Twin Shadow Announces 2012 North American Tour Dates :: w/ Austin date (Mohawk)

A week ago today, Twin Shadow released his new single "Five Seconds" (which is awesome btw) and now we get tour dates. We're super excited as always that Austin is on the schedule! Mark your calendars for Friday, Septemeber 14th at Mohawk. Tickets ($18) go sale this Friday @ 10am and can be purchased here. However, if you must get your tickets now, the Twin Shadow site is offering advanced tickets through the Ton Up Tour page that also entitles you to an exclusive Twin Shadow t-shirt illustrated (the artwork is shown up above) by Gianmarco Magnani with tour dates on the back.

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2012 North American Tour Dates:
07/27 - Boston, MA @ Paradise
07/28 - Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
07/30 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
08/01 - Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom - Pike Room
08/04 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/06 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
08/08 - Winnipeg, MB @ Pyramid Cabaret
08/10 - Calgary, AB @ Saits The Gateway
08/11 - Vancouver, BC @ VENUE
08/14 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
08/16 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
08/18 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho Restaurant & Music Club
08/22 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
08/24 - Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door
09/04 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
09/05 - El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
09/07 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
09/08 - Omaha, NE @ Waiting Room
09/09 - Lawrence, KS @ The Granada Theatre
09/11 - Norman, OK @ Opolis
09/13 - Dallas, TX @ Trees
09/14 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk [Purchase Tickets] $18
09/16 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds
09/17 - McAllen, TX @ Cine El Rey
09/18 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree
09/19 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
09/21 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
09/23 - Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle
09/24 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
09/25 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
09/27 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall

Pachanga Fest 2012 Announced | May 11 & 12 at Fiesta Gardens

Today, the Pachanga Latino Music Festival, the Latin-themed music, cultural arts and food festival, announced the initial music lineup for the 2012 festival. 19-time Latin Grammy and double Grammy Winners Calle 13 will perform for the first time in Austin as headliners for the inaugural Friday night show of the festival in partnership with local indie promoters Knuckle Rumbler.

The festival will be held at Fiesta Gardens in Austin, TX on Friday, May 11and Saturday, May 12. Saturday will feature International, national and local favorites Los Lonely Boys, Chico Trujillos, Ana Tijoux, Alejandro Escovedo, Forro in the Dark, Ruben Ramos and The Mexican Revolution, La Santa Cecilia, Girl In A Coma as well as Niños Rock Pachanga, the hands-on kids festival. “We are thrilled to bring one of the biggest Latin music acts Calle 13 to Austin for the first time,” says founder Rich Garza. “Every act on this bill is amazing, and I know I say every year this is the best year, but this is the best year.”

2012 INITIAL LINEUP:
Calle 13 (Puerto Rico)
Los Lonely Boys (San Angelo)
Chico Trujillo (Chile)
Ana Tijoux (Chile)
Forro in the Dark (Brazil/NYC)
Alejandro Escovedo (Austin)
Ruben Ramos and the Mexican Revolution (Austin)
Davíd Garza (Austin) Brownout (Austin)
Girl in a Coma (San Antonio)
La Santa Cecilia (Los Angeles)
Gustavo Galindo (Los Angeles)
Maneja Beto (Austin)
Outernational (New York)
Umano Ache (Laredo, TX)
Anthropos Musicians Collective (Austin)
MORE TO COME…

The Pachanga lineup includes rock, alternative, tejano, mariachi, cumbia, salsa, electronic, funk, hip-hop and indie rock with one singular theme, the sound is brown. A limited number of “Pachanga Ganga” early bird two-day and single day tickets are on sale at www.pachangafest.com.

“Pachanga Ganga” two-day ticket packages are available now for $45 ($60 day of show) and include entrance to both Calle 13 on Friday night and the fiesta all day Saturday. “Pachanga Ganga” single Friday night Calle 13 tickets are $33 ($43 day of show) and single day Saturday tickets are $15 ($25 day of show) while supplies last or through April 15. VIP tickets are available Saturday ONLY and are $45 for the early bird ($65 day of show) and include air conditioning, indoor restrooms, limited complimentary alcoholic beverages and unlimited non-alcoholic beverages as well as tastings from Austin’s favorite Latina restaurants including Takoba and Papitino’s.

Tickets are on sale at pachangafest.com and jivetickets.com. A portion of all proceeds will benefit the FuturoFund Austin.

Last Night: Ultra8201 Turns Six at Swan Dive

Photos courtesy of Miguel Angel at ULOVEI.com
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Real Estate Announce 2012 U.S. Spring Tour :: w/ Austin date (Mohawk)

In two months time Real Estate will be hitting the road for a Spring tour. I don't believe we've caught them in concert yet, but lucky for us, they'll be stopping by here in Austin on Wednesday, April 11th. Tickets are already on sale for the show for the low, low price of $13. Seriously a steal! Purchase them here.

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Real Estate 2012 U.S. Spring Tour Dates:
04/03 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
04/04 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
04/05 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
04/06 - Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Presents at Lincoln Theatre
04/07 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
04/08 - Oxford, MS @ Cats Purring Dude Ranch
04/09 - Little Rock, AR @ Rev Room
04/10 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
04/11 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk [Purchase Tickets] $13
04/13 - Indio, CA @ Coachella
04/20 - Seattle, WA @ The Neptune
04/22 - Indio, CA @ Coachella
04/23 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst Atrium
04/24 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/25 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project
04/26 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
04/27 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
04/28 - Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
04/29 - St. Louis, MO @ Plush
04/30 - Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
05/01 - Harrisburg, PA @ Appalachian Brewing Co.

(Photo Cred: Steve Louie)

Music: Motel Aviv | "Sideways"

Austin band Motel Aviv is set to release their latest 5 track EP by releasing a track a week starting with the song "Sideways" which you can stream now. Keep an eye out here and on Motel Aviv's SoundCloud profile to listen to the tracks.

[Motel Aviv on Sound Cloud]

Austin Free Week 2012

Happy 2012! The first week of the new year means one thing in Austin. That it's time for Austin FREE WEEK! What started out as a small showcase of free shows along Red River has exploded to a full blown event that takes place all over town. Below is the full listing of shows going on around town along with some of our picks as the "must see" shows of the week. We are also proud to have teamed up with Austin Vida, Red River Noise, SATX Music, and Pachanga Music Festival for the Austin "Indie Latino" Showcase on Thursday January 5th at Frank. More details on that show can be found [HERE]. Everything is FREE so there is no excuse to stay home so get out there, support local music and use that money you saved on cover to tip your bartender.

Monday | January 2nd 

Mohawk Indoor - The Eastern Sea, Danny Malone , Federal State Local and My Golden Calf (Presented by Vagabond Collective)
Beauty Bar - JD Clark, Hello Caller, The Awkward Robot and Loblolly Boy
Red 7 Outdoor - Mr Lewis and the Funeral 5, Automusik, Starlings TN, mandible and Moonlight Towers
ND - Western Tink & Beautiful Lou, Damaged Good$, Curbside Jones, Pac Boi Tank, H+ (DJ Set)
Swan Dive - The Soapbox Spellbinders, The White White Lights, Little Radar and Royal Forest (presented by Austin Writes Music and Cool In Austin) [RECOMMENDED]

Tuesday | January 3rd

Mohawk Outdoor - Crooks, Guns of Navarone, Whiskey Shivers (Presented by Giant Steps Productions) [RECOMMENDED]
Mohawk Indoor - Mike & the Moonpies, Frank Smith, Franny & Zooey, The Blind Pets and Mockingbird Loyals (Presented by Giant Steps Productions)
Red 7 Indoor - Bike Problems, The Gary, The Midgetmen, Blistering Speeds and Killdeer
Red 7 Outdoor - Floating Holidays, Rings Band, Necklace of Heads, Scorpion Child and Hour Band
Beauty Bar - Zlam Dunk, Boyfrndz, Sphynx, Sip Sip, Click Clack and Major Major Major [RECOMMENDED]
ND - Mary Ann &The Revival Band, Shakey Graves, Wild Child, Chase Weinacht (Marmalakes), Lonesome Heroes, Amy Annelle & the True Vine, The Duqaines
North Door - Spin & Tonic with Mike G
Swan Dive - Maneja Beto, Este Vato, Manzanas Malas and Son De Rey (presented by Austin Vida) Hotel Vegas - The Ripe, The Nouns, Bobby Jealousy and Kay Leotard
Skinny's Ballroom - Leatherbag, Mayeux and Broussard, Tarred and Feathered and Bob Hoffnar
Club Deville - Excited States, The Dalles and Teen Noir
Beerland - Coma in Algiers, St 37, Air traffic Contollers and Rhett and Dean
29th Street Ballroom - Lonesome Heroes and Bitter Birds
Scoot Inn - Downfall of Gaia, Vestiges, Dead To A Dying World and Boars

Wednesday | January 4th

Mohawk Outdoor - 10YR (DMadness + Yadira Brown), Ton Tons w/ DJ Rapid Ric and DJ Orion (Presented by Austin Surreal and Proper Entertainment) [RECOMMENDED]
Mohawk Indoor - Killa Kyleon, Gerald G, Worldwide (Presented by Austin Surreal and Proper Entertainment)
Red 7 Outdoor - Sober Daze, The Sweethearts, Piñata Protest, Heather Go Psycho and Mariachis Del Infierno (Presented by Austin Vida)
Beauty Bar - Look Mexico, Little Lo, Buxton, Tactics and Slash Future
ND - The Rocketboys, Shivery Shakes and The Coast of Nebraska
North Door - T-Bird (of T Bird and the Breaks) DJ set
Antones - Equals, Stereo Is A Lie, Boyfrndz and Residual Kid (Presented by Loyalty Firm) [RECOMMENDED]
Hotel Vegas - Hour Band, The trim, Flemish Giant and Liars and Saints
Beerland - Quin Davis, The Zoltars, Dave Israel and Greg Enlow
29th Street Ballroom - Literature, Wiretree, Milk Thistle and No Mas Bodas (presented by Austinist)
Frock On Vintage - The Boxing Lesson and The Hi-Tones (3016 Guadalupe Street)
Skinny's Ballroom - Graham Wilkinson, Thomas Champagne, J Molin
Scoot Inn - Yer Heart!, Madeline Ava and Mitch The Champ

Thursday | January 5th

Mohawk Outdoor - Maneja Beto, Lemurs and My Education [RECOMMENDED]
Mohawk Indoor - BOY, Daniel Francis Doyle, The Sour Notes, One Hundred Flowers and Burgess Meredith
Red 7 Indoor - Grand Champeen, A Giant Do, Elvis, Wes Coleman and Grape St.
Red 7 Outdoor - Hard Proof Afrobeat, Hundred Visions, Smoke and Feathers, Zlam Dunk, East Cameron Folkcore and Kay Leotard (Presented by From The Mind Of Adi & Austin Music Weekly) [RECOMMENDED]
Beauty Bar - The Mole People, The Couch, The Baker Family, The Nouns and The NYC Queens (Houston) Presented by Eye in the Sky Collective
ND - Feathers, Ricky Jean Francois, Distance Runner and Reaganometry
North Door - CLIMACK: Exploded Drawing DJ Series
Frank - Austin Vida "Indie Latino" Showcase - Politics, Pop Pistol, Vinyl Dharma and Friday Avenue [RECOMMENDED + SPONSORED]
Antones - Oh No Oh My, Leslie Sisson and The Frank Mustard
Stubbs - The White White Lights, Black Books, Les Rav and The Clouds Are Ghosts [RECOMMENDED]
Swan Dive - The Boxing Lesson, New Roman Times, Megafauna and The Couch [RECOMMENDED]
Hotel Vegas - Coma In Algiers, Bloody Knives and Chainbow
29th Street Ballroom - The Energy, The Gospel Truth, Cruddy, The Best, Nazi Gold
Skinny's Ballroom - Lord Buffalo, Salesman, Little Radar and Soup
Scoot Inn - Cabra, We'll Go Machete and Tow The Line

Friday | January 6th

Mohawk Outdoor - Calm Blue Sea, Missions, Clouds Are Ghosts and Octopus Project DJs, Presented by Lucy The Poodle Productions and Switched On
Mohawk Indoor - Total Unicorn, How I Quit Crack, Technicolor Hearts and Silent Diane, Presented by Lucy The Poodle Productions and Switched On
Red 7 Outdoor - Eagle Claw, Fleshlights, Woodgrain, Not In The Face, Dikes Of Holland and Este Vato
Red 7 Indoor - Church of the Divine Spirits, The Smites (Smiths), Yuppie Pricks (Sex Pistols), Germ Free Adolescents (X Ray Spex) Jesus Christ Superfly (American Hardcore) and Scary Mondelos (Social Distortion) Beauty Bar – Brownout, Roxy Roca, Bangaar, Gobi and Bulletproof Tiger
ND - The Boxing Lesson, Politics, (boy + kite) and Flemish Giant [RECOMMENDED]
Emo's - Quiet Company, My Education, Follow That Bird, Speak and Oh Look Out (Presented by Loyalty Firm)
North Door - DJ Kon Karne
Antones - Phranchyze, Zapata and The Hour Band
Stubbs - Chris Perez Band, Maneja Beto, Vitera and Kalua (presented by Austin Vida)
Scoot Inn - La Snacks, Markov, Skyscratchers and Trip Crystals
Hotel Vegas - The Blind Pets, Amplified Heat, Scorpion Child and The Red 100's
Frank - The Soldier Thread, Stereo Is a Lie, The Baker Family and December Boys [RECOMMENDED]
Cheer Up Charlies - Sundress, Whalers, The Magnificent Snails (Tour Kick Off) and Sweet Nuthin
Beerland - OBN III's, Pharoahs, Golden Boys and Church Shoes
Club Deville - Equals, Sorne, Bali Yaaah and Limb [RECOMMENDED]
Skinny's Ballroom - Kay  Leotard, Schmillion, World Racketeering Squad and The Scarlet Effect

Saturday | January 7th

Mohawk Outdoor - Special Guest, The Hi-Tones, Boxing Lesson and The Midwives [RECOMMENDED]
Mohawk Indoor - OBN III’s, Grape St, A Giant Dog, Ghostknife, Shivery Shakes and DJ Richard Henry
Red 7 Indoor - Lower Class Brats, Black Irish, Night Siege, Jensen Eyes and The Boiling Sea
Red 7 Outdoor - Dixie Witch, Tia Carrera, Wo Fat, OMGWTFBBQ and Mindless
Beauty Bar - Ringo Deathstarr, Sundress, The Clouds Are Ghosts, Ishi, My Education, Black Books, Bali Yaaah, Stukenberg, Presented by Lucy The Poodle Productions [RECOMMENDED]
ND - Salesman + Baker Family, Whalers and The Saddle
North Door - DJ Chorizo Funk
Antones - What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Happen-Ins and Gold Beach
Stubbs - Art vs Industry with Eyes Burn Electric
The Parish - Fresh Millions, Frontier Brothers, Marmalakes, Wild Moccasins and Hello Wheels [RECOMMENDED]
Hotel Vegas - Cowboy and Indian, The Greyhounds, Nakia and The Dead Left [RECOMMENDED]
Frank - Henry and The Invisibles, Gobi, The Shears and BK & Mr. E  [RECOMMENDED]
Cheer Up Charlies - Slug Bug, The Couch, The Long Tangles and Lean Hounds
Swan Dive - Quiet Company, The Pons, Stereo Is A Lie and Dead Black Hearts
29th Street Ballroom - TV Torso, Hundred Visions and Austin Leonard Jones [RECOMMENDED]
Scoot Inn - Major Major Major, Western Ghost House and Guns of Navarone [RECOMMENDED]

Sunday | January 8th

Mohawk Indoor - Broken Gold, Bremen Riot and The Gentlemen Rogues
Red 7 Indoor - La Migra, (Boy + Kite), Church Shoes, The Wolf, Psychic Palms, Scorpio Rising and Lux Divon
Red 7 Outdoor - The Triggermen, Parking and Kill City Beauty Bar - Cause in Effect, The Bye and Bye, Little Emily Warfield and GoGo Beware (Presented by 101x No Control Radio)
ND - Hot Rod Radio, Superlite Bike, Melissa Bryan and The Bang Bang Theodores [RECOMMENDED]

Download: Politics | Cities EP

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The debut EP Cities from Austin band Politics is out today and available for FREE download via the bands BC page or direct download by following the links below. We will be sponsoring the bands release party this Saturday at Emo's with Radiation City and Carver. You can purchase tickets for the show in advance [HERE].

[Politics | Official]

[BandCamp]

[Cities | Direct Download]

Single Cuts Emerges As A New Music Collaboration Website in Austin

Started only a few days ago, Single Cuts is a brand new website created here in Austin with a concept of creating a song in a short time. First, they begin with a songwriter and a simple chord structure, then they add in a mix of local artists, along with a studio and an engineer. Ideas are traded back-and-forth through emails and sometimes demos, with the artists converging on one day to create a collaboration. It's a great idea if you ask us!

The first joint-effort involved: Erik Wofford (engineer at Cacaphony Studios), Danny Reisch of The Lemurs (drums, tambourine), Dana Falconberry (vocals), Abram Shook of The Great Nostalgic (vocals, guitar), Justin Douglas of Royal Forest (Bass, Guitar, Slide, Organ, Curtis Henderson of One Hundred Flowers (Asst. Engineer), and Eric Hanson of Recovering Lazyholic (photographer).

The first selection is entitled, "Jackie".



Jackie...

I wrote the song as a little tribute to Jackie Deshannon.  I was hoping for some kinda’ old-school pop feel.  Danny and Justin definitely helped trim some of the fat of the original arrangement, and after a few attempts at different ‘feels’ for the song, we settled into a back-and-forth between a 50’s groove on the verses and a more straight forward chorus.  Danny ended up hitting on this cool surf-vibe that keeps the song moving.  I’ve worked with Erik a lot in the past, and always love being at Cacophony.  Its such a great space, with a big open main room that lends itself well to collaborating and hashing out ideas.  He had a lot of tasteful input when it came to amp choice for guitars, effects on the slide, even a great ‘dub’ slap on the drums.  Dana is one of the most unique voices in Austin, and an awesome individual to work with.  We bounced a few ideas off each other in terms of harmony and melody, and she slowly emerged with the eerie little vocal ditty at the top of the versus.  It wasn’t long into the day that we were really starting to get into the spirit of the song.  The last thing we tracked was Justin’s outstanding slide work.  We plugged him into a bunch of effects and just let him improve through the song a few times.  He seemed to nail it on the first pass, but in sticking with the pop sensibility, he and Erik went through it several times to arrive at something subtle, unique, and perfect for the song.  I was really impressed how smooth everything went.  What a great way to spend a day.  We had a few beers, and Erik spent a little time at the end cleaning up the mix.  There’s something really satisfactory about starting with a simple idea and ending up with a great song at the end of it all.  No obsessing over the mix for weeks, no million more overdubs, no vocal comps, no worrying about album track order.... wipe your hands with a days hard work done....oh how satisfying. (via)

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The next session includes members of: The Sour Notes, Tiny Tin Hearts, The Low Lows, and My Education.

If you would like to become involved with Single Cuts as either a musician, songwriter, engineer, studio owner, web-designer, sponsor, idea-monger, photographer, videographer, or artist/thinker of any kind get in touch via email.

Last Night: Arcade Fire & Explosions In The Sky at The Backyard [5.3.11]

We had a great time at Arcade Fire & Explosions In The Sky on Tuesday evening at The (new) Backyard! While the venue has some parking issues to work out, we have to say the performance by Arcade Fire was (as always) full of energy, with the crowd hanging onto every last word.

Now onto the pictures of both bands and videos of "The Suburbs" and "No Cars Go". Hope you enjoy!

Explosions In The Sky:

Arcade Fire:

"The Suburbs"

"No Cars Go"

Last Night: Foals/Freelance Whales/ The Naked And Famous at La Zona Rosa :: (w/ Setlist)

The Naked And Famous:

Freelance Whales:

"Generator ^ First Floor"

Foals:

"Spanish Sahara"