Bleach Online presents TOKYO PLUM Release Party with Grimes (DJ Set)

Come help BLEACH celebrate their newest issue: TOKYO PLUM! We promise to keep you warm and cozy while you dance to the finest tunes provided by special guest dj's: GRIMES!!!, Markus Diffee and DJ Forever 21 on February 29th at Beauty Bar.

21+/ $3 before midnight, $5 after midnight

Special Guest DJs: GRIMES, Markus Diffee (Missions), DJ Forever 21 (Alex Gehring of Ringo Deathstarr & FEATHERS)

Projected images from Bleach Tokyo Plum
Mini pop-up shops by Laced With Romance and Dog &Pony
Limited Birds Barber shop free haircut cards giveaway
Popcorn by Cornucopia while supplies last -
Free VitaminWater -
Photos by uLOVEi
Drink special $2 well whiskey $4 jack, Jim, Fireball, and SoCo.

Sponsored by City on Fire / Laced With Romance / Birds Barbershop / Dog & Pony / Cornucopia / VitaminWater / Ultra8201 / uLOVEi

Echotone Continues Run at Alamo Drafthouse

After the hugely successful premiere last week at the Alamo Drafthouse, Echotone was given an additional run that began this past weekend and runs through the next few days. We are proud to say that this weekends additional screenings also all SOLD OUT. If you haven't had a chance to see the film yet you still have a few more chances. Follow the link below for remaining showtimes and to purchase tickets. And we have the trailer below in case you aren't familiar and because it's a pretty bad ass trailer....

GO SEE ECHOTONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Echotone Showtimes and Tickets]

Echotone B-Side Release: The White White Lights "In The Pines"

This week’s featured Echotone B-Side Release features Daniel Perlaky of Indierect Records and the A.V. Club Austin City Editor, Sean O'Neal debating the pros and cons of being/having a band manager, art vs. commerce, and what happens when you plug your band on camera, followed by a spine tingling performance of "In The Pines" by The White White Lights.

The ACL Breakdown | Thursday Kick Off Party | Art Disaster 9

We have our breakdown of the entire ACL Festival all ready with Friday's preview coming today at noon. We kept it clean and basically put our schedules out there with streaming audio so everyone could give each band a listen and broke it down from hour to hour. Below that you will find all the necessary links to both "official" After-shows as well as the "less than official" After-Parties. But before we get in to all that we wanted to take one last opportunity and invite everyone out to Beauty Bar to help us kick off this weekends festivities in style.

This year City on Fire, Knuckle Rumbler and Beauty Bar teamed up with some of Austin's finest bloggers (ourselves included) and put together an amazing line up of bands. This will be the 9th Art Disaster and while it has already established a reputation we think this year will take to the next level. If you haven't RSVP'd we suggest you hurry. The list is at well over 700 people now and Beauty Bar isn't that big! So we suggest everyone gets there early for two reasons. 1. To ensure that you get in without the wait and 2. FREE DRINKS. Lets get to know the bands....

Outside Stage:

1:15 - DJ Tweedy

With a foundation in Salsa, hip hop and electronica, Orion's reportoire has expanded to include the toughest dancehall riddims, Cumbia y Merengue, mash-ups, grime, baile funk, dubstep, jazz, minimal techno, bassline and most things in between.

12:30a - The Lemurs

"This five piece from Texas' BBQ-loving capitol city is ready to burst out onto the national stage...This shit has alternative "radio hit" written all over it" -TheTripwire.com

11:30p - The Steps

The Steps were bred under the influence of life and culture in Austin, the live music capital of the world. Ranging from ages 18-20, they’ve already managed to chisel out an acclaimed sound and stage presence that’s wise beyond their years.

10:30p - Speak

Avid students of pop through the ages, the band distills greatness from classic and modern influences. Forever questing for innovation, SPEAK invoke timeless melodies in energetic, synth-laden anthems.

9:30p - Wallpaper

Partway through recording his debut LP as Wallpaper., Eric Frederic lost his shit. The Oakland artist was neck-deep in a series of isolated studio all-nighters to put him in the mood, when the song "Doodoo Face" pushed him into the beyond. Boxed in by layers of percussive funk, dark synthesizer blurt and crushing bass, Frederic lost himself inside of Ricky Reed, the character he'd long ago conceived as Wallpaper.'s frontman.

DJ Tweedy between sets

Inside Stage:

1:00a - DJ Orion

With a foundation in Salsa, hip hop and electronica, Orion's reportoire has expanded to include the toughest dancehall riddims, Cumbia y Merengue, mash-ups, grime, baile funk, dubstep, jazz, minimal techno, bassline and most things in between.

12:15a - Bright Light Social Hour

Born out of a university art-rock collective, The Bright Light Social Hour has evolved into an unabashedly wide-screen rock act, melding classic rock energy with indie, experimental, and soul influences.

11:15p - The White White Lights

Formed by members of Lomita and Monster Girl, The White White Lights write love songs to ghosts lost in a spectral wonderland. "Little of this, little of that, little loud, little eerie, little cutesy, little sexy, little angry, little thoughtful, little vicious, little dance-y, little hardcore, and a lot awesome." - Austin Chronicle

10:15p - The Authors

With a mix of danceable beats supplied by drummer Angela Stroud and bass heavy melodies by Jon Haben, The Authors have created a sound that they can call their own. Singer/guitarist Justin Prater writes lyrics with social a conscious and a wounded heart, while guitarist/keyboardist Ben Meza weaves a sonic tapestry of reverb drenched guitars and haunting keys.

9:15p-Whitman

Whitman is an indie rock band from Austin, Texas that has worked to establish the perfect blend of catchy melodies and loud, biting rock and roll. A mix of narrative songwriting, driving guitars, ever shifting backing beats, and haunting organ whorls create this quartet’s signature sound.

DJ Orion between sets

[RSVP NOW!!!]

Monolith Weekend / Art Disaster no 9 Show Announcement

We are taking off for the Monolith Music Festival in Colorado this weekend and when we come back you can bet we are coming back with buckets of goodness for you to check out. We will be shooting the entire festival and will have videos and pictures galore. And if the mood strikes us maybe even a interview or two. It will all kick off with the pre party tomorrow night with performances by Chromeo and The Cool Kids. You can follow our adventures all weekend via Twitter [@ultra8201].

Meanwhile we will be checking this out Saturday

and of course these guys on Sunday...

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Until then we are proud to announce Art Disaster no 9 on October 1st! If you are looking for the essential way to kick off ACL weekend or something to do after that Them Crooked Vultures show at Stubb's this is the essential party for you. The line up features some of the most up and coming acts in Austin as well as some of it's finest DJ talent. We will be previewing the entire show next week but until then we highly suggest putting in that [RSVP] at Do512 and saving a spot.

Art Disaster no.9 lineup

Outside Stage
1:15 DJ Tweedy
12:30 The Lemurs
11:30 The Steps
10:30 Speak
9:30 Wallpaper
DJ Tweedy between bands outside

Inside Stage
1-2 DJ Orion
12:15 Bright Light Social Hour
11:15 The White White Lights
10:15 The Authors
9:15 Whitman
DJ Orion between bands inside

OPEN BAR 8:30pm-10pm by Three Olives Vodka

Big Thanks to our friends and supporters:
All the bands, City On Fire, Knuckle Rumbler, Beauty Bar,
Scion, Do512, Under Pressure, BleachOnline, Indierect,
AustinSound, Ultra8201, Playing In Traffic, Austin Is Burning,
The Peen Scene, Raw Word, and Three Olives. And, of course, you.

Ultra8201 and BleachOnline present The Morakestra and The White White Lights June 4th at The Parish

Fresh off our first showcase earlier this month we are now teaming up with BleachOnline to bring yet another fantastic line up. The show is going down at The Parish [Map] on Thursday, June 4th. This time around we will be celebrating the release of The Morakestra's new album and opening duties will go to some familiar faces, The White White Lights, who were so awesome at our show last month we couldn't resist having them back.

The Morakestra who split their time between Austin and El Paso, Texas are preparing to release Witness To Connection on June 2nd via Stratking Records and of course it will be available at the show for purchase. The album was produced at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX with Gabe Gonzalez and Jim Ward (Sparta, Sleepercar) sharing production credits. Check out the track "Tell You Something" available below. After the June 4th show the band will embark on a short tour including a stop in Dallas on June 11th with fellow Austinite's The Black and White Years at the House of Blues and The Viper Room in Hollywood on June 24th.

The Morakestra - Tell You Something

And of course getting things started are some personal favorites around here, The White White Lights. Who in addition to playing our first showcase last month and absolutely killing it have been playing some fantastic sets around town including 101X's Homegrown Live, ATX Emerge and Art Disaster showcases at SXSW and a live set on KUT Radio. They apparently have been spending most of their time recording as of late so it will be nice to see the results of those sessions. If you missed them at our last showcase consider this your second chance.

The White White Lights at SXSW

Ultra8201 and BleachOnline present The Morakestra and The White White Lights

Thursday, June 4th at The Parish | Doors at 9pm | Show at 10pm | $5

[The Morakestra]

[The White White Lights]

[Bleach Online]

[The Parish]