by Van Damned (ATX)SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUMWhen: Sunday, May 3, 2009Where: Red 7, Austin, TXWith: Death Is Not A Joyride and Opposite DaySleepytime Gorilla Museum opened the discussion the way any other band of post-apocalyptic carnival barkers would: with a nod and a wink, followed by a brutal kick to the teeth.Like scavengers picking through the refuse and remnants of hundreds of years of

PREY FOR SLEEP - BLOOD BATH Pounding out the riffs with a stampede of fury, Austin's own Prey For Sleep definitely woke up fans midway through the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath SXSW day party last week. Featuring songs from their debut LP as well as their extremely limited Forever Dies Today EP , PFS shook the walls and almost collapsed the chandeliers of the tiny Peacock bar. A long-time Cannibal Cheerleader favorite, Prey For Sleep [...]
Show Us Your Humanimal Face Real animals roar, hiss and howl; humanimals make crazy theatrical chamber rock. Death is Not A Joyride like to dress-up and dance around in parks and playgrounds, entertaining small children and grown-ups with their wacky fashion and rather obtuse music. The Texas band combine dark gothic melodies with quirky lyrics, somehow channelling the music of An American Chinese, The Dresden Dolls and The Polyphonic Spree into a remarkably ramshackle sound. The band dropped their debut album titled The Human Zoo [...]

EXCLUSIVE NEW PREY FOR SLEEP TRACK Oh Prey For Sleep , where have you been? Busy it would seem as the winter months have brought lineup changes to the Austin metal group but no less intensity as evidenced in this new track "Forever Dies Today", an ultra-exclusive new track from a lost EP. Featuring an increase in brutality, searing drumwork, and the signature Hunter Townsend vocals, the new Prey For Sleep sounds just as good, if not better, than the old one. Check it. [...]
The Human Zoo - Death is not a joyride Austin's five piece avant garde/experimental group Death Is Not A Joyride were first featured on the Devil's blog back in July 2007 ( Death Is Not A Joyride ) with a rather gushing review of their [...]

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LIFE IS A GIANT DRAG (UPDATE) Our old pal Annie Hardy of our favorite shoegazey solo-act Giant Drag has been staying busy, what with recording her new Swan Song EP and all (by the way check out the new version of "Swan Song" up on the band's Myspace , it's absolutely haunting and gorgeous). Recently Annie hooked up with Joe from the Icarus Line to perform a DJ set under the moniker Mister and Misses Howl, which will hopefully speak to more collaborations [...]
PartyEnds.com is proud to present the amazingly talented Transmography , Death is not a Joyride and Southern Drama for a night of mathy, cabaret themed, rock and roll made with oddball instruments. We are convinced this Beauty Bar show will be the perfect night on the town to follow the Season 4 finale of Lost . You know you are going to be frustrated with whatever happens with Locke, Jack and the rest so you might as well plan on ending the night with happiness. [...]