August 23, 2012 5:15 pm by: Laurie Gallardo

Photography by Chad Kamenshine.
Brace yourself! The good music just keeps on coming with
The Good Music Club, the live monthly music event and online video series highlighting local music artists making their mark on the Austin scene. The GMC’s ultimate goal is to share these performances with new fans and resources outside of the Austin area, across the country and worldwide.
This week, we present the self-described "post-modern Southern gothic soul" quintet
My Jerusalem. Actually, that's right on the mark. There is, indeed, an ominous allure to their intensity, in their dark and beautiful sway of rock 'n' soul grooves. The band's critically acclaimed 2010 debut release
Gone For Good paved the way for their forthcoming follow-up,
Preachers, set for release in October.
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It's like an explosion of good music, unfolding right before your very eyes! Time once again to share some more amazing performances courtesy of The Good Music Club, the live monthly music event and online video series highlighting local music artists making their mark on the Austin scene. The GMC's ultimate goal is to share these performances with new fans and resources outside of the Austin area, across the country and worldwide.
This week, we present psych-pop sextet Melogrand. The East Austin-based band was formed by three former members of art-pop group The Story Of. On Melogrand's incredible debut full-length release, Waves For the Ages, the band crafted a grand, lush, dreamlike soundscape with melodic precision, blending psychedelia, pop, and electronic sounds.
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