Austin Town Hall – Page 2010 – Bringing the jams…

RayRay’s Top Songs 2025

Much like Nathan, I feel like our days in the blogging world are numbered as we continue to see others in the game either falter, put up gaudy pay walls,

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Nathan’s Top Albums of 2025

I could wax, poetically, about the meaning of year-end lists and how they turn us onto great tunes to create our playlists, but instead, I feel like this is my

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Levitation Freakend Friday in Photos

When the Levitation team made to the decision to move the fest back to being a single site festival atmosphere, the Haloween adjacent tradition was broken. BUT, they had a

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FT5: Long Songs Worth Your Time

July 10, 2009 jon.goodrich 7 comments

Admit it: you have the attention span of a coked out squirrel. You don’t want to hear jam bands, experimental noise bands, or ambitious concept albums. You’re a 21st Century, internet-streaming, iPod-shuffling, next-button-pressing, son of a bitch.

I forgive you. Yet I must insist that you occasionally look to songs stretching beyond that holy 3 minute mark to satisfy your fickle rock and roll urges. Here are 5 Long Songs Worth Your Time. Follow the jump for the full list.

Free Matt & Kim Show @ Speakeasy (7/10)

July 10, 2009 RayRay Leave a comment

We really enjoyed the Matt & Kim set when they opened for Cut Copy so we were of course excited to hear that the band was returning to Austin for a free show. The show is going down at Speakeasy and gets started around 8pm. The list of Supporting acts is quite lengthy with Major Lazer, DJ A-Trak, DJ AM, Autoerotique, and Rye Rye all included on the bill. Make sure you RSVP here and get there early as space is based on a first come first serve basis.

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Download: Matt & Kim – Good Ol Fashion Nightmare [MP3]

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New Tunes from The Clientele

July 10, 2009 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

The Clientele have been around for a long time, crafting serene pop songs for those inclined to have their moods altered, and by that, I mean that they are moving. Sadly, their latest effort, Bonfires of the Heath, is said to be their last one. But, luckily, months in advance of the October 6th street date on Merge Records, we have a track to sample from the album. Should be a dandy.

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Download: The Clientele – I Wonder Who We Are [MP3]

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Mega Mac

July 9, 2009 Ed Booth Leave a comment

It’s one thing for the Japanese to build a better car than us, but a better Big Mac!? Whats next McDonald’s? Maybe you could just burn an American Flag. And then, perhaps, you could spit on said American flag, while it’s burning.

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New Music From Times New Viking

July 9, 2009 RayRay Leave a comment

Masters of the low-fi movement, Times New Viking, have a new single that has been tearing up the online world recently. This new single “No Time, No Hope” will appear on the band’s upcoming album Born Again Revisited due out Sep. 22nd on Matador Records. What’s your take on the new material?

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Download: Times New Viking – No Time, No Hope [MP3]

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From the Closet – Travis Morrison

July 9, 2009 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

Last week news came via the Internet that broke my once teenage heart; Travis Morrison was retiring from music. Not only did Travis fare well enough on his own accord, but he fronted one of my favorite bands from long ago, who put out one of my favorite records titled Emergency and I. If you never listened to The Dismemberment Plan, we’re bringing this back to you from the closet, and we hope you’ll realize what a loss this is for the indie community; sure, it’s no MJ, but still, it’s pretty big.

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New Music From Kevin Hearn

July 9, 2009 RayRay Leave a comment

Long time member of Barenaked Ladies, Kevin Hearn, is prepping a new solo record with his band Thin Buckle and first single from the album has just been made available. The single is called “Huntsville.ca” and will appear on upcoming album Havana Winter out July 28th. It’s a pretty catchy little diddy.

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Download: Kevin Hearn – Huntsville.ca [MP3]

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New Tunes from These United States

July 9, 2009 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

These United States have a new record coming our way on September 1st via United Interests. Said album is titled Everything Touches Everything, and we’ve got a tune for you to preview while you salivate the arrival of this album. This track is titled “I Want You to Keep Everything,” and I’ve been spinning it all afternoon long. Buen proveche.

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Download: These United States – I Want You to Keep Everything [MP3]

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Tenth Anniversary Jay Reatard Post

July 8, 2009 nathan.lankford One comment

That’s right, against the odds of the other office members of ATH, I have opted for my tenth post on Jay Reatard. If only he could give me some money for that, right? Well, I’m bringing you this one in support of his new album, Watch Me Fall, on Matador Records this August (the fifth). So here’s “Wounded.” It’s good. Dig it.

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Download: Jay Reatard – Wounded [MP3]

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Austin A2W: The Black

July 8, 2009 RayRay Leave a comment

We’ve been following Austin band The Black after fellow Ausinites Trail of Dead recommended them to us so we thought they’d be perfect for our artist to watch this week. The band has been in and around Austin for quite some time now and have been playing everywhere in town that will have them. Their sound mixes some old school rockabilly with a bit more modern pop sounds and fits in well with dive bars in small town Texas. Expect a proper full length from the boys sometime in the next few months but for now check out this jam “Little Hits” from The Black’s last 45 single. If you want to see what they’re all about live, head to the Stubbs indoor stage on Saturday evening shortly after Spoon finishes their 3rd show outside. That one’s free if you have a Spoon ticket and $8 if not.

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Download: The Black – Little Hits [MP3]

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