January 2007

Airborne Toxic Event – Making a Name on MySpace

January 20, 2007

Airborne Toxic Event was one of the Rolling Stone top 25 MySpace bands. They recently shot us a 3-song EP. In my brief blurb about them before, I referenced The Killers. Curiously enough this 3-song EP has the same number of good songs as The Killer’s latest effort. Three. The EP is a strong initial [...]

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Hymns: Band Seeks Gig at SXSW 2007 Party

January 19, 2007

I hadn’t heard of a band called Hymns before today. They reached out to us to see if we were hosting a party at SXSW 2007, where they offered to perform. While we’re more than happy to have them rock out in our hotel room or follow us around Austin performing our walking soundtrack, they [...]

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The CD, the Record Store, and the Woolly Mammoth

January 18, 2007

I was in Best Buy the other day, buying the new Tweedy DVD, and I saw someone buying a CD. For some reason my jaw dropped. It was as if I spotted a woolly mammoth. This creature before me was making a purchase for and item, soon to be an artifact, and she was paying [...]

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AudioMap – Your New Best Friend

January 17, 2007

I recently came across a website that we should all come to love and appreciate in time. AudioMap, is a fairly simple concept: take one band and find out what bands are similar to it. Without much shine or flashes, TuneGlue does this very well. Simply type one band into the list at the top [...]

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Commercial Success Reminds Me of a Sloppy Makeout

January 16, 2007

People always try to make the following argument with music snobs like some of us at HearYa: If you really like an artist or band, why do you suddenly like them less once they “make it big”? The argument is always the band’s music didn’t change, they didn’t change, the album they recorded didn’t change¦so [...]

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SXSW 2007 Update – Alive Records Bands

January 15, 2007

Great news for those attending SXSW. Here are the Alive Records acts that will be performing: Trainwreck Riders (Read HearYa Review) Trainwreck Riders – Christmas Time Blues Buffalo Killers (Read HearYa Review) Buffalo Killers – San Martine Des Morelle SSM SSM – Sick The Bloody Hollies The Bloody Hollies – Satanic Satellite Tweet

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Buffalo Killers – Buffalo Killers

January 14, 2007

Buffalo Killers self-titled release on Alive Records is a lesson on how to put together a filthy, dirty, no-frills collection. Zach and Andrew Gabbard and Jospeh Sebaali, formerly of underated Fat Possum act Thee Shams reformed to turn out a disc that will be a revelation for fans of The Black Crowes. And not that [...]

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Banter Records Winter Gift – A Bounty of MP3′s

January 13, 2007

Our friends at Banter Records have put together a great winter sampler. Sample away. Boddicker – from Big Lionhearted and the Gallant Man (due out March ’07) Pretty Baby (Part I) Mississippi Beautiful, You Know I Love You Can’t Hold It Down Indian Moon Sleeping With His Gun Better Friend Tweet

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The Channel – Tales From The Two Hill Heart/Sybilline Machine

January 12, 2007

Sometimes I get turned onto an album and I am bewildered that the band is not known to a wider audience. The latest to suffer such a fate is The Channel and their latest double-disc effort off of C-Side Records, Tales From The Two Hill Heart/Sybilline Machine. While I am not expecting them to replace [...]

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SXSW 2007 Band Lineup – Jackpot!

January 11, 2007

HearYa will be crashing the SXSW 2007 party in March and I just stumbled upon a GREAT list of bands rumored to be there. SXSW still hasn’t released a confirmed list, but thanks to the Austinist for monitoring the rumor mill and doing all this hard work. I also just realized that they missed The [...]

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