Born To Run
Start your 4th of July off right with the only musician you should be listening to on a day like today:
Download: borntorun.mp3
Stream ¿Cómo te llama?
You can stream Albert Hammond Jr.’s entire new album ¿Cómo te llama? on his myspace page. Leave a comment with what you think of the new album. I’m not sure he can follow up the glory that was Yours to Keep of 2006, but we shall see.
New Music From Mogwai
Mogwai has a new single for you called “The Sun Smells Too Loud” off their upcoming Matador release The Hawk is Howling due out September 23rd. Have yourself a listen below. The band will be making their way to Austin on September 12th at Stubbs. Get some tickets before it sells out.
Download: sunsmellstooloud.mp3
ATH On Flickr
We recently created a Flickr account so you peoples can see all our concert photos in one place. Check it out.
Sunken Treasure Records
The boys that brought you Done Waiting now have their own record label called Sunken Treasure Records with a brand new digital download store. So what, you ask? Well, they have the latest release from Miranda Sound as a pay what you want download. Head to their digital store and get your Radiohead like downloading on. They also have Miranda Sound’s last album Western Reserve as a completely free download on their main site. Of course we have for you a song on their newest album that you can check out if you just really can’t decide on parting with that precious $1 you’ve been saving.
Download: leaveeveryonebehind.mp3
Gary Clark Jr. @ Antone’s (7/4)
Ring in your fourth at Antone’s on Friday with arguably the best blues musician to come out of Austin in a long time Gary Clark Jr. The show will be getting started at 10pm and only costs you $12. Go to Antone’s website and buy yourself some tickets for this sure to be stellar performance. You can also read more about Gary Clark Jr. & hear more of his songs on his website.
Download: ilikethewayyouloveme.mp3
Shot Down
One thing about Stacy is that she will tell you exactly what she thinks even if it isn’t what you want to hear. You gotta respect that kind of honesty. Another thing about Stacy is that she’s kind of a bitch.
Free The Silent Years Album
The Silent Years just posted their entire debut self-titled album for you to download for free via mediafire. You can preview a song “No Secrets” below if you’re not a fan of download times. This could be a nice surprising debut that not many people are talking about. Read more about The Silent Years on myspace.
Download: nosecrets.mp3
New Music From Birdmonster
Birdmonster has some new music available for the first time in a long time. The new song is called “Born to be your Man” off their soon to be released album From The Mountain To The Sea due out 8/5 digitally and 9/2 in stores on the Fader label. It’s quite the catchy little diddy don’t ya think?
Download: borntobeyourman.mp3
Penitentiary III w/Jamaa Fanaka @ Alamo
The Original Alamo Draft House downtown never ceases to amaze me. Tonight the greatest movie theater in town will be showing the movie Penitentiary III with writer/director Jamaa Fanaka on hand before and after the movie. Never heard of the film? Read this description from IMDB: “A man is framed for murder and sent to prison. He is beaten and tortured, then forced to fight the prison’s worst killer, a martial-arts fighting midget called Thud.” If that doesn’t sound like a cinematic masterpiece worthy of an Oscar, I don’t know what planet you’re from! The film came out in 1987 so I guess the Academy missed out on voting for this one. Head to Alamo’s website to get tickets for the show starting at 9:45pm.