By John
Published on September 28, 2009 at 1:41am
Is it really almost October? Can it really almost be time to relive the 90’s at the ACL festival? Am I really this close to eating pounds of Krackle and Mr. Goodbar for Halloween?! Yes, October is crrrreaking on up and with that comes a GREAT concert we are proud to be a part of on day one of the best month of the year. Stop hangin around the Hotel San Jose hoping for a glimpse of David Bryne and plan on spending your Thursday night with us… well me. Luther has been held hostage in Buenos Aires… This bill features Austin heavy hitters MOTH!FIGHT!, One Hundred Flowers, The Sour Notes, and No Mas Bodas.
Moth!Fight! Continues to reinvent themselves and rearrange songs and layers of acoustic poppy noise with every performance. This will be their first local show in a while it seems, and I can’t wait to see them on the luxurious La Zona Rosa stage. They will certainly fill it up.
One Hundred Flowers bring about a wonderful marriage of postindustrial keyboards and guitars. Their full length will be available in January 2010. Wait- is it really almost 2010?!
The young yet prolific Sour Notes help fill out the great bill as they play selections from the already acclaimed first two albums (The Meat of the Fruit and Received in Bitterness) as well as from their forthcoming early 2010 release.
Finally, No Mas Bodas! the only band of ladies in town that wears capes AND glitter! Saxophones, cellos and plenty of weirdo keyboards makes these women the forerunners of Austin current art punk although I’m sure there is a better blurry sub genre they would put themselves in.
The first 100 folks thru the door get a FREE ‘ACL Survival bag’ full of both practicality and love.
This event is brought to you in part by our good friends KVRX, Amy’s Ice Cream, and Stem & Leaf Records. See you Thursday night at La Zona Rosa.
By John
Party Ends
Published on September 28, 2009 at 1:41am
By Doug Freeman
Published on September 18, 2009 at 1:41am
Man, video sessions are totally the new blogs, which were the new ‘zines. Used to be way back in the day (say the 80s and 90s), trying your hand at amateur music writing and hanging out with your favorite bands required putting some work into a fanzine, printing it up, and passing it around. Yeah, we were all dorks. Then blogs made it easy, and everyone started writing about bands and even shared their music, cutting out the middle man. Now it seems everyone wants to do a quirky video session, cuz video’s the new mp3. Welcome to your Black Cab Sessions and La Blogotheque. And that concludes our lesson today on the obvious evolution of amateur music criticism. But now more professional music publications and outlets have gotten into the mix! Local UT student-run KVRX exists somewhere in the middle of that miasma – both pros at production and running a radio station, but decided amateurs in some of that crap that scrawls across the frequency late at night. Really, we love that you guys are stoned off your ass at 2:00am in the booth, but just spin some damn records already. (It’s still better than listening to KUT’s new “Undercurrents” syndication, though).
Anyway, the KVRX Local Live clan has started to do some video shoots that they’re calling The Austin Sessions, your typical (these days, anyway) put a band in a weird place and make them play kind of thing. Kinda like the ill-fated KUT and Super Alright “Retread Sessions” that was cool for all of the about 2 seconds it lasted. We’re impressed by what the KVRX kids have put together though, especially since Local Live is well established for showcasing some of the best Austin talent before they start getting any real attention. They’ve already brought in Wine and Revolution, and we hear they have the Eastern Sea on tap, too. It’s like they’re in our head!!!
Below you can scope their recent session with the Sour Notes. They set the group up in the Dobie Theater before a screening of Inglourious Basterds, and let them release their pop magic. The Sour Notes have a brand new 7″ out titled with the sage advice of Never Mix, Never Worry, and you can also watch a video of them performing a new tune called “A Cute Little Ruin” live from Sugar Hill studios. The Sour Notes will also be playing a nice indie bill at La Zona Rosa come October 1 with No Mas Bodas, One Hundred Flowers, and Moth!Fight! Keep up with the Austin Sessions here.
By Candace Birkelbach
Published on September 11, 2009 at 1:41am
The new album is super-charged, full of emotion, and definitely a step up for Sour Notes. Never Mix Never Worry cuts down on the teenage-like innocence and beefs up the classic rock and songwriting elements with a mystical effect. There’s plenty more incentive to come out to the Parlor tonight, too. It’s free, the first ten entrants get a free copy of the 7-inch and there’s a slew of great openers.
Milk Thistle, a simplistic yet sophisticated indie-rock group, will set the tone with steady vocals and complex rhythm. The outfit is now in the final stages of production of its album, Heart + Soul, which should be released soon. Bear Claw is a minimalist folk quartet with lots of melodica. Alas there is A Faulty Chromosome who brings quirky and dissonant indie tunes to the table.
We’re stoked about this line-up and happy to congratulate Sour Notes for their hard work. Make sure you’re at The Parlor Saturday night to give them a high five and a fist pump.
Sour Notes: [official] [myspace]
Milk Thistle: [myspace]
Bear Claw: [myspace]
A Faulty Chromosome: [myspace]
