Max Frost | "White Lies" [Stream]

Max Frost is a name you should be hearing a lot in the very near future. He's a jack-of-all-trades. Not only does he play multiple instruments, the man can sing. His sound brings many genres to the table, including soul, funk, and electronic aesthetics, just to name a few.

Take a listen to the catchy "White Lies" down below.

Great thing about living in Austin, we don't have to travel far at all to catch him live. He's from here. Just another reason (among the many) to love living in this amazing city.

Upcoming shows:
May 25 @ Nutty Brown Cafe w/ Bob Schneider (8pm)
July 10 @ Zilker Park - Blues on the Green w/ Bob Schneider (6:30pm) [FREE, all ages]
October 4-6 @ ACL Festival [Weekend One]

Max Frost | [Official Site] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Soundcloud]

Bosnian Rainbows - May 29th at Red 7

When The Mars Volta broke up a few months ago a lot of blame was put on guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. TMV frontman Cedric Bixler Zavala went on a Twitter rant calling out Lopez and his fellow Bosnian Rainbows collaborator Teri Gender Bender. With Lopez and Bender in a relationship it seemed as though it was that tried and true story of a guy who chose the girl over his band. Bixler formally announced he was quitting The Mars Volta on Twitter with this statement:

Thank u 2 all VOLTA fans u deserved more especially after the way u rooted for us on this album. I tried my hardest to keep it going… But Bosnian Rainbows was what we all got instead. I can’t sit here and pretend any more. I no longer am a member of Mars Volta… I honestly thank all of you for buying our records and coming to our shows. You guys were a blast to play in front of. We could never had done it with out you. My dream was to get us to the point were Jon Theodore and Ikey Owens came back but sadly it’s over. Thank u a million times over for ever giving a f-ck about our band.

Rodrigruez-Lopez took the high ground praising his fellow At The Drive-In members in regards to their reunion and plugging Bixler's solo project despite the harsh words. It was also very obvious that Lopez was a lot more enthusiastic during live performances with Bosnian Rainbows than he had been over the past year with ATDI and TMV.

Bosnian Rainbows are currently on tour in Europe with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs but Austin will get a chance to weigh in on the new project when they perform May 29th at Red 7. [TICKETS]

Last Night: Phoenix at Austin City Limits

Image courtesy of Scott Newton / KLRU

Image courtesy of Scott Newton / KLRU

I finally made amends with Phoenix last night....

Having been a fan of the group for quite a few years I found myself exhausted with them by the time they played Stubb's for what felt like the 100th time a couple of years ago and if I had to listen to "1901" one more time I probably would have gone crazy. I guess it's pretty cliche but their success kind of soured me. Going into the show I was excited but not excited as you are supposed to be when seeing such a good band in such an intimate setting.

From the moment they opened with "Entertainment" you could tell that it was going to be a special performance. They wasted no time from there moving into material from their breakthrough, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, with Lasso, Lisztomania and Fences, which even I appreciated after taking a time away from listening.

The band was energetic and bold throughout the evening declaring “When you’re on tour, you play places where bands have been before, and you feel part of a tradition, and tonight it’s sort of the ultimate, the pinnacle moment, We’re very proud to be doing this ACL TV show, and we’re proud that you’re doing this with us – we feel like we’re keeping Austin weird.”

There were instrumentals that were riveting and several occasions where lead singer Thomas Mars ran into the crowd that made not only for an amazing performance but what I can only expect will be very interesting television. By the time they finished up with "Rome", Mars had climbed the rafters onto the second floor of ACL Live and was thanking everyone he came in contact with.

I have to admit that I would have never guessed that it would be one my favorite ACL tapings but that is exactly what it was. In terms of hugely successful "pop" bands we can (and often do) so much worse than Phoenix.

You can read a full review and see more photos at ACLTV.com

The 2013 Austin City Limits Festival Line Up

After weeks of speculation and quite a few sneak peeks, The 2013 Austin City Limits line up is here in all it's glory. While the last few days has given us headliners like Muse, Phoenix and The Cure alongside exciting acts like D'Angelo, Toro Y Moi, Local Natives and Haim, festival organizers saved the best secrets for last. Can we start off with the fact that DEPECHE MODE will be headlining!? That's reason enough for me but we also have Atoms For Peace, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend and so many more to sweeten the deal.

The Line Up:

Depeche Mode, The Cure, Atoms For Peace, Kings of Leon, Muse, Wilco, The National, Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, Kendrick Lamar, D’Angelo, Passion Pit, Franz Ferdinand, Tame Impala, Local Natives, Portugal. the Man, Neko Case, Grimes, Jimmy Eat World, Dawes, The Joy Formidable, Purity Ring, Divine Fits, Toro Y Moi, The Shouting Matches, Haim, Smith Westerns, Savages, FIDLAR, Parquet Courts, Autre Ne Veut, Phosphorescent, Wild Belle, and Hundred Waters, Lionel Ritchie, Kaskade, Silversun Pickups, Grouplove, The Black Angels, Okkervil River, Shuggie Otis, Wild Nothing, Pinback, Foxygen, Reignwolf, Deap Vally, Bright Light Social Hour, Lissie, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, White Denim, The True Believers, Mona, Roadkill Ghost Choir, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Typhoon, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Dan Croll, Shovels & Rope, Electric Guest, Valerie June, The Band of Heathens, Red Baraat, Jacuzzi Boys, Widowspeak and more.

This will be the first year that the festival is split in to two weekends taking place on October 4-6 and again on October 11-13th.

General Admission 3 Day Passes, VIP 3 Day Passes, Platinum and Travel Packages will be available this morning (5/7) at 10am, while supplies last. Single day tickets will not be available this year.

For more information head over to the ACLFestival.com

The Couch | "Kaiser" // Show Tomorrow Night at Holy Mountain

The Couch, hailing here from Austin, TX, releases the new video for "Kaiser", a popular track off their latest record released this past winter. 

Catch their show TOMORROW at Holy Mountain / 9PM with The Baker Family. Event details here. 

The Couch is also playing a free festival in San Marcos, MR. Fest (presented by KTSW and Dakota Ranch) this weekend. Catch them Friday Night at the Texas Music Theater @ 10PM.