearn, which will be released by our pals over at Hardly Art on January 18th, just a two days after my birthday. This one’s a little bit less post-rock jam, and a little more grab-your-lady-swing, though the vocals still have that throaty yelping quality.  As of right now, expectations couldn’t get any higher for this band’s debut, and with songs like this one, you know we’re all on board too.

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Download: Fergus and Geronimo – Powerful Lovin [MP3]

New Tunes from Balmorhea

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Austin’s favorite, well one of the many, instrumental band, Balmorhea, are releasing some new tunes for you to grab. The Candor/Clamor 7″ is hitting the streets on Western Vinyl, and it shows a newer sound for the group.  They’re including new instruments, such as marimbas.  It definitely makes them sound a bit more exciting, although part of me wants to see them just get really dark and mess things up, but that’s just one man’s love for discordant instrumental moments.  All in all, the band continues to show interesting progressive moves forward, making this an interesting purchase, as it will clearly document the band’s exploration of new sonic territory.  Never a bad thing.

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Download: Balmorhea – Clamor [MP3]

New Music From Air Waves

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This Air Waves tune is probably not new to many of you as it has been floating around the internet for quite some time now.  We thought we’d share the track anyway since it rules and the new debut album Dungeon Dots hits stores tomorrow.  We know the blogging world is excited about that release so maybe you should check it out too.

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Download: Air Waves – Knock Out [MP3]

The Black Angels On HearYa

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One of Austin’s best bands The Black Angels recently appeared on the HearYa sessions website.  The band plays four songs in studio, all of which are available for free download along with video of two songs.  They of course play one of the best songs of the year “Telephone” which can be found in live form below.

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Download: The Black Angels – Telephone(live) [MP3]

New Tunes from Electric Owls

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Andy Herod was always one of my favorites, especially when he fronted the Comas.  Now, he’s still working on his latest project, Electric Owls.  They combine a lot of his rootsy folk elements with flourishes of electronics.  The band has just released the new Cullowhee Songs EP on Vagrant, which features members of Band of Horses and other Comas remnants.  Herod always had this way of connecting with me as a listener, and based on this track, it seems like he still has that special touch.  Give this track a spin, and if you likes, then go back and check out all the old Comas stuff, as well as the last Electric Owls record.  I bet you’ll be pleased.

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Download: Electric Owls – When I Was a Flood [MP3]

Debutantes

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Our recent love for the music of New Zealand has been quite apparent recently to anyone who checks out this site often (seriously search “New Zealand” and see all those posts in November).  Continuing on with more great music from the area, we bring you the tunes of Auckland band Debutantes.  The 4 piece group have been around since 2005 and currently only have a 3 song self-titled EP and this other single below “It’s Not Too Late”.  They’ve been reminding me of a raw, and more reverb laden version of Los Campesinos! without the ladies and British accents of course.  Debutantes have yet to make it out of New Zealand but promise to get to the States when the money is there, so help them out kids!  You can also hear 3 more of their tunes over on bandcamp.

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Download: Debutantes – It’s Not Too Late [MP3]

New Music From Mason Jennings

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It seems that we missed this new Mason Jennings song when it first came out so we thought it was a good time to go on and share it with you kids.  The track “Dakota” appears on new album The Flood which hit stores recently and can be purchased online.  You can of course expect a proper review of the new album coming soon.

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Download: Mason Jennings – Dakota [MP3]

New Tunes from Young Man

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When we brought you news of Young Man and his Boy EP, we had no idea that some of the songs from that session lay in wait for a later date in time.  We were happy today to find that My Old Kentucky Blog was releasing a new track from Colin Caulfield, as preparation for a new single to be released next Tuesday, December 7th.  This song stranger shows Caulfield going in a similar direction, but with more room for meandering in his own mind, which will definitely benefit the inner workings of our own musical ears.  Yet another reason we should all continue to look forward to Young Man‘s work in the future.

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Download: Young Man – Strangers [MP3]

More New Music From The Dears

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So we literally just posted a new song from The Dears last week and now yet another new one has popped up on the internets.  This new tune is called “Blood” and will also appear on the band’s upcoming Degeneration Street due out February 15th on Dangerbird Records.  I can’t say I’m feeling this one as much as the other new jam “Omega Dog”.  Anyone care to disagree?

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Download: The Dears – Blood [MP3]

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