We decided to take in a nearly a full week’s worth of Austin this year, so we set our course for EAR Studios once again, focused on bringing WOXY listeners SXSW 2009. Since we were starting our live broadcasts two days prior to the official start of the music portion of the festival and before most bands hit town, we sought out a few of the city’s finest to begin our week. Being the “Live Music Capitol of the World” and truly one of the globe’s music centers, the local scene in Austin easily ranks with those of cities three and four times its size. Our lineup on Monday was comprised solely of local bands that, collectively, more than held their own against the rest of the week’s schedule of national and internationally based artists.

The first band of our 27 bands, Brazos, formed a few years ago as the bedroom project of Austin’s Martin Crane. Both a well-received debut EP and a follow-up single released in 2007 got people talking, while Crane recruited some help and morphed Brazos into a full-fledged band. Phosphorescent Blues will be Brazos’ debut full-length, scheduled for release later in 2009.

Now a trio, the band boasts a classic indie pop sound driven by shimmering guitar work and Martin’s literate, insightful lyrics, treating us to four unreleased songs, which should feature on the record. However, they opened the session by taking a poem from Adrienne Rich and putting it to their own music.

View the full photoset here

Tracklisting
The Observer
Tell
-interview-
Day Glo
For So Long Now

Brazos – The Observer (Live On WOXY.com)
Brazos – Tell (Live On WOXY.com)
Brazos – Day Glo (Live On WOXY.com)
Brazos – For So Long Now (Live On WOXY.com)

Brazos – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

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