These are the bands that give Austin, Texas the jive everybody always talks about.
Aaron Blount
Dimestore Dance Band is an ongoing conversation of composition and improvisation between guitarist Jack Martin and bassist Jude Webre, with Eric Read on the drum kit. Their spirited blend of 1940s small-combo stratagems, post-bop stumbling struts, and ethereal flights pays homage to various forebears (Erik Satie, Django, Charlie Christian, Albert Ayler, the Lounge Lizards) by taking apart their harmolodic machines to make ready for re-assembly on any occasion.
The Boleys
THE BOLEYS BAND
Music-> https://theboleys.bandcamp.com/<-
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Members: Ethan, Emma and Joe Boley
Genre: Grunge, Psychedelic, Rock
Hometown: Florence, TX
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http://www.theboleys.net/
We're siblings, getting our first EP wrapped up. Come nuke your brain at our shows, and we'll fill the room with all kinds of vibrations. Loud as fuck.
Members: Ethan, Emma and Joe Boley
Genre: Grunge, Psychedelic, Rock
Hometown: Florence, TX
http://www.theboleys.net/
BoneMagic
Born in 1313
Band Members
BoneMagic is Matt Hex
Matt Hex is BoneMagic
Short Description
To Summon,To Conjure & To Channel
Long Description
Bonemagic aka Matt Hex is a one man sound destroyer and explorer of electronic manipulation and drum machine demolitions.
A project that was either aborted or birthed somewhere in the 90s and has dragged itself along with stubborn determination throughout various underground scenes and obscure niches ever since.
Like a personal self-invocated exorcism. Cathartic primal screams through overamped microphones and barely audible gutteral utterances sparring with effectabused drum machine rhythms, overbearing saw waves and fragments of sampled sounds eaten and regurgitated into obscenely un-necessary bitrates and frequencies.
Synth Invokation, Analogue Audio Manipulation, Digital Bit Destruction, High Voltage Control. In his own words "To Summon, To Conjure and To Channel" If you're a fan of the likes of early-Final, Whitehouse, The Haters, Foetus and the various associated projects - You'll love this.
Having played with the likes of Corrections House, The Body and former Amrep noisemetallers Today Is The Day. Bonemagic has carved his place in the American psyche...
*description by Boris Otterdam
Bio
"Is this you or something else?" A split personality? A wayward spirit?
I know not what is does or what it wants?
It takes over, I resist it.
Am I crazy...Is there a ghost that haunts me or is this my mind giving into the urge to let go of rational thoughts.
Press Contact
Matthexnoise@yahoo.com
Booking Agent
Trey Mann----918-507-3463
Booher
https://www.facebook.com/boohermusic/
About
Members: Michael Booher, Ben Lance, Doug Walseth, Matt Roth, Bryan Roberts, Michael St. Clair, Bryce Clifford
Genre: Alternative/Indie Rock & Roll
Hometown: Austin, TX
http://www.boohertheband.com/
2016
Genre
Alternative/Indie Rock & Roll
Band Members
Michael Booher,
Ben Lance,
Doug Walseth,
Matt Roth,
Bryan Roberts,
Michael St. Clair,
Bryce Clifford
Hometown
Austin, TX
Record Label
to be announced
Short Description
Austin, TX Rock N' Roll band! Former frontman and main songwriter for Austin’s locally beloved Zykos, Michael Booher is making music again with a new band!
Long Description
In a city awash in talent of every conceivable stripe, the brandishing of a good vocal hook or using the voice as an instrument is surprisingly as rare as finding a spot in central Austin that won’t leave you with an empty stomach and an even emptier wallet.
Then again, I’ve only been here a year. I won’t pretend to have a definitive understanding of the landscape’s music offerings except to say that they are vast and that we can only hope that for the scene’s sake that the city’s Red River region is spared the blight of tapas bars and the irritable vowel syndrome of trendy restaurants gripping Austin as gentrification continues to march through the capitol.
Where was I?
Back to the talent: fronting a tight five-piece that goes by the songwriter’s last name, Mike Booher is compelling in heartfelt authority minus the conspicuous heartache. When I first caught the band as part of a Fun Fun Fun Fest night concert, my first impression was Springsteen. Given the lack of references to unions or automobiles that comparison doesn’t hold up under repeat listens, although the uncontrived honesty and at times infectious song currents does.
The song “Autographed Bibles” is a wonderful exercise in using the voice as an instrument, planting hooks that recall a Dinosaur Jr. or Pavement while tapping an earnestness that splits the difference between Paul Westerberg (on a good day) and the gravelly declarative qualities of your favorite 1993 or earlier U2 album.
Currently putting the finishing touches on an album produced by Mike McCarthy (Spoon, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Patty Griffin, Heartless Bastards), this is a band that can lay claim to a couple of the best songs in Austin and is well worth your time.
by Paul Stinson
Bio
Former frontman and main songwriter for Austin’s locally-beloved Zykos, Michael Booher is making music again with a new band under his own moniker. He recorded an LP in December with producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Heartless Bastards, Patty Griffin, etc.) and is currently aiming for an early 2016 release. Ten loose, spirited Rock & Roll and Americana songs with Booher’s familiar confessional lyrics and yearning vocals, the collection is a welcome return to form and one that may very well attract a wider audience.
Current Location
Austin, TX
General Manager
Brian McKinney / Brash Tracks
brian@brashtracks.com
mbooher@gmail.com
Other Accounts
http://booher.bandcamp.com(Other Service)
https://soundcloud.com/booher(SoundCloud)
Website
http://www.boohertheband.com
Press Contact
info@boohertheband.com
Booking Agent
Nine Mile Records & Touring
http://www.ninemilerecords.com/
Tim Regan
tim@ninemilerecords.com
Book Of Shadows
Book of Shadows
The Booked
Founded in 1998
Genre
Punk
Band Members
Danny Chapa- Drums
Ray Solis- Guitar
Trey Garcia- Vocals
Jarod Cassidy- Bass
Bryan Garcia- Guitar& Vocals
Hometown
Corpus Christi, TX
Record Label
Teenage Heart
Short Description
South Texas' longest running Oi! band! New album "On The Attack!" out now!
Bio
Started out in 1998 and we're still going strong! We are currently looking to play anywhere and everywhere so hit us up! We've been fortunate enough to share the stage with such notable bands as The Business, Oxymoron, The Templars, Blitz, Sham 69, Dropkick Murphys, Agnostic Front, The Exploited, UK Subs, D.R.I., Murphy's Law, Iron Cross, Oxblood, Blanks 77, The Briggs, Red Alert, The Toasters and many others
Current Location
Corpus Christi,TX
General Manager
Trey Garcia
Artists We Also Like
CockSparrer, The Templars, Stormwatch, Dropkick Murphys, Toots and Maytals, The Business,The Clash, Last Resort, Blitz, Perkele, Toy Dolls, Rose Tattoo, Rancid and many others
Influences
CockSparrer, Bad Religion, The Clash, Agnostic Front, Pantera, Descendents, Merle Haggard, Hot Water Music.
Band Interests
Soccer!!!! San Antonio Scorpions FC, FC Dallas, Liverpool-Bryan; Chelsea-Trey;Newcastle United- Ray, Aston Villa-Danny
thebooked@gmail.com
Website
http://www.facebook.com/TheBooked
Press Contact
Danny Chapa, Trey Garcia
Booking Agent
Trey Garcia
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