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Written by Fred Mitchim
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 Austin singer songwriter Fredy Argir has released a new C.D. called Last Time Around. Fredy’s voice is his main gift. Most guys who hope to sound authentic would die for his effortless delivery and gravel road tone. Good songs, good production, good back up musicians, its all here. Now of course here in the city of a million bands you might never hear or see him but that doesn’t change the fact Fredy’s got it all going on. |
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Written by Jason Repko
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 The Belleville Outfit
Time to Stand
Self-Released
(Release Date: 5/12/09) Seemingly blasted out of shotgun in early 2008, the debut album Wanderin' by Austin six-piece Belleville Outfit raced up the Americana music charts while many tastemaker radio stations crowned them kings (and queen). With crafty guitarists and vocalists Rob Teter and Marshall Hood, keyboardist Connor Forsyth, and the wonderfully complimentary vocals and violin of Phoebe Hunt, the ingredients remain the same, but will their follow up, Time to Stand, keep them in the high court of roots music up-and-comers? |
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Written by Tamara Dwyer
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 DUSTIN WELCH
Whisky Priest
Self-released
(Release Date: 4/11/09) Dustin Welch's high-energy live shows built an enthusiastic fan base eagerly awaiting his debut release, Whisky Priest. His southern-accented rock ‘n’ roll is played hard and loud, with as many as seven or eight musicians gathered on their guitars, bass, and drums, accented by Tricia Keefer's violin and Welch's banjo. Throughout the album, Welch and his band provide an amped-up and thoroughly modern take on a variety of traditions. |
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Written by Dante Dominick
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 NAKIA & HIS SOUTHERN COUSINS
Water to Wine
KiaChia Productions
(Release Date: 4/7/09) In turning water to wine, Jesus took what is already a valuable, nourishing resource and transformed it to something—while maybe not as necessary—something better. Let’s just run with that allegory and say that’s pretty much what Nakia does on his so-named debut. |
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Written by Nichole Wagner
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 PAUL WESLEY
When I Let Go
Independent
(Release Date: 3/31/09) Texas native Paul Wesley grew up around music—his mother played piano in church, and at age 12 he bought his first guitar with money he saved up by mowing lawns. It was at this point his mother sat him down and forbade him from playing "the devil's music." |
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Written by Patrick Cosgrove
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 VARIOUS ARTISTS
Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm
Vanguard Records
(Release Date: 3/24/09) Now is the time to toast the life of Sir Douglas. Ten years after his untimely death, the incomparable Doug Sahm is finally getting a long overdue wave of recognition from the music community he loved so dearly. |
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Written by Nichole Wagner
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 DAVID LUTES
Big Top
Blueroot Music
(Release Date: 3/10/09)
Clocking in at just barely over an hour, it seems at first glance that Plumtucker frontman David Lutes' latest release should have been a single disc release. But, like the ringmaster at the circus, Lutes separates the different performances on the two-disc Big Top allowing each to take a moment in the spotlight.
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Written by Kate Brown
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 RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS
Underneath the Owl
Volcom Entertainment
(Release Date: 3/10/09)
Say you’re at the record store, looking at the new release shelf. There’s a bunch of stuff you’ve never heard of. There’s some dance trash you’d never listen to. There are some bands you used to like in high school that have fallen into lame obscurity, back for a last crack at you. There’s, well, Kelly Clarkson’s new album. And somewhere among the homogeny of pop/rock/electronica what-have-yous, you start thinking, “What happened to punk?” Did you lose track around the early ‘00s crap-splosion that was the word-number bands (lookin’ at you 182 and 41) and Green Day so-called revival? Have you given up yet? |
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Written by Rosa Santoyo
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 D-MADNESS
Equinox / Funk Fest
Self Released
(Release Date: 3/5/09)
Lorenzo Dwayne Jackson, better known as D-Madness, has been described as the Austin version of Stevie Wonder. The comparison goes well beyond the dark pair of sunglasses, more in line with his amazing musical talent. On his latest two-disc release, Equinox / Funk Fest, not only did D-Madness produce, write, and arrange each track, he also plays almost every instrument in each song.
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Written by Bryan Smith
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 UME
Sunshower
Hulga Records
(Release Date: 2/24/09)
Once dropped from a Cat Power bill for being “too hard,” Ume (pronounced ooo-may) brings with its newest effort a more subdued and radio-ready sound. Combine one part Hole, a dash of Blonde Redhead, and just a pinch from a soundtrack for the latest teen drama and you've got Sunshower, Ume's newly released EP. |
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Written by Bryan Smith
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RANDY WEEKS
Going My Way
Certifiable Records
(Release Date: 2/24/09)
Unbeknownst to many Austinites, a country music visionary has been living in their midst and with the release of his newest album, Going My Way, Randy Weeks will finally make his presence known. Three years after trading in the City of Angels for the city of live music, Weeks is once again poised on the edge of recreating something with which he is familiar: a country music sensation. |
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