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The nice folks at Skybucket Records have a sweet little sampler you can download from their website. The sampler features tracks from Through the Sparks, Dan Sartain, The Dexateens, and a whole slew of others. Standout track “Slender Thread” from The Dexateens can be found below for your listening pleasure.
Download: The Dexateens – Slender Thread [MP3]
It’s one thing to cover the Ramones, but entirely different to cover the Shirelles and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, but that is just what the French Kicks are doing. Fresh off their release of Swimming, their newest album from Vagrant Records, the band is releasing a covers EP. Here is their cover of “Trouble” by Lindsey Buckingham.
Download: French Kicks – Trouble [MP3]
My Old Kentucky Blog alerted us to this intimate cover of Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make you Love me” by Denison Witmer. This follows his release of another superb cover of the Red House Painters tune “Have You Forgotten” which can be download from Denison’s myspace. Mr. Witmer also has a new album Carry the Weight due out on November 11th.
Download: Denison Witmer – I Can’t Make You Love Me[MP3]
Swedish pop group Love Is All has given us a new track off their upcoming album A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night. Have a listen to “Big Bands, Black Holes, Meteorites” right here:
Download: Love Is All – Big Bangs, Black Holes, Meteorites [MP3]
Just heard this new track from We Landed On The Moon! and thought we’d share it with you. The song is called “Re: Your Letter” and will appear on the band’s latest effort These Little Wars due out on December 16th.
Download: We Landed On The Moon! – Re: Your Letter[MP3]
Secretly Canadian offers up a new tune from Seattle band Throw Me the Statue entitled “Ship”. Stay tuned for a preview of their upcoming show at Emo’s next week. The song is from their Purple Face EP.
Download: Throw Me The Statue – Ship [MP3]
If power pop ballads are more your speed, 101x will be showcasing Tokyo Police Club on the outside stage of Emo’s tonight. Tickets for this event are only $14 and can be bought from Ticketweb. Showtime is set for 10pm with an opening performance from The Whigs.
[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/04-juno.mp3]Download: Tokyo Police Club – Juno [MP3]
Another great Austin band, The Unbearables, are releasing a brand new EP and want your help celebrating the occasion tonight at Emo’s Lounge. Tickets can be bought at the door for only $5. New song “The Line” can be heard below or on our swanky new Media Player.
Download: The Unbearables – The Line [MP3]
Deerhoof is giving us a glimpse of their new album with a tune called “Offend Maggie”. The song will show up on an album of the same title due out in early October. This could be the band’s catchiest tune yet!
Download: Deerhoof – Offend Maggie [MP3]
We may be a tad late on this, but I couldn’t resist when I found this little gem from The Appleseed Cast. Below is a demo version of “Road West” which is said to appear on the band’s recently completed album Sagarmatha. Members of AC have also said that a pre-ep will be out in November with a full length due sometime in January. The new track clocks in at over 8 minutes with no vocals in sight. A new direction for the Lawrence boys?
Download: The Appleseed Cast – Road West(demo) [MP3]
