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Austin, TX anthemic indie-pop band The Laughing premiere the first single from their forthcoming new album. This track, “Disappear” is culled from the quartet’s sophomore full length, Oscillation, set...

The music coming from Austin’s Kassy Key & the Raindogs is so absorbing that is impossible to be indeferent. Very dense and consistent textures. Formed after a Tom Waits failed tribute band, The Raindogs had...

Today we are happy to feature a song from the debut EP of talented Austin singer-songwriter Amber Shirah. Shirah released the 3 song EP this last year on February 22nd. Information from the release states that the...

Now based in Austin, Letting Up Despite Great Faults is the indie electro-based sonic diary of founding member Mike Lee. Since their 2009 self-titled debut LP they’ve refined and expanded their sound, bridging the...

Hear Say is from the second album All Day Pass by Austin TX trio Boyfrndz, out in September. All Day Pass will be available as a self-release on CD and download on September 11th, 2012 and LP via Spora Records shortly...

Sam Chown, drummer/singer/multi-instrumentalist in Austin’s hyper-kinetic duo Zorch premieres the first song from his forthcoming solo debut under the moniker Shmu. Shmu’s album Discipline/Communication is a...

Originally Jane was a punk-rocking, all girl band drummer. She was able to open for The Clash in a band called Pulsallama. In the 90s she started an alternative country band Jean Caffeine’s All Nite Truckstop. Now...

Usually on the Daily Dose we feature new music. But sometimes we come across a reissue of something which needs a re-airing. A case in point is today’s track, from the reissue of the hugely influential album...

JoDee Purkeypile knows what it means to produce music. This one Austin musician has recorded hundreds of songs, all original, and many all by his lonesome. His works have also been featured in the critcally acclaimed 2008...

San Marcos, TX band Lauren & The Black List spent the summer and fall of 2011 recording an EP with Roi Zerda, from which today’s feature is taken. ‘Bend and Break’ is the high energy lead off track...

The rootsy trio began when Jazz Mills (T-Bird and the Breaks) got together with Jesse Plemons to write their first song. The collaboration took off and before long the pair was drawing major buzz at SXSW. Daniel James...

After the tail end of October I figured you all could use a palette cleanser to help wash away all the monster laden paranormal music and get us all back into the normal swing of things. Eight more tracks follow today,...

The second single from their album Go Fly. We featured...

Austin, Texas four-piece SAINTS OF VALORY have returned with a new track that’s been released in the past week or so. We just received word that the new effort ‘The Young Sons’, was being put up at...

Austin Texas Prog/Psych Rock outfit The Boxing Lesson have released a new EP, Muerta. This is the title track from it, and was on their their first album Wild Streaks & Windy Days. This was featured on a Insomnia...

Boy + Kite (“Boy Plus Kite”) was formed in 2009 in an an unlikely place – a hot tub. Back then, Boy + Kite’s Darvin Jones and Beth Puorro would often sneak into a spa on the outskirts of Austin to swim and...

Ringo Deathstarr is a shoegaze power trio from Austin, TX. Channelling diverse influences such as MBV, Fugazi, The Cure, The Smiths and The Velvet Underground into a uniquely sonic fingerprint of their own, the band...

Austin, Texas based Sounds Under Radio have released their second album Where My Communist Heart Meets My Capitalist Mind. “Since their inception, SUR have found fans at every level. In 2007, songs from their debut...

Alhambra is the latest release from Texas based group Mother Falcon led by Austinite Nick Gregg, director of an ever-shifting flock of classical musicians in a soundscape of strings, brass, and drums with a modern...

“Austin, Texas band Moonlight Towers (taking its name from the tall vintage streetlights that illuminate Austin’s nights) is a genuine band that does what comes naturally: writing, recording and playing real rock...

Saints Of Valory come with quite the international flair. Front man Gavin Jasper is Brazilian, guitarist Godfrey Thomson is American, on drums Gerard Bouvier is from France, & on keyboards Stephen Buckle hails from...

Formerly known as Loxsly, Austin’s Royal Forest are slated to perform at this years musical edition of the South by Southwest Festival on Sat March 19th at the Marq – 11pm. You can pick up Royal Forest’s...

STEREO IS A LIE (Editor’s Note: Shocking! A killer band from Austin, TX!) SIAL spent a large portion of 2009 writing and playing shows, supporting such artists as Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel), Dead Confederate...

Since Austin, Texas band The Sour Notes first formed in 2007, they’ve gone through several line-up changes before settling on their current 6-person line-up that consists of some of the town’s most talented...

Household Names is a four-piece alternative pop band from Austin, Texas, featuring vocalist and guitarist, Jason Garcia, bassist Chris Peters, guitarist Eric Roberts, and drummer Joey Spivey. The band will self-release...

From their album Sunrise, released 27 April on Strange Attractors For the past ten years, Austin, TX instrumentalists My Education have splashed their cinematic sound all over the great silver screen that is the...

Orlando transplant NEW ROMAN TIMES have made their way to their new digs of Austin, TX and are also back with a recent album, “On the Sleeve”, released last year on New Granada Records. It’s been some...

Free, creative commons piano rock from Austin’s Fulton Read. But there’s more to today’s Daily Dose than just a title… Austin’s Fulton Read are on a mission to promote the Creative Commons...

From their 4th album One Fix Powderburn, a hard rock foursome that calls Austin, Texas home is; Ken Lockman on vocals/guitars, Eric Anthony on lead guitar/vocals, Greg Enkler on bass/vocals and Patrick Swift on...

From the album This Album Title Reads Like a Fortune Cookie Austin TX, is well known for its rich indie scene. These Men Are Liars is a awesome example of what happens behind the scenes there. Advanced song...

Here’s a band from Austin, TX that is not only tech savvy (a necessary trait for ALL indie bands now) but creates incredible music and gives it away for free, including their two releases EP1 and EP2. There’s...