>> You likely saw the news a couple weeks back that during Joe Pernice 's recent tour stop in Cambridge 75% of his revered, '90s alt-country unit Scud Mountain Boys appeared on stage for the first time this century. And you probably read that the band intends to play a few shows before the end of the year. Now comes news that Pernice's label Ashmont Records will reissue two "effectively out of print" Scud Mountain Boys records, The Pine Box and Dance The Night Away "either separately, [...]
Here's a new track just sent our way called "Ahhh!" from Built by Snow frontman JP Pfertner and his relatively new project know as Oh Look Out . The song has obvious BBS sonic qualities and continues the catchy as hell themes familiar to JP's well known local band. This song and 8 others appear on a new online only LP available for free download right now . It looks like our thirst for new BBS material will be quenched by this new and promising project. Download: Oh Look Out - Ahhh! MP3
Date 6/16/11 Location Red 7 Doors 9pm Tickets FREE Well it's about damn time gentlemen! After now what seems like a major hiatus away from the music scene, some of our favorite local boys Built by Snow are getting together for their first show in over 9 months. The guys have apparently heard your cries to play live again and [...]
Oh Look Out is the new side project from Built by Snow leading man and Austin resident JP Pfertner. JP tells me that BBS are currently on a little break and he's been writing and recording some music on his own in the down time. The product of these recordings can be heard below in the form of "Analogatron" with a few more on the Oh look Out website . This tune keeps that nerd pop sound of BBS , but also implements something new and itriguing: a heavier bass sound and scratchier vocals. I think it's [...]
Date 7/2/10 Location Mohawk Doors 9pm Tickets $6 @ Door Our amigos Whitman are returning home after a short tour of the west coast and are celebrating with a show at Mohawk on Friday night. Joining the boys on the inside stage are fellow up and coming locals Built By Snow , Guns of Navarone , [...]
Here's a quasi-mixtape of a few good things I've been listening to lately. There is plenty of local flavor included. Follow the links to hear more. Futurebirds - "Megachills" myspace.com/thefuturebirds Electric President - "Elegant Disasters" myspace.com/electricpresident The Gary - "Ancient Music" myspace.com/thegaryatx [...]
Britain continues to shiver with further snow on the way so today's post is a follow-up to yesterdays snow and ice special with a few more tracks from the same bands to warm you up like a hot water bottle for the ears. If anyone from the IFPI is reading the following tracks are all linked direct from the artist's Last.FM site, website or label and are all therefore freely available so please refrain from alleging infringement of copyright. MP3 - [...]
Britain is so cold it feels like the hell is freezing over. The country is blanketed in the white stuff and the country is grinding to a halt. Rumour has it that this is largely because the stiff upper lip has frozen to stiff lover lip. The blitz spirit so beloved of lazy journalists across the country has been buried under a couple of inches of snow and a few days of slightly cold weather! Well to celebrate the return of proper winters (god how old does that make me sound?) here are a few snow and ice [...]
We thought about this long and hard, thinking over our favorite releases from bands located in Austin over the last year. Blood was spilled, jabs were thrown, but overall, we feel like we got our hands around the best releases that we feel epitomized the Austin scene in 2009. Don't forget, we're particular to our tastes, so while you may disagree, we reserve the right to stand by these ten acts and their albums from 092. Follow the jump for full list. 10. Ideal [...]
Date 11/5/09 Location Mohawk Doors 8:30pm Tickets $7 @ door with RSVP Our friend over at Austin Eavesdropper had such a good time with her first Blogger Bleet Up back in July that she decided to throw a bigger and better event leading up to Fun Fest on Thursday night. This go around anyone and [...]
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Built By Snow is certainly a strange name for a band that backs instrumentals with bits and sounds that make reference to old Super Mario or Dig Dug bites (your mother would have killed if you got snow near the game system). But, Mega would have to be a perfect title then - since Mega Man is the undisputed best game ever! The music is pop punk relished, but it's the aforementioned references to the world of video games that is truly intriguing. If Ms. Pac Man and Donkey Kong were to take ecstasy [...]
I know these are kind of last minute but if you are looking to for something to do before the game kicks off tonight or just aren't that into football we have two really good options. Both events start in a couple of hours and we have to apologize for the late notice but they are not to be missed. First up is the Church of the Friendly Ghost Tent Revival [...]
Date 9/19/09 Location Tripps Custom T-Shirts Doors 6pm Tickets FREE!!! We are pleased to announce to all of you music fans and general do-gooders out there that ATH has jumped on the bandwagon and are sponsoring our very own Prints for Non Profits event on September 19th. If you have yet to attend one of these events, they take place at [...]
It should be ridiculously packed and if anyone wants to put us on the guest list feel free to do so. But seriously this is a good line up and everyone needs to get down to Emo's tonight and check this out. If you read blog regularly you know the names well. Get on it. From Do512: The Black and White Years has become a fixture in Austin's legendary club scene fueled by its shows, which are notable for the amount of energy both on and off the stage, and [...]
Do512 & Better than the Van have teamed up for a nice little event featuring some free booze & food plus a couple solid local bands at Beerland on Thursday night. The Happy Hour show features free Lonestar to the first 75 people at the venue and food from local organic taco sellers Taco Taxi . Two of our favorite local bands Quiet Company and Built by Snow will providing music for your happy hour. Things kick off at 7 and go till 9. RSVP over on Do512 [...]
Marcie Bolen of Silverghost @ Neutral:photo by Michael Ligon Forgoing the NXNE festivities of last Wednesday night(eg. The Courthouse, The Drake) I started out the festival the following night with a full night of shows planned although it was a last minute decision on my part to check out my first band of the night, Silverghost. Silverghost is a Detroit male-female duo consist of ex-Von Bondie guitarist/vocalist Marcie Bolen and keyboardist/vocalist Deleano Acevedo and were a terrific start to my NXNE. A last-minute decision based on the band's [...]
I rounded off Day 2 at NXNE with, surprise, more shows. I caught a bunch of acts including:FlotillaThe Montreal band played a tremendous set at Rancho Relaxo. They sounded vibrant and dynamic. I would say they were better live than they were on their very solid new album.Rah Rah were loading their gear in as I left. I hope they don't think I'm stalking them.Built By SnowI've been waiting a
I had the chance to check out Austin band Built By Snow Friday night at The Doublewide. I missed the opening band Your Kisses Cause Crashes , but, I caught The Pons ... meh. They weren't horrible, but, they had a few good songs throughout their set. Once I entered the room I was worried there wasn't going to be a crowd. I didn't expect a full-house, but, I was one of a crowd of about five that caught The Pons set. [...]
So if your Saturday plans are looking bleak, take a little trip down I-35 to San Marcos for the KTSW sponsored Mr. Fest this weekend. The event is going to be a big one and we won't even attempt to list all the goings on in this tiny little space so we'll hit the key points. For starters, this event will start at 11am, run all day long and end around 1am. All sorts of local bands will be playing at the festival including a headlining night show by one of our favorites Black Joe Lewis [...]
Just a reminder, we're throwing our FIRST show this Saturday at La Zona Rosa . We've handpicked an outstanding lineup for you! On the bill: Ume from Austin, True Widow from Dallas, and The White White Lights from Austin. RSVP at Do512.com for $5 entrance or pay an $8 cover at the door. The doors open at 9 and the show starts at 10. Ume - Sunshower (mp3) True Widow - [...]
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