By Quentin
Published on February 26, 2010 at 1:41am
WATCH Psychological Thriller Video
If this music video doesn’t slap a huge grin on your face, then you have no soul…..There, I said it. The Sour Notes have been making some noise in Austin for some time now and are finally getting some much deserved recognition. They’ll be playing a ridiculous amount of shows @ SXSW (6 shows!) while currently working on their 5th album, Write What You Know, expected to release later this year. Here’s “Do-ers & Say-ers” from their latest, It’s Not Gonna Be Pretty.
Artist: The Sour Notes
Song: Do-ers & Say-ers.mp3
Album: It’s Not Gonna Be Pretty
By Doug Freeman
Published on October 27, 2009 at 1:41am
We’re skeptical of the timing of this new video from the Sour Notes. First of all, there’s the whole death of Michael Jackson fad (is the death of a pop icon a fad? Sure, why not?). Second of all, we can’t help but think that putting a video on Youtube right before Halloween with “Thriller” in the title is some kind of major SEO chicanery on the part of said Sour Notes! We’re also wondering how director Paul Raila managed to so accurately capture every relationship we’ve ever been in. Well, us and William Burroughs. We’re told this is an homage to Jean Luc Godard’s “A Woman is a Woman,” but we don’t do film, so we’ll just have to take their word on that one. What we can say is it’s a damn finely shot video for damn fine song. Check it out below. You can also next catch the local quartet tomorrow, Oct. 28, when 101X’s Homegrown series hits Trophy’s with Visitors and Candi and the Strangers. The Sour Notes will have an official video release show (because that’s actually a thing, now) on November 10 with Diagonals for Alexander Speed’s debut CD release party. Hmm, Sour Notes and Speed – sounds like a night of Austin music to us!
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.
Is It Happening? from The Sour Notes on Vimeo
By Paige Maguire
Published on December 3, 2008 at 1:41am
The Sour Notes are getting ready to release their second album, Received in Bitterness, in January of 2009. They’ve been kind enough to share a new video with us, for the single, “Is It Happening?” as well as a bonus download that should get your ’90s punk hearts racing — a cover of Jawbreaker’s “Accident Prone.” Follow the jump for their tour dates and mark your calendars: they’ll be at the Mohawk on Dec. 11th w/The Great Nostalgic, One Hundred Flowers & Bear Claw.
The Sour Notes “Accident Prone” (mp3)
MySpace
Jan 1 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
Jan 2 Houston, TX @ Rudyards
Jan 3 Lafayette, LA @ Artmosphere
Jan 4 Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
Jan 5 Athens, GA @ Tasty World
Jan 7 Chapel Hill, NC @ The Cave
Jan 8 Baltimore, MD @ Zodiac
Jan 10 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall
Jan 11 Boston, MA @ Harper’s Ferry
Jan 12 Philadelphia, PA @ M Room
Jan 13 Nashville, TN @ 5 Spot
Jan 14 Fayetteville, AK @ Smoke & Barrel
Is It Happening? from The Sour Notes on Vimeo
By Doug Freeman
Published on December 3, 2008 at 1:41am
Though only getting together this year, the Sour Notes already have on EP in the bag and are set to release their debut LP, Received in Bitterness, early next year. This is one that we are certainly looking forward to, and to prepare us, the local quartet has delivered a video for “Is It Happening” off of the upcoming album. Also, you can find below a download for their amazing cover of Jawbreaker’s “Accident Prone.” We highly recommend you check these guys out at the Mohawk next Thursday, Dec. 11 before they head out on tour.
Mp3:
Accident Prone (Jawbreaker Cover)
Websites:
www.thesournotes.com
Myspace
