SXSW Music added several hundred bands to the festival list this weekend. Darker My Love, Woods, Brazos, An Horse, Allo Darlin’, Califone, The Soft Pack, The Peelies, Ty Segall, Twin Sister, Ozomatli and Fergus & Geronimo are several of the acts that will be performing in Austin. For the full list click here.
MP3: Califone – Ventilator Blues (Stones Cover)
MP3: Brazos – Day Glo
MP3: Ty Segall – Die Tonight
MP3: Bokoor Band – You Can Go
MP3: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou – Agnon Dekpe
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Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de – Echos hypnotiques Vol. 2 (emusic)
Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-91 (emusic)
Twin Sister (Myspace)
Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
Album: Vampires with Dreaming Kids – EP (Free Download)
Label: Infinite Best Records
Twin Sister – I Want A House
Twin Sister – Ginger
Twin Sister – All Around and Away We Go
The Cave Singers
Recently Announced Shows.
Bootleg Theater
1/26: The Union Line
2/10: Buffy Sainte-Marie
2/20: The Entrance Band / Lights / Pocahaunted
3/10: Delta Spirit
The Echo
1/16: AA Bondy
1/27: Rev Payton’s Big Damn Band / The Donkeys
2/16: Magic Kids with Pearl Harbor
3/12: The Cave Singers with The Dutchess and The Duke
The Echoplex
2/11: Eyedea and Abilities
3/11: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
3/14: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
4/22: Japandroids
El Rey Theatre
4/29: Rogue Wave
The Music Box @ Fonda
1/23: Lissie
The Mint
2/16: Leo Nocentelli of The Meters presents Namm Funk
2/13: Dirty Dozen Brass Band
3/2: Backyard Tire Fire
Asthmatic Kitty Records is offering a free digital sampler with at least one selection from every AKR release in 2009. Some of the artists on the sampler include: Sufjan Stevens, Helado Negro, Hermas Zopoula, DM Stith and Yuuki Matthews, to name a few. Click here to download the free mix.
MP3: Helado Negro – Deja
MP3: Hermas Zopoula – Alpha et Omega
MP3: 900X – 101805
MP3: Royal City – A Belly Was Made for Wine
MP3: Casey Foubert-James McAlister – Big Moth
Jim James has announced plans to launch a new record label, Removador Recordings and Solutions, with his cousin and collaborator Johnny Quaid. Removador’s first collection of releases will include Boys by Courtney Tidwell, The Ravenna Colt by Quaid, and Mercury by Follow the Train. For further information on the venture (click here).
Message From The Soft Pack
We want to play at your house!! – So, we have a record coming out February 2nd and to celebrate we want to throw a show at YOUR house. We’re not out to thrash your place or anything. If you’re interested, just respond here in 50 words or less and let us know why we should play your house! Ideally, your house will be …in the Los Angeles area, anywhere between Long Beach to Downtown LA to Santa Monica.
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Rollo & Grady Interview / Matty McLoughlin Of The Soft Pack – Part 1 (Click Here)
Rollo & Grady Interview / Matty McLoughlin Of The Soft Pack – Part 2 (Click here)
Strut Records just sent over a killer track “Kuya Hanjwa” from their South African compilation Next Stop Soweto Volume 1 due out February 2nd. Next Stop Soweto is a three-part series exploring underground South African music during the late ‘60s and ‘70s. Volume 1 focuses on the township jive sound, Volumes 2 and 3, released across Spring and Summer 2010, cover rare South African soul, funk & Hammond R&B and the country’s jazz scene.
MP3: S. Piliso & His Super Seven – Kuya Hanjwa
