We have a pair of tickets to give away to The Music Tapes show The Traveling Imaginary (featuring Julian Koster of Neutral Milk Hotel) presented by Transmission Events, tomorrow night at Austin Scottish Rite Theater. Send us an e-mail at lucythepoodle@gmail.com and tell us you’d like to go and we’ll pick a winner at random!
Have you heard about The Traveling Imaginary yet? This Sunday our friends Transmission Events are bringing this new project from The Music Tapes to Austin Scottish Rite Theater and they’ve given us a pair of tickets to give away!
As soon as audiences walk through the door, they will be greeted with surreal, carnival-esque games before entering the tent for a dreamlike show, antique 16mm cartoons, virtuoso Klezmer music performed on the singing saw, unique narratives about dehydrated European cities and half-imagined children’s games from Julian Koster of Neutral Milk Hotel, a 12-foot snowman, and an array of mechanical musical contraptions like the 7-Foot Tall Metronome and Static the Singing Television.
We’ll be giving away a pair of tickets later this week. Stay tuned!
Like peering through the glass of a dusty super eight lens, Silver Ships gives the listener a glimpse into what once was. Full of heart, honesty and delicate craftsmanship each song melds rock and roll nostalgia with warm indie-folk sensibilities. Recorded in a home laboratory of analog relics, this earnest collection of songs is dappled with fuzzy vintage organs, irresistibly catchy pop hooks, sing-along harmonies, and melodramatic dirges. Written, recorded and produced by Silver Ships creator Chazz Bessette with production assistance from Kat Hernandez the album is truly a labor of love. For virtuosic multi-instrumentalist Bessette, who began playing in bands when he was very young and played nearly every instrument on the record, this body of work has been a lifetime coming.
Stay tuned for updates on the official release date of the album, coming sometime this summer. Get a preview of the album here.
So close - less than $1400 to go! Austin artist/musician SORNE has 41 hours to make his $15,000 Kickstarter goal. SORNE is one of our favorite local artists and we hope you will check out his video and consider supporting the project.
Some art from his upcoming album:
Crowd funding is an awesome way to sock it to the man and let the fans chose which artists make it to the top without the aide of labels and big corporations. Become a part of the next chapter and support local art! Ever dollar counts - if you can’t chip in right now you can still help out by sharing this link!
CLICK HERE TO HELP THE SORNE KICKSTARTER
We are very happy to announce the formation of Craftpop! today. It is a partnership with some of our friends from West By West Campus IV (WXWC) Music Festival, River Jones Music Label and $2 Shows.
Our first project is a kickstarter to help fund the new album “Ego Altar” by SORNE.
For more information, visit the new page at http://facebook.com/thecraftpop.
Photo Credit: Tim Griffin, Brooklyn Vegan Austin
Talented singer/accordionist/toy pianist and quite possibly a real life disney princess, Eliza Rickman from San Francisco, has been doing a series of shows here in Austin as part of her current tour. Last week she played one of our shows at Frontier Bar with locals Dana Falconberry, Silver Ships and Technicolor Hearts. The photo above is from her performance at Frontier Bar. If you missed her other Austin shows, you still have two more chances to see her. Tour dates below, plus a track from her latest album which is on bandcamp now.
Tour Dates:
Sun 9/16 Austin, TX: Whip In w/ The Susquehanna Hat Co
Tue 9/18 Austin, TX: East Side Showroom
Fri 10/05 Covington, LA: Sanctuary Illuminarie
Sat 10/20 New Orleans, LA: The AllWays Lounge
Mon 10/29 New Orleans, LA: The Mudlark Public Theatre
Tue 10/30 New Orleans, LA: The Mudlark Public Theatre
Thu 11/01 Huntsville, AL: Flying Monkey Arts
Fri 11/02 Atlanta, GA: Bella Cucina
Sat 11/03 Atlanta, GA: The Goat Farm
Wed 11/07 St Louis, MO: Rue Lafayette
Mon 11/12 Lexington, KY: Natasha’s
Wed 11/14 Knoxville, TN: WDVX Blue Plate Special
Thu 11/15 Chattanooga, TN: Barking Legs Theater
Fri 11/16 Knoxville, TN: Morelock Music
Sat 11/17 Knoxville, TN: Jason Childs’s House!
Thu 11/29 Savannah, GA: Sentient Bean
Next Sunday we are having a free show with two very talented ladies at Frontier Bar. We hope to see you there!
The Circus Party is this Saturday! Have you got your tickets yet?
Below is a promo video put together by our friends Les Rav. Enjoy!
This is the schedule for the evening:
09:30 Bang Bang (queer punk variety show + aerialists, Norman, OK)
10:15 Technicolor Hearts (tour kickoff/EP release)
11:00 Minor Mishap Marching Band
12:00 Sorne, with The Woven Feet Dance Troupe
12:45 Les Rav (Lauren’s birthday!)
01:15 The Jigglewatts Burlesque Revue
We will also have The Jezebelles, DJ Joseph Pearce, fire dancing, aerialists, tarot card readings, booths from Revival Fund, Eye in the Sky Collective, KTSW 89.9, Melissa Mccall Steampunk Jewelry, Diana Ogaard (gigibunnies), Alice Rabbit, Sabrina Wagner, Heather Ray, Jeremy The Artist and Frank Botello, plus live screen printing by Cogdut and a photo booth by Zappy Springs!
Tickets are on sale now at the Beauty Ballroom Ticket Fly site and End of an Ear.
Once again thanks to our sponsors:
Vivogig—http://vivogig.com/
Pete Harris Radio—http://www.harrisradio.com/
BalconyTV- http://balconytv.com/austin
Capitol Media
VESPER-http://www.vespermagazine.com/
Austin Fusion Magazine - http://austinfusionmagazine.com/
KTSW 89.9-http://ktsw.txstate.edu/
Frock on Vintage- http://www.frockonvintage.com/
Eye in the Sky Collective- http://eyeinthesky.org/
Red Beard Promotions- https://www.facebook.com/MrRBeard
Austin Music Weekly— http://www.austinmusicweekly.com/
Lobosucio- http://lobosucio.com/
Ovrld—http://ovrld.com
We hope to see you all there!
The first 50 people through the door get a free copy of the new CD!
Megafauna - Touch The Lion [ download ]
