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Bro Fest 2011: Bill Baird & Blank Fritz, Yesway, Range of Light Wilderness [Show Preview]

Bro Fest 2011: Bill Baird & Blank Fritz, Yesway, Range of Light Wilderness [Show Preview]

East Austin auteur Bill Baird has been a fixture in our city for quite some time, notably within the rotating cast of Sunset and the long-ago pop machinations of Sound Team. Composing and producing recordings under his simple moniker, which range from psychedelic minimalist landscapes to wry folk implosiveness, Baird has been quite busy in the warm confines of Baby Blue Studios day in and day out, with the results to be self-released on a limited edition LP in the coming weeks as Goodbye Vibrations. more ›

"I Don't Have a Mane" CD Release/Austin Bat Cave Fundraiser!

"I Don't Have a Mane" CD Release/Austin Bat Cave Fundraiser!

The admirable nonprofit Austin Bat Cave, which is responsible both for awesome readings in town as well as for hosting amazing youth writing workshops, needs your help. more ›

The Lost Tribes: A Guide to Austin Music [Album Review]

The Lost Tribes: A Guide to Austin Music [Album Review]

Investing a little time to check out this compilation should be a no-brainer. You can download it for free (link below) and it’s full of local Austin talent. These fifteen tracks, half of which were previously unreleased, were curated by Nick Cornetti of the Pau Wau collective and paired with a limited edition zine distributed during SXSW to help get the artists recognized. more ›

Food: Dish Of The Week - Soleil's Smoked Mussles

Food: Dish Of The Week - Soleil's Smoked Mussles

Lake Travis' newest restaurant (located a stone's throw from the Oasis) serves diners a picturesque view and delicious Mediterranean and Italian dishes. more ›

Local Music is Sexy Preview: Bill Baird on Getting Slapped by the Velvet Glove

Local Music is Sexy Preview: Bill Baird on Getting Slapped by the Velvet Glove

In advance of what is to be another mind-blowing installment of Local Music Is Sexy at the Mohawk, we tracked down a few of the artists playing and asked them to write a letter to Austin, Texas at large. In this installment we hear from Sunset's Bill Baird, who likens his love for this city to pleasurable pain. more ›

Music Review: Sunset - Loveshines but the Moon is Shining Too

Music Review: Sunset - Loveshines but the Moon is Shining Too

Though Baird has long worn his influences clearly, Loveshines moves beyond laundry lists to something quite individual. Sure, one can make a case for indebtedness to bubbly psych of decades past, but the songwriting and composition are very much Sunset's own. more ›

TV Torso at Emo's [Show Preview]

TV Torso at Emo's [Show Preview]

The dissolution of Sound Team in 2007 - one of the more promising Austin acts in recent memory - had a silver lining. The two principal forces behind the band (Bill Baird and Matt Oliver) may have parted company, but that means fans get double the amount of music from these immensely talented songwriters. Baird releases albums at a steady clip under the moniker Sunset, while Oliver heads up TV Torso with the help of former Sound Team drummer Jordan Johns and new recruit Jimmy Rhea on bass. more ›

Sunset Prepping Release of <em>Loveshines...</em>

Sunset Prepping Release of Loveshines...

Bill Baird doesn't stay quiet for long. Just when you think he might be taking some kind of break, he resurfaces and you realize he's actually been very hard at work somewhere on new material, be it music or writing. more ›

Reviewed: Sleep Good - <em>Skyclimber</em>

Reviewed: Sleep Good - Skyclimber

Sleep Good is mostly the nom-de-plume of one Will Patterson, who has been a consistent force in local motorik-pop outfits Sunset and Sound Team. Now, with a fourth album under his belt (the previous installments have been cassette or CD-R releases) and accompaniment by a regular supporting cast, at the very least it's no longer a "side project." more ›

Preview: Austin Bat Cave Benefit at Club de Ville

Preview: Austin Bat Cave Benefit at Club de Ville

This Saturday, Austin Bat Cave, a non-profit writing and tutoring center for kids that always seems to be up to something cool, is putting on a benefit concert at Club de Ville called "Beautiful Riff Raff." The show will feature Austin performers Sunset, Built By Snow, The Eastern Sea, and Neiliyo. more ›

Album Review: The Alchemy of Sunset's 'Gold Dissolves to Gray'

Listening to Sunset’s Gold Dissolves To Gray, the fourth full-length album from Austin’s Bill Baird, invites to mind that brilliant line from Noah Baumbach’s Kicking and Screaming: “I’m nostalgic for conversations I had yesterday.” The best thing this effort has to offer is its terrifically timely and magnetic aesthetic of nostalgia for the new. At its high points, Baird seamlessly cobbles together a fresh sound that is both reminiscent (of 60s glam and 70s psychedelia) and of-the-moment, nodding to albums like Department of Eagles’ In Ear Park, dating all the way back to last year. (But yes, we were missing it already.) more ›

Sunset, More at Baby Blue

Sunset are one of the busiest bands in Austin, so it's no surprise that they're continuing to host shows at their east side studio Baby Blue and have a new release planned for the near future - an album entitled Gold Dissolves to Gray out on Autobus records. According to the band's blog, a vinyl form of the album (with a cd version included) will see release on November 24th. more ›

Music News & Notes: Peek-A-Boo, Dart & Free Press

Music News & Notes: Peek-A-Boo, Dart & Free Press

Austin's Peek-A-Boo records is prepping Octopus Project's upcoming Golden Beds release, due this week. Peel is getting ready for a hiatus due to Josh Permenter's move to San Fransisco, so July 31 will be your last chance to see them for a spell. Supported by {{{Sunset}}} and Little Stolen Moments, they'll perform at Baby Blue studios around 9 p.m. more ›

{{{Sunset}}} Shine With Harmony at Emos [Tonight]

{{{Sunset}}} Shine With Harmony at Emos [Tonight]

Hearty and full of camp fire-y goodness, {{{Sunset}}} will take the inside stage at Emo's tonight. The band is the brain child of Bill Baird, who has been performing and recording under the name Sunset and other variations (adding and subtracting the {{{}}} thingies) since 2006. more ›

The Great Nostalgic: Review and Show Preview [Go For Free]

The Great Nostalgic: Review and Show Preview [Go For Free]

After leaving The Laughing to pursue his own project, Abram Shook took his music in a different direction but kept his original intentions while switching focus. more ›

ATX Emerge at The Mohawk on Saturday

ATX Emerge at The Mohawk on Saturday

The Integrated Media Community, a "collective group of Austin-based film, music, interactive and arts professionals working to create a sustainable media economy in Austin, Texas," is throwing their second annual ATX Emerge party, which combine the talents of local filmmakers, artists and musicians. Tomorrow evening's party at the Mohawk features Belaire, Brazos, Foot Patrol, Freshmillions, Harlem, Sunset, The White White Lights, Ume, Zeale, and DJ Blissom. They'll also have a media room set up where you can see new video game and film work being presented. The event is free, but an RSVP (see box) is required. more ›

The Daily Photoist: March 9, 2009

The Daily Photoist: March 9, 2009

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos (min 600px width) by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

The Daily Photoist: March 6, 2009

The Daily Photoist: March 6, 2009

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos (min 600px width) by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

The Daily Photoist: February 19, 2009

The Daily Photoist: February 19, 2009

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos (min 600px width) by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

Celebrate YouTube's 4th B-day with the Church of the Friendly Ghost

Celebrate YouTube's 4th B-day with the Church of the Friendly Ghost

Has it really been four years since those first tedious video diaries, clips of theremin-playing kitties and bootlegged SNL sketches began showing up en masse online? YouTube, you have changed our lives, from expanding our minds to insulting our intelligence. more ›

Autobus Announces SXSW Showcase

Autobus Announces SXSW Showcase

>Local label Autobus records, who grabbed our attention this year with quite a few impressive releases, have announced their official SXSW Showcase for Wednesday, March 18th at the Hideout on 6th and Congress. While usually a venue for improv comedy and that sort of thing, the Hideout is surprisingly adaptable to live music, as attendees of the 2006 Orange Twin showcase (or subsequent SXSW showcases) can attest. more ›

Austinist's Dark Horses: The Best Overlooked Albums of 2008

Austinist's Dark Horses: The Best Overlooked Albums of 2008

While the steady hand of democracy steers most end-of-year best of lists towards not only the very good but also the very well known, we here at the Austinist feels it's important to give a little face time to the lesser knowns, especially now that 2009 has closed the door on that last year that happened, whatever it was called. So while we were plenty pleased with our own official list, we thought it important to take note of those albums that shook us this year, even if they didn't make it through the primaries--let's consider them the Dennis Kuciniches and Mike Gravels of the race, if only those guys were any good. As a result, this list is unnumbered, obscure, sometimes strange, and features those underexposed greats that shouldn't be forgotten even though the calendar's turned. more ›

Ask a Local: Bill Baird

Ask a Local: Bill Baird

Next we have Bill Baird, the extremely prolific frontman of Sunset who talked with us about his favorite listening experiences of the year. In between releasing two albums, a cassette, and working on a disc of covers, somehow Baird did have the chance to indulge in music that wasn't his, which ranged from an output by a former member of his old Tonewheel Collective to Axl Rose's much-anticipated ProTools exercise Chinese Democracy. more ›

Music News & Notes: Pop Unknown, Baird on Bob, NYE & More

Music News & Notes: Pop Unknown, Baird on Bob, NYE & More

Legendary folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens will be performing two shows in Austin on January 16th. For tickets and more information, visit One World Theatre's Web site. more ›

Preview: Mellow Owl, {{{Sunset}}}, more at Creekside Lounge

Preview: Mellow Owl, {{{Sunset}}}, more at Creekside Lounge

Tonight is a big night for the Creekside Lounge, an atypical venue for theater or music or anything but drunken babble, though this evening they'll have all three available. First, Gorilla Man will be performed at 7:30, and after that, some of Austin's best home-grown folk/rock will take the stage. more ›

The Daily Photoist: November 19, 2008

The Daily Photoist: November 19, 2008

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos (min 600px width) by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

The Daily Photoist: November 7, 2008

The Daily Photoist: November 7, 2008

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos (min 600px width) by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

KVRX Back-To-School Extravaganza!

KVRX Back-To-School Extravaganza!

So our friends over at kvrx.org have put together a stellar lineup of local bands for their nth annual Back-To-School Extravaganza... more ›

Daily Photoist: August 28, 2008

Daily Photoist: August 28, 2008

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

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