Southern Indiana by way of Austin and Indianapolis group Hitchhike joins us in the offices today. The band plays April 11 at The Pour Haus with Hunter’s Run.
LEO Music ’Cast: Hitchhike
March 23, 2009 – 11:28 am
Brothers & Sisters, fronted by Louisville’s Will and Lily Courtney, performed on the site of the famous Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas. Armadillo was open for 10 years, and hosted such acts as Lightnin’ Hopkins and Bruce Springsteen, before anyone knew he was the Boss. Armadillo is now a parking lot, but a billboard [...]
January 8, 2009 – 3:05 pm
Break out the Shiner Bock: A partial list of bands coming to this year’s SXSW Festival in Austin. Melee ensues March 18-22. Here goes:
8Ball & MJG (Memphis, TN)
Akron/Family (Williamsport, PA)
Al Kapone (Memphis, TN)
Alina Simone (Brooklyn, NY)
Amanda Blank (Philadelphia, PA)
Amber Smith (Budapest, HUNGARY)
Angry vs The Bear (Essex, ENGLAND)
Anthony Snape (Sydney, AUSTRALIA)
ARABROT (Oslo, NORWAY)
Arc Angels (Austin, TX)
Asher [...]
November 25, 2008 – 3:55 pm
Workers, or The Band Formely Known as Your Black Star will release its first record under the new name with a show Feb. 6 at Skull Alley. Ultra Pulverize and Frontier(s) open. Workers’ album was engineered in Austin by Erik Wofford, who recorded The Black Angels’ breakthrough album, Passover.
November 10, 2008 – 4:02 pm
From Camp Your Black Star, er, Workers:
First off, we’re happy to announce that we have completed work on our new album, and we’re hoping for a spring 2009 release. We’ll definitely post some clips on our MySpace profile in the very near future! In other, much bigger news, we have made the decision to change [...]