You may remember our review of Hacienda's debut album Loud Is The Night during Dan Auerbach week . Well, I was greeted by an email today from Alive Records letting us know that they just released their first video for "She's Got a Hold On Me." Here you are. Hacienda - She's Got A Hold On Me Click here to view the embedded video.
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Saturday night was a fantastic night for shows in Denver. I split my time equally between the Hi-Dive and the Gothic and caught a few superb and passionate performances. First up, Hacienda opened the night at the Hi-Dive, in a sold out show with Dr. Dog and Delta Spirit. I didn't know what to expect from this band of Mexican-American brothers (+1 cousin) from San Antonio, Texas, but their sound fit in nicely with the serrated retro vibes of their tourmates. Their 6-song demo [...]

As I posted earlier, Hacienda was in town on September 16 with Dr. Dog and Delta Spirit. In case you didn't make it to the show, what you missed was a truly talented quartet whose sound resembles the Beach Boys in a sort of Beatlesque fashion. In other words, these guys just rock! Hacienda - Shake Ya [MP3] Hacienda - Hear Me Crying [MP3] Hacienda - She's Got A Hold On Me [MP3] Hacienda - Sun [MP3] For more informantion, [...]
Here we go again patients, it's that time again at the 115th Dream when we stick by our rock 'n roll stethoscopes and fight for the liberation of good music. Today we have a band of brothers (and cousin) hailing from the Alamo city, San Antonio Texas. A sound that's infectin' the halls of the asylum. Patients, if yer ears are plannin' on addin' a little bit of new music to their day then they better be listenin' to these guys. The name of the band is Hacienda and their sound radiates laid back cosmic dreamscapes and beautiful neo-retro note [...]

We get loads of e-mails each day from bands and PR firms representing bands. Very few have grabbed my attention like the email about San Antonio, Texas band, Hacienda. It went something like this: Blah, blah, blah, Dr. Dog harmonies, blah, blah, blah produced by Dan Auerbach. I damn near wet myself as I replied back that, yes, I would like an advance copy. Here's the scoop - Hacienda was started by cousins Abraham Villanueva and Dante Schwebel. After some failed projects, they were joined by Abraham's brothers Jaime & Rene. From there, demos were recorded, one of [...]
Hitting the road this fall with Dr. Dog, and with an album in the can produced by the Black Keys Dan Aurbach, San Antonio's Hacienda is on our watch list. And not to oversimplify the bands sound, but if you're a fan of the aforementioned Dog and Black Keys, you'd be doing yourself a [...]

Thanks to Labor Day weekend, the new arrival category was a little quiet, so there were only one debut artist on this week's FUTURE SOUNDS radio show.... HACIENDA FROM: San Antonio, TX MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/haciend aspace [...]

Hacienda will be touring with Dr. Dog this September and October, which is fitting because if you like Dr. Dog (or the Beatles, The Beach Boys or The Band), you'll really love this band. It's nice to find a good band that compares well to a band(s) you already love, but generally you get a small taste and the rest doesn't follow through. Hacienda's new album Loud Is The Night satisfies from start to finish. These four Mexican-Americans gave a [...]

Alive Records will release the forthcoming album debut from San Antonio, Texas' rockers Hacienda titled Loud is the Night on September 16. The band's first full-length was produced and recorded by Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys) at his Akron Analog studio over the course of two weekends and features a little help from special guest and tourmate Dr. Dog. Hit up MySpace for more sounds and tourdates supporting Dr. Dog. Hacienda - She's Got A Hold On Me
Yes, it sounds like a feature off Mark Radcliffe's old Hit The North show, but Peter Hook is about to start work on a book. He's writing the story of the Hacienda , which should prove fascinating. We've had lots of works which feature Fac51 as the pulsing centre of a vibrant Manchester club scene; Hook will be able to tell the tale from the perspective of a man who threw good money after the bad, and then some more money, and then some other people's money into the place. Hook explains: "I [...]