Blog: Cannibal Cheerleader

NEW MY MORNING JACKET VIDEOS Hey all, sorry about the late update (computer troubles again!) but today will knock your socks off. We not only have the new official music video for My Morning Jacket's first single off of Evil Urges "I'm Amazed", but we have the premiere of the Evil Urges EPK video on which yours truly helped. That's right, check out the concert footage in the first video - I'm behind the camera in front of the stage. Here are [...]

NEW FACELESS WEREWOLVES VIDEOS The Faceless Werewolves performed at Emo's last Thursday and who was there but your trusty Cannibal Cheerleader, camera in tow. Here are a few videos from the night that confirm what astute listeners already know: when it comes to garage-rock in Austin, the Faceless Werewolves are the head of the pack. The Faceless Werewolves - "Couldn't Believe It Blues" [...]

NEW RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS SONGS/VIDEOS Today's recurrent theme seems to be bands that one can devote their entire lives to, starting of course with Austin punk giants the Riverboat Gamblers , who just played their first show in Austin in six months this past Saturday at Red 7. Of course Cannibal Cheerleader was there camera in hand and once again the Gamblers put on a fantastic set fitting of the greatest live punk act this reporter has ever seen. Lofty praise maybe but it only seems fitting for a band [...]

TRYOUTS - BODIES OF WATER's A CERTAIN FEELING We're introducing a new feature here at Cannibal Cheerleader called 'Tryouts' where we get an album before its released and pre-evaluate it to see if the LP 'makes the team'. Today we've got a trio of new entries so let's start with LA's Bodies of Water , a much-blogged about four-piece of much-lauded instrumentation and modernist leanings. Let me just say, if you buy one album of nature poetry and bizarre string parts let it be [...]

SHEARWATER IN AUSTIN Thanks to the Austinist for hitting up the Shearwater show at the Parish last Thursday, as we here at Cannibal Cheerleader found ourselves recording the Faceless Werewolves at Emo's (video of the FW and the Riverboat Gamblers from their Saturday show at Red 7 will be up this week!). Nonetheless it appears the Austinist has given once again excellent coverage to an excellent band whose sophomore LP Rook will be out tomorrow. Check [...]

BEACH HOUSE IN NORWAY It's no surprise that Dallas, Texas' Beach House's second LP Devotion which came out at the beginning of the year still receives spins on a regular basis here at the Cannibal Cheerleader headquarters. A collection of some of the best dream-pop in ages, Beach House is really coming into their own and Devotion remains one of our favorite releases of the year. Recently the band traveled through Norway by train and were apparently [...]

FACELESS WEREWOLVES AT EMO'S Running out the door right now, but here's the flier for the Faceless Werewolves show at Emo's tonight. You know we'll be there!!

SUBMARINES/HEADLIGHTS TOUR THROUGH AUSTIN (that picture above is the Submarines, this picture below is Headlights) Add 6/13 to our summer tour list because Cannibal Cheerleader definitely wants to attend the double-header of Headlights and the Submarines at Emo's that day. An indie-pop love-fest the likes of which may never be seen again (seriously, go to this show and you'll experience a spiritual Nirvana), this show promises to be fantastic. Hit up each band's Myspace [...]

GIANT DRAG RELEASING NEW EP According to the Giant Drag website , Annie Hardy of our favorite My Bloody Valentine-referencing, shoegazey, post-punk solo/duo band will be recording a new, as of yet untitled EP. The tracklist will include live favorites such as "Swan Song" and "White Baby" as well as tracks "Heart Carl" and "Stuff to Live For". This is a welcome change for Hardy who was unceremoniously dropped from Interscope following her first awesome LP Hearts and Unicorns . Hardy and other GD contributors are [...]

SPIDERHOUSE ON SUNDAY Quickie here, some absolutely awesome Austin bands ( Faceless Werewolves , the Black , and Toko-Ri Get High amongst others) will be playing a late-night set at Spiderhouse from apparently 2am Sunday to 2pm. Check that shit out! Have a good Memorial Day weekend everyone!

RILO KILEY PLAYING STUBB'S JUNE 16TH Quite a birthday bash we had last night, thanks to all who came! In celebration of the 'morning-after' feeling here's a reminder: Rilo Kiley will be playing Stubb's on Monday June 16th as the last stop of their Under the Blacklight tour. You know we'll be there, blogging hats on! Here's a proper hangover tune from RK: Rilo Kiley - "The Angels Hung Around" ****************************** ****************************** ******** BE [...]

BE YOUR OWN PET RELEASE 3-SONG EP Remember when we told you earlier in the week that there was no news on that 3-song EP featuring the tracks that were left off the US version of Be Your Own Pet's sophomore LP Get Awkward because of a record label dispute? Well turns out there IS news and it's in the form of Get Damaged , an EP (or two 7" records) that feature all three missing songs ("Becky", "Blow Your Mind", [...]

THE 'CRYSTAL THEFT' CONTROVERSY There appears to be growing controversy around the suspicion that Cannibal Cheerleader favorite Crystal Castles have not properly credited some artists in the "chiptune" community after sampling their songs for such songs as "Insecticon", "Mother Knows Best", and "Love and Caring". Here are some links to articles that detail the specifics here , here , and here . Here is a quick video trying to make the case that "Insecticon" (a tune which can be found [...]

BEHIND THE SCENES OF BE YOUR OWN PET If you don't already know that Be Your Own Pet is swiftly becoming one of our favorite bands, you haven't been paying attention to our endless lauding of what was last Thursday's fantastic show at Stubb's . Surfing the Nylon Magazine tour site we came across the BYOP Blog for the days leading up to the show. Events include an impromptu haircut for Jemina Pearl (gotta love her Friday the 13th tattoo [...]

PINK NASTY LIVE AT MOHAWK Pink Nasty's show Saturday night at the Mohawk was sadly, sparsely attended. However, that didn't stop PN and her excellent backing band from delivering the hits, from Mold the Gold favorites like "Away Message" to new tracks like the garage-rock goodness of "Curses". Sounding more like an alt-country songstress than her lo-fi recordings give her credit for, Pink Nasty was in rare form and definitely deserves all the attention she gets in Austin. Look her up now folks [...]

BE YOUR OWN PET LIVE IN AUSTIN With a playlist cut mainly from their excellent sophomore LP Get Awkward , Nashville's Be Your Own Pet ripped Austin a new one last night at Stubb's. Their wiry punk instrumentation took great liberties with the venue's sound system, morphing their jangly high-school vignettes into wall-of-sound monsters of terror and woe. The last time I saw these guys was in 2006 at Emo's here in Austin and while the crowds have certainly gotten bigger the band's sound has [...]

CRYSTAL CASTLES' REMIXES/B-SIDES Here's a new remix of Crystal Castles ' standout "Vanished" from their eponymous debut. Also, here's an mp3 of the bside for their newest single "Courtship Dating". Check em out! Crystal Castles - "Vanished (Epic Win Remix)" Crystal Castles - "Trash Hologram" ****************************** ****************************** ******** JESSE LACEY TO PERFORM SOLO IN AUSTIN That's right, according to this article [...]