After almost 2 years of exile, emo-popsters Weaver at the Loom posted yesterday that new music is on the way!! All has been quiet on the Weaver front since their tour van broke down in late fall of 2009. Rumors swirled of a breakup, and appear to be at least half-true as a flurry of… [Read more…]
Oftentimes, remixing is a hit-or-miss endeavor. I would venture to say that most people shoot for the most over-the-top recreations of original tunes, blowing them out of proportion and distorting the original intention of the songs. Derivatives is a subtle, delicate adaption of already-excellent William Fitzsimmons songs. (Photo above by my good friend Josh Franer.)
Budgerigars, aka Budgies, or Parakeets, for those of you who don’t know, are a small to medium sized species of parrot. They come in a variety of colors, and are generally mild mannered feathery friends. I had two budgies as a kid, affectionately named Bill and Coo, after the stars of the 1948 color film… [Read more…]
Austin’s # 1 bad boy Robert Rodriguez recently collaborated with Austin’s #2 bad boy Bob Schneider on the music video for Schneider’s “40 Dogs (Romeo and Juliet),” the first radio single from Lovely Creatures. Now while you’d think this duo would create something truly unique and potentially controversial, the exact opposite happened. The video for… [Read more…]
I love it when Austin musicians manage to grab some national attention. One of my favorite magazines, Esquire featured our darling bluegrass massacre-ing, dolphin swooning, foul mouthed, sexy faced Bob Schneider in a fashion/music preview spread in the most recent issue. Pick up a copy to see the gorgeous photos and nuevo-country design which includes… [Read more…]
According to this interesting short article I just found, Paramore allegedly declined an offer to record a new song for the upcoming movie ‘New Moon,’ the second installment in the Twilight series. The article states that the reasoning behind this decision is that Paramore doesn’t want to be known as “the movie band.” Now while… [Read more…]
January 12, 2011 by zwrose
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