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http://do512.com/band/basic.xml<p><span style="background: #ffff66 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black;"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Basic's 2007 debut, <em>Favorite Movie</em>, rolls out rock so infectious it's strai</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">ght forward garage chords seem inspired. The local trio </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">manages to meld bouncy Sixties pop romance with early Nineties Sebadoh kick-down-the-door guitar rock, and, somehow, it’s really, really catchy. New recordings coming in '09.<br /></span></p>basichttp://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/60829/Basic_poster.jpg20169405 http://www.myspace.com/basicaustin Austin, TXd-EsY_qLPZQ104081Frantic Clam, Visitors, Basic, and Hotel Hotel at Beerland<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;">Local indie art-rock group Frantic Clam count David Bowie and Talking Heads among their influences, with an approach desribed by <a href="http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?epk_id=167349">Austin Sound</a> as "swagger with edgy guitars chiming behind surging, high hitting vocals, delivering one part raucous punk energy and another part deft and often ironically twisted indie-pop gems. </p>
<p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;">Three years after dazzling at the Austinists' first Local Music Is Sexy bash, Visitors continue to coin undeniable pop ditties and fine tune their recording practices. Their debut full-length Secrets, chock-full of catchy melodies and introspective lyricism, is suitable for freewheeling mornings and late evening reflection alike.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;">Austin Chronicle recently name checked Basic by asking the simple question, "What's in a name? Well, Basic's name is appropriate: Three chords, bass, drums. Still, it's hard to pin down why the local trio's music is so infectious. "</p>
<p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px;">“Hotel Hotel is a large ensemble producing atmospheric fare heavy on the violins, wavering between pastoral and apocalyptic…sort of like godspeed you black emperor in a good mood,” says the Dallas Observer.</p>
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