Filed under: Concerts and Tours The Higher State are seemingly one of the best kept secrets within the retro music scene, and being signed to a Texas label, SXSW seems the perfect place to show off their Byrds -tinged garage-fuzz psych-outs. With two full length releases under their belt and a sound as recognisable as it is infectious, Spinner asked vocalist and founding member Martin Ratcliffe about his band. How did your band form and can you describe your sound? [...]
First, this Dananananaykroyd video is the shiz. The track is called "Black Wax". Nextly, if you haven't dl'ed the SXSW torrents, you should do so. NOW! I've been going through this stuff for the past few weeks and some of it is just awesome. Here are a few tracks to give you a [...]
We continue with more of our favorite bands appearing at this year's South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. The full schedule of showcases is here. More such posts will appear here at Powerpopulist in the coming days. Previous SXSW posts, with lots of mp3s, can be found here.A Mix of Known & New (to Me)The Asteroid #4 - These Flowers of Ours mp3The Transpersonals - Twenty Twelve mp3Magic