The Antlers | "Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out" Video

The new video was directed by Juliet Rios and Gabe Imlay. (via)

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[The Antlers Official Site]

Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 | Kick-off, After Parties, & Additions Announced

The fifth installment of Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest (purchase tickets here) will be taking place in only a few shorts weeks time (Nov. 5th-7th). First things, first, we're excited to pass along the info from our friends over at The Austinist of a few additions to the already stellar lineup. The Antlers, The Nortec Collective, and Washed Out all will making appearances now. That brings up to the Kick-off and After Parties news, with a few yet TBA and Special Guest acts being announced in the next few days.

[Fun Fun Fun Fest Official Site]
[Fun Fun Fun Fest Twitter]

Thursday, November 4th: (FREE)

• Austinist presents Local Music Is Sexy with Bill Baird, The Weird Weeds, Watch Out For Rockets, Markov, Botany, Amasa Gana, Sleep Good, Mutual Benefit, Dana Falconberry, Rayon Beach, Sally Crewe at The Mohawk
• Inquistion, more TBA at Red 7
• Toyota Matrix and Mike’s Hard Punch present The Helio Sequence, Til We're Blue or Destroy, The Great Nostalgic at Club de Ville
• Hot Tub, Trash Yourself, Kids and Chemicals, Midnight Conspiracy, Johan, Crystal Vision, Goon, Glastnost, DJ Hoodie Allen, Young Girls, Hot Britches, Booger Season at Beauty Bar

Friday, November 5th: ($5 with Fun Fest wristband; $10 without)

• Gorilla Vs. Bear presents The Antlers, Memory Tapes, Martin Crane, Sleep Over, Fol Chen, Soft Healer, more TBA at The Mohawk
• Dead To Me, Cobra Skulls, Toys That Kill, The Arrivals, Shanghai River, The Stampede at Red 7
• Sixteen Deluxe, Smoke And Feathers, Royal Butchers, The Moaners, David Dondera at Club de Ville
• FUNk FUNk FUNk with Big Sam’s Funky Nation, DJ Mahealani at The Parish
• Peligrosa at The ND
• Faun Fables, Death Is Not A Joyride, Little Teeth at Beerland

Saturday, November 6th: ($5 with Fun Fest wristband; $10 without)

• Deakin (Animal Collective), Joan Of Arc, Coma in Algiers, Kuroma, Jeff the Brotherhood, Intelligence, Milk Thistle at The Mohawk
• Scream, The Impalers, more TBA at Red 7
• Learning Secrets presents Delorean DJ set, Jacques Renault DJ set, Learning Secrets, Lemonade, Cowabunga Babes, Burger City DJs at Beauty Bar
• FUNk FUNk FUNk with Foot Patrol, DJ I Wanna Be Her at The Parish
• Austin Surreal, Proper Entertainment, and Smoke ATX present Perseph One, Kydd, The Nice Guys (Live MCs); Rapid Rick, Waajeed, DJ Mel, DJ Dus, Jean Grae, Devin The Dude (DJ sets) at The ND
• The Flatliners, Off With Their Heads, Snips, more TBA at Beerland
• Knuckle Rumbler presents Bizzoounce with Katey Red, B.E.B., The Glitoris DJ set, DJ Rusty Lazer, more TBA at Scoot Inn
• Outbreak, Hour Of The Wolf, Red City Radio, Cruel Hand, Backtrack, Aficionado at The Broken Neck
• Mobile Death Camp, Infernaeon, Demontuary, Indisgust, Misery at Headhunters

Sunday, November 7th: (Free with Fun Fest wristband; $5 without)

• Margot And The Nuclear So And So’s, Sonny And The Sunsets, Golden Triangle, Jookabox, Karaoke Underground at The Mohawk
• Special Guest, Mammoth Grinder, Ratking, more TBA at Red 7
• Yelle DJ set, more TBA at Beauty Bar
• The Applicators, The Motards, more TBA at Beerland

The Antlers | "Bear" Video

One of our favorite songs on one of our favorite albums of 2009 now has a video. Below is "Bear" from The Antlers' Hospice.

The Antlers | "Kettering" (Unofficial Video)

Seems a fan really loved the song "Kettering" from The Antlers' emotionally invoking (and one of our favorites of the year) Hospice album and decided to make a video using still images. It really looks amazing set to the song. Even the band thinks it's awesome. (via)

The Antlers are currently on tour with Minus the Bear and will be stopping in San Antonio this Sunday to perform at the White Rabbit (purchase tickets here). We'd really love to go, but will be enjoying ourselves some Fun Fun Fun Fest action all week, starting tomorrow. Also be sure to check out the band's Daytrotter session that just came out a few days ago.

The Antlers - Two (mp3)

Previously:

• Monolith Fest Spotlight: The Antlers
• Monolith Recap: The Antlers

The Antlers | 2009 U.S. Fall Tour Dates

We were extremely excited to catch The Antlers last month at Monolith Fest (see our recap). Trust us, this is a band you definitely want to go see for yourself. And if you don't own their album Hospice, you're sleeping on one of the best albums to be released this year. Listen to a couple of tracks down below if you're still in need of convincing.

The Antlers - Two (mp3)
The Antlers - Bear (mp3)

[The Antlers Myspace]
[The Antlers Twitter]
[The Antlers Blog]

The Antlers 2009 U.S. Fall Tour Dates:
10/01 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Rotunda (UPENN) #
10/03 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell's #
10/20 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn Vegan CMJ Showcase)
10/29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater
10/30 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent ^
10/31 - Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk *
11/01 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brewery *
11/02 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern *
11/03 - Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse *
11/04 - Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theater *
11/06 - Ft. Worth, TX @ The Door *
11/07 - Pharr, TX @ Jagz *
11/08 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit [Purchase Tickets] $16 *
11/10 - Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Theater *
11/11 - Orlando, FL @ Firestone (Anti-Pop Fest) *
11/12 - Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club *

# w/ Holly Miranda
^ w/ Sleepy Sun
* w/ Minus The Bear

Be sure to check out this twenty minute video NPR recorded of the band at the Black Cat in Washington, DC back in June. You can also listen to the entire NPR music recording of the concert here.

(Photo Cred: crazybobbles)

Monolith Fest Recap: The Antlers

After walking around with our jaws on the ground in awe of the beauty of Red Rocks, we finally managed to make it down to the WOXY stage. The stage was located downstairs and inside, conveniently away from the cold and rain. We were greeted by an extremely packed room full of people with their sights set on checking out The Antlers, a band we also had on our must-see list. The band didn't disappoint, and right off the bat set the bar extremely high for the rest of the performers for the entire weekend. Definitely one our favorites sets!

We also shot a video for their song, "Shiva".

Monolith Festival Spotlight : The Antlers

We will definitely be getting to Monolith Festival early on Saturday to catch The Antlers, one of the bands we have on our must-see list. Their album Hospice is hauntingly beautiful and sure to finish atop many blogger's and other site's best-of-lists (including ours). It garnered an 8.5 review from Pitchfork and NPR placed it at the top of their best-of-list so far.

A little background on the band:

Peter Silberman, vocalist/guitarist (and many more instruments) of The Antlers originally started releasing music under his name after moving to Brooklyn a few years back. He immersed himself in recording in a new city, even isolating himself from friends and family. In 2007, he released In the Attic of the Universe, but after getting tired of working by himself he befriended Michael Lerner (drums, percussion) and Darby Cicci (keyboards, trumpet, bowed banjo) to help him make up the rest of the band.

As we mentioned earlier the band's most recent album Hospice is extremely powerful. It features a story of a man that loses a loved one to bone cancer and staying by her bedside until she unfortunately passes. The lyrics (download the liner notes here) are incredibly heartfelt and triggers emotions that far too many families have had to endure, myself included. Originally independently released by the band in March, it sold more copies than they could keep up with. French Kiss Records noticed and signed the band immediately. Hospice has since been re-mastered and re-released as of last month.

If you'd like to read more about The Antlers, Austin blog Pink Lip Pariah interviewed Peter Silberman when the band was in town this past June when they opened for Au Revoir Simone. WOXY even recorded a live session with the trio earlier this year as well, listen to it here.

The Antlers - Two (mp3)
The Antlers - Bear (mp3)

The Antlers play the Monolith Festival on Saturday, Sept. 12 on the WOXY.COM Indoor Stage at 1:40pm. Tickets are still available today to purchase online with one-day passes for $59.50 or a two-day pass for $110.

[The Antlers Myspace]
[The Antlers Twitter]
[The Antlers Hospice Blog]
[The Antlers Official Site]

Here's the video for "Two".

(Photo Cred: Ben Ritter)