It can be downright daunting to keep up with all the incredible music coming out of Austin, but we're up for the challenge! Each week, we'll be bringing you 30 minutes of new songs from bands you should get to know. You'll hear a lot of familiar tunes from the groups that make headlining rounds about town, but we'll pay special attention to those artists flying just under the radar. Hang with us and you'll soon have an insider's view of our burgeoning capital city.
| Sleep Over "Your World Is Night" |
N/A |
| Wild Harem "Wild Wild" |
Wild Harem |
| Dirty Dancing "All Smoke No Fire" |
Mediocrity is the Strongest Inevitability |
| Love at 20 "The Look" |
Time to Begin |
| The Happen Ins "Just the Way It Always Was" |
The Happen Ins |
| The Ripe "Holiday" |
N/A |
On this week's episode of Local Lixx Austin, we check in with some of Austin's most well-known up and comers. We preview another track from Mark David Ashworth's upcoming full length, revisit solid tracks from a couple of EPs released at the end of 2009, and catch up with an artist currently on tour with White Denim.
| Brazos "Tell" |
Phosphorescent Blues |
| TV Torso "Black Mask" |
Black Mask |
| My Milky Way Arms "Honeymoon" |
Light Saber Circuit Breaker |
| Oh No! Oh My! "I Painted Your House" |
Stay Indoors |
| Burywood "Northward" |
There Exists an Abstraction Ladder |
| Corto Maltese "Heat Death of the Universe" |
Answer, Answer |
| Human Milk "Underground Lake" |
Grapefruit Clouds |
| Leatherbag "Autumn Leaves" |
Tomorrow |
| Mark David Ashworth "Pennies" |
Bright Is the Ring of Words |
On this week's episode of Local Lixx Austin, we check in with Autobus Records recording artist Mark David Ashworth, hear a sample from both sides of a split LP, and preview an Austin's band's debut EP.
| Beautiful Supermachines "Consumed" |
Consumed |
| Coma in Algiers "Possess It" |
Your Heart Your Body |
| English Teeth "Catastrophe" |
English Teeth |
| Jet Horns "Whiteroom" |
Onward Space Hologram |
| Mark David Ashworth "Disappearing Ink" |
Bright Is the Ring of Words |
| Pure Ecstasy "Easy" |
Easy |
| Distant Seconds "Between the Brackets" |
Hot Buttered Anomie |
This week's Local Lixx Austin is a special one. Not only does it include new tracks from local bands that I love, they're all bands that have something else in common. They're all featured on the upcoming Matador compilation Casual Victim Pile – out on January 26.
| Tre Orsi "The Engineer" |
Casual Victim Pile |
| The Golden Boys "Older Than You" |
Casual Victim Pile |
| Bad Sports "Can't Remember Your Name" |
Casual Victim Pile |
| Dikes of Holland "Little City Girl" |
Casual Victim Pile |
| Flesh Lights "Crush on You" |
Casual Victim Pile |
| Lost Controls "Entirely Wired for Sound" |
Casual Victim Pile |
| The No No No Hopes "Nobody's Fool" |
Casual Victim Pile |
| Wild America "Drink It Dry" |
Casual Victim Pile |
| Follow That Bird! "The Ghosts That Wake You" |
Casual Victim Pile |
Paige is joined by Austin Powell, music columnist for the Austin Chronicle, and Joe Gross, music critic for the Austin American-Statesman, for a look back at the best bands, albums and shows that Austin had to offer up for 2009.
| Bear Claw "Warm Winter/Cold Fall" |
One-Sider |
| The Black & White Years "Two Reservoirs" |
Nursery Myths |
| The Boxing Lesson "Muerta" |
Wild Streaks and Windy Days |
| Collin Herring "Kill the Cover" |
Ocho |
| The Great Nostalgic "Young Lovers" |
The Great Nostalgic |
| My Education "Oars" |
Sunrise |
| Love Collector "First 48" |
Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 |
This week's Local Lixx Austin includes more great music from Austin's burgeoning scene, and there's even a bonus track from a band in Denton. Stay tuned as we check in with local luminaries Shearwater, and get into the casual victim pile with local lo-fi acts like Bad Sports and The Hex Dispensers.
| Shearwater "Castaways" |
The Golden Archipelago |
| Brackett & Co. "Dark Fire" |
TBA |
| Bad Sports "Face Like That" |
Bad Sports |
| The Hex Dispensers "I’ve Got My Doppleganger On" |
Winchester Mystery House |
| Damage Pants "The Hands of Paolo Rocco" |
Damage Pants |
| English Teeth "Invasion" |
Galvonic Shock |
| Manikin "Leaders" |
Stop the Sirens |
| The No No No Hopes "Drink the Wine” |
The No No No Hopes |
Welcome to another edition of Local Lixx Austin. In this set we're going to hear new tunes from All Hail and Ringo Deathstarr, as well as an instant classic from Okkervil River. We'll also check in with TV Torso and the Pons. Check out this week's show - you're bound to find something new you'll like.
| Human Milk "Underground Lake" |
Grapefruit Clouds |
| All Hail "Say Love" |
Truth Love & War |
| TV Torso "The Black Mask" |
The Black Mask/Eye in the Pyramid |
| Distant Seconds "Spectral Evidence" |
Spectral Evidence |
| The Pons "Giant" |
In the Belly of a Giant |
| Ringo Deathstarr "In Love" |
In Love |
| Woodgrain "Selsun" |
The Bronze |
| Okkervil River "Pop Lie" |
The Stand Ins |
This week's episode of Local Lixx Austin is packed with eight incredible songs by local artists. I've got the striking electro-pop of White White Lights, the jangling garage sounds of Harlem, some '90s throwback rock n roll with The Gary and lots more.
| White White Lights "Space Invaders" |
Pass Out |
| Candi & the Strangers "Sensitive Kid" |
Candi & the Strangers |
| Legs Against Arms "The Applicant" |
Come On Let’s Disappear |
| Harlem "Sometimes" |
TBA |
| Oh No! Oh My! "I Painted Your House" |
Dmitrij Dmitrij |
| The Gary "Damn Machines" |
Chub |
| Magic Jewels "Crankfantasy" |
Magic Jewels |
| Headdress "The Lost White Brother" |
Lunes |
Episode #3 of Local Lixx Austin features tunes from indie pop darlings Yellow Fever, a demo from a side project you'll be hearing more about very soon, and the new single from The Laughing. Grab the full episode below, there's bound to be something that will strike your fancy.
| The Low Lows "Elizabeth Pier" |
Shining Violence |
| The Ghost Songs "Do Run" |
TBA |
| The Laughing "Runner" |
Fever |
| The Tunnels "No Love" |
The Tunnels |
| Way No Way "Boys & Girls" |
Way No Way |
| Yellow Fever "Rat Catcher" |
Yellow Fever |
| Woven Bones "If You're Gold, I'm Gone" |
TBA |
| We'll Go Machete "All at Sea" |
We'll Go Machete |
Episode two of Local Lixx Austin is packed with more local gems just waiting to be discovered. This week's show has earthy folk from David Wingo's Ola Podrida, some pub-rock revival from Leatherbag, spare folk from Silent Land Time Machine and even more great indie rock from Wiretree and Sunset. Stay tuned till the end of the broadcast because I saved the best for last: Burywood's tune -- off his new album There Is an Abstraction Ladder -- is perhaps the most impressive of the bunch.
| Ola Podrida “Donkey” |
Belly of the Lion |
| Leatherbag “Pretty Tuff” |
Tomorrow |
| Silent Land Time Machine “I Should Not Be at School” |
&hopestill |
| Wiretree “Luck” |
Luck |
| Lost River/Old River “Lost River” |
Lost River/Old River |
| Sunset “Our Dreams Did Weave a Shade” |
Gold Dissolves to Gray |
| Burywood “The Storm” (The Applause)” |
There Exists an Abstraction Ladder |
| The Eastern Sea “The Sea” |
EP |
It's the very first installment of WOXY's Austin version of Local Lixx, and we've got a handful of tremendous Austin-area acts to introduce you to. We'll hear from Austin stalwarts Brazos and Zookeeper, as well as newcomers International Waters and Follow That Bird. There's some electro-rock from My Milky Way Arms and some proto-punk influenced rock from Beautiful Supermachines.
| Zookeeper "Mama Jean" |
TBA |
| International Waters "Salt and Sea" |
Flashes |
| Brazos "Tell" |
Phosphorescent Blues |
| Follow That Bird "I Want You To Know" |
Follow That Bird |
| Beautiful Supermachines "The Miserablists" |
Shut Up |
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