Distorted southern guitar, electronic elements, Flobots-esque spoken word, hip-hop and an unnatural love for deep sea invertebrates. Combine all of these things and you get…well, a mess really. That is, unless you are Kind Words From Bad People. The Canadian foursome create some very interesting music and mix it with a very deliberate, powerful design [...]
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Don't let this one slip under your radar. Hole in the Wall will be holding an all-day, multi-stage back to school bash on August 29th and TwoGroove is co-sponsoring! Big thanks to Andy of Your Kisses Cause Crashes for putting this one together. Starts at 2pm (3 stages/20 bands/DJs) Free from 2pm - 7pm (If you leave after [...]
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Guitar wizard Les Paul has died from complications of pneumonia. He was 94.Les was The Man. His many innovations are still in use in music recording, production, and performance today.From CNN: Paul was a guitar and electronics mastermind whose creations — such as multi-track recording, tape delay and the solid-body guitar that bears his name, [...]
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I’m feeling lazy (hence the copy/paste press release) but wanted to pass this along. Sounds like a cool event.San Antonio, Texas – Lone Star Beer is returning to its roots at the historic Lone Star Brewery, and its fans are invited to join the fun by celebrating their independent spirit and the Texas musicians they [...]
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I just finished discussions with Rob Dickinson’s manager to confirm a show at Mixx. Things went well and Mixx will be hosting his solo act on September 25th.If you’re not familiar with Rob Dickinson, maybe “The Catherine Wheel” rings a bell. Rob was the frontman for shoegazers The Catherine Wheel for the 10 years they [...]
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Looks like our boys in Oak is Keeping are keeping busy. This month, they find themselves in the final 10 in the Airwalk Unsigned Hero contest, put on by Airwalk, Spin Magazine, and Music Gorilla. The grand prize is a slot on the Spin Magazine stage during next year's SXSW plus $5,000 cash money. It's a [...]
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Back from vacation and starting off my week with Inner Frequency, a Dallas band led by the southern rock vocal stylings of Cara Young. The best way I can describe the music is that it is rhythmic southern rock with a dash of hip hop and country. Confused? Don't be; just check them out. Members/Instruments: Cara [...]
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So here I am on vacation, looking for the results from the vote on the creation of Austin music department, a city office that would support the local music scene, and not finding much. Then I see a Statesman blurb about votes from the August 6 meeting, with no elaboration: Withdrew an item related to [...]
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I usually check out the briefs from Billboard, and saw these three. I thought each was pretty interesting so check them out. It’s especially interesting that teens are leaving social networking due to more adult participation.Original item here, reposted below.– Marketers, take note. Adults’ love of social networking sites is driving away teens. “Although their [...]
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If you’re looking for something to do, this should be a good party.From the promoter: Thursday, August 6th marks the 81st anniversary of Andy Warhol’s birth. You are invited to come celebrate this occasion factory-style at the Mohawk, featuring Edie’s Revenge playing a Velvet Underground set. PJ and the Bear, Smoke and Feathers and the [...]
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The previous vote by the City Council on the creation of an Austin Music Office was delayed after the police union threatened to rescind its offer to delay contractual raises. The move by the union would save the city about 5 million dollars. They protested the creation of the Music Office as apparently $330,000 is [...]
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Background: On Monday, I wrote an opinion about Room 710 closing. It was posted both here and on Examiner.com. I noted that owner Asher Garber seemed to blame everyone but himself for the venue closing. You can read the article here.The Fallout: Asher didn’t take too kindly to my opinion and told me so. We [...]
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Yep, it’s that time again. Time to vote for in the online battle of the bands to pick a band to play during Austin City Limits. Last year it was The Steps, who will it be this year?Check the bands out and cast your vote. You can vote once a day. Click the ACL logo [...]
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As of today, Room 710 is closed for good. The venue was one of the first on the scene, before Red River became synonymic with local rock music. With the economy and the cost of running a live music venue, owner Asher Garber is calling it quits. Here’s my opinion. Share yours in the comments [...]
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Within all the variation, there is a common chorus. Things like this give me hope for humanity.World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.
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As with most Fridays, this Friday was a busy night in the Live Music Capitol. Shows and events were taking place all over the town.This little blogger stuck close to Red River to cover a few shows: Electric Promotions held the All Austin Handmade Bash at Beauty Bar. Inside Mohawk, Your Kisses Cause Crashes opened [...]
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These are my picks for this weekend, what about you?Tonight (July 31):Headed over to Beauty Bar around 7 for the All Austin Handmade Bash.Pit stop at Mixx to check out Crush Groove.Over to Mohawk for Your Kisses Cause Crashes and the Buttercup CD Release.Saturday:I’ll probably spend most of the night at Mixx helping the Violet [...]
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I’m always glad when I find bands that don’t fit standard genres. Beati Paoli is an Iowa foursome that pulls from euro-rock, punk, and 80’s rock among others. Since the bands inception in 2006, this busy quartet has embarked on six tours. Somehow they found time to release an EP, an album, a 7″ split, [...]
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Monday nights aren’t usually highly-anticipated in the Austin music scene, unless a touring band is making a stop in town. Last Monday, the 27th, The Parish hosted a stop on Stellastarr’s album release tour. The New York quartet just released their third album, Civilized, the first release in over 3 years. Expectations were high [...]
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The Best Bar Rock in Austin poll has closed and we have a winner. With 65% of the vote, Bankrupt and the Borrowers have taken it home!The dirty band of vagrants and scoundrels took the early lead, but that lead waned when Whitman’s fans started voting in droves. The strong push from Whitman earned them [...]
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