Which I find almost impossible to believe, given the whole writing for a music site, writing about a band from Austin, live music capital, and so on. But yet here it is:
To answer a question they’ll soon tire of hearing, Harlem are not from Harlem. They’re from Austin, Texas (by way of Los Angeles), a place full of cheap beer and cheap rent and lots of sun; basically a perfect spot for a trio of dudes to play music that sounds like The Move sped up to +8 and not really have to do much else.
Raise your hand if you can spot the whaaa? in the above paragraph. Keep ‘em up for a bit. It comes from RCRD LBL’s new exclusive download this week; it being from Austin’s Harlem*. The writer of the above apparently hails from Brooklyn so sure Austin rent is probably cheaper - but cheap? Hardly. Cheap beer though, yes. Ahh Thursday nights at the Draught House, how I miss thee…
But we’re here to talk about the music. Check out the two songs over at RCRD LBL and also hit up gorillavsbear for another plus excellent photos from their recent show at the Mohawk in Austin. Harlem is growing on me; I think Psychedelic Tits is my favorite song thus far. The vocals are a bit rougher than what I’m used to listening to, but I love that same quality in the music itself. Plus did I mention they have a song called Psychedelic Tits? Sing along to that with the kids!
*If for no other reason than SEO purposes alone; never name your band after a city. Or anything else that is already getting ONE MILLION Google hits before you come along. Your marketer will thank you.
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Taking a completely different turn, have you gotten a hold of Jaydiohead yet? Yes, finally someone decided to expound upon the idea of mashing up Radiohead and Jay-Z for a full length album and put it out on the internet for all the kiddies to enjoy. Grab it now before it inveitably goes the way of LudacrisDemocracy and gets a hate letter from the RIAA.
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