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IT Dept. Premier: Thee Koukouvaya

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Thee KoukouvayaWe have a bit of scoop here, this song won’t be making the rounds on the intarwebs until Monday.

Thee Koukouvaya is an East Coast based electronic act that will be releasing a record soon on Saint Marie Records. Composed of John O’Hara and Brian Wenckebach, the group is “from” Vilandredo, Rethymno. They are pretty well all over the place when it comes to sounds used. You pick up noise, old-school synth and drum machines and plenty of variation to stay engaged. The break leads to disarray and an eventual closing sequence that refines and punctuates the original tune. I can dig it. You can, too.

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Beat ConnectionWe have plenty to do this weekend. Hopefully, those of you in Austin got a little of the rain that fell the last couple days. I recently talked to a friend about the fires in Idaho as his family has a cabin in the woods they use for human sacrifice, erm, hunting and vacations. Scary stuff, entire towns are being burned to the ground and their property is surrounded by three fires. Thoughts with those affected by the wildfires out west, they need the rain way more than we do.

Sorry for the bummer, even though you prolly just hit play instead of reading these words. #finebethatway I’ll make up for it regardless with a PYAITK track from Beat Connection, their end of summer jam via a rather cool video. Add it to your Soundcloud playlist here or just listen to what I’ll listen to this weekend here, this song included. The next album from the band is called Product 3, due mid-October.

We don’t have a pool, but I bet this song would sound better poolside.

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Oslo ParksIt’s still hot. I am still pretty surprised by how big Blues on the Green has gotten. I guess it is one of those things the jaded indie music snobs are supposed to mock, but I won’t. We just need to find a way to parlay that into getting more people going to local shows. Local bands, maybe make sure it is cheap by involving a corporate sponsor. Oh wait, we are doing that! Put this on your calendars people: Sailor Jerry and Austin Town Hall Present – 3 x 3 – 3 Bands for 3 Bucks

I talked about summer jams in a post earlier this week. We have had a few selections earlier this week that could certainly fall into the category of a summer jam. While sampling tracks, I came across this new-to-me hit from Oslo Parks. I am quite jealous of you peeps in the UK as Oslo Parks is opening for ATH fave Chad Valley for November/December dates.

Summer is slipping away. Enjoy.

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Neon Indian Goes Disco Slumlord

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936196_10151465614668495_1713509611_nOccasional Austin person, Alan Palomo, is readying a new Neon Indian release. I have been luke-warm on the NI lately, but this little ditty starts out slow and evolves into a full on Italian Disco party. It is almost like he made the track that Toro Y Moi is running away from these days. I can dig on this as a summer playlist entry. I love the outro and it teases the next track a bit. Sounds like the new record will be a front to back party.

Vega Intl Night School is due October 16th on Mom+Pop records so expect some new merch to be had during FFFX (Blue Stage on Saturday).

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synkro - photo by Jody HartleyIt is here. The Premier League kicks off tomorrow with Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. Nathan is United, I am Spurs. ManU should make the top four, because ManU. Spurs are young, very young. They are a wild card, but have the best finisher in EPL in Harry Kane. #COYS

So, you ever hear a song that at once calms you down, but pumps you up? This song by Synkro (Joe McBride) is going to be his debut album Changes on Apollo Records on September 18 fits into that category. I can’t tell if I am relaxed or ready. I dig that.

You can preorder the record on Synro’s Bandcamp and get the first two singles released as mp3s now.

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Liz Caruana PhotographyOne of my favorite throwback jams is Spandau Ballet‘s “Long Story Short“. It is a timeless track for me that set a tone for the New Romanticism scene that inspired so many great bands, either to pick up a synth or to leave it behind. Stylish and warmer, the sound was a pillar for the 80’s British Invasion.

For whatever reason, the HANW track I am sharing today reminds me of a mix of that Spandau track run head on into the best of Bloc Party in a stripped down jam; a bass line that walks up and down and guitars that are jangly and layered. The band is a three-piece called Dirty Ghosts and they call San Francisco home. The track is called “Cataract” and is the first single and title track of an EP being released today on Burger Records, so look for it when you head out for record collecting after work. A full length is due in the fall on Last Gang.

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for esmeLet me start this HANW post with some show preview action…

I’ll be hitting up Tanlines and maybe even Starfucker tonight. Tanlines is at Red7, tix available here or at the door, MAS YSA is opening with doors at 9pm. You can get your Starfucker tix right here for their set at The Mohawk with Shy Boys, doors at 8pm. So many shows this weekend. Go out. Update: Well, both are sold
out now.
Now on to a little It Dept PYAITK. The song is called “You”. The band is called For Esme (no, not that Esme) and they are a three-piece out of Toronto. I don’t recall how I came across this track, I just know I added it to a bucket playlist I use for jams around the house. I realized I hadn’t shared it with you and because I care, here you go. It is alovely bit of Canadian dance pop goodness that is playful at times and head-down dance party at others. I love the balance here and I hope you dig it.

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TelepatheSo real life got in the way of me getting this post done for Friday. It was a busy and frustrating day in the home office. Yech. But hard work is its own reward, right?

So we all here stories about the records that take forever to make the light of day, recently a local band had such a record get released. Tiger Waves has a recording from 2012 finally make its way to the intarwebs and onto the presses. For this post, I bring you the “latest” from Telepathe. Also recorded in 2012, Busy Gangnes and Melissa Livaudais’s record Destroyer will finally be available on August 7th on their own label BZML. Here is what we have deprived from hearing. This is a monumentally good track IMHO that first appeared online a year ago. Sorry for missing it, but if anything, it proves good songs don’t show their age.

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Flatliner’s Black Medicine Preorder

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So, you missed the Austin Record Label Flea Market, eh? You could have bought this EP. You should have bought this EP.

Austin has a growing electronic scene, no longer just dance pop and party jams (though we love that, too), people like Jesse Straight and Adam Fangsrud, heretofore known as Flatliner, are building songs on stage with a yard sale of synthesizers, new and old, to create layers of waveforms and beats. The Black Medicine EP is up for preorder via Holodeck, here. Just so happens, they did play the Flea Market and damn, it was good.

Check out the track “Blasted Highway” for a taste…

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Having a Nice Weekend?

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EqualityPretty exciting news yesterday, eh? There is going to be a lot of engagement parties and wedding invites going out soon. Get your wardrobe sorted. I took that pic yesterday.

I missed doing a Have A Nice Weekend post because work was nuts and I had to work through to a 4:30 happy hour call with friends celebrating the news in the 4th Street area. So I am posting this mid-weekend in hopes you’ll use it for getting ready to go out or when you come in from the party later tonight, perhaps hanging over tomorrow (safe rides, people, safe rides). It is called “The Floor” and is by an artist called Turtle. You can stream the entire EP on SoundCloud.

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