My man Chuck Loesch from No Control , Austin's metal authority, provided a guest review for us on Austin Vida. Chuck reviewed the new album from Pack of Wolves, Betrayer. If you dig pack of Wolves, check out the interview and live video we captured from their vinyl release show at Red 7. Many thanks to Chuck for what he does not only for metal, but for the Austin Music scene.
You can listen to No Control every Friday at 11 pm to 1 am and to Midnight Metal every night at midnight, of course on 101x.
Austin regular and San Antonio natives, Girl In A Coma, have just come out with their most “Moz” like album I have heard from any modern rock group. Trio B.C., the band’s latest release on Blackheart Records, is already one of the best releases of the summer and is sure to make the top album lists of 2009 come year’s end.
So I was online today looking up some band info for Pack of Wolves, a band I interviewed for Austin Vida recently, because I wanted to see when their next show was. As I was scrolling through their comments and what not, some dude left a video comment on their page. The video was for an Austin metal band called "Set Aflame". Why I felt compelled to watch the video or check it out, I don't know. I'm glad I did because not only was it a cool video, but the song was bad ass. It has been a while since I last discovered a new metal band that I liked. It made me even happier to learn that they were from right here in Austin, Texas. The video s for a song called "Bloodoath". I look forward to hearing more of their music and checking them out live, maybe interviewing them in the future. Who knows? Anyway, check out the video for yourself and form your own opinion. If you aren't into metal or anything hard core, don't bother watching. Thanks for reading anyway.
So I was up late one night and was chatting with a friend about the indie and garage rock scene happening here in Austin. He linked me to some cool YouTube videos of some bands he listened to. The only one that caught my ear was “Morning Light” from a band called Gliss. The song was so amazing that I had to get my hands on the latest Gliss album. Titled Devotion Implosion, it is an indie psychedelic breath of fresh air.
I found this video today when I was searching around for some Jack White stuff on YouTube. It is the country music legends, The Oak Ridge Boys, covering "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes. At first I was like, " You gotta be kidding me". After listening to it, I can't help but dig it a little. It is kind of funny actually. Give it a listen:
Austin Indie band, Quiet Company, has slowly seeped into my Ipod without me knowing. Their latest album, Everyone You Love Will Be Happy Soon, has a little bit of Ben Folds and a hint of Cold War Kids. I am not into either of those bands really, which I was surprised I liked some of what I heard from Quiet Company.
The Pinker Tones are not coming to Austin, Texas ladies and gentleman. On June 6th, Professor Manso and Mister Furia were rumored to be at the Scoot Inn on 1308 E. 4th. The first time I saw them was during SXSW 2007. While this amazing DJ team hails from Barcelona, their music has a large universal appeal. Many of their popular hits are performed in English, such as "Sexy Robot" and "Happy Everywhere". Hipspanics everywhere (hipster+Hispanic) have been getting down with The Pinker Tones for a while now, and it is about time that you get down with them too. The opening act for for the Pinker Tones was supposed to be the talented DJ crew, The Peligrosa All Stars.
Check out these quick videos from The Pinker Tones and see what you think:
The Action Design may be semi new to the scene or unfamiliar by name, but they should be familiar faces. No strangers to the scene, the members of The Action Design have come from previously successful bands: Tsunami Bomb, Pipedown and The Rum Diary. As sad as I was to see those groups break up, I couldn’t be happier about the formation of The Action Design. Emily Whitehurst (formerly “Agent M”) is one of the best vocalists to grace the mircophone ever. After the break up of Tsunami Bomb, I was sure I’d see her doing something again soon. She teamed up with former Tsunami Bomb bassist, Matt Mckenzie. They later recruited Jaycen McKissick and Jake Krohn to join them. Their electro, punk snyth style is sure to turn heads and get the kids (old and young) dancing.
I first saw The Action Design play at Red 7 last year with Killola and local punk rock favorite’s of mine, Under The Gun. This year, The Action Design played SXSW for the first time. None of the members had ever done the whole South By thing before (according to Emily), not even with Tsunami Bomb. I also saw them in January at Emo’s. As you can see, Austin is a favorite of The Action Design. Fans in Austin can probably spot them eating fish tacos when in town. I caught up with them recently to talk about touring, getting past previous band associations, influences and loving Britney Spears.
Ian is a graduate of Round Rock High School and attended St Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. In 2008 he joined the team at Double Stereo (formerly CD Fuse) as their Blog editor where he reviewed concerts, albums, and did interviews for the popular music site.In January 2009, he became the Editor in Chief for Austin Vida. In 2010, with the help of some of his most talented friends, he launched Red River Noise. "Ian's Music Blog" is also one of the few blogs selected to be a Do512 All-Star.
On any given night of the week he can be found in downtown Austin on 6th Street and the Red River live music district.
My man Chuck Loesch from No Control , Austin's metal authority, provided a guest review for us on Austin Vida. Chuck reviewed the new album from Pack of Wolves, Betrayer. If you dig pack of Wolves, check out the interview and live video we captured from their vinyl release show at Red 7. Many thanks to Chuck for what he does not only for metal, but for the Austin Music scene.
