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- Austin's Balmorhea released River's Arms last week, and kicked off their tour here in town. Their tour to support the record will follow the east coast, and land them back here in time for some SXSW gigs. Sample some of the instrumental band's lulling, hypnotic tunes c/o Western Vinyl, and check back here for a full-length review very soon.
- What Made Milwaukee Famous are close to their sophomore effort on Barsuk, What Doesn't Kill Us. After the album's March 4 drop date, the band will take off on a tour to support. They'll conveniently skip SXSW, after showing some local love with a CD release party at Emo's on March 7. If you care to sample a track from the new record, Barsuk has a treat for you: "Resistance St" (mp3).
- Paste Magazine's Caren Kelleher has analyzed the SXSW numbers for us, likening the conference's astounding numbers to an election season. As she notes, there are more participants in this year's event than Republican delegates (1,594 to 1,191). Kelleher also demonstrates (with charts and graphs) that New York (or Brooklyn, or both combined) is not the center of the musical universe. The article is a must-read for anyone in Austin who enjoys the debates about SXSW's credibility, power and influence this time of year.
- Call your friends (in secondary and tertiary markets): Bill Callahan headed out of our fair city last weekend to embark on a tour with another local favorite, Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater. Callahan's supporting band is none other than Meiburg and SW-mate Thor Harris, and Meiburg takes the stage as opener. That's a lot of Meiburg + Callahan ... or is it? Follow the jump for the complete list of tour dates, and hang tight: the closest stop (now that the Beaumont show has passed) is the
El Pasogig on March 2. - While on that subject: Matador reports that "It's all over but the shouting for Shearwater's new album, Rook."
- Weird Weeds are celebrating their new effort, I Miss This this week at the Cactus Cafe on Tuesday, Feb. 26. {{{Sunset}}} (Bill Baird) will support (most likely teasing with songs from his upcoming release, Bright Blue Dream. I Miss This is offered by local label Autobus Records. They're also opening for Drag City's Baby Dee this Thursday at Lambert's. (Thanks to Nick Hennies and our faithful reader for catching the error in the dates!)
- There's a new Spoon video, though it's not nearly as cool as the cool robot or the Austin hipster guestlist spots we've seen for previous releases. The band kept it simple (live + Bon Jovi-style tour footage) for "Don't You Evah" -- in conjunction with Merge's release of the new single. Check it out here.
Callahan + Meiburg Tour Dates:
02-15 Beaumont, TX - Vortex
02-16 Baton Rouge, LA - Chelsea Café
02-17 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
02-18 Hattiesburg, MS - Thirsty Hippo
02-19 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
02-20 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
02-22 St. Augustine, FL - Café Eleven
02-23 Charleston, SC - Village Tavern
02-24 Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
02-25 Atlanta, GA - Red Light Café
02-26 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
02-27 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
02-28 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
02-29 St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill
03-01 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot
03-02 Tulsa, OK - Continental Club
03-04 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
03-06 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room
03-07 Tucson, AZ - Plush
03-08 El Paso, TX - Zeppelin's
What Made Milwaukee Famous:
02-18 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
02-21 Los Angeles, CA - Silverlake Lounge
02-22 Los Angeles, CA - Bordello
02-25 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
02-28 Los Angeles, CA - Silverlake Lounge
03-01 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord
03-07 Austin, TX - Emo's (record release party)
03-10 Atlanta, GA - The Loft at Center Stage
03-12 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar
03-14 New York, NY - The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
03-15 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
03-16 Albany, NY - Jack Rabbit Slim's
03-18 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
03-19 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club
03-21 Columbus, OH - The Basement
03-22 Chicago, IL - Metro
03-23 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
03-25 Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
03-26 Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound
03-28 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
03-29 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
03-30 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
04-03 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
04-04 Hollywood, CA - Avalon
04-05 Phoenix, AZ - The Brickhouse Theater
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The WMMF mp3 link didn't work for me - any chance it has an error?
Try it again, looks like Barsuk slightly changed the URL between yesterday and this morning. Odd, but all fixed now. Thanks for the heads up.
Hi Paige,
I attended the Bill/Jonathan/Thor show in Beaumont and wanted to know if you have more pics posted anywhere...flickr,photobucket,etc?
Nice work on the one you have up in this post.
Thanks!
From the Paste article:
The majority of the artists playing SXSW are from its hometown of Austin. Is this because SXSW is biased towards its own city?
Dear Paste Author,
10.41% of artists are from Austin according to the table you provided. That is not a majority, no matter how hard you try. It is a larger percentage than any other city, but it is still far from a majority.
Oops!
just a minor correction - the weird weeds are playing this thursday, 2/21, at lambert's with baby dee, but their cd release is next tuesday, 2/26, with sunset at the cactus.
Geography lesson: Tulsa is closer to Austin than El Paso by about 130 miles or so.