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Monday, November 09, 2009

RepATX Presents: Which Side Are You On? Flatcar Rattlers CD Release at the Scoot Inn - NOV 28

The Flatcar Rattlers are a raucous Bluegrass/Grime band with all the fixin's. They mix up rootsy backwoods Appalachia with fast punk rock to make up a distinct new-timey sound implanted with mountain songs and murder ballads. Austin360 described us as "...songster punk, uncorking a moonshine-laced attack that sounded as if it was conceived in a room somewhere in the North Carolina Appalachians, between a washtub bass and a stack of records by Hank William and the Clash."

With six members from six states, this bunch of ramblers eventually made camp in Austin, TX. While their day jobs range from making guitars to making airplanes, on stage the "Flatcar Rattlers howl and fiddle to beat the devil" as Doug Freeman of the Austin Chronicle stated. Their high octane live shows have created a nice buzz in a short time; ranking them in the top ten of Best New Bands and Best Bluegrass Bands according to The Austin Chronicles 2008-2009 Music Poll.

Come Help RA Celebrate the evening with The Flatcar Rattlers - First 20 people through the door get a FREE CD!!

Click I like it on Do512.com and you could win Free TIX...

8:38 PM

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Represent Austin Presents: Urban Cowboy - ... @The Scoot Inn & Bier Garten on SAT 11/14/09
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http://do512.com/event/2009/11/14/represent-austin...

What: Represent Austin Presents: URBAN COWBOY

Where: The Scoot Inn, 1308 E 4th St, Austin, TX 78702-3806

When: Saturday November 14th, Doors at 9PM

Who: Everyone is invited. Please RSVP here on at www.do512.com for discounted entry.

Why: We are holding this event to celebrate the movie Urban Cowboy (1980) in all of it’s glory. The party will take place at The Scoot Inn, the oldest continuously running beer joint in central Texas. Just as in the movie, this night will include a live all-star band, dancing contest, and a Dolly Parton look-a-like contest.

There will be prizes for the winners from local businesses and The Rabid photographer will be capturing the candid photo's throughout the evening. So, put on your boots and your pearl snaps and come drink a lone star or two and dance to all your Urban Cowboy favorites. Are you a real cowboy?$8 at the Door - $5 RSVP

Currently listening:
Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Release date: 1995-03-14

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Austin 360 Concert Series @ Stubbs Jr w/ ST. CLOUD

Thursday Oct 29th @ Stubbs JR.

Doors @ 10
After the Drive-By Truckers and Hayes Carll

10:51 PM

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

L.A.X - ACL PREVIEW: Austin American Statesman - Austin 360
Category: Music

Austin City Limits preview: Locals L.A.X. deliver an early show of electropop

By Patrick Caldwell | Monday, September 21, 2009, 11:49 AM

Ricardo B. Brazziell AMERICAN-STATESMAN

A cursory glance at Andrew Collins, all flowing locks, bristly mustache and prominently displayed chest piece tattoo, would offer little indication that he fronts one of Austin’s most winning dance acts. The grungy appearance would sooner suggest Collins, 25, spends his nights screaming in a metal band — which he has, with hardcore outfit At All Cost, which plays its final two shows in December.

But it’s L.A.X., which singer and keyboardist Collins formed as a side project in 2005 alongside vocalist Erin Jantzen, 26, that occupies his musical energies these days. The house, R&B and pop-blending group, born as a duo and grown into a sextet, started captivating Austin in a series of house parties but graduates to the big leagues with the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival, which will be their first proper festival performance.

“I think the band right now is actually in a really good place to start playing festivals. There’s more members than there used to be, there’s a lot more going on. Sometimes the stages are a little bit too small at the clubs we play right now,” Collins says. “It’s going to be really awesome to get out on something big and have a really good sound.”

Collins, long an aficionado of pop music and electronica — he today cites Daft Punk as a major influence — started L.A.X. to indulge all the inspirations he wasn’t incorporating into At All Cost. He sought out Jantzen, who had sung background vocals for the metal band and whose musical experience was largely limited to family karaoke sessions. They played a succession of house parties and small shows whenever both were in Austin, with little but a drum machine between them.

“I had never been in a band or even thought about being in a band so for me it was fun. He’d be gone a lot of the time, and when he came back we’d play a crazy party and get drunk and have fun and make people want to dance,” Jantzen says. “Truthfully, Andrew and I were I think less motivated with less people. But now that we’ve got everybody playing together, it’s just completely taken over.”

The duo started with a quickly recorded four-song demo in 2005, which was followed by the 10-track ‘L’ EP in 2007 (two planned follow-ups will, of course, by titled ‘A’ and ‘X’). The band added another four members — singer and writer Yadira Brown, drummer Jon Oswald, guitarist Rory Phillips and bassist Chris D’Annunzio. The completed lineup played unofficial parties during the South By Southwest Music Festival.

And while L.A.X. — with Jantzen’s and Brown’s smoothly seductive vocals, a driving pop sensibility and levels of auto-tune that could compete with ‘808s & Heartbreak’-era Kanye West — might seem like a curious development from a metal fan, Collins says it’s simply a reflection of the hook-filled music he’s always loved.

“I listen to more pop and electronic music than I ever did with metal. A good melody and a hook is just something I love. Like, in a Mariah Carey song, there’s always a hook that just sticks with you. And that’s something I try to put into every song,” Collins says. “I think of something in my head, and if I can remember it at the end of the day that means it’s a winner.”

L.A.X. plays from 11:20 a.m. to noon Sun. Oct. 4 on the Austin Ventures stage.

8:32 PM

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Saturday, September 12, 2009

The Sideshow Tragedy does it again....

The boys take out on the road again next week for the east coast. This time with friend and guitar picker Jeremy Nail riding shotgun. The band will take be playing in a few new spots and revisiting some familiar ones. Catch them if you can!