A "foot fetish funk" band that's musically accomplished, but their lyrics -- like a worn pair of socks -- quite frankly stink. Foot Patrol specialize in "foot fetish funk", to put it lightly. Every lyric, word, and thought that comes out of Pussyfooting (their debut album) winds up dealing with virtually every aspect of foot fetishism -- from toe-sucking to tickling and everything in between -- all while being grounded in a variety of funk-pop styles that stretch from the deep wah-funk of the '70s to the synth-led Minneapolis sound of the '80s, with a few stylistic...
To celebrate today's crop of releases, here are new mp3s from A Sequence Of Ghosts, Architecture In Helsinki, Dave Depper, Breanne Düren, Fleet Foxes, Foot Patrol, Jason Forrest, Jeffrey Foucault, Joel Jerome, Les Blanks, Mount Moriah and James Pants. Also, vote for your favorite of today's new releases.
We've seen our share of bands that have little going for them aside from a gimmick meant to widen their fan base. But Austin's Foot Patrol might have one of the most unique ones that we've ever e... Continue reading "Austin's Foot Patrol Sings Songs About Feet. And Only About Feet. (For Now.)" >
FOOT PATROL – PUSSYFOOTINGFunk Beyond The Fetish…Pussyfooting Around With Foot PatrolMust See And Must Hear Austin Based Act To Release New Album – May 3, 2011The dozen or so tracks on Foot Patrol's upcoming album Pussyfooting might have the common lyrical theme of worshipping the body's southernmost extremity, but to define the band solely by this so-called "fetish" would be single-minded in its
FOOT PATROL – PUSSYFOOTINGFunk Beyond The Fetish…Pussyfooting Around With Foot PatrolMust See And Must Hear Austin Based Act To Release New Album – May 3, 2011"An air-tight funk band." - Spin Magazine"Inspiringly crazy and awesome on stage." – Vice Magazine"Slithering, sexed-up funk." – Onion AV ClubMP3 : "MUDSLIDE" (EDIT) VIDEO : FOOT PATROL DOCUMENTARY (IN PROGRESS)The dozen or so tracks on
I'm excited that our Fun Fest interviews kick off this week with the great Austin band Shearwater. We had the opportunity to send some questions via email to leading man and long time Austin resident Jonathan Meiburg. We discuss the band's move to a big label, how the new album is going, and a few other hot topics. Follow the jump for full interview. ATH : So when and why did the decision come about to leave Okkervil and go out on your own with Shearwater? [...]

ATX Emerge Pre-SXSW Party Saturday, March 14th (8pm - 2am) Mohawk ( 912 Red River St. ) | Austin, TX [ RSVP HERE ] We personally think this is a great party to showcase some of the great bands Austin has to offer. It's FREE , and looks [...]

To say T.J. Wade, lead singer of Austin's Foot Patrol , has an obsession with feet would be a vast understatement. Every bit of original music he, his partner Hung Nguyen and their band play revolves around it. As the band points out, with every act of pleasure, there is an equal act of perversion. Toe licking, sucking, rubbing and on and on. Just about every intricacy of the foot is covered. Big ones, dirty ones, stinky ones - all of them. Sounds nasty huh? Yeah, they don't [...]
Sure, Foot Patrol is into feet. But once you listen beyond the foot fetishes, the group lays down some of funkiest grooves in town, bending Prince-like sex appeal against samples and fervent beats. The eclectic vision of Hung Nguyen and TJ Wade, Foot Patrol's songs are both hilarious and swaggeringly smooth, rapping out toe odes that will, well, have your feet moving. The group is following up last year's album Smellabration with a slew of planned projects for 2008, including the Bill Callahan narrated funk opera Toah's Ark: the Covenant , and you can see the [...]