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Le Diamant Brut: Thomas Function & Hogeye
What’s the Deal: They’re a bouncy rock and roll four-piece full of energy and that extra somethin’ special from Huntsville, Alabama. They played South by Southwest this year to less-than-impressive crowds, which is not a testament to their music but instead says something about everyone’s willingness to seek out new music on their own. They are the perfect band to snap you out of that South by funk that all too often takes root in the final laps. With their guitar/bass/drums/organ setup pumping out a sound that’s built of punk, blues, garage, pop and other, you’d have to be as cold as a corpse to not find something there to rattle your bones.
You can find the group’s releases on Fat Possum and Alive Records. “Can’t Say No” from their LP Celebration! Is a stomp and shake-down tune with a thick, poppy chorus standing waist-high in some punk riffs, a shimmying beat and tambourine hiss. “Belly of the Beast” from their Fat Possum 7” of the same name is a slow-dancer with a chorus of “ahh”s and “whoa”s in the background of an infecting beat, some light key tinkering and bright guitar chimes.
Something Interesting: they’re wrapping up an overseas tour this month, which will end with a performance in Zeeland. Geography lesson anyone? The next show after that is in Atlanta, Georgia, talk about a culture shock.
Other Tracks Worth Checking Out: “2012 Blues”
What’s the Deal: There’s a familiar sound coming from Flipnotics on Barton Springs in Austin some Wednesday evenings. Well, it’s a familiar sound to Civil War history buffs, people who paid attention in Gettysburg and anyone with a time machine. They have a very rootsy, emotional and historically transcendent sound. They don’t have any vocals; there’s no need for them. It’s just the screech and harmony of violins along with the pluck of the banjo and guitar that fuels this locomotive chugging along deep in the heart of dixie. Hogeye - Howard Rains, Posey McCoullough, Joe Dobbs, Ethan Azarian - are a great out-of-the-norm musical treat for Austinites.
“Five Miles From Town” is one of their fuller numbers played at a very steady, knee-slapping pace that conjures images of a time when creative facial hair was the trend and leisurely cruises on the river on a makeshift raft didn’t seem insane.
Something Interesting: Little information exists on these guys other than a few tracks on their less-than-informative MySpace. If you want to hear more or inquire about recordings, you should head down to Flipnotics at 8pm on Wednesday, April 29th.
Other Tracks Worth Checking Out: “Getting Upstairs” and “Rock Andy”
