Phosphorescent, the woodsy and brutally honest project of Brooklyn-by-way-of-Athens-and-Alabama musician Matthew Houck, used the strength of last year's Pride to firmly establish itself as an act to be reckoned with. Combining haunting natural effects and skillful understatement, the album presents an intentionally rough-around-the-edges sound that has drawn complimentary comparisons to everyone from Dylan to Oldham. In advance of Phosphorescent's three SXSW shows, including the Austinist/Gothamist get together on Wednesday, Matthew Houck spoke to us while snowed-in in New York....

While working as the label manager for Misra records, Phil Waldorf released albums by many notable local acts like Centro-matic and Shearwater, not to mention records by Athens mainstays Marshmallow Coast and The Mendoza Line. When Waldorf decided to leave the Misra label to start his own Dead Oceans imprint, he took a few bands with him, including Phosphorescent, another Athens project with a big, country-psychedelic bent. Matthew Houck is the main man behind......

*Photo taken from Phosphorescent's MySpace page* Phosphorescent has always been a favorite of the Austinist, and his show at Emo’s on Saturday night solidified why we love him so. Matthew Houck is touring solo to promote Aw Come Aw Wry, his 2005 release from Austin-based Misra Records. He claims to feel a tad exposed without a band backing him up. It must be especially disconcerting when you are attempting to play over the raucous......

Phosphorescent is the musical experiment of 26-year-old Matthew Houck (pronounced “How-k”) and a rotating cast of musicians from Athens, Georgia. His second full-length album, Aw Come Aw Wry, was just released by Austin’s own Misra Records. Phosphorescent is currently touring with a line-up that includes Houck's friends Nick Cervini (vocals, horns, slide whistle), Jesse Flavin (vocals, bass guitar), Brent Jones (vocals, horns, drums), and Austinite Lynn Boland (horns, keyboard). We caught up with the......

We will give you seven reasons to head over to Emo’s this Friday. 1. It is Loxsly’s CD release show. After becoming a full fledged band over the past year, Loxsly has matured (literally) into quite the local boy band. Cody Ground and his bubble-pop brigade are set to self-release Maps + Organs, which expands on their 2003 Forecast a Brainstorm release which was mostly just Cody messing around with his electro-pop sound. When......