White Denim @ Empire Automotive Bar on NYE!

SLACKER MAGAZINE NYE LAUNCH PARTY!!

@Empire Automotive Bar (Next door to Side Bar), 604 E 7th St, Austin, TX 

Featuring performances by:

WHITE DENIM

ROYAL BANGS

OH LOOK OUT

MEGAFAUNA

SPYHNX

DJ CZECH ONE

Doors open 7:30pm

First 50 peeps in the door get FREE JanSport Backpacks!

King Khan & The Shrines Coming To Austin, Texas in 2012

Ahh snap! The one and only King Khan & The Shrines are coming to Austin, Texas on Feburary 4, 2012 with fellow tour mates the Jacuzzi Boys. This is a show you can not miss!

Where? When? WHAT?

Saturday, February 4, 2012

King Khan & The Shrines

Jacuzzi Boys

TBA??

@ The Mohawk

912 Red River St.

Doors at 8, Show at 9.

$11 Advance, $13 Day of Show

Purchase

Jeff The Brotherhood - NPR Tiny Desk Concert

The Orwells - Under The Flowers / In My Bed

The ORWELLS - Under The Flowers from Eddie O'KEEFE on Vimeo.

Social Music Club

The word on the interenets is that the Social Music Records Club will be available for delivery (after much delay) in a couple of weeks. Unlike other record clubs, this one is reasonably priced and contains some killer music, even some garage rock. $95 gets you 10 records (Nine 12's and one 7",) plus digital downloads. Also still available are the same releases on chrome bias cassette tapes for $45. Only a total of 350 subscriptions will be produced. The club includes releases from:


* TY SEGALL: San Francisco Rock Compilation or Food or Weird Beer From Microsoft Collage-crazed psychedelic pop insanity from everyone's favorite SF-based wiz kid. Originally released as a cassette tape in an edition of 100 in 2010. Finally on vinyl!! Remastered by Brian Pyle, just amazing.
* JACUZZI BOYS: Seahawks & Peacocks   This record turned out so great! Two brand-new studio songs recorded in Miami paired with four killer live tracks from two separate shows in Seattle from May, 2010.
* SIR RICHARD BISHOP: Graviton Polarity Generator  A full LP of brand new instrumental material (organ and electric guitar) by your favorite bearded, genre-defying badass.
* THE BATS/ CALIFONE:  Bonus Holiday 7"   Winter wonder cheer from New Zealand's Bats and the United States of America's Califone. A one-sided split 7", with a brand new Bats song and Califone's classic cover of "Silver + Gold" (previously released as a promo CD-R).* 
* CLOUDCRAFT: Cloudcraft   Self-titled debut from Hamish Kilgour (the Clean/ Mad Scene/ Bailter Space) + Theo Angell (Hall of Fame/ Theo Angell & the Tabernacle Hillside Singers). This is fun and vibrant stuff, raga wonderland music.
* NOAH FOUND GRACE:   Amazing stuff, never before anthologized! This compilation collects Jamaican gospel music from the '60s + '70s. We guarantee you've never heard anything like this.
* ALI FARKA TOURE: Ni Foli  Live cassette from Mali ca. 1974. Super distorted in the best way; one might say that it's Ali Farka Toure, the master musician of Mali, in Group Doueh mode. Unreal.
* ELIZABETH HARRIS + ILYAS AHMED:  Visitor  This is so good, holy shit. Here we have four collaborative recordings made in Portland, OR by Elizabeth Harris AKA Grouper and Ilyas Ahmed. Who doesn't need any AKA's.
* ABNER JAY: "Hambone"/ "Rattle the Bones"    Rare, previously unreissued recordings assembled by Jay Martin (who oversaw the A.J. releases on Mississippi), licensed from Mr. Jay's estate. Fancy tip-on Stoughton-style cover.
* DANIEL KROHA:   The Folk-Blues Stylings of Daniel Kroha Seven superb old-timey songs recorded straight to the Gories co-founder's cell phone! Raw and ragged, but right. Diddley bow, a capella, fingerpicked guitar. One-sided 12", his first-ever solo release!

New: Ty Segall - Where Your Head Goes - Video

New: Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Bicycle - Video

Unknown Mortal Orchestra: 'Bicycle' from michael james johnson on Vimeo.

New Jacuzzi Boys / Turbo Fruits Split 7"

TTR006 – DOUBLE B-SIDE SERIES #1

Artists: Jacuzzi Boys & Turbo Fruits
Release Date: Dec 2, 2011
Jacuzzi Boys Side: Christiane’s Tune (Don’t Go)
Turbo Fruits Side: Dreams For Sale
Pressed At: United Record Pressing
Details: Destributed exclusively by Turbo Time Records; Only available in CLEAR BLUE VINYL. Limited to 200 copies.

Purchase: Turbo Time Records

R.I.P. Napster

After today, Napster will officially cease to exist. As CNN reports, the company has merged fully with Rhapsody, who acquired Napster from Best Buy last month. Best Buy purchased Napster in 2008, and will now hold a small stake in Rhapsody.

A catalyst for music discovery, as well as a pioneer of piracy, Napster launched in 1999 during the Netscape Navigator age of the internet. In just two years of existence in its original form, Napster jumpstarted the digital music revolution, as one of the web's first widespread peer-to-peer file sharing services. After it was originally shut down in 2001, Napster made several attempts to go legit as a legal music service, but did not succeed.

You will always have a little piece of my heart Napster, R.I.P.

Bruise Cruise Festival 2012 / The Togas

Bruise Cruise offers true music fans a chance to witness their favorite bands in a unique, intimate, rock festival atmosphere while being whisked away to exotic locales on board a cruise ship for three days of tropical mayhem. Only 500 guests will be able to attend BC2. Amazing goings-on from the first cruise include: one bass guitar being launched into the Atlantic, one successful marriage proposal during a Ty Segall set, one couple meeting, falling in love, and getting engaged, one Black Lips video being made, and two documentaries being filmed.

Bruise Cruise 2 will include multiple concerts at sea, a party in Nassau, Bahamas, open-bar cocktail hours, a soul dance-off with cash prizes, comedy shows, lectures, workshops, and a puppetry breakfast hour with Miss Pussycat. Amenities featured on board include: A casino, resort-style pools, hot tubs, miniature golf, water parks, fine dining, all-you-can-eat buffets, and more. The price of one ticket will cover all entertainment, lodging, meals, limited-edition vinyl, Bruiser gift bags, and even some drinks.


And of course what I'm most excited about: The ultimate cover band The Togas featuring Ty Segall, Phillip of Strange Boys, Shannon of Shannon and the Clams and Lance of Reigning Sound make their debut on Bruise Cruise 2012! Get your tickets ya'll!


More information / Buy Tickets: www.bruisecruisefestival.com

Allah-Las - Catamaran / Long Journey

Easily becoming one of my favorites the Allah-Las are a jangly garage four-peice from San Francisco. Definite psychedelic garage-surf with fuzzy harmonies comes to mind. Their first and only 7" single is out via Pres Records, and is unfortunately (for me and you) sold out! Check out their videos below

Their Tumblr - Link
Their Bandcamp - Link

Sasquatch Music Festival 2012 on sale Friday 11/25

http://sasquatchfestival.com/

Sasquatch Music Festival will be held on May 25-28th at The Gorge Amphitheater, near the Columbia River, in George, Washington. They will be releasing a limited number of 4-day tickets this Friday (11/25/11). The 4-day tickets will cost you $290, which includes camping. Holders of the 4-day passes will be granted re-entry between the campground and the festival grounds (during the festival) for the first time ever! Unfortunately no news of the schedule/attending bands yet. Get on it!

Other Lives - For 12

With all the excitement of Radiohead touring (and coming to Austin) I'm sure you all have forgotten to check out the accompanying opening band Other Lives. Some fairly enjoyable Folkish-"Indie"-Pop. Is it March yet?

Cloud Nothings Announce Tour

Cloud Nothings will be heading out on a lengthy US tour starting in Feburary. They will be supporting their new sophomore album entitled: "Attack On Memory," which is out January 24th on Carpark Records. Tour dates below, including an Austin date.

02-16 Chattanooga, TN - JJ's Bohemia
02-17 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
02-18 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
02-20 Orlando, FL - Backbooth
02-21 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
02-23 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's
02-24 San Antonio, TX - Ten Eleven
02-25 Austin, TX - Red 7
02-26 El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
02-27 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
02-28 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom
02-29 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
03-01 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
03-02 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
03-03 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
03-05 Portland, OR - Holocene
03-06 Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
03-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - The Media Club
03-8 Boise, ID - Neurolux
03-9 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
03-10 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
03-12 Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room
03-17 McAllen, TX - Simon Sez
03-20 Nashville, TN - The End
03-21 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar
03-22 Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub
03-24 Montreal, Quebec - Casa del Popolo
03-25 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall
03-26 Providence, RI - Fete Lounge
03-30 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
03-31 Washington, DC - Red Palace
04-01 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
04-02 Buffalo, NY - Ninth Ward @ Babeville
04-03 Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox
04-04 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick Lounge
04-05 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
04-06 Chicago, IL - Schubas Tavern
04-07 Columbus, OH - Outland Live

New Black Lips Video - "Raw Meat"

Black Lips - "Raw Meat" from Urban Outfitters on Vimeo.

FFF Festival Recap Video

First round of SXSW 2012 bands announced!

It's never too early to start planning for SXSW!


Akina Adderley & The Vintage Playboys (Austin TX)
Against Me! (Gainesville FL)
Agent Fresco (Reykjavík ICELAND)
Ambition (Halifax CANADA)
ANR (Miami FL)
Antoine Reverb (Guadalajara MEXICO)
Avalanche City (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)
Balthazar (Gent BELGIUM)
Bare Wires (Oakland CA)
BeatauCue (Caen FRANCE)
Bestial Mouths (Los Angeles CA)
Big Deal (London UK-ENGLAND)
Big Scary (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
The Black and White Years (Austin TX)
Black Books (Austin TX)
The Black Ryder (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Michael Guy Bowman (Los Angeles CA)
Cashier No.9 (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)
Class Actress (Brooklyn NY)
Cloud Nothings (Cleveland OH)
Com Truise (Princeton NJ)
Delay Trees (Helsinki FINLAND)
Delhi 2 Dublin (Vancouver CANADA)
Marianne Dissard (Tucson AZ)
Duck Fight Goose (Shanghai CHINA)
The Ettes (Nashville TN)
Fanzine (London UK-ENGLAND)
Fat Tony (Houston TX)
FEAR (Los Angeles CA)
Free Blood (Brooklyn NY)
THE GRANNIES (San Francisco CA)
Guadalupe Plata (Andalusia-Ubeda SPAIN)
He's My Brother She's My Sister (Los Angeles CA)
Howler (Minneapolis MN)
Ice Choir (Brooklyn NY)
I Got You On Tape (Copenhagen DENMARK)
il abanico (Bogota COLOMBIA)
Matthew Perryman Jones (Nashville TN)
Jonquil (Oxford UK-ENGLAND)
Just A Band (Nairobi KENYA)
Marit Larsen (Oslo NORWAY)
Letting Up Despite Great Faults (Los Angeles CA)
Library Voices (Regina CANADA)
Love Inks (Austin TX)
Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven (Silverlake CA)
Mahogany (Chicago IL)
Marmalakes (Austin TX)
The Men (New York City NY)
Mind Spiders (Forth Worth TX)
Motopony (Seattle WA)
Mujeres (Barcelona SPAIN)
Musikanto (Chicago IL)
My Education (Austin TX)
Niki & The Dove (Stockholm SWEDEN)
Not In The Face!! (Austin TX)
Of Monsters and Men (Reykjavík ICELAND)
120 Days (Oslo NORWAY)
Outfit (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)
The Parlotones (Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA)
Parlovr (Montreal CANADA)
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (Waitsfield VT)
Pure Love (Brooklyn NY)
Molly Rankin (Charlottetown PE)
ROGe (Rio De Janeiro BRAZIL)
Peter Rosenberg (New York NY)
Rosie and Me (Curitiba BRAZIL)
Royal Canoe (Winnipeg CANADA)
Gabriel Santiago Quintet (Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL)
Sauti Sol (Nairobi KENYA)
Say Hi (Seattle WA)
The Scoundrels (Las Vegas NV)
Shout Out Out Out Out (Edmonton CANADA)
Skewby (Memphis TN)
Skinny Lister (London UK-ENGLAND)
Soft Metals (Los Angeles CA)
Some Community (Sao Paulo BRAZIL)
Something Fierce (Houston TX)
Sore Losers (Lancaster TX)
SPEAK (Austin TX)
Spectrals (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)
Spycatcher (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sudakaya (Quito ECUADOR)
Talking To Turtles (Leipzig GERMANY)
Team Me (Elverum NORWAY)
Telebit (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Thee Oh Sees (San Francisco CA)
THULEBASEN (København V DENMARK)
Timbuktu (Toronto ON)
Truth Universal (New Orleans LA)
Turbogeist (London UK-ENGLAND)
Uncle Bad Touch (Montreal CANADA)
Uncle Lucius (Austin TX)
UV POP (Doncaster UK-ENGLAND)
Vampillia (Tenjinmachi JAPAN)
V for Volume (Bogota COLOMBIA)
VHS or Beta (Brooklyn NY)
WAX (Dunkirk MD)
We Are The Ocean (London UK-ENGLAND)
We Barbarians (Brooklyn NY)
The Wedding Present (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)
Chelsea Wolfe (Los Angeles CA)
Young Magic (Brooklyn NY)
Yukon Blonde (Vancouver CANADA)
Yuksek(Paris FRANCE)
The Zoltars (Austin TX)