Party Ends: February 2008 Archives

soul doubt- john

   There are a ton of great shows tonight besides the sold out NOFX and the sold out Ghostland Observatory. (for the record- there are no more remaining tickets available for the general public to purchase - not that other connotation)

Over at Elysium there is a Ghostland Observatory after show (free with ticket stub from the Austin Music Hall show) featuring Death is not a Joyride, Rage Ranger and Cry Blood Apache.

   For those of you looking to get in on the dancing tip- may I suggest Prince Klassesn at Beauty Bar? This fine Turntable Lab loving young man puts on a excellent dance party there every Friday. Hit this up then get up early and get your credit card ready to buy Kanye West Glow in the Dark Austin Tour tickets at 10 am Saturday.

   For those of you looking for a more classic eclectic indie lineup check Club Deville for one of the newest hardest working bands in Austin: Canopy. Their acoustic, harmonizing, French horn, xylophone, electric mega pop sound might be selling out Austin Music Halls too one day- or at least the Austin Music Hall in your heart. Also playing are the Mediums and the ever-mellow Mermaid Blonde!

   Finally for the show that could easily replace the soundtrack on the new Iron Man trailer head over to Emo’s Lounge for Young Heart Attack, Amplified Heat and Scorpion Child.

MP3: NOFX- Soul Doubt

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under the big top - luther

Dizzee Rascal Headlines the “Birds Big Top Blowout!!!!

   This is our most extravagant day show yet!

   Free March 13 Day Show at Birds Barbershop on S. Lamar a Carnival of Fun Featuring Top Local, National & International Artists

   On Thursday, March 13 from noon to 8 p.m., Birds Barbershop at 2110 S. Lamar Blvd. will be the place to be for free music, free carnival fun and free bozo haircuts for the daring.

   Featuring musical artists from Austin to Glasgow, Birds’ Big Top Blowout also includes circus performers, an inflated bounce house and a high striker with a bell on top. The line-up:

Hopewell (Noon)

Special guests (12:45)

Zookeeper (1:30)

Lykke Li (2:15)

Hymns (3:00)

Dawn Landes (3:45

Dizzee Rascal – yes, Dizzee Rascal (4:30)

Mothfight (5:30)

Sons & Daughters (6:15)

producer/DJ Amplive will run decks in between sets all day long.

Throughout the show, Birds Barbershop and all stores at 2110. S. Lamar will be open for business. Outside, grown up and kiddie drinks will be provided by Sweet Leaf Tea, Vitaminenergy, Dewar’s, Lone Star and Steamworks Brewing Company. High Striker prizes by Sublime Stitching, carnie –themed photo booth by Annie Ray and good eats from the local taco wagon.

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hang my head drown my fear till you all just disappear- john

Ok- we mainly post mp3s, talk about upcoming shows, and whine about if we should go see They Might Be Giants again at Stubb's or not. But in addition to these ultra exciting topics that Luther and I discuss comics… ergh….graphic novels... and movies…erh films. I am super excited about last week’s announcement concerning Charles Burns’s amazing monochromatic masterpiece Black Hole being made into a feature film. I CANNOT think of a better director for the project than the attached David Fincher who in my book can do no wrong. The Academy Awards must be holding Panic Room against him though because last year’s Zodiac was one of my favorite movies of the year.

Anyway- Black Hole was slowly released in small runs over the course of 10 years and then released in one huge collection a few years ago. It focuses on a group of teenagers who contract a STD (“the bug”), which makes those who have it weirdo mutants. Not cool X-Men mutants, just disfigured outcasts searching for acceptance and the meaning of it all- just like normal teenagers – but you know, with a deformed face. I can’t wait to see how Fincher portrays this! There are extra mouths on necks, tails, you name it. It should be fine cinema in what I presume will be a more extreme Sin City aesthetic.

I hope Charles Burns got a giant check from Hollywood for this because the talent and vision that he has shown in the tediously long process of this work is worth it.

MP3: Q and Not U- Black Plastic Bag

MP3: Death Cab For Cutie- Furry Little Bugs

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and now we dance:free vandals tickets- john

Where do I begin with my love for the Vandals? They balance amazing guitar solos with extremely fast, technical drumming with a long, rich history of insanely irreverent humor. They have managed to remain important in the punk scene with their tradition of being slightly socially relevant and socially absurd. They have been putting out music for over 20 years and have been doing just fine without the help of major labels. This band is respected world wide because of their songs about Planet of the Apes, GE Smith, Hot Dog on a Stick, guns for Christmas and on and on and on. Oh, and their live shows are insane.

Sweatin to the Oldies is one of my favorite live cds from a southern California punk band and the same goes for the VHS counterpart that is in a box somewhere in my closet. I saw the band last in Dallas back in 2001 with Lagwagon and the Ataris and it was a spectacular performance that climaxed with guitarist/master painter Warren Fitzgerald hanging from some sort of rafter. I can’t wait to see what goes down on the inside stage of Red 7 this Saturday. Won’t you Join me? This is the band’s ONLY Texas date. Folks will be coming in from all over!
Enter to win two tickets compliments of Transmission Entertainment by sending and Email to PartyEnds@Gmail.com with your favorite Vandals song in the subject line. A Winner will be randomly chosen via a system of musical chairs and blindfolds by Thursday afternoon.

Come out early because you are not going to want to miss Yuppie Pricks make fun of all the other bands.

MP3: the Vandals- Power Mustache

MP3: the Vandals- My Girlfriends Dead

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dawn landes-john

Hello, Hello Hello! Check out the latest from Dawn Landes below! I first heard of Dawn last year during Peter Bjorn and John mania when she took the internet by storm with her cover of Young Folks. Her origianal material is Cat Power-y but you know, less crazy. It is good, honest, folk by a brilliant woman who, much like a young Dewy Cox once again- he was robbed of an Oscar knod) understands blues. Add her on myspace HERE and keep an eye out for her at SXSW (wink wink knudge knudge.)

We will be announcing our SXSW plans sooner than you think and then we will all jump in the air and give a hi-five to each other. All of us. The whole internet.

MP3: Dawn Landes - Bodyguard

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stay classy hollywood-john

(Walk Hard got SHAFTED for song of the year)

My Oscar fever has waned for another year. Watching the big event last night at the left me with feelings of both justification for several categories (Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in Supporting Role) and guilty for making false predictions in other categories (Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role, Best Documentary Feature)

Read Pajiba’s essay on why the Academy Awards strive ever so hard to be 'classy' HERE. It sums it all up.
Excerpt:
"Juno is this year’s “hip” movie, i.e., the movie that’s classifiably cool as a product that can easily be explained and sold (which is import-ant) to the public and the voting members of the Academy. Nominating Page for Juno isn’t just a recognition of her work and her burgeoning career but a conscious choice on Oscar’s part to appear to be way more in tune with people under 30 than it actually is."

MP3: Okkervil River- Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe

MP3: Belle & Sebastian- Like Dylan in the Movies

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teeths - luther

I don't think any explanation is really in order. Come on.

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built by snow’s videogame launch party!- john

It is no secret that we are Mario and Lugui to Built By Snow’s Princess Toadstool, so we are as thrilled as jumping on a cloud with over 100 coins on it to be helping present their big video debut this Saturday at Club DeVille (because you get a 1-up after 100 coins, duh)

   The band prides themselves on their embracement of nerdom, which makes them sensitive to the ladies and makes them heroes to all the fanboys out there, who are excited to flashback to a simpler time when rock music was catchy, about girls and had lots of that cool keyboard sound that the Rentals used.

   Opening up are topically named Austin group the Politics whose new wave funk sets will go hand in hand with DeVille’s tall pints of Live Oak. By the way- did you see Clinton get booed last night during the debates?! Next up is Vinyl Dharma whose Human League and MTV endorsed vibe will further wet the palate for the video NES-tastic premier of Built By Snow’s “Underneath.” BBS takes the stage next churning thru their catalog of synthpop and nerd core gems that would please Matt Sharp and the editor of Nintendo Power circa 1990 alike.

   The video itself is a giant love letter to the games we all grew up on that required blowing into the cartridge to make work. The games that had horrible translations that didn’t make any senses. The video is full of gags and homages that any postmodern video game fan will have a hard time not chuckling… oh and rocking. The song is one of my favs from last year’s debut EP titled Noise.
Check it:

Headlining is Crash Gallery- an energetic Austin group who has shared the stage with everyone from the Riverboat Gamblers to Ghostland Observatory.

See you tomorrow night at Club DeVille!

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saturdallas - luther

Hey any Dallas readers we may still have, we havn't forgotten you. Not in the least. Well, maybe a little; but we know there is still some hot shit going down in D-town, so we wanted to make sure everyone knows about this pretty tight little dance package rolling thorough the illustrious Cavern on Saturday night. Austinite, DJ, and Jamiroquai enthusiast Car Stereo (Wars) is topping off some local flavor from Killtronix, regular associate of Hot Flash and the Party, as well as Robopop.

The Cavern is where it's at, so don't miss this top notch night, buy an awesome CS(W) CD from Artifact Workshop, and drink a bunch of Texas beer. Always.

MP3: Car Stereo (Wars)- Who Likes Nick McKenna

MP3: Car Stereo (Wars)- Gator McKlusky’s Gold

ZShare: Killtronix - Noche De Vuelo (full mixtape)

(To my knowledge, Chris is not actually enthusiastic about dance-pop genius Jamiroquai)

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inflection? - luther

Alright, I can't really seem to pinpoint why I like Valencia, Spain's Cof Cof so much, but geesu, I do. Following up my Winter Jam '08 My HDD is Broken, the lo-fi electro duo has released a new track to help us warm up for the coming party season. Once again, a slick dance song bespeckled with a charming mix of 8-bit beep tracks and hay-day MJ synth strings, Infection is hookey and fun. Ana Analógica's vocals call to mind a more innocent Love Foxxx or Marina Vello, and when combined with Álex Cuadrado's home-brew production thier music carries all the endearing qualities of your best friend's garage band. Only with good songs. And skill.

Check out the stream of the new single, Infection, over at Cof Cof's Myspace, and keep an eye there and here at PE for further info. So far, no plans to tour outside of Spain are planned, but our readers will be the first to know if they head this direction.

Stream: Cof Cof - Infection

MP3: Cof Cof - My HDD is Broken

MP3: Cof Cof - Aurelia

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mix'n it up - luther

Hey, there campers. The Plug Awards are gaining steam as they announce another live performer (Bat for Lashes) and keep up the hype with these great promo videos from the power post-house of Austin's very own Super!Alright!. Starring a recurring Michael Showalter (of the State and Wet Hot American Summer fame) as a very optimistic mix-tape salesman, the laughs just keep comin'. Check it out:

Michael Showalter Plug Awards Mixtape Doc, pt.2 from Super!Alright! on Vimeo.

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mothfight balls-john

What Mothfight left the crowd with last night at Beauty Bar most of all was amazingly controlled noise. To put it in simplest terms, they are geniuses. Every member of the 7-piece incarnation of the band that assembled in front of the shiny walls last night each is an extremely talented musician. Frontman Kevin Adickes knows more than anyone else I have ever seen perform how to nail lots of high notes with the ever so gentle help of a reverb pedal Beach Boys style as well as he can scream "Hopscotch!"

The band debuted the results of days and days of practicing with at least three new songs and stepped up the tightness and dynamics of the old jams (mp3s linked in yesterday's post below..) Covers of Brain Wilson’s Surf’s Up and Nickelodeon’s Hey Dude were thrown in as good measure to what was basically a perfect set.

The band’s last Austin show (PartyEnds free week show in Jan) presented the band as a three piece due to conflicting schedules- but last night the band premiered an incarnation that featured two new drummers, a cellist, and a banjo/trumpet player. The group’s flux of musicians keeps their live shows exciting and fun. They continually walk the line between Panda Bear noise and Neutral Milk Hotel innovative rock.

In the “blogosphere” there is a lot of tongue in cheek talk about finding “the Next Arcade Fire.” Mothfight will end this search as soon as more people see their live show and lose their shit.

Pick up their 7 inch HERE!

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soundcheck your head for free tonight-john

(photo: mothfight at Emo's Free Week)

I really hope that you didn’t give up going to see terrific shows for Lent! That would have been dumb. There is another amazing looking Soundcheck Magazine Beauty Bar residency tonight featuring two of the best acoustic guitar welding and strange noisemaking bands in Austin: The Lovely Sparrows and Mothfight!

The Lovely Sparrows played a Draft Sessions for us a while back and were amazing. If you haven’t realized yet that a Mothfight show is a special one then wake up. The chance to see these two bands for a mere 3 bucks cover is a steal. The way both bands build huge acoustic soundscapes and tinker with other weirdo sonic elements to give the tracks an experimental edge is amazing. They both do it in their own distinct ways and to different degrees and they both are some of the flagship Austin bands right now. Expect big things from both this SXSW.

If you would like to enter to see this show for free for you and guest shoot an email over to PartyEnds@Gmail.com A winner will be chosen randomly later this afternoon! See you tonight and good luck!
MP3: The Lovely Sparrows - Chemicals Change

MP3: Mothfight– Hopscotch

MP3: Mothfight- Hopscotch (Pt. 2)

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the lairs in austin- john

(photo credit: Stuff and Things Flickr)

The Liars. Wow, the Liars. The Mohawk crowd was packed as frontman Angus Andrew took the stage in a mauve power suit that would have made the Joker proud. Commanding the stage as his technical band of dance punk noise makers behind him skillfully herked and jerked thru each percussive track. Angus, despite some sort of injury, added a bizarre “performance art” edge to his role as lead singer by making crazy faces, screaming, and telling Non-sequiturs that ended with… well… screaming. My wife and I finally concluded that his persona was part Thom Yorke, part satanic Wayne Cohen and part Ozzy Osbourne. There was plenty of shimmying to make for an interesting weird and entertaining show. The huge crowd all left with smiles on their faces and an overwhelming sense of being very short.

****Congrats to Paul W who won the pair of guestlist passes to the show!

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tonight you belong to me-john

   Lykke Li is an 21-year old singer from Stockholm that is that girl “young folks” verse incarnate. She's super sugary fun and yet fragile pop with enough soul to hang with Robyn as displayed in the youtube clip that GvB posted up last week. Anyway- believe the hype on this young lady because come SXSW she will be a household name that no one will know exactly how to pronounce correctly.
   Check out this track !

MP3: Lykke Li- Tonight

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indie rock valentines-john

Look how clever the Catbirdseat is! They have indie rock valentines for "your favorite Pitchfork loving/hating sweetheart."

peek them all HERE.

(thanks for the Valentine Skipper.)

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v-day & liars tickets-john

   Happy Valentine’s Day! Last night’s Mohawk show was a pretty hot dance party with a pretty cold wind chill factor. The outside stage had 4 turntables set up which was cool to see good-ass djs using them all! The highlight of the night for me was enjoying locals Orion and Prince Klassen riff off each others tracks. Jay Z’s vocals were over here, and an Alice in Chains hook was over here... it all came together quite nicely.

   Thanks to everyone who came out and had fun last night!

   The Mohawk is playing host to a HUGE show this Saturday night I wanted to make sure you knew about: No Age and the Liars! Mute Records is being kind enough to hook a lucky reader up with a pair of guest list passes! To enter to win send your favorite oddball Liars song title over to PartyEnds@Gmail.com.
Some of my favorites include “Nothing Is Ever Lost or Can Be Lost My Science Friend” and “Grown Men Don't Fall in the River, Just Like That.” All answers are correct and a winner will be chosen at random on Friday afternoon. Good luck! If you want to play it safe and get your tickets NOW to a show that will most certainly be at capacity pick em up online HERE!

An Added treat for the night is that on the inside stage Loxsly is playing with CEX! Cex opened for Postal Service(btw wasn;t a new album supposed to drop in December?!) way back when and blew my mind. I have never really gotten into his recordings but live he really was the bee’s knees. This will be a super fun night.

And now- the best valentine's day song from the golden ages of "emo":
MP3: the Get Up Kids- Valentine

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danceable profanity-john

   Hey hey hey. Tonight is the night!
   Tonight the Mohawk will be taken over by Djs and folks wearing their best Tronye West attire dancing like the Cobrasnake is in town! PartyEnds MVPDJ Orion warms up the Serato before making way for the mighty (and now one year older) Prince Klassen who eventually hands the jam reins over to the one and only Pase Rock. Last time Pase Rock came thru town we helped put him up at Beauty Bar with Flosstradamus- well, flossy d didn’t show and Pase rock and Klassen keep things stay BATTY all night long. Pass the word around to expect more of the same tonight outside Mohawk where passers by will surely wonder : “is this a song about LiLo’s vajayjay?”

   Check out what the Onion has to say about the show:

“A frequent associate of the Spank Rock crew, Pase Rock set the blog world ablaze a couple of years ago with “Lindsay Lohan’s Revenge,” a reality check written to the troubled poptard that urged her to "Put your panties on / Put your pussy away.” While that much-hyped MP3 is still Pase’s calling card, the MC has plenty of other witty bon mots to throw over old-school electro bangers: Witness the self-satirizing screeds “The Motherfucking Rave Is Over” and “So Fucking Disco,” which bite the ink-stamped hands that feed him by dressing down the club kids at the same time his high-energy beats build them up. Also appearing: Prince Klassen, DJ Orion.”

MP3: Ghosthustler- Busy Busy Busy (Prince Klassen's Young Professional Re-Edit)
(link via ZShare)

MP3: Pase Rock- So Fucking Disco

MP3: Pase Rock (feat: Spank Rock)- Lindsay Lohan's Revenge

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a shameless plug - luther

So this years Plug Awards are creeping up almost as fast as SXSW, and though they are close together and one is on the other side of this great nation of ours, we shouldn't forget the role that it plays in this fickle little community we call independent music. Though the awards show itself, featuring live performances by the likes of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and so-hot-right-now-bee St. Vincent, is hosted by the endearing Patton Oswalt, their promo videos star the alienating and awkward Michael Showalter (also endearing, but in a creepier way), a PE favorite.

Showalter recently plowed the Mohawk under with friend Michael Ian Black and about 700 local fans, after which PartyEnds brought some indoor music fun. Well, in his latest internet video he touts the Plug awards as a clerk in a mix-tape store front. It's funny, outsider-ly, and indie as fuck. Check it out here on the site and check out the award nominees over at the Plug web site. The blogosphere inter-world premier:

Michael Showalter Mixtape Doc, pt.1 from Super!Alright! on Vimeo.

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fart jokes- john

Times are busy these days. It’s hard to get to work on time, drink lots of coffee, try to get into the Flying Saucer Ring of Honor, write for a “blog” and watch hours upon of hours of Battlestar Galatica. But hey, I like to stay to busy. We are also scheming on all sorts of good SXSW happenings that you will thank us for in about 4 weeks.

   A few weeks back we held a contest for a two free copies of the new Michael Showalter comedy CD with the challenge to name a funnier movie than Wet Hot American Summer and I wanted to share with you the results. First off, the random winners were Joe and Will. Congrats. It’s amazing that completely unprovoked and seemingly without any sort of PartyEnds reader mobilization the consensus of answers was one of two things: Wet Hot American Summer -Director’s Cut or the other Showalter cinematic vehicle the Baxter.

   Reader Alex points out that Showalter stars and directs it so it is automatically pretty great. Several people felt obliged to use the phrases “subtle” and “amazing” in regards to the Baxter. In regards to the director’s commentary of WHAS, I think it is now abundantly clear that PartyEnds readers love fart jokes.
Fart.

   Also- congrats to Kellie for randomly winning the Hot Chip 12 inch Ready for the Floor. As always thank you all so much for stopping by and entering our contests!

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slavery in space-john

   Haunting Oboe Music have just made a very impressive splash into a musical exercise the likes of which will impress critics and fans alike over the next 12 months. The goal is to put out an EP a month for the next year and first up is January’s “H.” The songs sweep and build all over the place and ultimately create a fluid EP of Transsiberian-Radiohead swoons and Beck grooves. The band is all over the place influence wise and it all pays off.

   Bishop Allen played the EP game well. Voxtrot played the EP game well. Now HOM is trying their hand at it and so far they are already wearing the powerglove. I have had the pleasure of seeing the 6 (sometimes plus!) band perform a handful of times and this recording is by far the most enthralled I have been with the group. The EP closer Slavery in Space contains the most usage of the HOM trademark (?) screaming vocals are softened and sonically enhanced here making them just right and not overpowering and to make it even more enjoyable it shares the same song time as some of the most planned out vocal layering and eventual Beach Boys harmonies on the EP. HOM is metal for Broken Social Scene fans. Their grasp of crescendo is what makes the band great.

   The release as a whole is very exciting new ground for the group and we all stand to benefit from their diligent "12 EPs in a year" goal.

   Pick up the limited edition EP at Waterloo records and make this a habit each month.

MP3: Haunting Oboe Music- Slavery in Space link courtesy Covert Curiosity

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saturday over the top- john

Happy super Wednesday!
PartyEnds.com is proud to host the amazingly talented Listener Project on tour all the way from Arkansas who performs ‘Talk Music’ this Saturday February 9th at Clemetine Coffee. A hybrid of the Hold Steady, Busdriver and Sole- the Listener Project has a whole album out right now (return to struggleville) about a traveling knife salesman who ends up killing himself- at least that what I think it’s about... thruout, it is witty, poetic, and addicting. Front man Dan Smith is backed by his wife on bass and the washing machine (yes, a washing machine is beat percussively on stage and actually creates pretty good sound) a drummer and a laptop. He captivates audiences with his fast talking talent and pioneering take on the conscience rap genre. Upon his last visit thru Austin playing with Astronautalis and Transmography , he managed to take away the Arm Wrestling championship trophy at the Birds Barbershop and PartyEnds sponsored Man Fest. So, perhaps attendees can challenge his reigning title before or after his performance.

Passenger is an Austin hip-hop artist whose known for his quick and smart rhymes ala Atmosphere or Alias. He deals with real life issues and sensitive topics all while making your head bob like Austin version of Aesop Rock.

Opening up and adding a touch of eclecticism is Austin’s newest melodic indie pop act Hollywood Gossip. I can’t help but compare them to Saturday Looks Good to Me and something tells me that they would be ok with that.

Show Begins at 8pm sharp. Please bring a nominal donatation as gas is expensive and Listener Project has to keep performing and winning arm wrestling tournements across this great land of ours. here is the song with the washing machine beat.

MP3: Listener Project- Ozark Empire, or a snake oil salesman comes to your town

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hot chip tuesday- john

It is Super Tuesday because some elections are happening tonight and boy do I have a way to make the exit polls more exciting! Aside from drinking, you should turn the TV on 'subtitles' and crank the brand new Hot Chip album Made in the Dark. Although I recommend picking it up from your finest local record store if you can’t make it by today you should preview the WHOLE album on their myspace page.

We are thrilled to be able to giveaway a special Hot Chip 12inch for the track "Ready for the Floor" and it is chock full of remixes- check it:
1. Extended Mix
2. Soulwax Dub
3. Jesse Rose Mix
4. Shake a Fist (Diplo Mix)

To enter to win- shoot an email over to PartyEnds@Gmail.com with Ready for the Floor in the subject line and a winner will be chosen at random on Friday afternoon.

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waters of nazarene-john

As far as I can tell The Sons Of Nazarene is just one dude making some cool ass electronic jamz full of dissonant noise, casio drum machines and a hint of Stay Fly by 3-Six Mafia. The guy’s name is Anthony Romero and he wears crazy masks and seems to be an overall weirdo (in a good way, not in a child molester way.) His songs are different,interesting and warrant your fine attention.
You can get the whole debut Ep FREE from his myspace site but preview a track here:
MP3: the Sons of Nazarene- Missed Call

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peachcake tonight- john

                                    (photo : PartyEnds from July 2006 show)
   Since this site has begun we have been going on and on about the wonders of Peachcake! Tonight at the Beauty Bar you have a chance to see them in all their inflatable pool toy and Keytar glory. Seeing them at Beauty Bar is perfect as there isn’t really a stage so all of the crowd interaction (duck, duck goose, musical chairs- think any thing you have ever heard about a Dan Deacon show only done by a guy in pajamas instead of a guy with loony toons shirt) is that much more intense. Each and every show is surreal and not to be missed.
   Opening up is the “only black guy at the indie rock show” the Cocker Spaniels and Djing throughout is Ian Orth whose dance night “Learning Secrets” just turned four years old. Four years of hauling imported vinyl, four years of bringing a slice of Paris to Austin, four years of fun. Congrats Ian.

The show tonight is part of Soundcheck Magazine's B Bar Residency! Come out and bring some spare change/hundred dolla billz to donate to KOOP in an effort to keep them from catching fire again. To sweeten the donation pot- Peachcake will be auctioning off theirstage props so you can own a piece of electro dance rock history and help community radio all at the same time!
Cover is cheap (3 bucks) but if you would like to enter to win a pair of tickets- shoot an email over to partyends@gmail.com ASAP and a winner will be chosen randomly. Good luck!

MP3:Peachcake – hundreds and hundreds of thousands

MP3:Peachcake – I hope we don’t get exploded

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gunpowder-john

(photo Nash Cook)

Everybody’s talking about Black Joe Lewis. “i heard he sounds like Jimmy Hendrix.” “i heard he works at a fish market.” “i heard he is dating Britt Daniel.” The buzz is pretty high about this Austin based blues brother who has a hard edge and a wicked horn section backing him up. We’ve got the debut track from their upcoming Jim Eno (spoon) produced full length which will surely make the out of towners ‘best singles of SXSW’ lists here in…. oh wow… about 6 weeks!!

Overall , this is an act that gets paired with indierock superstars live and always makes even the tightest pants shake, the most ironic haircuts knod back and forth and reminds a percentage of the audience of first time viewers that music can have soul.
Check it out…
MP3: Black Joe Lewis- Gunpowder

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pase rock, comin' atchoo - luther

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can you hear me now-john

An unreleased Talib Kweli joint produced by Kanye West just dropped online yesterday called “mama can you hear me.” The beat is laid back and it highlights talib’s fast paced flow. If there were at least a verse by Kanye in there it could fit right in with the sample-heavy Graduation. I love their collaboration on ‘Get Em High’ from College Dropout but there are very few things I don’t like about that album and most of them are words that get rhymed with themselves... but I digress. The Kanye produced jam ‘Get By’ is and will forever be a complete indie hip-hop banger. You can’t help but like the beat, the hook and the star wars reference. It is good to know that he is still on top of his game and collobrating with kanye.

Talib recently formed his own record label called Blacksmith Records, which is a division of Warner Brothers and just signed Jean Grea. I’ve only heard one track called '#8' produced by the ever-great 9th Wonder which has some of her best display of lyrical ability I have heard. The press photo above makes me want to re-watch Rookie of the Year and see if it is still as compelling as it was 1993. I tried a similar movie on for size the other night (stuart saves his family) and i was extremly dissapointed. Although stuart does not have any baseball in it it is a early 90s comedy that i remember liking around the same time i really liked Aerosmith. Why am i typing this?

Look for a new Talib full length Prisoner of Conscious sometime this year. Enjoy the new jamz courtesy of Blacksmith Records below!

MP3: Talib Kweli - Mama Can You Hear Me

MP3: Jean Grae and 9th Wonder - #8

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