Pretty decent game tonight, now grab four tracks that I’ve been giving heavy playtime recently. First off one of my favorite bands Band of Horses and a new track that will be on their upcoming new album Night Rainbow. The track is a good quality live recording from Bonnaroo last year, I have a feeling we may be seeing these guys soon (SXSW).
2010 may be Nneka’s year, watch out for this one she’s definelty got it. Her debut album Concrete Jungle just dropped two weeks ago, check out this remake of her hit single.
I was at Red Fez a couple of Fridays ago and was dancing to the end of Jeramy’s (Learning Secrets) set and heard this track below from Hercules and Love Affair, I could not remember the vocalist’s name and thankfully after going back and forth with Jeramy the answer, Antony, enjoy…
He claims Austin as his home and I cannot wait to see him in March at SX. He is one of the hottest DJ’s right now and will be deservingly huge soon. He found what MSTRKRFT was missing with this one.
MSTRKRFT – Heartbreaker (Feat. John Legend) (Wolfgang Gartner Remix)
Alright this is how it works, you need to join my facebook page and post your City and Colour name (Dallas Green = City and Colour) got it?… I’ll pick 2 people who post randomly and offer them 2 floor tickets at face value ($20 each). Winners will be chosen and posted on the page Thursday afternoon around 2-3pm. Thanks for visiting and joining my fan page
My favorite male solo act Dallas Green, aka City and Colour (guess how he came up with the name), will be playing Thursday January 21st at the Central Presbyterian Church sanctuary. Dallas Green 2009 Juno award winner for songwriter of the year and also 2007 Juno award for album of the year. Dallas has a powerfully emotional sound that will be sure to accent the church venue for this show. Start 2010 off with an easy concert of the year contender. Show is soldout but I’ll be selling four floor seats for face value to the lucky winners of the contest I’ll post next week. If you saw him at SXSW 07 or ACL 08 you know that this intimate show is not to be missed. Stay tuned for contest details which will be conducted on the Facebook page so if you’re not a fan yet join up and wait for details. In the meantime grab the tracks below -
Merry Christmas folks hope all had some good family time. Below are some tracks I’ve been playing lately. Freelance Whales are my favorite band at the moment they have a unique sound and their debut album, Weathervanes is as solid as they come one of the best of 09 in my opinion. Two of their tracks are below and the album is available on iTunes. Memory Tapes aka Dayve Hawk, new single Bicycle, a wavy cancion to put on your playlist. One more from our buddy Bassnectar – remake of the Pixies epic, Jesus thank you for Bassnectar.
Octopus Project, Austin’s favorite Indie Electronic outfit, will be playing Mohawk Monday night along with All My Friends, Sunset, Neiliyo, and Markus (with a K). They recently played along with Voxtrot after Fun Fun Fun Fest and closed with the live debut of Wet Gold. Grab the Mp3 below and Tickets Here. The party is a celebration for Tibaut’s 30th birthday (aka DJ Thibault also half of Auto Body) he has some cool friends. Best Monday ever.
The weekend has arrived, make your way to the Parish tonight for The Rural Alberta Advantage the Canadian Indie rockers are playing tonight and shouldn’t be missed. Their debut album Hometowns dropped last year and placed them on the radar in the wonderful world of Canadian Indie. Grab their track below.
El Ten Eleven will amaze and entertain you in a way only they can. The L.A. post-rock duo are absolutely wonderful in the way they create a wall of sound with their double neck guitars and multiple effect pedals. Saw them last time they played at Beauty Bar and am truly sad to missout tomorrow as I’m in Dallas.
The one and only Jay Reatard hits the stage at Emos Wednesday night throwing down his garage punk anthems. Austin’s Harlem is supporting. There’s also a Scion event at Beauty Bar for after the show featuring some amazing Discotrons. Go ahead grab one of Jay’s tracks here;
Emily Haines and her band Metric lived up to everyone’s expectations and then some last night. Initially walking up to La Zona Rosa and seeing the line I was rather surprised and happy to learn the show was soldout. Even with Cage the Elephant down the street and Del the Funky Homosapien and the Whigs in town, there was still a decent crowd of ticket seekers trying to get in. Throughout their hour and a half set full of favorites; Poster of a Girl, Help I’m Alive, Monster Hospital, Dead Disco, and encoring with an acoustic Combat Baby, Emily continued to bring an amazing energy to her brand of Indie Rock. Overall a wonderful show and I’m now completely smitten with Emily. My camera sucks so I’ve stolen these vids off youtube, credit to the uploaders. Go ahead and grab an acoustic Help I’m Alive
The lovely Emily Haines and her band Metric will be in town next Tuesday 12/1, pushing their new album Fantasies. The single Help I’m Alive, is a beautiful track and definitely one of the best Metric has put out. The video below is a short about her finding inspiration about the new album while visiting Argentina, watch it and you’ll love Emily and want to head to Buenos Aires. You can try to win a pair of tickets HERE. Tickets are still available and Band of Skulls opens.
Thanks for visiting, I have recently relaunched the site and am going to giveaway a pair of hard tickets to the soldout show at Mohawk Thursday 11/19. To enter visit my Facebook page and become a fan and read status to find out another way to win. RedDawnAustin Facebook page