The brand new Tree of Life style video works perfectly for Austin’s post-rock superheroes Explosions in the Sky! Heck, this video almost achieves the same sentiment as one of the top art house movie featuring dinosaurs of 2011! It’s no wonder because the video was directed by Malick’s cinematographer from Tree of Life Peter Simonite alongside Annie Gunn. Both are well known in Austin and beyond for being hotshots behind the lens and their meticulous style lends itself perfectly to the West Texas soft-loud-soft gods!

Featuring miniature glimpses into the Wonder Years era suburbs, plenty of cute kids and phantom camera technology, the music video for Postcard From 1952 from Take Care, Take Care, Take Care goes literal with a song without lyrics by showing fragments (or postcards- get it?!)  from a different time.  If you pick up this album on vinyl you are in for a treat! The packaging is sick.

Water just looks cooler in slow motion. Smoke just looks cooler in slow motion. And so on and so on and so on. Look closely and you’ll be rewarded with a dog wearing glasses. I’d embed it here but the Huff Po has an exclusive thingy that won’t let me. Check it out HERE! Enjoy!

The performers were all incrediballz and I can’t be more thankful for their sharing of time and the talent!

TIGER WAVES entertained the slow waking brunch set with the jangly polyphoinic 6 person pop! It was my first time to see them live and they bypassed the high expectations that their recordings set!   NERVOUS CURTAINS jolted things into high-gear with their dark, proggy-Devo tracks.  They won for best merch of the whole week with their logoed prayer candles that came with an album download of the record!    ISAIAH TOOTHTAKER’s tattooed theatrics engraved the phrase #SXSWAVY into everyone with earshot’s subconscious for the week.  The Hood Internet was in the house and actually met Isaiah for the first time face to face at the show.  Tehir EP Toothy Wavy is going to be a top release of 2012.  Can’t wait!  BLEUBIRD played mostly gaiting gun speed rap songs from his latest opus Cannonball including a few tracks with his producer and hip-hop husband ASTRONAUTALIS. During the Miami-bassed out track Black Sandcastles the two took to the crowd for a healthy dose of booty bouncing with the fans. It was silly and it was awesome. Astronautalis closed out the afternoon at the highball with a full band behind him which featured new touring beat and sample machine Jel from Anticon records. This was Astro’s first of 10 shows over the next four days and the oomph and excitement to be romping on the magical sxsw grounds was certainly there as they cycled thru high-energy songs from This is Our Science and then rounding out the set with the more gentle tracks and even treating the crowd to and oldie and a goodie Seaweed Sheets.

Our friends at the internet’s BEST website Everything is Terrible were kind enough to provide us with projections to be played behind each of the acts and the combination was at times eerily perfect. A giant tip of the shades to those crazy pups!

BROOKLYN BREWERY’s flagship beer the Brooklyn Lager was the thing that most of the audience sustained themselves on for most of the day. Of all the dayshows with their free or cheap cans of swell beer is was so nice to be a part of one with quality brew!

HIDE & SEEK CLOTHING was out at the show in full effect giving out custom made pizza boxes (!!!) full of t shirts as door prizes. Those who won the door prizes were stunned with happiness! If you are wearing a shirt from Hide & Seek Clothing- nothing can go wrong.

I’m still a bit tired from the whirlwind week. I’d like you to remember the good times you had at the day show and plan on doing it again next year!

Check out all of the amazing pictures that Digital Cypher snapped of the day HERE.

SXSWavy yall!

We’ll have amazing drink specials thanks to the fine folks at BROOKLYN BREWERY all day long.  We’ll have door prizes from the internet’s premier vendor of quality shirts – HIDE & SEEK CLOTHING. We’ll have complete fulfillment.

You can be damn sure that headliner ASTRONAUTALIS will be playing this rallying cry from the new album of the same name- This Is Our Science.  The music video for this immense track hit the internet a few days ago and I’m so thrilled with how it came out!  This is one of those “live footage” videos that if done improperly could have been a boring cliché- but, hotdang- this is not. It perfectly captures the charisma and the energy that Astro fans are addicted to. This video reveals a slice of the indie rap.  This Is Our Science manages to make both touring AND getting a haircut with Astronatualis look amazing. Smiles, veins , raps, whiskey and snarls. You must learn:

We’ve got his FIRST (and let’s face it- BEST) SXSW performance this afternoon at 5pm. Don’t miss it.  There is a facebook thingy for the show HERE. Tell your socials networks and whatnot yo.

Tuscon rapper and tattoo artist extraordinaire  ISAIAH TOOTHTAKER is gearing up for his new Hood Internet produced album with rapper Max B dubbed Toothy Wavy. We already showed ya the 90’s bikinied out video for Been Told but a NEW one just dropped and to get ya in the mood for the show on Wednesday let’s check out the vid for A Kingdom.

Max B + Isaiah Toothtaker – A Kingdom (Prod. by The Hood Internet) from ????? Bloglin on Vimeo.

This track is more sinister and more intense than the last and of course the video matches it perfectly.

Gritty Arizona motels, numerous neck tattoos, concentrated stares, giant cigar smoke, whiskey bottles, a ghetto blaster and more. It’s simple and effective. I’m happy to see such a departure from the first one because since every track form Toothy Wavy is getting it’s own video , it’s good to know that they are not ALL going to just be 90s VHS gems. Not that it would be a bad thing- but variety is always a good thing.  We’ll prolly post em all.

Come see Isaiah Toothtaker after TIGER WAVES and NERVOUS CURTAINS and BEFORE BleuBird and ASTRONAUTALIS all for free on Wednesday! Get some cold Beer from BROOKLYN BREWERY and maybe win some sweet prizes from HIDE & SEEK CLOTHING!

Ample Parking. All ages! Killer stage and sound! Bowling! Churros! Crazy video projections. Facebook invite thing HERE.

This DISASTER COMEDY showcase features the best buzzy comics from NYC, some of which are here as guests of that big ol’ festival that everyone is excited about, as well as some of the best we have to offer from here on the home turf – one of which sings in the Riverboat Gamblers! The headliner is TJ Miller who I first saw in the AMAZING short film with Lizzy Caplan SUCCESSFUL ALCOHOLICS and since then have been paying attention to his comedy pursuits online. I can’t wait to see him live!  For free.  On Tuesday.  Disaster Comedy puts on radical shows like this all the time in New York and we are pleased as pie to help out with the bringing the chortles and snickers to the Lone Star State.

This show is especially special in that it marks the first time any of us will set foot in the NEW New Movement location smack in the heart of downtown Austin. So- as cozy and east as their current location is- we all must train ourselves to start associate 616 Lavaca with cutting edge comedy.

The show features the amazing comedic stylings of :

TJ Miller (from that movie CLOVERFIELD, and that television show Conan)

Eliza Skinner (Conan) While Skinner is in town she’s also teaching some workshops on musical improvised comedy at the New Movement.  That’s part of her “thing.”

Aparna Nancherla (Last Comic Standing)  SUPER good! I just recently started going thru her youtube videos and am all about em!

Mike Wiebe (Riverboat Gamblers) The owner of one of my favorite twitter accounts there is AND the singer of one of my favorite punk bands there is!

Chris Trew (The New Movement)  This guy just opened yet another comedy theater in the dirrrrty south- this time in New Orleans.  He is about to take his Air Sex tour back out on the road for a national tour.  He’s performing at the first annual Moontower Comedy festival. He is THIS close to being the owner of the Hornets.

Chris Rose (The Onion News Network) Chris Rose was one of standup comedy’s biggest enthusiasts and has now turned into an active participant.  In the process he’s co-founded the greatness of Disaster Comedy.  Rose is also a DJ and was last seen helping a bunch of SXSW interactive dudes and dudettes get footloose and fancyfree alongside in-the-know locals at the Shangri La at That Internet Party on Saturday night.

Jeff Tyc (Gotham New Talent) Another one of Brooklyn comedy’s rising stars telling us jokes in the great state of Texas.

Lindsay Schiffhauer She is also from New York City and they have tall buildings, subways and bagels there! She’ll tell us all about them!

UPDATE: OhmygoshyouguysBONUS! I just caught wind of a very special guest that Is going to be there – KYLE KINANE!!! I caught Kyle at the Mohawk as part of Hell Yes Fest back in April at the Mohawk and he blew me away. He is easily one of my favorite standups right now. Act like you know and be there for this.

Again – this DISASTER COMEDY show is FREE and on Tuesday March 13th at the home of the NEW New Movement space at 616 Lavaca St from 9-11pm. Forward thinking craft  bevereages is being provided by our dear beer friends at Ranger Creek Brewing and Distillery – what a treat you are in for!

Look- there is a facebook invite thingy HERE if that is your thing!

For the full lineup of the FREE PartyEnds Day Show 2k12 click HERE.

MP3: Tiger Waves- Quebec

Their sophomore album Fake Infinity JUST came out last week on Latest Flame records and is already getting great critical reviews. Check out the first video from the release below!

The reds, blacks, rabbits and weirdo sideshow images all artfully accompany the dancy yet gothy keyboards and drums. The tension of the scrambled video single plays in perfectly with the urgent and jittery angst of the song! I am absolutely buying the record on Vinyl on Wednesday- but if you can’t wait snag it online HERE.

Like the song?  Download the MP3 for FREE!

MP3: Nervous Curtiains- Wired To Make Waves

Want to read an awesome interview with the band from the Dallas Observer?  You should do that HERE.

Nervous Curtains play at 2pm on Wednesday the 14th at the Highball totally for free. They play right after TIGER WAVES. They play right before ISAIAH TOOTHTAKER, BLEUBIRD and ASTRONAUTALIS! While they play,  you can probably win a HIDE & SEEK CLOTHING door prize and enjoy some complex tastiness from BROOKLYN BREWERY! Won’t you join us. Look- there’s a facebook thingy HERE.

The album is coming out on the oh-so-hot-right-now clothing brand Mishka’s record imprint (which also brings us Das Racist mixtapes and 90’s jam collections from Mr. Ducker and Nick Catchdubs!) and is going to make for the smoothest rap album around! Did I mention that I’m so ready for it?!

Check out the VHS friendly music video below, it has lots of early-90s ladies wearing bikinis if that’s your thing and also some good looped footage of Jambi from Pee-Wee’s Playhouse! Each track on the EP comes with it’s own video so be on the look out for these over the next few months!

See Isaiah Toothtaker  give MORE previews of the release at 3pm on March 14th at the Highball for FREE as part of the PartyEnds Day Show!  He’ll be rocking it along with Astronautalis, Bleubird, Nervous Curtains and Tiger Waves! Look- you can say your attending on facebook!

Max B + Isaiah Toothtaker – Been Told (Prod. by The Hood Internet) from ????? Bloglin on Vimeo.

Wednesday March 14th 2012 from 1p – 6 pm magic will happen at the uber swanky Highball (1142 S Lamar Blvd) for locals and out-of-towners alike! Yes, ANYONE who likes free stuff (the show is ALL AGES!) is invited to come hang out and see some of the best musical artists in the world! Keep reading this with your eyeballs!!

1pm TIGER WAVES (Chicago/Austin) A Cosmic surf rock explosion! Epic pop music filtered thru a Wall of Sound and a haze of psychedelia! Surfs up!

2pm NERVOUS CURTAINS (Dallas) Pure minor key intensity from frontman Sean Kirkpatrick who also plays in the Paper Chase and on the studio recordings of all your favorite Astronautalis songs! The dissonance and tight shadowy textures result in intricate, distressed and momentous songs!

3pm ISAIAH TOOTHTAKER (Tuscon) A co-founder of the Machina Muerte hip-hop crew, this heavily tattooed rapper and convicted felon is going to help make this Wednesday afternoon as ill as possible. You’ll be hearing more and more about this dude in the next year as his new album produced by The HOOD INTERNET drops in May on Mishka Records. No promises – but there MAY be free neck tattoos in the parking lot after the show.

4pm BLEUBIRD (Fort Lauderdale) The Anthony Bourdain of rapid-fire indie hip-hop is riding the wave from his recent album release CANNONBALL, which is easily his most personal and awesome yet. That’s no lie. This guy tours non-stop in the Freeebird- a dreamy RV that doubles as a hip-hop venue! He’ll be performing on the stage and not in the back of the RV for this show but keep your eyes peeled for Bleubird around town playing to long lines of folks or in the parking lot of your favorite taco spot. It should also be noted that Bleubird also loves kitty cats.

5pm ASTRONAUTALIS (Minneapolis) The experimental-Americana-indie-rap balladeer will be blowing minds all over the place with his genre-bending songs and insane freestyle abilities. It’s hard to keep count of how many day shows Astro has played for PartyEnds over the year but I will say this- it is an honor that with his level of success he continues to remember us and rock the show with us. Astronautalis is my favorite living performer and if you want to have your jaw drop to the floor you should be at this show by 5pm.

We’ll have amazing drink specials thank to the fine folks at BROOKLYN BREWERY all day long. Anytime you see their logo on a flyer you know it’s a treat!

We’ll have door prizes from the internet’s premier vendor of shirts with sweet vintage motorcycles, elephants with long legs and crazy rams! That’s right- HIDE & SEEK CLOTHING is back this year to spread the hip love!

Won’t you ink us in to your busy schedules? We promise it will be worth your while!

There is a facebook thingy for the show HERE. Tell your socials networks and whatnot yo.

The Cannonball lyrics are smart and the delivery is smooth and endearing. Above all- it is the real deal. Bleubird is a true bard. Good on Fake Four inc for supporting a worthy cause! There are a lot of flash in the pan folks out there in the game and if you ask anyone in the underground scene you know that Bluebird is genuine poet and not to mention a guy with a soft spot for kitties. As deep as Bleubird can go into metaphors upon metaphors, he can also make you crack a smirk with unbridled silliness- take for instance the Pitbull-infused fun of “Black Sandcastles” which has a MTV beach house funtimes vibe to it but is about oil spills.  Aware and fun- that’s the sweet spot!

To be fully entertained by Bleubird- you have to see him live.   The live show is where his charisma and personality shine. The new album is a document of his verbal prowess and a manifesto of politics, emotion and Italian family heritage and I can’t wait to see the songs from it in the flesh soon. Cannonball is packed with smart rhymes and gusto for life. Pick it up HERE and look for Bleubird live any chance you can.  Ok… fine.  I can’t hold it anymore.  Bleubird is going to be part of the PartyEnds Dayshow this March!   Full lineup announced SOOooooo0000oon!

MP3: Bleubird- Black Sandcastles