Artist: The Higher State

SXSW 2010: The Higher State

Mar 11, 2010, 2:15am Spinner.com

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? [...]

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Two Things…

Mar 24, 2009, 7:02pm Shepizzle

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 [...]

• Anathallo - The River
• The Higher State - Automatic Motion
• White Circle Crime Club - A Real Good Name

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Artist:	Anathallo
Title:	The River
Link Text:	The River by Anathallo
File Name:	the-river.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	The Higher State
Title:	Automatic Motion
Link Text:	Automatic Motion by The Higher State
File Name:	automatic-motion.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	White Circle Crime Club
Title:	A Real Good Name
Link Text:	A Real Good Name by White Circle Crime Club
File Name:	a-real-good-name.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

SXSW 2009: Post Two

Feb 18, 2009, 5:51am Powerpopulist

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

• Fastball - Always Never
• Geeks - GET BACK
• JC & Co. - Wonder
• Light FM - Black Magic Marker
• Magic Christian - All The Stars
• The Asteroid #4 - These Flowers of Ours
• The Blue Aeroplanes - Jacket Hangs
• The Chesterfield Kings - Up And Down
• The Higher State - Automatic Motion
• The Transpersonals - Twenty Twelve
• The Ugly Beats - Take a Stand

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Artist:	Fastball
Title:	Always Never
Link Text:	Always Never
File Name:	Fastball-Always_Never.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	Geeks
Title:	GET BACK
Link Text:	GET BACK
File Name:	Geeks-GET_BACK.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	JC & Co.
Title:	Wonder
Link Text:	Wonder
File Name:	JC__and__Co.-Wonder.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps

Artist:	Light FM
Title:	Black Magic Marker
Link Text:	Black Magic Marker
File Name:	Light_FM-Black_Magic_Marker.mp 3
Bitrate:	64 kbps

Artist:	Magic Christian
Title:	All The Stars
Link Text:	All The Stars
File Name:	Magic_Christian-All_The_Stars. mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps

Artist:	The Asteroid #4
Title:	These Flowers of Ours
Link Text:	These Flowers of Ours
File Name:	The_Asteroid_4-These_Flowers_o f_Ours.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	The Blue Aeroplanes
Title:	Jacket Hangs
Link Text:	Jacket Hangs
File Name:	The_Blue_Aeroplanes-Jacket_Han gs.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	The Chesterfield Kings
Title:	Up And Down
Link Text:	Up And Down
File Name:	The_Chesterfield_Kings-Up_And_ Down.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	The Higher State
Title:	Automatic Motion
Link Text:	Automatic Motion
File Name:	The_Higher_State-Automatic_Mot ion.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	The Transpersonals
Title:	Twenty Twelve
Link Text:	Twenty Twelve
File Name:	The_Transpersonals-Twenty_Twel ve.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	The Ugly Beats
Title:	Take a Stand
Link Text:	Take a Stand
File Name:	The_Ugly_Beats-Take_a_Stand.mp 3
Bitrate:	160 kbps