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Austin Music MinuteWhalers Performs Aftershow at Stubb’s Indoor VenueI'm looking forward to hearing the forthcoming full-length release by Austin-based quintet Whalers. They'd been working on the new stuff throughout the summer, although they managed to squeeze in an EP release show last July to share a couple of new tracks, "Bon Vivant" and "Pennywhistle Park Place" (my fave, used in this edition of the Austin Music Minute.)
They definitely own the surfer style, utilizing the rolling percussion and guitars you’d hear in ‘60s beach music. They also know how to rock the nautical theme, as is evidenced by previous releases, the EP Paddle Easy and the single |
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Tahni Handal Has CD Release Party Toni...
Originally from Hollywood, songwriter Tahni Handal was already rockin’ by the time she was 17, as lead guitarist for the all-female heavy metal band Tantrum. She was also s…...
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Church of the Friendly Ghost Presents ...
Church of the Friendly Ghost has a fantastic ongoing music series that really brings to light a lot of Austin’s little-known or underground experimental talent. This week…...
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Marshall Jones Performs Tonight at the...
Many times, if you’re a regular seeker of bluegrass or performances of the folk/country persuasion, there’s a good chance you’ll find Marshall Jones and The…...
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David Grissom Does the Blues Jam Tonig...
In many ways, you could say that David Grissom is the man to talk to if you ever wanted to learn how to play guitar. The Austin-based songwriter and guitarist even published his own bo…...
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John Hammond Plays Tonight at the Cact...
Let the skies storm and the earth crumble. None of it will stop John Hammond from playing the blues.
Before you go rolling your eyes at that last statement, keep in mind that this is no…...
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Followed By Static Plays Tonight at Be...
Austin band Followed By Static doesn’t fear moving in all directions at once. They have a knack for taking an acoustic route, but go for the jugular by doing so with electric g…...
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Meagan Tubb Plays Tonight at One 2 One
As you may well know, or perhaps you didn’t, singer-songwriter Meagan Tubb is from St. Louis, Missouri. Music is what brought her to Austin. Blending the blues and southern…...
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Talkdemonic Plays Tonight at The Mohaw...
She brings the strings. He brings everything from percussion to synths.
Together, Lisa Molinaro and Kevin O’Connor of Talkdemonic emerge with a mystical quality in their…...
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Ingrid Michaelson Performs Tonight at ...
Sweet-voiced indie-pop artist Ingrid Michaelson was in the middle of studying musical theater at Binghamton University and auditioning for plays when she discovered her songw…...
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High Places Plays Tonight at Emo’...
It’s kind of funny the way High Places came into being. Robert Barber was all into hardcore and punk, while Mary Pearson was studying, of all things, bassoon performance. Wo…...
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KAL Performs Tonight at The Cactus Caf...
Belgrade band KAL was first formed by the Ristic brothers, Dushan and Dragan, as a way to confront the prejudices and clichés faced by the Roma in Yugoslavia.
These are musicians w…...
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Prayer For Animals Plays Tonight at Ho...
Austin (and, technically, San Marcos) quintet Prayer For Animals have a way of mesmerizing the listener with a darker shade of garage psych interwoven with some surf-sounding gu…...
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Low Line Caller EP Release Party Tonig...
After an international release, Low Line Caller’s latest EP, Hi Def Soft Core, is now ready for U.S. distribution. It was produced by one of the busiest studio engineers in t…...
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Rattletree Marimba Performs Today at C...
In 1995, musician Joel Laviolette began studying the mbira, a musical instrument consisting of a wooden board with metal keys attached to it. He traveled to Zimbabwe and Mozambiq…...
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