Blog Profile / HearYa
| URL : | http://www.hearya.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Music / Indie Music | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1707 | |
| Posts / Week: | 6.3 | |
| Archived Since: | April 2, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Houndmouth – On The Road [mp3] Debut out on 6/4/13
Without question, Houndmouth was one of the top sets I saw at SXSW. After the success of SXSW, they were greeted with national press from Rolling Stone and NBC’s Rock Center. They have just announced their debut on Rough Trade – From The Hills Below The City. It will be out on June 4th and [...]
Jonny Fritz – Goodbye Summer [mp3]
We are pleased to present the debut single from Jonny Fritz’s debut with ATO Records, Dad Country. It took me awhile to warm up to Jonny but I became enamored with Down on the Bikini Line last year and haven’t looked back. Goodbye Summer was recorded in LA at Jackson Browne’s studio and features all [...]
The Black Lillies – Runaway Freeway Blues [album review]
When people learn how serious I take the music I listen to, the conversation always veers towards the question – well, what type of music do you listen to? After a few volleys where I try not to be pinned down, I’ll say something along the lines of, “I probably listen to more alt-country than [...]
Bahamas, Live Session #111
One of my fondest memories at SxSW 2012 was watching Bahamas at Antones at noon on Wednesday with a crowd of about 40 people. I attended with Woody, who was not yet a Bahamas fan. As Bahamas founder and lead singer, Afie Jurvanen, demonstrated his impeccable guitar skills on his electric Strat, Woody began to [...]
Wolf People – All Returns {video}: New Album – Fain out on 4/30/13
England’s Wolf People is back for their 2nd full length on Jagjaguwar, out on 4.30.13. HearYa has been digging these guys since we first caught wind of them. Influenced by Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull and Fleetwood Mac, circa Peter Green, All Returns shows Wolf People at the top of their game. Shot in their rehearsal [...]
Christopher Denny – SXSW Discovery
Last year at SXSW my friend Shira told me trek clear across town from South Austin up to Central Presbyterian to catch Field Report. That seemed to work out pretty well and we’ll have a session coming up with them soon enough. Well, this year I ran into her at the show for He’s My [...]
St. Paul and the Broken Bones – SXSW Discovery
Oz was tipped off to these guys by a friend at Thirty Tigers prior to SXSW. We caught them up on South Congress at Frontgate’s Morning After party. To say the book doesn’t match the cover is an understatement. They are another excellent band out of Alabama. Paul Janeway sings like Otis Redding. The band [...]
Phosphorescent – Muchacho [album review]
A few years back when the slam dunk contest still mattered, Vince Carter threw down a thunderous dunk and declared the contest over to the cameras. If such a contest existed for music, Matthew Houck could mimic Carter as I just don’t see a better album coming out this year. With Muchacho, Houck has taken [...]
SXSW 2013 – Live updates on Twitter
For cutting edge commentary during SXSW 2013, you can find us here: Oz – @HearYa Shirk – @shirkstudio Woody – @WoodyHearYa Assuming we survive, regular programming will return next week including a session from Bahamas. Tweet
Water Liars – Wyoming [Album Review, SxSW]
Water Liars is a sound bigger than two men, two beards, two cigarettes and a tallboy in a bag. Wyoming (released on March 5) is their second LP, but my first introduction to the duo of Justin Kinkel-Schuster and Andrew Bryant. The two formed in Mississippi and recorded outside of Oxford with engineer, Bruce Watson, [...]
Pickwick – Can’t Talk Medicine [album review]
Listening to Pickwick reminds me of why I hate the music industry. Last year, we caught Pickwick’s set at Antone’s and Oz commented that lead singer Galen Disston’s voice was one of the best he’s heard in all our years at SXSW. Combined with a phenomenal band consisting of Michael Tucker, Garrett Tucker, Alex Westcoat,Kory [...]
Blaudzun – Heavy Flowers & SXSW Appearances
Blaudzun is the brainchild of Johannes Sigmond, a Dutchman who’s putting out his third album titled Heavy Flowers. It is their first foray into the USA. Sigmond has a big dynamic voice that fits well with the orchestral setup backing him up. Beloved in their native Netherlands, they are making a run of it here [...]
Treetop Flyers sign to Partisan
A few years back I wrote a quick little post about an English band named Treetop Flyers. I compared them to The Moondoggies, whom we hold in very high regard. After that post, Oz and Shirk remembered seeing them at a TGIF’s during SXSW. Well, from Friday’s to Partisan Records as the band has just [...]
Hollis Brown – Ride On The Train
Named after a Dylan tune, it would be tough to imagine this Brooklyn quartet having anything but a sound befitting that era. While they might be massive Dylan fans, their sound owes more to Credence than anything else. The way songs effortlessly chug along without ever getting frenzied is pure magic. The fact that they [...]
Hiss Golden Messenger – Haw (out 4/2/13)
I like to think of myself as someone who is pretty up to speed on music; especially for a forty-something suburban dad. But when I stumbled upon Hiss Golden Messenger, a project led by M.C. Taylor & Scott Hirsch, let alone their previous effort The Court & The Spark ; I realized I’m not as [...]
ATO Records is spending money as if they were drunk at the kebab truck during SXSW
One of HearYa’s favorite labels, ATO Records, has picked up two phenomenal acts in the last two weeks. First up is Kopecky Famil Band out of Nashville, TN. Their full-length debut, Kids Raising Kids, was on HearYa’s top 50 of 2012. ATO will be re-releasing Kids Raising Kids on 4/2/13. HearYa will be releasing their [...]
New Madrid – Yardboat [sort of an album review] & SXSW
You ask any SXSW regular what their favorite things about SXSW are? Chances are one of the first things they’ll say is stumbling across a new band that blows their mind. Well, I have taken it one step further in 2013. I was looking at the schedule and inadvertently clicked on a link for New [...]
Hanni El Khatib – Family video & SXSW
It is March 1st and I am ready to proclaim a winner in the video of the year. Hanni El Khatib’s video for his new album, Family, is beyond description. But I’ll take a stab. Lunatic Asian motorcylce gang that wears tightie whities while drinking, smoking, fornicating, etc. HearYa pal, Jefe, has taken a particular [...]
New Sub Pop act: Rose Windows – Native Windows [mp3]
Sub Pop just announced a new act for their roster, Rose Windows, a septet hailing from Seattle. We’re releasing their debut record, The Sun Dogs on June 25th. Listen to the first single from their forthcoming debut. If you call yourself a fan or Black Mountain or Dead Meadow, run don’t walk. From Sub Pop’s [...]
Henry Wagons – “Expecting Company?” [album review] SXSW
Any time you see something referencing some Aussie that sounds like Johnny Cash singing duets with Alison Mosshart of The Dead Weather & The Kills, you have to check that shit out. Am I right? It sounded logical to me at the time and I am glad I did. Henry Wagons is the namesake of [...]