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I just got word that there are free passes to the Oct 30 All Hallow’s Eve Freak Show at the following locations. Hurry before they all get taken!Bird’s BarbershopEnd of an EarSecret OktoberNew Brohemia
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Party picks for this week and weekend
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You might as well put in for a liver transplant now. Beginning tomorrow there are wall to wall parties in this great city until we all take a collective breath on Monday, November 2. Here are my picks for the week, from invite-only Halloween parties to rock shows I hope to make it an epic [...]
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Photos from Mixx & Make
Along with Electric Promotions, TwoGroove hosted Mixx & Make Saturday night at Mixx. We had food, drinks (so. many. drinks), DIY masks, and more. Many thanks to the vendors, sponsors, bands, djs, and people that made it happen!My next event will be the Bamboo Shoots show on Nov 18th. It’s sponsored by INsite Magazine, and [...]
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Come meet Austin’s bloggers
A couple months ago, a large group of us bloggers got together at TRIO at Four Seasons to hang out and chat. Tolly at Austin Eavesdropper put it all together and it was a surprise hit. She estimated fifteen people would show up, instead it was more like 150. That Austin girl is doing it [...]
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MySpace Music introduces program to promote emerging artists
Just last week, I got on my high horse and declared that MySpace was no longer the best way to promote your band online. It may be fine for bands that are already established, but I believe it has limited use for indie bands. MySpace may make me eat my words (especially because I’ve made [...]
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How to be a Rock Star – Part 6
It’s that time again! Time for me to share some more highly guarded secrets of the music business. This time we look again at the night of your big show. Here are three more ways to improve your live show and make sure people are talking about you for months to come!If you’re new to [...]
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TwoGroove chosen for MOG All Access Platinum
I found out today that I would receive free lifetime access to MOG’s answer to Spotify, MOG All Access. Basically, it’s free all-you-can-eat access to almost every song and album out there. Yay me.I’ve heard some great things about Spotify and haven’t had the privilege of checking it out. A new day is dawning on [...]
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Mega Buzz – Sat November 28th
The flyers and graphics for Massive Intent’s next offering are here. Mega Buzz will the the largest dance music event to take place in Texas in over 8 years. Tickets are available at Groovetickets. You know TwoGroove will be there providing a report and more pictures than you can shake a glowstick at.
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What are you up this pre-Halloween?
We’re lucky this year, Halloween falls on a weekend. If the weather is nice, expect about 100,000 ghouls, goblins, and drunks to be roaming the streets downtown. I know there is a plenty going on October 31st, but allow me to make a couple pre-Halloween suggestions (sponsored by TwoGroove, naturally) to get you in the [...]
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Dos Equis to host apology party on Nov 1
Dos Equis, after a somewhat embarrassing logistical failure earlier this year, has held up their end of the deal. They will be holding a party for those people who couldn’t get into the Most Interesting Academy at Falkenstein Castle.I’m impressed with Dos Equis’ efforts on this. They could have hoped we’d just forget about the [...]
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So if MySpace is dead, what’s next?
I’ve read a lot of interesting comments about my recent “MySpace is as good as dead” post. It seems to have struck a chord, which was surprising to me. People have been declaring MySpace dead for years now; I figured I was late to the party.Many people (myself included) continued to latch onto MySpace as the primary [...]
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For bands, MySpace is as good as dead
While I’m not ready to make funeral arrangements and stick the sucker in the ground, it has become apparent that MySpace is no longer a real contender when it comes to promoting your band. People have been declaring MySpace dead for a couple years now but I held out. I figured that MySpace would see [...]
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TwoGroove Presents Bamboo Shoots w/ The Soldier Thread and Frantic Clam
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You may have heard rumblings, but now I want to officially announce it. TwoGroove is happy to sponsor Bamboo Shoots’ Austin tour stop next month at Mixx! Bamboo Shoots is a New York four-piece electro-rock group. They recently released their first album Armour, on Sony’s Epic Records. Bamboo Shoots have played for Conan O’Brien, appeared [...]
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Founding member of Bankrupt and the Borrowers dies
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Jon was a great guy and talented musician. I was lucky enough to have met him a few times. He was always fun to watch and listen to.Read the rest of the story at the Austinist -An errant malfunctioning power strip sparked a massive blaze this morning in the East Austin home of local band Bankrupt and [...]
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How to be a Rock Star – Part 5
And here you thought the venerable How to be a Rock Star series had met it’s end. Nay, good reader, it is more alive than ever. For those of you who have forgotten, this is the part of the blog where I share the innermost secrets of the Austin music scene Illuminati for free.I was [...]
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Lotus and Evol Intent
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Ace’s Lounge hosted a 2-night ACL afterparty with Lotus and Evol Intent. It was an odd pairing, but the large crowd didn’t seem to mind. The afterparty rocked until 4 in the morning, with Lotus taking the stage around 1. Not that three-hour sets are rare for an electronic rock jam band…People filtered in around [...]
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Lessons from ACL 2009
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Anyone can smuggle anything in – from high-grade cameras to high-grade weed.No need to bring weed, though. Everyone else is smoking out.Millions of dollars in new grass can be ruined in one day.Mud gets EVERYWHERE. Said mud will then become the talk of the town, a secret ACL headliner if you will. Bring a towel [...]
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Austin lets out a collective whine after ACL
Warning, this won’t be a well-researched, thought-out post where I detail both sides. This is a direct emotional response. But you should be used to that by now, after all this is TwoGroove.Days after rains at ACL turned it into a giant shit-pit, people are coming out of the woodwork to complain. Every site that [...]
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TwoGroove Featured Artist: Makers of Sense
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With their first full release coming up next month, we are proud to feature hip-hip/electro duo Makers of Sense. Hailing from Chicago this “Urban Post Electronic Dance Music” group recently was selected as Chicago Reader magazine’s Best Experimental Act.Switching seamlessly between live instrumentation, programmed beats, rap, and electro, these two seem comfortable to exist just outside of
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Zilker Park: Before and After ACL
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Courtesy of Zilker Park (via Twitter).Before…After (well, technically DURING)
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