Not for the claustrophobic

I can't decide if this is real or not, what do you think??
The Quantum Sleeper Bed

The tag line should be "If you like living in fear, trying sleeping in it!"

Show review

So we played at Antone's last night and got a good review, check it out:
Squint Live at Antones - via Austin Sound Check

No 'Roo for Me: Day 4

Band's I WOULD HAVE SEEN today, had I actually gone to Bonnaroo :(

(4:45 - 6:15) Solomon Burke
None of Us Are Free

(6:00 - 7:30) Broken Social Scene


(7:00 - 8:30) Death Cab for Cutie
The New Year

(8:15 - 11:30) Widespread Panic (call me a hippie, whatever, gotta have one jam band in there)
Porch Song

No 'Roo for Me: Day 3

Band's I WOULD HAVE SEEN today, had I actually gone to Bonnaroo :(

(1:15pm - 3:30pm) Against Me!
Thrash Unreal

(4:30pm - 6:00pm) Cat Power
The Greatest

(6:30pm - 8:00pm) Iron & Wine
Carousel

(10:15pm - 12:15am) Pearl Jam
Corduroy

(1:00 am - 3:00 am) Sigur Ros
Staraflur

No 'Roo for me: Day 2

Band's I WOULD HAVE SEEN today, had I actually gone to Bonnaroo :(

(1:15 - 2:00) Jose Gonzales
Heartbeats

(2:45 - 4:00) Minus the Bear
Knights

(4:15 - 5:45) The Swell Season
Say it Now

(6:15 - 7:45) Rilo Kiley
Portions for Foxes

(9:00 - 11:30) Metallica (I know, I know... from Rilo Kiley to Metallica, crazy right?)
Enter Sandman

(12:00 - 3:00) My Morning Jacket (3 HOURS!!! OMG I can't believe I'm gonna miss this set
Wordless Chorus

No 'Roo for me: Day 1

I was unable to go to Bonnaroo this year, and I'm extremely bummed.
So, I'm gonna post some songs from bands I WOULD be seeing if I were in Manchester, TN right at the moment.



(8:30 - 9:30) MGMT
MGMT - Destrokk

(10:00 - 11:00) Atlas
Atlas - Battles

(11:30 - 12:45) Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

Moving in the right direction [music inovation]

First, bands like the Smashing Pumpkins recorded entire albums strictly for downloading purposes.

Then, Radiohead comes along a changes everything by allowing listeners to decide how much they want to pay for there CD, shattering their own first week sales records with 1.2 million.

Now, the Icelandic music phenomenon, Sigur Ros are putting their mark on the ever evolving relationship between music and technology... I gotta say that I really like their approach. It's one that has been done before (many times actually)... but their approach sticks out because they did it the right way.

They are allowing listeners to stream their new album, in it's entirety, for free. Now you're probably thinking to yourself, "I've totally seen that before" and "the did that with their last 2 albums on myspace". See, I said it had been done before... or at least, attempted.

The differences in Sigur Ros' approach, and what makes it brilliant are 3 things:
~~~ 1.) It's not centralized to one site... the allow and encourage ANYONE to embed the script to stream the album in whatever web site they want. They're not forcing users to their myspace page and their homepage to try and get add revenue.
~~~ 2.) The listener is given complete control. They have the full playlist, can change songs, scan through (fast forward, rewind) the songs, and is also given access to DVD type content through the player... instead of a buggy as hell myspace player
~~~ 3.) This isn't a band that's struggling for listener's or money. This is a band that already has a HUGE following worldwide. For a band like this to release their music for NO charge whatsoever is a just a way to give more to their audience and to maybe change things a little bit in the music industry.

Anyway, enough gabbing, enjoy:

Song(s) of the Day: Weekend Preview

So here's some music from the bands that I'm (planning on) going to see this weekend.
The bad thing is that both these shows are probably going on at the same time, so let me know what you think, which one you like better, etc...


The Helio Sequence
(Sub Pop records alums, I LOVED their last CD, Love and Distance)
~~~Blood Bleeds
~~~Keep Your Eyes Ahead
~~~Let if Fall Apart


Dax Riggs
(Louisiana metal music LEGEND! Recently moved to Austin)
~~~Wall of Death
~~~Living is Suicide
~~~Tied to a Chair in my Brain

Video of the Day

Theme song from the Office... created in Mario Paint (Super NES)

Why I love Austin/Why I wish I was rich...

There is SO much stuff going on this week/weekend in Austin. I only wish I had the time/money/energy to go to all of it.



Here's what I'm talking about:
Thursday June 5th:
~~~Chuck Palahnuik (author of Fight Club and Choke) Book signing and discussion

Friday June 6th:
~~~Louisiana Alumni Crawfish Boil (all the 'big' school's but LSU)
~~~Eddie Izzard @ the Paramount Theater

Saturday June 7th:
~~~the Helio Sequence @ Mohawk
~~~Dax Riggs @ the Continental Club
~~~Eddie Izzard @ the Paramount Theater (round 2)

Sunday June 8th:
~~~The Cure @ Austin Music Hall

Song of the Day: International Edition

Sigur Ros - gobbledigook