Monthly Archive: October 2013

Clipd Beaks (Noah)

We’re at a weird place for psychedelia. Bands like Tame Impala have made it as accessible as any time prior to its heyday, while on the other side of the glowing, swirling pink canyon, you...

Jonny 8 Track, Nic Armstrong (Jennifer)

Jonny 8 Track is the moniker used by British songwriter Jonny Aitken. He explains that he “writes songs about having a day job, for anyone who has ever had a day job.” I met Jonny eight...

Pollen (Single Premiere)

Today I’m happy to present to you one of Austin’s newest bands, Pollen.  The trio formed earlier this year, and they accurately describe themselves as punk-inspired garage rock.  Below you’ll fine the premiere of their...

Quickdraw: Audacity, Genuine Leather, Jungle, Tycho, POS

Today’s music thinks you’re so pretty.  Enjoy. :Audacity – Couldn’t Hold A Candle:  I’m really digging the pop garage/punk sound that Audacity has on display in this catchy track.  The band will release Butter Knife...

Weekly Movie News Rundown

Time for your weekly movie news update!  Below you’ll find a slew of sentences meant to provide a brief glimpse of what’s been going on over the past week in movieland.  If something leaves you...

That Time Of The Month (Mikela)

Remember last time, when I said it was almost fall? It’s here, y’all! It’s time for sweaters, scarves, and pants. Pants! I’m so excited to get snuggly and settle in for this sort of season...

Stream This

The SOTO inbox is always full of cool stuff that never gets to see the light of day on the actual site, and I’d like to change that.  So, every Friday I’ll be posting the...

Movie Breakdown: Carrie

People are doing traditional-style reviews all over the web, so we decided to try something different.  In each “breakdown” we’ll take a look at what a film’s marketing lead us to believe, how the movie...

Cut Copy

Spirtualized are very good, so of course I’d be interested in their tinkering of a Cut Copy track.  You can get the tune by grabbing the Free Your Mind single bundle (it also comes with...

Black Books, Yum (Jennifer)

Now that the temperatures have started to cool off, it’s time to curl up with some local releases. Local dream/psych pop quintet Black Books released their self titled debut album this week. You can purchase...