Two Blinks

NEW BAT FOR LASHES ALBUM
When we picked up the debut album Fur and Gold from British singer and multi-instrumentalist Natasha Khan AKA Bat For Lashes we were incredibly impressed at its intriguing take on the Cat Power chanteuse formula, with whispered vocals and ethereal instrumentation. However, with her new album Two Suns Bat For Lashes [...]

February 9th, 2009 | Category: bat for lashes, blink 182, riverboat gamblers, two suns, underneath the owl | 2 comments

This (Band) Could Be Your Life

NEW RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS SONGS/VIDEOSToday’s recurrent theme seems to be bands that one can devote their entire lives to, starting of course with Austin punk giants the Riverboat Gamblers, who just played their first show in Austin in six months this past Saturday at Red 7. Of course Cannibal Cheerleader was there camera in hand and [...]

June 4th, 2008 | Category: acl festival, alexandria, crystal castles, crystal theft, death cab for cutie, lies records, narrow stairs, riverboat gamblers, soundcheck magazine, yeah yeah yeahs | 2 comments

Seein Thangs

SHEARWATER IN AUSTINThanks to the Austinist for hitting up the Shearwater show at the Parish last Thursday, as we here at Cannibal Cheerleader found ourselves recording the Faceless Werewolves at Emo’s (video of the FW and the Riverboat Gamblers from their Saturday show at Red 7 will be up this week!). Nonetheless it appears the [...]

June 2nd, 2008 | Category: austinist, deerhunter, faceless werewolves, microcastle, n.e.r.d., riverboat gamblers, rook, seeing sounds, shearwater, the strangers | Leave a comment

Diving Down

SUBMARINES/HEADLIGHTS TOUR THROUGH AUSTIN(that picture above is the Submarines, this picture below is Headlights)Add 6/13 to our summer tour list because Cannibal Cheerleader definitely wants to attend the double-header of Headlights and the Submarines at Emo’s that day. An indie-pop love-fest the likes of which may never be seen again (seriously, go to this show [...]

May 28th, 2008 | Category: austinist, converge, food for animals, headlights, riverboat gamblers, the submarines, waffles | Leave a comment

Stuff To Live For

GIANT DRAG RELEASING NEW EPAccording to the Giant Drag website, Annie Hardy of our favorite My Bloody Valentine-referencing, shoegazey, post-punk solo/duo band will be recording a new, as of yet untitled EP. The tracklist will include live favorites such as “Swan Song” and “White Baby” as well as tracks “Heart Carl” and “Stuff to Live [...]

May 27th, 2008 | Category: balmorhea, boris, faceless werewolves, frightened rabbit, giant drag, grand ole party, prey for sleep, ringo deathstarr, riverboat gamblers, swervedriver, times new viking, treasure mammal, waffles | One comment

Thrash TNT!

DYNAMITE BOY/CRUISERWEIGHT ROCKED THE HOUSEThe phrase ‘this band could be your life’ is weighty to say the least. To have a band you could so devote yourself to as to become a permanent fan of all their work is almost impossible in this modern age, with consumers so inundated with a million bands, each sounding [...]

April 28th, 2008 | Category: cruiserweight, dynamite boy, food for animals, heartsrevolution, riverboat gamblers, tacks, tacks the boy disaster, the boy disaster, thrash | Leave a comment

Love, Hate, and Country Music

MY MORNING JACKET – ROLLING STONE ARTICLEAs if Evil Urges wasn’t already setting itself up to be my most anticipated album of the year, Rolling Stone goes and writes a Best of Rock 2008 article and proclaims My Morning Jacket 08’s Best Breakthrough. And here I was thinking these country-rockers from Louisville had long since [...]

April 17th, 2008 | Category: balmorhea, franz ferdinand, my morning jacket, riverboat gamblers, ryan adams | Leave a comment

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