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| Date | 7/23/10 |
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| Location | Mohawk |
| Doors | 9pm |
| Tickets | $6 @ Door |
One of Austin’t hottest up and coming talents TV Torso have another show planned at Mohawk on Friday. You can also catch some fellow hot talents in The Gary and Martin Crane(Brazos) on the inside stage. The show is super cheap so we’ll expect to see you there.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/01-days-of-being-wild-1.mp3]Download: TV Torso – Days of Being Wild [MP3]
I will begin my From the Closet today by saying that you should check out the wikipedia page about Austin band Sound Team if you don’t know their history. It’s a long story about a band that showed heaps of promise before breaking up amongst turmoil in the band and dissatisfaction with their label. Like I said, check our their wikipedia page and read up. Today I am bringing you a song from Sound Team’s one and only major label LP Movie Monster. Despite what some people may say, I actually enjoyed that record when it came out and still spin it every once and awhile. This jam “Born to Please” serves as an introduction to that LP right after a short “intro” type track. I highly recommend picking that one up at your local record store. Of course the former members of Sound Team are still making waves in the local scene so it’s not like all is lost for you fans of the sound. Bill Baird and Sam Sanford currently jams in Sunset, Matt Oliver and Jordan Johns currently run TV Torso, and Will Patterson has struck out on his own as Sleep Good. Maybe one day we can get them all back together again for a lil reunion?
Download: Sound Team – Born to Please [MP3]
| Date | 6/4/10 |
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| Location | Emos |
| Doors | 900p |
| Tickets | $10 @ Ticketweb |
Up and coming buzz band Givers will be bringing their live show to the outside stage at Emo’s on Friday night. The show is made extra special because our friends and locals TV Torso will be sharing the stage with the pop kids from Louisiana. Fellow locals Searching for a Signal will opening up for everybody.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Givers-Up-Up-Up.mp3]Download: Givers – Up, Up, Up [MP3]
| Date | 5/15/10 |
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| Location | Emos |
| Doors | 9:30pm |
| Tickets | $5 @ Ticketweb |
One of Austin’s finest up and coming bands TV Torso is playing at Emo’s on Saturday night along with some other great local talents. The hot buzz band will be joined by fellow locals Follow That Bird! and Hundred Vision(formerly Corto Maltese). Should be a solid night for the best talent Austin has to offer.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/01-days-of-being-wild-1.mp3]Download: TV Torso – Days of Being Wild [MP3]
| Date | 2/20/10 |
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| Location | Emos |
| Doors | 8pm |
| Tickets | $15 from Ticketweb |
Emo’s has got to be the place to be on Saturday night with a set by Swedish rock band Soundtrack of Our Lives. Openers on the outside stage are Nico Vega and My Education. Also, be sure to check out the inside stage as up and coming locals TV Torso, Corto Maltese, and Jesse Woods will all be joining in the fun.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/the-soundtrack-of-our-lives-flipside.mp3]Download: The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Flipside [MP3]
The folks at Daytrotter gave us a nice surprise over the weekend with a live set by Austin band TV Torso. Check out the recordings and you’ll get some old tunes and a couple unreleased tracks. Here’s one of those new and unreleased songs called “Elegy”.
Download: TV Torso – Elegy [MP3]
| Date | 10/12/09 |
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| Location | Emos |
| Doors | 9pm |
| Tickets | $10 from Ticketweb |
We really dig the new BLK JKS record so naturally we are excited to see that they’re stopping through town at Emos on Monday night. Some of our favorite locals TV Torso and Wine & Revolution will also be on hand to provide your opening support. You won’t want to miss this one.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/karen-o-_-the-kids-all-is-love.mp3]Download: BLK JKS – Molalatladi [MP3]
| Date | 9/6/09 |
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| Location | Scoot Inn |
| Doors | 6pm |
| Tickets | $5 @ Door |
I hope you’ve heard that indie radio station Woxy is making a move to Austin and plans to start broadcasting and setting up live sessions in the live music capitol. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome the crew to town! To celebrate their arrival, the station is putting on one hell of a party at Scoot Inn on Sunday evening. The lineup features up and comers Black Before Red, English Teeth, TV Torso, and Martin Crane of Brazos. You can also expect some sweet drink specials and BBQ, Sweet Leaf Tea, and Titos Vodka. Sunday evening never looked so promising.
[audio: https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/blackbred-mat.mp3]Download: Black Before Red – Matagorda [MP3]
We recently ran a feature on new Austin band TV Torso so we’re excited to see that they’ll be playing two shows in Austin on Thursday. The first is an End of an Ear in-store at 6pm followed by a full on headlining set at Mohawk later in the evening. The Mohawk show also features locals Pink Nasty and fellow A2W band The Authors. That show starts around 10pm on the inside stage. Check our Artist to Watch feature on TV Torso for more information about the band.
Download: TV Torso – Days of Being Wild [MP3]
TV Torso may not be a household name at this point, but I’m sure some of you are familiar with the Austin band Sound Team that disbanded forever in 2007. We mention them because two founding members of TV Torso, Matt Oiver (guitar/vocals) and Jordan Johns (drums) were both members of that now defunct Austin band. After adding bassist Austin Jones, the band has started fresh and are planning to take the Austin world by storm. TV Torso call their sound minimal rock music and try to keep their sound as simplistic as possible. Whatever you want to call it, we dig it. The band also recently finished recording two 7″ singles which will hit stores August 18th and will come with the vinyl, free downloads, a bonus download and a blank CD-R. You can catch these guys live on Thursday at Mohawk for free around midnight or on August 20th again at Mohawk along with fellow A2W band The Authors. Check out the TV Torso band camp site for some more free tuneage or enjoy this one “Days of Being Wild”.
