"The blissfully slacked-out La Snacks would have found good
company in the mid-’90s sandwiched on a Pavement/Archers of
Loaf bill, but even Pavement rarely wrote songs as
simultaneously snarky and reverent as Emo Kind of Love."
- The Onion AV Club
"I first heard Izzy Cox at a coffeehouse gig we played
together in Pasadena. She walked in with her metallic guitar
and tiny amp and sang her heart out. She captivated me with
her authentic style that seemed to harken back to the days
when women belted out tunes with more passion. Her songs are
honest, revealing and thoroughly entertaining." - SMtv
Music.com
The
Physics of Meaning (Durham, North Carolina)
Myspace
"With a focus on character-driven narratives, Hart crafts
beautiful bits of chamber rock that tell the oft-times
tragic tales of a multitude of characters." - KEXP
:The
Physics Of Meaning - Aeroplanes And Hurricanes:
"These US definitely have a rowdier sound when they are on
stage and I honestly can't tell you whether I dig the more
tightly controlled, lap-top world of the recorded album or
the roadhouse show they put on live. I like 'em both. The
important thing is the songs, the lyrics, the intimate
melodies are there no matter what." - Music For Robots
"Old wine in new bottles? These gentlemen from Bergen
present a fruity mix of The Whitest Boy Alive, Phoenix and
even some Italodisco. The result is a slightly synthetic
brew, perfect for swinging. Best thing of all is that you do
need to drink half a bottle of wine to do so. A few songs of
The New Wine suffice. Positive side effect: this stuff does
not cause hangovers." - Eurosonic Festival 09 Magazine
"Undeniably informed by Fulbright's complex spirituality and
his father's untimely death, the band’s songs emerge
unrepentantly melancholic, but mesmerizing in their ability
to uplift." - Altsounds.com
"Perhaps one of my favorite discoveries of the past
year...if this tune [The Menu] (and the entire EP for that
matter) is indicative of this band’s future, I think Austin
and the rest of the indie-pop world will be hearing a lot
from this homegrown act for a while." - Texas Music
Matters
"The trio delivers a heavy yet melodic punch, bruising riffs
and bass lines accentuated by Tiffanie Lanmon's fervent
drumming and Lauren Green's punkish, jagged vocals." -
Austin Sound
"22-year-old Randolph Chabot, also known as
Deastro, takes 80s new/synth wave, blends in some emo/indie
rock and a lot of electronic/dance to create enchanted,
emotional 16 Candles/Neverending Story fantasy-dance
pop." - My Old Kentucky Blog
"January may seem a bit early to declare the best record of
2009, but I am prepared to set caution aside and predict
that this time next year UME will be topping best-of lists.
The band’s new EP, Sunshower is at once beautiful,
brutal, flawlessly executed, and completely unpretentious.
It’s the type of record that grabs the listener immediately
and demands repeated listens. It’s the whole package - as
close to a perfect rock record as has come out of Austin (or
anywhere for the matter) in quite some time." - Austin
Sound
"The Always Already play a darkly likeable post punk
reminiscent of most Canadian bands you’re currently
listening to, with a healthy dose of British new wave of the
non Joy Division variety." - Music Emissions
"...A rotating rainbow of magnified droplets
illuminates the background and on stage below, The Flying
Eyes tear into an ear-splitting set. As if channeling
Jefferson Airplane, this band has captured a 1960’s
psychedelic sound with uncanny ease..." - The Baltimore
Sun
"Low-fi" does not quite fit because it has such
Beat Happening
connotations...has anyone on the Internet coined a phrase
for dudes who just use a MacBook and a Telecaster to
construct heartwarmingly simple dance songs? Mac-Fi?" -
Party Ends
"The ever-imaginative Divided Like A Saint's seems to have
done the unimaginable in creating a band dreamlike and
cerebral enough to measure up to its name." -
Knoxville.com
"It's hard to pinpoint exactly what Doyle's skree sounds
like. Something akin to being chased by a machete-wielding
maniac in the woods." - Austin Chronicle
"The Victoriana-obsessed Mothfight may prefer the crinkle of
yellowed newspapers and the whir of nickelodeons, but the
band’s sound is undeniably New Millennium. Led by former
Octopus Project guitarist Kevin Adickes, the Austin group
combines synthesizers and found-sound samples with classical
instrumentation (including violins, banjos, and musical
saws) and barbershop harmonies, creating flickering
glitch-gospels that open a temporal wormhole between
past, present and future." -
The Onion AV Club
"...Quickly rising among the ranks in the local Atlanta
scene, Batata Doce isn't so easy to pin down, as they seem
to draw influences, creating a sound completely their own.
Light and fun yet technically savvy, their music blends punk
and garage with something a bit Latin." - Pine Magazine
Felix
Obelix (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Myspace
"It's a
record that has more depth and complexities housed in its
four tracks than many pack in a full-length...It will draw
you in, and the attraction only gets stronger with repeat
listens." - The Daily Tar Heel
"This
is pop bent through the surreal lens of krautrock and cosmic
psych" - SF Weekly
:Maus
Haus - Rigid Breakfast:
Steve
Burns And The Struggle (Brooklyn, New York) Myspace
"Steve
Burns has returned to his first love: music. Anyone fearing
an album of Pee-Wee-ish singalong songs can rest assured -
Songs for Dustmites was created with adults in mind; it is
lush and symphonic pop music." - Performing
Songwriter Magazine
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