
Date 1/12/12 Location Scoot Inn Doors 7pm Tickets Sliding scale $5-$10 I'm sure that most of you reading this have heard the tragic story of Esme Barrera's death that came all too soon. As Esme was such an active individual in our music community, tons of great people are coming together to support her family and celebrate her life. One such event [...]

Love Collector are a four piece punk band from Austin, Texas. Chances are, most people outside of Austin had not heard of them until recently when Matador Records co-founder Gerard Cosloy put together the Casual Victim Pile compilation. The album is a collection of 19 artists that Gerard really feels captures the vibe of the current Austin music scene and gave him an opportunity to highlight some of his favorites. Love Collector have not released a full album yet, but among the new songs you hear in this session is "First 483, the song that was [...]
Their recent set featured: My Baby Goes Wahhhhh You're So Obscene First 48 Bad Life You Drain My Batteries Visit Love Collector on MySpace. Listen to WOXY here. MP3: Love Collector - Live On WOXY

Sorry for not having the Graboid up last week, but I've included those releases ( Spoon , Surfer Blood , Editors ) in with the already incredibly amount of great releases that are available this week. So much good amazing stuff to choose from, that one would be hard-pressed to decide where to spend their hard-earned cash. Two albums that I'm extremely excited about and will surely be picking up at some point this week are Beach House's awe-inspiring third album Teen Dream and The Magnetic Fields' [...]
Expect to enjoy: 2/4 Follow That Bird! (4:30pm) 2/5 Love Collector (12:30pm) 2/5 Wild America (4:30pm) Listen to WOXY here. Visit Love Collector on MySpace. MP3: Love Collector - First 48

Who : Basia Bulat Title : Heart of My Own Label : Rough Trade RIYL : Amy Milan, Julie Doiron, Lavender Diamond, indie rock girls Short Review : Let us assign adjectives to best describe Basia Bulat and her new album. We start with stunning, move quickly to dynamic, and wind our way through startling. There's comparisons to some of her contemporaries over there, and lo and behold we have the folk star of 2010. [...]
... posted on Saturday Via Audio - "Babies" Via Tania - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (Nina Simone cover) (YouSendIt link) The Clientele - "I Wonder Who We Are" , "Harvest Time" (download from the Merge Records website) Iron Age - "Burden of Empire" Follow That Bird - "The Ghosts That Wake You" Love Collector - "First 483 [...]

endet das jahr noch oder beginnt das nächste schon? ich hasse die übergänge. bereits anfang dezember werden die listen an besten alben, songs etc. gefertigt, und ich hocke noch da, um meine zu vervollständigen, hoffe auf den tonträger schlechthin und sinniere über platzierungen und andere ungerechtigkeiten. 2009 hat noch was vor mit uns, da bin ich sicher. listen kommen. aber erst zur rechten zeit. neue single auf labrador , ohne widerhaken, versprochen, und frei!, drei weitere tracks (zum unten aufgeführten) vollenden das werk, für sechs euro: [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Church : "Opposite People" [mp3] from Song Force Crystal other Church posts at Largehearted Boy Decibully : free and legal (pay what you want) World Travels Fast album [mp3] other Decibully posts at Largehearted Boy Elaine Lachica : "Behind My Mind" [...]

Next month Matador Records will be releasing ' Casual Victim Pile ', a compilation album that includes 17 bands from Austin along with another two bands out of Denton. Representing the 512 will be Dikes of Holland , The Distant Seconds , ELVIS , Follow That Bird! , Kingdom of Suicide Lovers , Flesh Lights , The Golden Boys , Harlem , Lost Controls , Love Collector , The No No No Hopes , The Persimmons , The Teeners , The Stuffies , Wild America [...]
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Matador Records - Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 Out 1/26/10 from Matador Love Collector - "First 48" MP3: Follow That Bird! - "The Ghosts That Wake You" Matador revives the concept of the "regional compilation" (their first since 1990's New York Eye & Ear Control ) with this, a CD/2LP collection of bands from Gerard Cosloy's (current) hometown.