Dump Wikipedia
Yo La Tengo MySpace
James McNew sporting the indie-popular brow-raising “I asked GOD and SHE’S PRO-CHOICE” tee.
Dump - 1999 from That Skinny Motherfucker With the High Voice?, 2001
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Sufjan Stevens – Sister Winter
Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal
The Album Leaf and Bright Eyes – Hungry for a Holiday
The Deadly Syndrome – Winter in You
Au Revoir Simone – The Winter Song
Arthur Russell MySpace
Arthur Russell Wikipedia
“Russell was prolific, but was also notorious for leaving songs unfinished and continually revising his music. Ernie Brooks said that Russell “never arrived at a completed version of anything,” while Peter Gordon stated, “his quest wasn’t really to do a finished product but more to do with exploring his different ways of working musically.” He left behind more than 1,000 tapes when he died, 40 of them different mixes of one song.” -(via)
Arthur Russell - This Is How We Walk on the Moon from Another Thought, 1994
I’m so far away. One moment there. One moment there. Moving me up. Every step is moving me up. One moment there. One tiny, tiny move. It’s all I need… and I jump over.
Arthur Russell - A Little Lost from The World of Arthur Russell, 2004
Cause I’m so busy, so busy thinking about, kissing you. Now I want to do that without entertaining, another thought. I’m so unfinished. Our love affair. A voice in me is telling me to, run away.
Arthur Russell - All-Boy All-Girl from World of Echo, 2006
Kiss at the door. At the same time that they were letting go, they weren’t the same. And now they’re taking off…
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Sleepercar MySpace
Sleepercar Wikipedia
Jim Ward “of Sparta, Ex-At The Drive-In” fame is in a solid relationship with his new band, Sleepercar. I like to describe listening to the album “West Texas” like “sipping Maker’s Mark out of a spotty glass in a rundown bar while watching the sun go down over the shoulder of a bartender that calls you sweetheart and asks how your grandma’s doing in between crooked teeth and Marlboro reds”. A sweet and content experience, with just the right hint of pain and loneliness.
Austinites can checkout Sleepercar this Monday, November 17th at Mohawk with Morekestra (outside, starting @ 8:00pm).
Has Jim Ward abandoned punk and gone country? No, he’s West Texas, which is a little country and a little bit rock and roll…
…………………………………………interview…………………………………………
Stacie: Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
Jim: usually wear slip ons, so when i have shoes with laces i almost never untie them-
Stacie: Would you consider yourself more of an introvert or an extrovert?
Jim: both- usually an extrovert, but i hate being in crowds so that makes me with draw a lot
Stacie: How stoked where you when your number one MySpace friend, Barack, won the election?
Jim: very stoked
Stacie: Does the song “A Broken Promise” refer to any broken promises in particular?
Jim: no-
Stacie: What’s one trait that you dislike about yourself at the moment?
Jim: i am passive/aggressive- and it sometimes makes personal relationships difficult, i try to control it
Stacie: Your musical endeavors progressed from hardcore, to a little less hardcore, to alt-country. Have you found a genre that fits well with Sleepercar?
Jim: i think sleepercar is pretty flexible in the genre department- we have been on quite a few different tours, it makes me happy…
(Head over to Transmission Entertainment to read the full Sleepercar Interview.)
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Sleepercar – A Broken Promise from West Texas, 2008
Minitel Rose MySpace
College MySpace
Minitel Rose, the (self-proclaimed) THREE FRENCH BOYS BACK FROM THE FUTURE, whose influences include: GIRLS, SPACE, INFINITY, VIDEO GAMES, 80s MOVIES and TIME TRAVELS.
Minitel Rose – Magic Powder
College (feat. Minitel Rose) – The Energy Story
Willoughby MySpace
Willoughby Website
Happy Halloween Frankensteins.
Willoughby - Frankenstein
from I Know What You’re Up To, 2008
I’m going to have to agree with Doug Mart on this one…
Bloc Party : Modern Love, Takeaway Show
(video removed by someone that missed the kindergarten lesson on sharing with others)
Music-loving-Austinites: The Live Music Task Force meets tonight at City Hall (301 W. 2nd Street) @ 7:30pm to present their recommendations to the City Council. Come out and show your support. Power in numbers!
More info:
Austin Live Music Task Force Releases Draft Report
Purpose of The Live Music Task Force
Support Live Music in Austin: This Wednesday
881 of us joined together just the other day for a music related event (0:44-guy in blue)…
Bitch MySpace
Bitch + The Exciting Conclusion Website
Can you put an artist like Bitch in a nutshell? Let’s try, shall we… from ‘95-’04 she performed with Bitch and Animal and toured with Ani DiFranco (who produced two of B&A’s albums under her Righteous Babe Records label). Bitch’s new band, Bitch + The Exciting Conclusion, formed in February of ‘05. Bitch just produced Ferron’s latest album “Boulder” on her own label, Short Story Records (Ferron=one of the most influential writers and performers of women’s music). She lives in NYC and appeared in the 2006 film Shortbus and the Bright Eyes video “First Day of My Life” alongside her L-Word starring girlfriend, Daniela Sea. She plays the electric violin, bass, keyboards and ukulele like it’s going out of style. She’s an amazing lyricist and poet. She’s not a big fan of Bush (the presidential kind). She tap dances. And you should buy (not illegally download) all of her albums.
Austinites can checkout Bitch and the Exciting Conclusion live on Sunday, November 9th at Mohawk with Mocktigers and Girl in a Coma (outside, starting @ 9:00pm).
Before Bitch and I got down to business, I mentioned that our lovely readers (myself included) all have adult ADD and are checking out more MySpace bulletins then novels these days (…hence the slew of random questions).
…………………………………………interview…………………………………………
Stacie: How many tattoos do you have?
Bitch: Zero. I’ve designed a lot of tattoos. But it’s like Daniela says, once you have one you’ll never have none again.
Stacie: Yeah, they’re addicting too.
Bitch: And I don’t need another hobby. Maybe one day.
Stacie: Piercings?
Bitch: Not really. My ears. I had a nipple pierced once.
Stacie: Just one nipple?
Bitch: Just one nipple.
Stacie: Do you like hugs from strangers, or do they freak you out?
Bitch: They don’t freak me out. It really depends on the context. I just visited the…
(Head over to Transmission Entertainment to read the full Bitch Interview.)
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Bitch - Unstick from Make This/Break This, 2006
Bitch and Animal - Traffic from Eternally Hard, 2001
Girl Talk MySpace
Illegal Art Website
Contest Winner announced for Girl Talk show at Emo’s Tonight, October 20th.
A winner for what RLS contest you ask? Instead of recycling posts about the same over-blogged indie bands like some *coughs* indie music blogs do, I prefer to steal contests and reward runner-ups instead. What, flowers and no crown? Booooo. My blogging compadre over at AustinSoundCheck.com gave one lucky commenter a chance to see Greg Gillis mash it up at the Sold Out show tonight in Austin. I think the WTF/LOLcat was okay, but I chose to award a ticket for the brilliance of the Gillis-esque copy/pasting style that went into the creation of the “Austin Sound Check Mash-Up”, which goes a little something like, like this. Our winner has agreed to provide a mash-up review of tonight’s show, which I will be attending as well. Yay for us!
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Girl Talk – Once Again from Night Ripper, 2006
Girl Talk – Let Me See You from Feed the Animals, 2008
…………………………after the show…………………………
Emo Girl Talk Mash-Up Review:
Sold Out Show! Girl Talk Tickets! - $75 (west campus)
$3 PBR*
….Girl Talk, gIrl TaLK, girl talK, GIrL tALk, gIrl TAlK, girl talk, GiRl TaLk….
Toilet paper power tools?
sweat
“Give it up for Grand Buffet”
Confetti_Confetti_Confetti
WANTED 3 Girl Talk Tickets for a REASONABLE price
Freddie Krueger=John McCain
AMAZING, HOLY SHIT, BADASS, YES!
beach balls***
WE LOVE YOU GREGG!!!!!..….but I’d rather get some head
Underage chicks’ hands with Xs
sweat
“it’s fuckin hot Austin”
!!!!!!!!!!Big floating condoms!!!!!!!!!!
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy we want some pussssssssssssssy
“Alright guys I got time for 1 more”
sweat
We’re poppin’ champagne like we won a championship game
review by:
stewart jarmon - Girl Talk Austin,TX EMOs OCT 20th, 2008