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ZACH DE LA ROCHA SIDE PROJECT DEBUTS
Zach de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine fame is finally debuting a song from his side project One Day As A Lion with former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore. Named after the infamous graffiti which read “It’s better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb,” the band clearly has retained the radical politics of Rage while providing for a more stripped down drum-and-bass aesthetic. The song “Wild International” is available for listen as the band’s Myspace, check it out.

BODIES OF WATER SAY ‘SORRY FOR SKIPPING TX’
Here’s the latest Myspace bulletin from our friends in Bodies of Water:

“hi guys, there is a lot going on these days. i feel the burn.

we put up a new song on our player called ‘water here’. its from our record that comes out on tuesday.

it’s real fun to put up these songs and have them out into the world and that you guys want to hear them.

thanks.

ALSO, los angeles friends….
we are playing a show tomorrow night at the echo to celebrate the release of this record.

and for our non-la friends, we’ll be touring around the country soon. all the dates are up on our page. im really sorry to texas. i so wish we could be going there this time around. its complicated… you’re right in the middle of the country, gas is so freaking expensive (we’re flying, not driving to the east-coast to do the loop), blah blah blah.

SPEAKING of texas, when we’re there in march for sxsw, we recorded these songs at DAYTROTTER”

507 E. 6TH MYSTERY DEEPENS
Reader ‘modern mel‘ posted a comment yesterday about the mysterious 507 E. 6th St. location that Of Montreal will be playing in August. She writes:

“yeah the club is the place formerly known as ‘bourbon rocks’. i wonder if emos got smart enough and bought that place out. that place is HUGE and has a lot of potential for sure. i know this show will definitely sell out.“

Sounds reasonable, but the Bourbon Rocks website is still running and says their address is 508 E. 6th. Also their online calendar says nothing about an Of Montreal show. Did Bourbon Rocks close without shutting down their website? Has Emo’s bought out this space? Some real investigation will have to take place this weekend, so stay tuned!
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M.I.A. REALLY CALLING IT QUITS?
Say it ain’t so M.I.A.! However, if her revamped website is any indication, perhaps the UK via Sri Lanka rapper will be devoting her time to an upcoming clothing line instead of making more tunes. Check it out here and tell us your take on the situation!

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TILLY/BELAIRE/RINGO ALL PLAY THURSDAY
An old Austin favorite (Belaire), a new Austin heavyweight (Ringo Deathstarr), and a traveling tapdancing troupe (who else but Tilly and the Wall), all on one stage tonight at Emo’s. Be there or be square!

Tilly and the Wall – “Tall Tall Glass”

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PINK NASTY LIVE AT MOHAWK


Pink Nasty’s show Saturday night at the Mohawk was sadly, sparsely attended. However, that didn’t stop PN and her excellent backing band from delivering the hits, from Mold the Gold favorites like “Away Message” to new tracks like the garage-rock goodness of “Curses”. Sounding more like an alt-country songstress than her lo-fi recordings give her credit for, Pink Nasty was in rare form and definitely deserves all the attention she gets in Austin. Look her up now folks before she blows up into full-blown rockstar mode. More pictures below.



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BECK, LIKE THE BEER


Since Beck will be playing this year’s Cat Power, we figured we post a few of his little-known rarities to build the excitement up.

The mini-album Beck, Like the Beer is a rare demo tape circulated around the Internet after the artist gave the songs to a friend. Recorded in 1992 the album features psyched-out acoustic tracks that recall Mellow Gold and One Foot in the Grave, with a bent towards Beck’s more comic elements. Check these tracks out!

Beck – “Today” (from the Beck, Like the Beer mini-LP)

Beck – “Watchtower Magazine” (from the Beck, Like the Beer mini-LP)

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TIMES NEW VIKING DAYTROTTER SESSION


CC faves Times New Viking have recorded a Times New Viking – “Teenage Lust” (Daytrotter Session)

Times New Viking will be swinging through Austin June 20th at Emo’s. Go check them out!

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