LIV
A new “super group” known as LIV has emerged, and it features Lykke Li, Miike Snow’s Andrew Wyatt and Pontus Winnberg, Peter Bjorn & John’s Björn Yttling and producer Jeff Bhasker. You can check out...
Author: John Laird
Terry Malts
My brain is fried from spending the weekend out at ACL, so I’m only rolling out a single track today. On the bright side, it’s the second single off of Terry Malts’ upcoming album and...
Pretenders
The Pretenders have had a busy week. They not only did they announce a stop in Austin, but they let slip a new video. Personally, I think the latter is kind of useless, as it’s...
Show Of The Week
The first of two ACL weekends is upon us! I imagine that most of you are laying low until the festival and/or its late night shows begin, but I think you should consider jump starting...
UVH (Single Premiere)
These days my Austin recommendations are all done via my radio show – 101X Homegrown – but every now again I get asked for a premiere here at SOTO, and when it’s good, I go...
Quickdraw: Honeyblood, Aan, Tony Molina, Dirty Projectors, Mono
Music! Enjoy. :Honeyblood – Sea Hearts: I’m all about this new one from Honeyblood. As its press release says, it’s “dangerously addictive”. More please. Babes Never Die is due out October 28 via FatCat. :Aan...
Movie Breakdown: The Magnificent Seven
Pre-Screening Stance: I don’t believe anyone asked for a remake of The Magnificent Seven, but one has arrived. It’s directed by the solid Antoine Fuqua, and it has a high quality cast that consists of...
Cherry Glazerr
Today I’m rolling out the latest song from Cherry Glazerr. It’s the trio’s first single via their new label, Secretly Canadian, and I’m into it. To be honest though, I didn’t start out a fan...
Show Of The Week
There are a lot of great shows happening this week. A lot. And I’m admittedly pretty excited about most of them, which means that it’s difficult to pick just one gig to recommend. So, here’s...
Patience
In case you missed it, Roxanne Clifford (from the great Veronica Falls) has been releasing music as Patience. Back in May she put out a very pleasant track called The Church, and she’s now following...
