Girl Talk announced tourdates in support of Feed The Animals, including dates through the summer and into November. Girl Talk will be stopping at Emo’s in Austin on 10/20, but ticketing details have yet to be announced. Stay tuned for information as it becomes available.
Fan video for Bounce That are below for your viewing pleasure. Full tour schedule after the jump (it’s a long one!)
This week in Austin promises to be a fun one. Since the 4th of July falls on a Friday, there’s plenty of shows for your Thursday night enjoyment. Andrew WK, The Dollyrots and Dethklok are all touring through town this weekend. It’s definitely a good week to be fan of music in Austin. As an added bonus, I’ll have an interview with The Dollyrots lead singer, Kelly Ogden later this week. My full recommendations are below for your perusal.
Wednesday 7/2
Unravel Mars @ Room 710
Thursday 7/3
New Disaster & Gentleman’s Social Club @ Headhunters
The Banner Year @ Red Eyed …read more
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News 8 Austin is reporting that Austin musician Marcia Ball called for a boycott of Austin Java in light of some development concerns.
Ball apparently feels that the developers of the Barton Place Condos (which include the owners of Austin Java) have reneged on a promise to preserve trees in the planned construction area. Rick Engel, owner of Austin Java has issued a statement in response to Ball’s boycott, which was announced at her Blues on The Green performance last Wednesday.
Click here for more information on the boycott. You can also view Engel’s response to Ball here.
Image: Austin360
A follow-up to the live review of Gobi’s 6/19 show at Plush. Here are a bunch more photos taken by our talented photographer, Jillian. There’s a couple before the jump and even more after…
More info on Gobi // MySpace
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Driver F’s new album Chase the White Whale is ten tracks of pure alt-pop goodness. What will ultimately win you over is the pleading, love-stricken vocals that are reminiscent of Jimmy Eat World. But vocals is where the JEW comparison begins and ends, as Driver F very effectively incorporates a horn section (trumpet & trombone) that will please fans of 90’s ska. Elements of pop punk create a very peppy, upbeat sound that Driver F executes very well. I highly recommend Suncrusher and Two Words, Mr. President… Plausible Deniability. (Video for Two Words is below for your viewing pleasure).
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The Black Angels recorded a lounge session for WOXY.com on Tuesday, including an unreleased track entitled Haunting at 1300. Click here to visit WOXY and download the free MP3 of their session.
Full track listing and video for Black Grease are below.
Track Listing:
Better Off Alone
Haunting At 1300 (unreleased)
-interview-
Vikings
The Return
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Full Service appeared on Fox Morning News yesterday and performed Hi Ho from their latest album, The Dig. Click here to view the footage. Also be sure to tell Fox they need to find an embeddable flash player!
Image: Courtesy Full Service, Copyright One Hand Visual
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San Diego alt-rockers Pinback have announced upcoming tourdates, kicking off in Europe in July. The trek also includes a stop at Mohawk in Austin on September 20. Ticketing and other information will be available on Mohawk’s website, when announced.
More info on Pinback: Website // MySpace
Full tourdates are below, along with video of Pinback’s Good To Sea live on Fuel TV.
Jul 12 – The Cactus Festival Brugge
Jul 14 – Scala London
Jul 15 – Tivoli Utrecht
Jul 16 – 013 Tilburg
Jul 18 – Dour Festival Dour
Jul 20 – Mile High Music Denver, Colorado
Jul 21 – Bluebird Denver, Colorado
Jul 31 – Samueli Theater …read more
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead announced a new partnership with Universal Music Group today, forming their own imprint, Richter Scale Records. The band will release their forthcoming album on Richter Scale, currently slated for a street date in January 2009.
For more information, visit …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead website or MySpace.
Live video for Gargoyle Waiting is below, for your viewing pleasure.
First, and most importantly, Plush is too small for Gobi. The duo has a very Ghostland Observatory-esque feel to them which naturally lends its self to dancing and generally having a good time. Gobi packed Plush, and there wasn’t much room to move, let alone dance.
That being said, I wholeheartedly endorse Gobi. They take some electronics and a guitar and create music that is upbeat, danceable and yet complex. For lack of a better analogy, Gobi makes music that is a playground for the ears. On this particular occasion, even the eyes got a show. Cool electronic shirts that moved …read more
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