the bear coat
Brooklyn based duo, The Bear Coat, was spawned from the belly of a Buck Hunter machine and a bottle of cheap mezcal. Borrowing from the ubiquitous influence of The Beatles and The Beach Boys, The Bear Coat break away from obvious pop conventions by channeling the vocal absurdity of Frank Zappa, the uneasy sexuality of Tim Curry solo records, and the always appreciated late-era Elvis aspects. Delivered using the DIY sonic stylings of The Frogs and Elliot Smith, The Bear Coat feature complex vocal arrangements and avant textures that augment simple little pop songs that are so catchy you will eventually grow to resent the attachment.
maya bond
Maya Bond (Japanese: マヤ ボンド; born August 5, 2000 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese-born American indie and avant-garde music singer-songwriter and drummer from Austin, Texas. She is the daughter of musician and composer T.W. Bond. Bond is most notable for her 2004 debut, Pink Drums, Purple Lights, which she is credited for writing all the song lyrics to.
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This compilation is a chronicle of the get togethers, group intoxications, and one-time projects that have happened at Bundyhill Recording Studio since it began in 2006. No plans were made for any of these songs and you’ll see the same names come up in many different combinations. For the most part these songs were conceived, written, played and recorded in one session.
percoladies
Percoladies are Austin’s premier rainy day coffee shop band comprised of Rosemary French, Patrick Healy, and Christopher Lyons. Pat plays bass, Rosemary plays keys, and Chris plays guitar. Common themes in their songs are suicide, wheel worms, and the planet Neptune. They have been making Super 8 films for their songs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lkIazQjY_A) and editing them with Tim Bond at Bundyhill. A new song is currently in the works for this song about a doomed astronaut.
Willie Oteri
Guitarist/Composer Willie Oteri is one of those rare people who have, to their credit, not one, but two careers as a musician. One which saw him on stage with names such as Doobie Brothers, Chaka Khan, Bob Seger and Neil Young among others, and a second, after a trip to hell and back (read more at willieoteri.com), that saw the emergence of an innovative bandleader and recording artist with names like Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter and Mike Keneally among others for colleagues and co-musicians. a heady conoction of freely improvised rock music which, like it’s leader’s experiences, can also take one to hell, heaven and back. – T.L. Mazumdar
ben aqua
Like a hot mix tape, Quasitropic Dexadreams encapsulates the nascent buzz of a creative autonomous zone just outside of radar range. All 22 tracks coalesce around variations on retro-electropop or minimalist new wave decadence. The Zom Zoms’ “Race of Zom Zoms” stands out on the basis of unhinged aural hyperactivity, while Associated Microscopes’ sharp-turning, sax-driven instrumentals update the Plugz’s East L.A. sound in a manner begging for a Repo Man remake. – the austin chronicle
Jam Sandwich
The long awaited new release from Count Draculas Weed Smugglin’ Jam Engine is finally here! Once voted Worst Band Name by The Onion, Smokey Farris, Preston Dukes and Tim Bond continue to bring this cherished Austin psych-lounge tornado rock. Rumored to be an EP of at least 8 new songs! The album comes presented in a way you’ve never experienced before. Each CD will come in a brown paper bag (see photo) and the CD will be between two slices of real bread and placed in a zip lock baggie.
hrz
Hard Rock Zombie: from the bottom of my magic pump.. a coal lump.. to bury her favorite hole.. one thousand years later.. all we know is diamonds.. and shoveling trumps for mimes.. hanging out where the one world ends. Hard Rock Zombie (HRZ) lives in Portland, Oregon. This song has been remixed by Jinci from the Big Island of Hawaii.
reba
Song from Dirk and Smokey about Reba. Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is a Grammy award-winning American country music artist. She began her career in the music industry singing with her siblings on local radio shows and rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma City, which caught the attention of country artist Red Steagall. He brought her to Nashville, Tennessee, where she eventually signed a contract with Mercury Records in 1975. She released her first solo album in 1977 and released five additional studio albums under the label until 1983.
Pataphysics
‘Pataphysics (French: ‘pataphysique) is a philosophy or pseudophilosophy dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics. It is a parody of the theory and methods of modern science and is often expressed in nonsensical language. The term was coined and the concept created by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873 – 1907), who defined ‘pataphysics as “the science of imaginary solutions, which symbolically attributes the properties of objects, described by their virtuality, to their lineaments”.
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16 Tons of #9 chocolate devoured by God and the Devil. But with drums. All of our “gigs” are either the best or the worst, depending on your Protestant denomination. Members include: Smoky Ferris, Preston Dukes, Scott Blanchard, TW Higgenbottom. Jam Engine has a new album “Jam Sandwich” coming out soon.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? present us with a dark and violent world where people are readily exploited for the pennies that they might bring in from a viewing audience. Marathon dances last for weeks, even months, draining their participants of self-respect and gradually turning them into the walking dead. TSHDT are from Vancouver, Canada.
Coma In Algiers
One day Killshire & Archbold were listening to the Electric Eels and were full of disgust & joy for their lack of talent; they armed themselves with cymbals, synths and large amps and, in the summer of 2001 in the fine city of Austin, called themselves Coma in Algiers.
This song The Weather is from their album, “Your Heart Your Body”.
Corn Mo
Corn Mo is the stage name of Jon Cunningham, a Brooklyn-based musician. Corn Mo sings, plays the accordion, keyboards, and sometimes performs as a one man band. His music style is a mixture of circus music, glam rock, and humorous novelty songs. He is currently recording his third solo album, and albums with his band .357 Lover. Many of his songs and parody stylings are heavily influenced by Meat Loaf (to whom he bears a strong physical resemblance) and Queen.
Malcom Kipe
Malcom Kipe (a.k.a. Skyler McGlothlin a.k.a. Nautilis) produces experimental breaks and instrumental hip hop, mainly for the soon-to-be-defunct American label Merck Records. McGlothlin has cut two proper ‘albums’ and a compendium of beats with Merck Records.
You and Me
You and Me, the band that recently relocated from Portland, Oregon, is now a Texas band. Little is known about them other than what they have written on their myspace: WE CAME OUT OF AN EGG SHELL TAPE DECK HAND HELD MICRO WAVE WARPED FILM ABOUT TEENAGERS MAKING POOR DECISIONS AND THEN WE PUT SPRAY PAINT UP OUR NOSES. They are nice people who record with a four-track and sing fun songs. They are playing at Emo’s in Austin, Texas on October 24th, 2009 with Yellow Fever. Check ‘em out.
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Dirk Michener and Travis Catsull started playing New York City style experimental country music in 2002 on a balcony in Denton, TX and formed Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band years later. Naming themselves after the Pacific Northwest’s most famous poet, Charles Potts, seemed to make perfect sense. Funny, thought provoking and blatantly honest, their audience includes bikers, poets, folk enthusiasts, old people, indie rock fags and screaming drunk girls. The song I Got A Girl is from their 2nd album entitled Becky and was recorded on handheld @ 4321 Airport in Austin, Texas.