The Golden Boys “California”

Written by . Posted on January 27, 2012. Filed under music. Tagged , . No comments.
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Austin’s incomparable, incorrigible band of badass badasses, The Golden Boys, are set to drop their latest and, from what I’ve heard, greatest, rock ‘n’ roll rumpus, Dirty Fingernails. The advance single is “California,” and it’s … Read More →

Slippy — In Memoriam (“the moon is a ufo”)

Written by . Posted on January 24, 2012. Filed under music. No comments.
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Late last week, Craig ‘Slippy’ MacNeil, a friend and long-time member of the Waterloo Records family with whom I worked for many years, passed in his sleep. Slippy, a lovable merry prankster with an ever-present … Read More →

Austin Psych Fest 2012 Announces Initial Lineup

Written by . Posted on January 20, 2012. Filed under music. Tagged , , . No comments.
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Austin Psych Fest, launched in 2008 by Austin’s The Black Angels, has a stated mission to “honor the legacy of Austin’s musical history as the birthplace of psychedelic rock,” and the recent announcement of the … Read More →

The Denzels ‘Easy Tiger’

Written by . Posted on January 19, 2012. Filed under music. Tagged . No comments.
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Back around the spring of 2011, the debut single from Brooklyn’s The Denzels, “Slow Death,” landed in the los grillos inbox, and we were straight away taken with the band’s blend of the eighties underground/alternative … Read More →

Hear Here–Cloud Nothings ‘Attack On Memory’

Written by . Posted on January 18, 2012. Filed under hear here, music. Tagged , . No comments.
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The 90s revival is alive and well in 2012, and Cloud Nothings is here with Attack On Memory to make sure angsty alt-rock, grunge-style, doesn’t get passed over. Just listen to the crunch of the … Read More →