Results tagged “psychedelicfurs”

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Ola Podrida (Plug Research) David Wingo splits his time between Brooklyn and Austin composing the soundtrack to the Polaroid taking, scarf wearing community of slow-moving coffee sippers and film lovers. Literally. His work with director David Gordan Green (All the Real Girls, Snow Angels) has provided him with an outlet for his soft and subtle odes, but his new project under the name Ola Podrida offers a bit of a broader spectrum, at least...

The Mercers, behind the leadership of frontman Peter Wagner, formed at the beginning of 2006. Wagner and bass player Bryan Ray had previously played in local band Choking Ahogo, but they wanted to change the direction of their sound and lyrical content. Enter keyboardist Will Cornforth, guitarists Erik Ray and Nate De Lacretaz, and the most recent addition, drummer Ethan Herr. The group produces a sound reminiscent of the Doves, Psychedelic Furs and early R.E.M....

The 80's have been coming back to haunt us with reckless abandon. And while leg-warmers and oversized plastic earrings may give us the shivers just a tad, we have found something that reminds us of the 80's that we can fully get behind. We are talking about The Mercers, a new group of some longtime Austin musicians. (A front man for an Austin band actually born in Austin? That's umpossible.) Former front man of...