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Mountain Husband / Halcón de la Madre - If This Ain't A Business...

01. Maybe It Was Utah (Mountain Husband)

As part of an article called "Open House" (bands who live together...)



Singer/guitarist Joe Diamonds and drummer Joey Jewels play in the psych-rock group Magic Jewels, and their two-bedroom house in North Central Austin is part of the Black Fontanelle Compound, "four surrounding houses that are occupied by close friends, artists, and musicians." "Due to current economic trends, artists living like this becomes an inevitability," Jewels relates. "We all hang out and share ideas and work on the several different projects we have going on. We have a zine/comic book, two record labels, like five bands that we all play in ..."

READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE

photo by Shelley Hiam
article by Audra Schroeder

Track list and info:
01 Magic Jewels - 4 Floors of Whores
02 Magic Jewels - The French (Are Smiling Fucking Bastards!) --both from their CD OUT NOW! (myspace.com/magicjewelsband)
03 Mr. Melting Man? - Shitty Fits --Joey from Magic Jewels' solo sweetness.
04 Mother Falcon - 911 May Fail Altogether--from the CNP Records compilation "Killer Workout Mix" (cnprecords.com) and the split CD "If This Ain't A Business" w/Mountain Husband
05 Mother Falcon - Belong To Me --also from the split CD, "If This Ain't A Business..."
06 Mountain Husband - Kodo Sevayu --also from "If This Ain't A Business..."
07 Mountain Husband - Hairstyles of the 70's --also available on the CNP Records compilation, "Killer Workout Mix" (cnprecords.com)
08 The Damned Human Race - Promethazine --from the EP, "How Does An Expert View Heaven?" available now, also avialable on the CNP Records compilation "Killer Workout Mix" (cnprecords.com)
09 The Damned Human Race - Citizen Twain --from the EP, "How Does An Expert View Heaven?" AVAILABLE NOW! (myspace.com/thedhr)
10 derek_ - Dog In The Office
11 derek_ - Dumb --both from the album, "[diseases]" COMING SOON! (myspace.com/floatdissolve)
12 Acheronian - To (part 8) --from the album, "Sex and Drugs" (kmorecords.blogspot.com , myspace.com/sleepytimemusicva , myspace.com/acheronian)
13 Acheronian - Oxy Contin --from a single, also released on SleepyTime Music's full length CDR, "Drug Songs" and on the Acheronian side of the split 7" with Keith Orzech via KMO Records (sleepytimemusic.blogspot.com)
14 Modern Man - He Wants Bricks! --from the album, "Why Is It Raining Plastic Forks?" OUT NOW! (myspace.com/bmap , evolvehappy.com)
15 Modern Man - Absinthe --also avilable on the Modern Man EP, "Ermelindo" with the song title, "There's More To Life"

OUT OF PRINT -- but if you really want one, just ask for a digital copy.

                                     

Joe Gross of the Austin-American Statesman wrote a very nice article about Magic Jewels for the April 3, 2008 edition.

"Magic Jewels owes as much to Motorhead and Deep Purple as the Butthole Surfers. "Meta-delic" is what the band calls it, an expansive, noisy psychedelic rock, which should fit right in with a giant hunk of Red River. You could plug them into virtually any bill at Emo's, Room 710, Red 7 or Beerland and they'd make sense."

You can read the entire article RIGHT HERE.

This compilation has not gotten the attention it deserves. Our friends, in Virginia, SleepyTime Music have put together a compilation of music they're currently promoting. It's a great collection and features derek_, Mother Falcon, and Mountain Husband. To get a copy, please contact us.