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Poppy New Jam from Brothertiger

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In what has been a banner year for Brothertiger and its label, Mush Records; the two have teamed up to offer up a new single, filled with remixes for your late night holiday parties with friends.  This new single has remixes by Digits and Germany Germany, with the label offering it all up for free just by visiting their site.  Here’s the single below, but be sure to get over to Mush and get the full compliment of remixes to brighten your Thursday.  It never hurts.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/01_ReachItAll.mp3]

Download:Brothertiger – Reach It All [MP3]

New Gritty Pop From Campfires

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Here’s a short and sweet gritty pop number called “Fortune Teller” coming your way from Portland based indie pop band Campfires.  The band is basically a one man job by Jeff Walls who recently moved from Chicago for greener skies in the Northwest.  Jeff and his band moniker have a new album called Tomorrow Tomorrow coming out on February 19th via Fire Talk Records.  You should definitely check out a pre-order of the album if this one tickles your fancy.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/campfires-fortune_teller.mp3]

Download: Campfires – Fortune Teller

Haunting Indie Pop from Swiss Alps

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I love when you spend all day browsing through new tunes, and suddenly you stumble on something that just absolutely fits your idealized vision of the day.  For me, I this new song from Swiss Alps, which is from their recently released EP, is exactly where I found my heart.  I began my day in a bit of rain, so the dark quality of the recording was perfectly fitting, but I can’t help but envision the brightness pushed through by those sharp jangling guitar lines.  If you like what you hear, I suggest getting involved with the band a little bit and picking up their new tunes!

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/02-Penpals.mp3]

Download:Swiss Alps – Penpals [MP3]

Welcome Back! Big Dipper

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Just a few years ago, Merge Records ran a 3-disc retrospective on the career of Big Dipper…Boston’s nerdy power-poppers.  Inspired by the reception, the band went back into the studio to record Big Dipper Crashes on the Platinum Planet.  It’s filled with their trademark jangling cum twangy guitars and a bit of nerdom in the lyrical content.  You just don’t get better than bands like this, at least if you’re asking me. Oh, and if you needed further proof of their excellence, they’ve got the full support of Robert Pollard…and that guy is a pretty big deal.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/BigDipper_01v1_LordScrumptious.mp3]

Download:Big Dipper – Lord Scrumptious [MP3]

Alternative Jam from Bear Ceuse

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Sometimes you just need to grow your hair out and revel in the industrious glory that was the 90s alternative rock scene; you know, before alternative became a bad word.  Bear Ceuse are a band eager to live in that nostalgic period, though with the revitalized careers of Superchunk and Dinosaur Jr, it’s not really a throwback at all.  The guitars have just the right amount of distortion, especially during the screaming guitar solo, and the vocals are calm and collected.  It’s the perfect way to introduce you to the group that will be putting out Don Domestique via Medical Records on February 26th of next year.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bear-ceuse-entertain-me.mp3]

Download:Bear Ceuse – Entertain Me [MP3]

More New Tunes from Holopaw

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Those of you looking for a sprawling bit of carefully orchestrated pop are going to fawn over Academy Songs, Volume 1, the newest record from Florida’s Holopaw.  On their latest single, the vocals are what seem to draw me in, going back and forth between a careful whisper and a rising bit of force.  This is one of the more gentle tunes on the record, which will see a release from Misra on January 15th.  The band carefully builds the sound, with lightly rolling drums filling in the negative space with perfect precision.  It’s slow opening only makes the emphatic release of tension more special as the song continues to unfold.  This release can’t come soon enough.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Discotheque.mp3]

 

Contest! The Babies @ Mohawk (12.14)

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Date Friday, December 14th
Location Mohawk
Doors 9:00 PM
Tickets $8 from Mohawk


We’re drawing to the very end of what has been a great season of rock n’ roll, and what better way to wrap things up with a visit from The Babies.  The part Vivian Girls, part Woods, super group blasts into town fresh off the release of their very excellent Our House on the Hill.  Their music alone would be reason to go to this show, but we’ve also got the benefit of some incredible openers, namely Deep Time and Gal Pals.

Interested parties can enter our contest for a ticket with accompanying +1.  Simply leave a comment about anything you want, and we’ll pick a winner the morning of the show.  Good luck!

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/thebabiesrunmeover.mp3]

Download:The Babies – Run Me Over [MP3]

Mellow Pop from Sweet Baboo

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Man, this is possibly my favorite discovery of the week, and it’s only Monday.  Sweet Baboo is a Welsh songwriter who has warmed my heart today with his latest single, which will be featured on his upcoming album, Ships–slated to be released by Moshi Moshi in April.  When the tune opens, it’s a smooth pop croon, though the accent gives it sort of that oddball Devandra Banhart quality.  That’s all well-and-good, but the eruption of horns and vocals during the chorus is quite remarkable.  I have a feeling that this tune will find its way to haunt my mind and ears for sometime to come; I hope it does the same for you.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Lets-Go-Swimming-Wild.mp3]

Download:Sweet Baboo – Let’s Go Swimming Wild [MP3]

Fresh Rocker from Wimps

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I’m really excited for my friend Sarah up in Seattle who has been a huge help to ATH throughout her time working with various labels.  She’s just recently started her own End of Time Records, and the first signee is Wimps.  The Seattle three-piece features a line-up of the city’s finest, and most seasoned, rockers from Meth Teeth to Intelligence, demonstrating their unending potential.  Our first taste of the group is a quick paced rocker that jumps in with distorted guitars and anthemic vocal deliveries.  If this is what we’re to expect from the label and the band, good things are surely on their way. The band’s album, Repeat, will be out on January 22!

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Nap.mp3]

Download:Wimps – Nap [MP3]

Beautiful Soundscape from Au.Ra

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Yep, you read that right.  It’s Au.Ra, not aura, though listening to the music being composed by this duo might lead you to believe otherwise.  As of now, there’s nothing other than this single to really go off, but you can tell by the careful way that the electronic touches are built to establish that dream-like state that the band will soon have a huge following.  I enjoy the way the guitars seem to burst and bloom within the realm of what the band is accomplishing.  Even the hazy vocals continue to pile an extra musical layer atop the song.  Be on the look out for more from these dudes.

[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/aura01.mp3]

Download:Au.Ra – Sun [MP3]

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