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Elliott Smith’s Car for Sale in Austin, Texas
Thursday June 25th 2009, 11:27 am
Filed under: Thoughts in Headphones

Elliott Smith MySpace
Elliott Smith Wikipedia

elliott smith(photo from ‘Elliott Smith’ by Autumn de Wilde)

Elliott Smith’s car (a retro 1999 Volkswagen Passat GLX) is for sale right here in Austin, Texas for $4,000. All proceeds will go to the SIMS Foundation.

About the Foundation:
The SIMS Foundation’s mission is to provide access to and financial support for mental health and addiction recovery services for Austin-area musicians and their families. SIMS was founded in 1995 by the friends and family of Sims Ellison, a talented young Austin musician, after his battle with depression ended in suicide.

Elliott’s own life ended in suicide from two self-inflicted stab wounds to the chest (that some still claim was a possible homicide). The talented lyricist left a simple goodbye Post-it note that read, “I’m so sorry—love, Elliot. God forgive me.”

See: Advertisement for Elliott Smith’s car in Austin, Texas
See: Donate to the SIMS Foundation

Elliott Smith - The Biggest Lie
(video of the Memorial Wall in Los Angeles the day after Elliott Smith died)



What Will Peaches Teach Us Tonight?
Thursday June 11th 2009, 4:17 pm
Filed under: Austin Concerts 2009

Peaches MySpace
Peaches Wiki
Drums of Death MySpace

peaches live concert(photo by Kmeron)

Peaches and her opener Drums of Death will play a SOLD OUT show to an anxious crowd at Emo’s tonight (June 11th, 2009).

UPDATE- The Peaches show was canceled (the plane couldn’t land in Austin). More details to come about the reschedule date…

So far, everyone I have asked the question “Have you ever heard of Peaches?” to has answered my question with a question of their own:
1. No. Are they new?
2. Oh my god, are you kidding? I own all of her albums and I have seen her live 3 times!!!

For those of you that don’t know of the wonder that is “Peaches“, two lines from her Wikipedia page give a delightful summary of the artist: “Peaches is an electronica musician whose songs are notable for use of explicitly sexual lyrics but in a sort of 3rd wave feminist kind of vein. She plays her own instruments for her songs, programs her own electronic beats, and produces her own albums.”

Like Madonna:
Peaches has a large gay male following (when I hear the word “peaches”, whether in reference to the fruit or the artist, an image flashes in my head of my gay male (dancer) friend giving his own rendition of a Peaches video to the opening line of “F*** the Pain Away” …as I shyly “raise the roof” in my own attempt at dancing).
Unlike Madonna:
Peaches has a large feminist punk girl following, who are a hell of a lot cooler than Madonna fans.

My questions for this evening are as follows:
1. Will Peaches follow tradition and spit a mouthful of venue-provided bottled water into a happy-to-have-Peaches-saliva-on-them crowd (as seen in the pic above)?
2. Will Peaches endrogenously dangle the mic between her legs during the intro to “Boys Wanna Be Her” (as seen in the vid below)?
3. Will Peaches reiterate the recent confirmations that “she’s still got it!” after all these years? (I’m predicting that this answer will be a definitive “yes!”)

(More to come after the show… If you’re heading that way tonight, don’t forget to catch the opening act Drums of Death. I’ve heard good things.)

Peaches – Boys Wanna Be Her
from Impeach My Bush, 2006

Peaches – Talk to Me
from I Feel Cream, 2009



Word on the Tweets
Wednesday June 10th 2009, 2:23 pm
Filed under: Word on the Tweets

word on the tweets

Record reviews in tweet-sized chunks.

Sonic Youth- The Eternal:
Probably the only active band in the world that was around to catch the Wipers the first time around. The Eternal catches retroactive influence from that band, and hits the mark as another late-period classic for the band.

J Dilla- Jay Stay Paid:
Hip-Hop is not known for posthumous triumphs, which makes this album from hip-hop’s greatest producer all the more welcome, and makes him all the more missed.

Gun Outfit- Dim Light:
Sounds exactly how you’d expect a band from Olympia to sound. This is a compliment.

Grey Anne- Facts and Figurines:
Adorable without being overtly precious or cloying. An under-the-radar gem from a multi-talented, multi-faceted Portland pop songstress.

Ducktails- Self-Titled:
Blissed-out, sunny day psych. The audio equivalent of a faded Polaroid of a family trip from when you were a baby.

Mos Def- The Ecstatic:
Mos knocks one out of the park with a hip-hop classic, like Be Kind Rewind– or his last two solo albums, for that matter– never happened.

Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca:
Dave Longstreth returns with more of what he knows best: Knotty guitars, endless left turns in structure, and prodigious vocal arrangements. Couple that with two star turns from Angel Deradoorian and Amber Coffman, and you have a frontrunner for Album of the Year.

Eat Skull- Wild and Inside:
Hopefully, this lo-fi resurgence hasn’t jumped the shark for you just yet. If it has, you’re missing out on one of the scene’s best new-ish bands.

The Intelligence- Fake Surfers:
Surf music for city dwellers. Okay, okay; city dwellers on laced hallucinogens.



Frantic Clam Remix Contest
Tuesday June 09th 2009, 11:02 am
Filed under: Austin Music Events

Frantic Clam MySpace

anatomica album

Frantic Clam, an Austin-based post-punk foursome, is presenting DJs and producers with an opportunity to be included in their upcoming album by remixing their single “Korean Beauty Queen“.

You can download stems and then upload your new rendition @: Frantic Clam Remix.

The band will accept submissions until August 15th, and one or more winning remixes will appear on their new album due out in October 2009.

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Frantic Clam - Korean Beauty Queen



Austin Concerts This Week
Monday June 08th 2009, 6:01 pm
Filed under: Concerts This Week

austin concerts

This week, Austin, Texas sounds like…

Monday, June 8th

@ STUBB’S: Gomez w/JJ Grey & Mofro
Gomez MySpace

Tuesday, June 9th

@AUSTIN MUSIC HALL: Matisyahu w/Les Claypool, Dub Trio
Matisyahu MySpace
Les Claypool MySpace
Dub Trio MySpace
Buy Tix

Wednesday, June 10th

The Present w/Queens, Pepper Lane, Duprass
The Present MySpace

Thursday, June 11th

@MOHAWK: Holy Fuck w/Crocodiles, Woven Bones
Holy Fuck MySpace
Buy Tix

@EMO’S: Peaches w/Drums of Death (SOLD OUT)
Peaches MySpace
Drums of Death MySpace

Friday, June 12th

@EMO’S (Outside): David Allan Coe w/Paula Nelson Band, Pimpadelic, Honky
David Allan Coe MySpace
Buy Tix

@EMO’S (Inside): LIONS, Ume, The Record Hop
LIONS MySpace
Ume MySpace

Saturday, June 13th

@MOHAWK: Viva Voce w/Cut Off Your Hands, The Lemurs
Viva Voce MySpace
Cut Off Your Hands MySpace
The Lemurs MySpace
Buy Tix

@STUBB’S: Austinist’s New Music Discovery Series Kickoff: Ringo Deathstarr w/True Widow
Ringo Deathstarr MySpace
True Widow MySpace
Buy Tix

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Holy Fuck - Lovely Allen



Indie Music Blogroll - Friday, June 5th
Friday June 05th 2009, 2:11 pm
Filed under: Best of Indie Music Blogroll

indie music blogroll

- Analog Giant digs the recent hip hop collaboration between Machine Drum and Theophilus London called “Late Night Operation.” I must concur.

- I Guess I’m Floating provides a spot-on description of the queen of quirkiness Regina Spektor and her new track, “Folding Chair.”

- So Much Silence gives listeners the newest “You Don’t Wanna Know” track from Meanest Man Contest. Like they said…”It’s a doozy.”

- Salad Days Music summarizes the awesome new “Kids” video from MGMT in a one-liner= “The video basically consists of a bunch of scary monsters and creepy puppets terrifying the hell out of small children.” Perfect!!! What’s not to love?

…………………………………………mp3s…………………………………………

Machine Drum feat. Theophilus London - Late Night Operation
Regina Spektor - Folding Chair
Meanest Man Contest - You Don’t Wanna Know

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MGMT –”Kids” (Official Music Video)
from Oracular Spectacular, 2008



Austin Concerts This Week
Monday June 01st 2009, 12:37 pm
Filed under: Concerts This Week

austin concerts

This week, Austin, Texas sounds like…

Tuesday, June 2nd

@ MOHAWK: Black Moth Super Rainbow W/School of 7 Bells, Balmorhea
Black Moth Super Rainbow MySpace
School of 7 Bells MySpace
Buy Tix

Wednesday, June 3rd

@EMO’S: Passion Pit w/Harlem Shakes, Cale Parks
Passion Pit MySpace
Harlem Shakes MySpace
Buy Tix

Thursday, June 4th

@MOHAWK: The Helio Sequence w/D*R*I*, Low Line Caller
The Helio Sequence MySpace
Low Line Caller MySpace
Buy Tix

Friday, June 5th

@MOHAWK: Bonnie Prince Billy w/The Howling Hex
Bonnie Prince Billy MySpace
Buy Tix

@STUBB’S: Animal Collective w/Black Dice (SOLD OUT)
Animal Collective MySpace

@EMO’s: New York Dolls w/ Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
New York Dolls MySpace
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears MySpace
Buy Tix

Saturday, June 6th

@MOHAWK: Au Revoir Simone w/Oh No! Oh My!, The Antlers
Au Revoir Simone MySpace
Oh No! Oh My! MySpace
Buy Tix

@EMO’S (outside): Girl in a Coma w/The Boxing Lesson, Miss Derringer
Girl in a Coma MySpace
The Boxing Lesson MySpace
Buy Tix

@EMO’S (inside): Constantines w/Crystal Antlers, I Was a King
Constantines MySpace
Crystal Antlers MySpace
Buy Tix

…………………………………………video…………………………………………

School of Seven Bells - “Half Asleep”

…………………………………………mp3s…………………………………………

The Helio Sequence – Hallelujah
Crystal Antlers – A Thousand Eyes



Indie Music Blogroll - Friday, May 29th
Friday May 29th 2009, 4:01 pm
Filed under: Best of Indie Music Blogroll

indie music blogroll

- Sound on the Sound has a review of (ZOMG GUYZ) Animal Collective’s set at the Sasquatch! Music Festival.

- Gorilla vs. Bear posts a new song from Tiny Vipers, surely to be on your Bummer Mixtapes this summer.

- The Decibel Tolls has a brief-but-informative review of Ducktails‘ self-titled record.

- Covert Curiosity reminds ACL-goers to catch Here We Go Magic at this year’s festival.

…………………………………………mp3s…………………………………………

Tiny Vipers – Dreamer
Here We Go Magic - Collector



Faster Than the Speed of Light! The Musical
Thursday May 28th 2009, 8:56 pm
Filed under: Austin Music Events

Faster Than the Speed of Light! The Musical Website

faster than the speed of light musical poster

Faster than the Speed of Light! is an original Sci-Bi-Fi musical written and produced by Stanley Roy (Little Stolen Moments) and Jeremy Roye (Fiction, Archibald Adams); directed by Kelli Bland (A Thought in Three Parts, The Bird and the Bee) and performed by local musicians and actors. FTSL! is Salvage Vanguard Theater’s first co-production as a part of a new movement to hone in on the talents of local and independent Austin theater.

Showtimes:
May 28th-30th : 8:00pm
June 4th-7th : 8:00pm
June 11th-13th : 8:00pm

@ The Salvage Vanguard for $12 dollars (Pay-what-you-can-Thursdays!)

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Faster Than The Speed Of Light! - Space and Time



Word on the Tweets
Wednesday May 27th 2009, 11:02 am
Filed under: Word on the Tweets

word on the tweets

Record reviews in tweet-sized chunks.

Grizzly Bear- Veckatimest:
Layers upon layers of incredibly detailed musical craftsmanship. Instant Album of the Year contender.
City Center- Self-Titled:
Dude from Saturday Looks Good to Me tries his hand at avant-pop, with spectacular results.
Black Moth Super Rainbow- Eating Us:
Not saying that taking drugs is required for listening to this album, but they help.
John Vanderslice- Romanian Names:
It’s all about consistency, folks. Vanderslice is king at this.
Bloc Party- Intimacy: Remixed:
Wait, so Intimacy wasn’t a Bloc Party remix album?

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Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Born on a Day the Sun Didn’t Rise