Blood Bath Recap Pt. 5

PREY FOR SLEEP – BLOOD BATH

Pounding out the riffs with a stampede of fury, Austin’s own Prey For Sleep definitely woke up fans midway through the Cannibal Cheerleader Blood Bath SXSW day party last week. Featuring songs from their debut LP as well as their extremely limited Forever Dies Today EP, PFS shook the walls [...]

Blood Bath Recap Pt. 4

TREASURE MAMMAL – BLOOD BATH

If you’re familiar with the Cannibal Cheerleader cult at all you’ll know we count ourselves among the biggest devotees of Phoenix’s favorite son Treasure Mammal aka Abe Gil. With experimental tendencies wrapped in electronic warbles coated in inspirational by-way-off ridiculous lyrics packaged in a hip-hop candy coating, T. Mammal defies easy [...]

Blood Bath

CANNIBAL CHEERLEADER BLOOD BATH – SXSW PARTY

That’s right Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, this year we’ll be having our first ever South By Southwest 2009 Blood Bath/Day Party! Featuring some of our favorite bands from around the world including Rolo Tomassi, the Action Design, Prey for Sleep, Treasure Mammal, Agent Ribbons, and Vermillion Lies! 

The party takes place [...]

No Shame

NEW TREASURE MAMMAL 7”Fresh from our mailbox to your computer screen comes the newest release from Phoenix-based rapper/experimental artist/motivational speaker Treasure Mammal, and boy it’s a doozy. The EP is a split with Whitman but it’s our friend T. Mammal who steals the show, especially with his excellent rendition of “Ain’t No Shame in My [...]

Take Pills

TREASURE MAMMAL – INTERVIEWHey everyone, Cannibal Cheerleader is back in action, all moved in and now located at its new office here in Austin, Texas. So, without further ado, let’s get back to the music. Cannibal Cheerleader favorite Treasure Mammal, aka Abelardo Gil has been busy these days, popping back into the studio and releasing [...]

Channeling Punk Spirit

FINALLY PUNK ANNOUNCE NEW RELEASESHere’s the latest Myspace bulletin from long-dormant Austin punk giants Finally Punk:

“We uploaded our new track: “Hypertension”, to promote our forthcoming 4-song EP on M’Lady’s Records this Fall.

Germs of Youth will be releasing a 7″ single: “Six Years Doing Time” b/w “Negative Creep” and maybe another?

PPM is releasing a DVD compilation, [...]

Love Thy Neighbor

BORIS BLOWS AUSTIN AWAYIt goes without saying that when it comes to metal, Japanese trio Boris remains in a completely different league than the majority of other ‘heavy’ bands working today. With a combination of sludge, drone, and stoner metal built on top of a framework of mind-blowing virtuosity by guitarist Wata, guitarist/vocalist/bassist Takeshi, and [...]

Quick Bite 7 – Total Winner

TREASURE MAMMAL IN AUSTIN TONIGHTIt would seem that forces beyond my control are conspiring against me, as I find that I will be unable to attend tonight’s Treasure Mammal show at the Opera House here in Austin. However, if you live in Austin and you love music you’re basically required to attend this show, as [...]

That, That Don’t Kill Me

BE YOUR OWN PET CANCEL WARPED TOUR DATESOn a recent posting on the Be Your Own Pet website, the band states:

“We regret to inform our fans that we will not be participating in this year’s Warped Tour. We have been going non-stop for the past 6 months and didn’t realize how much the intense schedule [...]

Halfway There

Hey Cannibal Cheerleader faithful, we’re halfway through the year so I figured it was about time to announce the albums, acts, songs, and shows that I feel are the best of the year SO FAR. Below are some tentative lists with the entries in no particular order and I’m not going to comment on these [...]

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