Folk / Indie

Kanko, is the work of musician/composer Brian Ramos (former lead singer of Fantasma). In 2006, Brian went on to further develop a digital music education program for underserved youth in the Austin area and composed the first pieces that would become Kanko’s repertoire. By late summer 2006, Brian began collaborating with producer Dusty Oliveira “El Sancho”, guitarist/singer Ryan Rooney (RI) member of TFO & ex-member of Th...read more

"Strapping on the double-necked Gibson with attitude to burn, this all-girl quartet pays tribute to its swaggering namesake Led Zeppelin, ripping through the catalog with blazing accuracy." – The New York Times

On lonesome-haze nights (you know, the kind where the blood moon crumbles and dissapears into itself) there are few things better than sitting lead-footed behind the wheel of Cadillac ragtop and turning the dials past fuzzy AM stations to come across a song as pure as one by Lomita.The Austin / San Marcos-based quintet draws forth echoes of soft-spoken cowboy dirges, 100mph dust storm rock, as well as orchestral psychedelic fog atmopsherics.ph...read more

Menomena are an experimental rock band from Portland, Oregon, made up of Brent Knopf on guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel; Justin Harris on bass, guitar, baritone sax and alto sax; and Danny Seim on percussion. All members of the band share singing duties. www.last.fm 

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we met each other scuba diving. "…with Oh, Beatrice, Tacks, the Boy Disaster has recorded one of the strongest local debuts in recent memory, the rare work genuinely deserving of being called beautiful. In short, it's unforgettable." – The Daily Texan "This band sounds like everything you’ve ever wanted to hear in a band. Pure, unadulterated sonic bliss." – Mundane Sounds "Tacks had the for...read more

Akron, Ohio, July 2002: Two young men, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, Akron natives and college dropouts the both of them, are working for a local property owner, the type of guy who owns a variety of low-rent apartment buildings around town in various states of semi-repair and full-blown disrepair. In short, the boys mow lawns for a slumlord. Between them, theyve got a truck, two lawnmowers and a weed-whacker and, like everybody else, a hus...read more

It all started in 1976 as 'Easy Cure', formed by Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) along with schoolmates Michael Dempsey (bass), Lol Tolhurst (drums) and local guitar hero Porl Thompson. They began writing and demoing their own songs almost immediately, playing throughout 1977 in Southern England to an ever growing army of fans. In 1978 the 'Easy' was dropped, along with Porl, and an eager trio now known simply as The Cure were qu...read more

Americana / Rock / Acoustic

The Laughing was formed in Austin, Tx in 2006 by a few young lads with a fondness for glockenspiel enhanced rock music, or as they like to call it, "Glock-Rock". With the inclusion of the baritone sax they now have fully evolved into the realm of what they call, "smut-core". Roxy Music, Bowie, the Boss, Prince, Talking Heads, and no-wave being the primary influences of the band. "Jungle Smut with very catchy hooks."

The Polyphonic Spree is a self-described choral symphonic rock group from the Dallas, Texas area. The band generally consists of a 10-person choir, a pair of keyboardists, as well as a percussionist, drummer, bassist, guitarist, flautist, trumpeter, trombonist, violinist/violist, harpist, French horn player, a pedal steel player, theremin player, and an electronic effects person. Individual members and the number of musicians, however, vary, b...read more

Rock

'transmography' (1784) -- "to describe artistic processes of continual innovation and cumulative transformation." (william blake) James Evans and Michael Frazier met in Austin in 2003.  They started this band.  They play a lot of shows all over the US.  The new Transmography full length, POLYDACTYTLY, will be released 3.13.07 thru Chapel Hill, NC based 8088 Records.Come see a show.  Find out...read more

Aug 10, 2007 "The Scenery of Farewell" CD/12" is out now. This acoustic based mini album/EP is a result of the first of two 2007 recording sessions and reflects a more stripped down side of the band. Coming up Sept 24th/25th in Europe and the US will be the third full length album, simply titled "Two Gallants." Pre-orders begin at Saddle Creek on August 14, when you will also be able to sample two tracks from the recor...read more

Folk! Rock! Country! Disco! Funk! No genre is safe from not-really-brothers Gene and Dean Ween, who know no moment, emotion, or sensibility that is beyond their relentlessly sophomoric skewering. The erstwhile pair that's equal parts Lennon-McCartney and Beavis & Butthead have been taking things into their own chocolate hand, releasing their new album, Shinola, through www.ween.com. It's the latest in a long line of modern classics that also i...read more

Theyre an eccentric, motley bunch who have more in common with Half Man Half Biscuit and Pulp than they do with their oft-compared influences The Fall. Vocalist Eddie Argos (an ex-goth obsessed with Jonathan Richman and Vincent Van Gogh) had previously been in a band, The Art Goblins, in his hometown of Bournemouth. Their stage show would see him playing a vacuum cleaner and escaping from a sack. They sounded not unlike cult Glaswegians The Yu...read more

Though it seems trivial, there’s some merit to choosing a good band name. With myriad acts cluttering cyberspace, who’s going to check out a group based on the name "Fire" or "Spleen"? So even if members of Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, or SSLYBY, aren’t the biggest fans of their eye-catching name, there’s no doubt it has lured many listeners."Honestly, we’re tired of our name. To...read more

Folk Rock / Indie / Country

Centro-matic singer-songwriter/guitarist Will Johnson may still trail behind Willie Nelson as the most prolific artist in Texas, but he's off to a mighty impressive start for a guy who didn't write his first song until he was in his mid-20s. Since then, Johnson has written and recorded at least one new album a year; if it's not a new Centro-matic platter, like this year's Fort Recovery, it's one by his side project, South S...read more

one day Killshire & Archbold were listening to the Electric Eels and were full of disgust & joy for their lack of talent; they armed themselves with cymbals, synths and large amps and, in the summer of 2001 in the fine city of Austin, called themselves Coma in Algiers. despite the arrival of the police and the threats to the public, this partnership lasted until Archbold decided to sell all the equipment for his disastrous move to NYC....read more