Melissa and the Pink Guitar

Local Austinite Melissa Hagen aka Melissa and the Pink Guitar swirls a brand of lonely bedroom-pop with such ease and confidence as to conjure images of the rudiments of sadcore greats like the inimtiable Carissa’s Wierd. Much more than a simply sad singer-songwriter, Melissa delivers a brand of literate guitar-pop that any post-collegiate [...]

Mayhem and Maelstroms

CRYSTAL CASTLES IN AUSTINBloodshed and mayhem in Austin, Texas as Cannibal Cheerleader faves Crystal Castles ripped and snarled their way through a brief but electric set at La Zona Rosa. Thrashing through new tracks such as “Baptism” and “Yes/No” with reckless abandon while adding a new level of live carnage to their classics such as [...]

Horror and Distortion

FREE CRYSTAL CASTLES IN AUSTIN TIX!

Hey Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, if you’ve been following us for any length of time you know we’re absolutely obsessed with thrash-electro artists Crystal Castles. Turns out Crystal Castles are fans of Cannibal Cheerleader as well! 

That’s why they’re giving us FOUR FREE TICKETS to tomorrow’s (Monday April 13th) show at La [...]

Hunting Fantasies

NEW METRIC ALBUMPerhaps not surprising to the Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, we’re big Emily Haines and Metric fans down here in Austin. So when we nabbed a copy of their newest LP Fantasies we had high expectations – and we were certainly not dissappointed. Never before has the band sounded quite so road-weary or despondent, and [...]

WhisperTension

WHISPERTOWN 2000 ADDED TO BLOOD BATH!

The Cannibal Cheerleader lineup for this year’s SXSW 09 Blood Bath keeps getting better with the introduction of the Whispertown 2000 to the lineup. We’re also partnering with OverUnder Records to bring you several New York acts including Howlies! Should be a rocking time, so be sure and be at [...]

Shred Yr TV

MARNIE STERN INTERVIEWWe here at Cannibal Cheerleader were among some of the most ardent fans of Marnie Stern’s sophomore release This is It… and we proclaimed it as one of our top albums of 2008. Now, before she heads down to Austin for SXSW 08, Marnie Stern has granted us an interview about her life, [...]

Scissors and Spacemen

THE ACTION DESIGN LIVE IN AUSTIN

Our favorite band of dance-rock stalwarts the Action Design blazed through a searing set last night in Austin at Emo’s downtown. While the band’s last Austin performance left us winded, M and the gang had us gasping for air this night, with a rampaging set that reminded old schoolers of [...]

Sinister Picks for SXSW ‘09

CANNIBAL CHEERLEADER SXSW PICKS

Late last week the latest round of South By Southwest lineup announcements inspired a lot of talk across the blogosphere. From world-renowned rockers like Primal Scream, to indie superstars like Ra Ra Riot, to little-known but still-fantastic bands like Fight Bite, the lineup is pretty stellar, albeit overwhelming. How is a SXSW attendee supposed [...]

Follow the Lights

ACTION DESIGN RARITIES ON YOUTUBE
Thanks to another friend from the UK (we apparently have a lot of overseas readers here at Cannibal Cheerleader!) we’ve managed to come across some really astounding Action Design videos that feature the band performing as of yet unrecorded material, including the first video (below) entitled “Expert (Now I Know You)” [...]

Never Gonna Let You Down Now…

CANNIBAL CHEERLEADER IN 2009

Happy New Years Cannibal Cheerleader faithful! Whether you’re just tuning in or you’re an old-school follower, we’d like you to know that 2009 is going to blow 2008 out of the water here on the blog. We’ve had more than one ‘returning to the fold’ post but this one represents a new [...]

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