Great songs by Austin artists

[jimmyjazz 45893]

21 minutes ago, Stu said:

So, does Sublime count?  

Did they write that material here?  Interesting question.  I remember when they recorded here.  (And for that matter, Uncle Tupelo.)

[Stu 25]

Think they wrote and recorded it in Austin.

I could pick about 10 Schneider songs and another 10 Patty Griffin songs.. but I'll go with Changing Your Mind from Bob, since she sings harmony on it.  Their voices together on that track are incredible and Bob's last verse is so great.

[hullabelew 3723]

Always been a huge Zeitgeist/Reivers fan.  Especially when Kim and John trade vocals.  

 

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

 

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Maybe this is a stretch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Chad Fuck 17661]

I don't think that's a stretch at all.

[Chad Fuck 17661]

As an aside, I've had the tab on that since it came out in whatever magazine at the time.  Still can't get it right.  These fat fingers don't go there.  

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Man, Tapatalk is screwy with exiting posts with YouTube links. I dunno which one that ended up over. Was supposed to be regarding JJWs version of L.A. Freeway.

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

Damnit, editing posts****. I dislike the 5 minute rule.

[irishtexan 11515]

 

[dcbc 14465]

 

[Tylerocks 2553]

 

[jimmyjazz 45893]

dcbc, that's a great tune by Wrenfro.  When I closed down my little studio I sold Tony my old Yamaha upright piano.  He had taught himself to play on it -- I used to wander out there and catch him playing Bach & Mozart etudes.  He learned very quickly.  (No surprise.)

[DeathTongue 88]

 

[Biff Tannen 45667]

Jammed the hell outta this loudly around NW Hills during high school.

 

[DougO 5243]

4 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Jammed the hell outta this loudly around NW Hills during high school.

 

That whole album kicks ass.

[KaiserSoze 998]

22 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

Jammed the hell outta this loudly around NW Hills during high school.

 

 

 

Wow, haven't thought about that band in ages- last time I saw them was SXSW 1996. 

Edited November 10, 2018 by KaiserSoze

[Paul Wesley 3278]

On 11/1/2018 at 8:00 PM, dcbc said:

 

Lot of talent in that band.  

McKinney has written a whole bunch of little gems like that, and just self-releases them from time to time.  

[dcbc 14465]

On 11/11/2018 at 12:47 AM, Paul Wesley said:

Lot of talent in that band.  

McKinney has written a whole bunch of little gems like that, and just self-releases them from time to time.  

Yeah, he's put out some good albums over the years.

[trubbaman 36]

So much great Austin music in this thread. I've been away for a while but it's nice to come back and see all of this. Here's another one.

 

[trubbaman 36]

If you aren't familiar with Mike McCoy, check him out. He's always got a fistful of bands going, like the Service Industry, the American People, Tontine and his current collective, Trompe l'Oeil, who just guested on KUTX last week. 

 

[trubbaman 36]

Jaimee Harris is starting to blow up nationwide. She's an absolute must-see whenever she's back in town, but she's touring the US and Europe a lot right now. 

 

[jimmyjazz 45893]

Tune opens with a little echo of Pink Floyd . . . I feel like I've heard her before . . . pretty blunt lyrics.  I like it.

[ztejas 43414]

On 10/23/2018 at 2:30 PM, CooterBrown said:

 

A great forgotten Austin band. If you can find their album Old Man Lung, pick it up. It's fantastic beginning to end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neon Indian is not Austin. 

And wow... none of this?

I mean they're the biggest band from Austin, right? 

And Gary is from Austin:

Oh also these guys:

 

Edited January 21, 2019 by ztejas

[jimmyjazz 45893]

I'm a huge Spoon fan, and that's probably my favorite track of theirs.  It always felt like it had a bit of a Stones vibe, in Spoon's own angular, ultracool way.

[ztejas 43414]

4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm a huge Spoon fan, and that's probably my favorite track of theirs.  It always felt like it had a bit of a Stones vibe, in Spoon's own angular, ultracool way.

Yeah I think it's the best song they've ever made. That entire album was great. Pretty rare for a band to knock it out of the park like that so far into their career. 

This shit is pretty great too:

 

[jimmyjazz 45893]

Ah, the rare Spoon cover.

I'm very partial to this track, partially because I was . . . involved:

 

[ztejas 43414]

5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Ah, the rare Spoon cover.

I'm very partial to this track, partially because I was . . . involved:

 

I really haven't dug into much of their earlier stuff but now I'm surfing YT remembering how many fucking good songs they have. And that's not even including the radio-friendly shit that I don't like as much like "The Underdog".

This came across my Spotify radio yesterday and I was on board immediately

 

[jimmyjazz 45893]

There's a reason Spoon has so many great songs:  Britt and Jim are naturally talented, but more than that, they're both incredibly fucking smart.

[smuggs 9353]

Bumped.

My brother recently blew my mind up with this Fastball song that I hadn't heard in 20 years:

 

 

[jimmyjazz 45893]

I think that was the only Fastball "hit" that Miles wrote.  Everything else was Tony's.  I can't say specifically how much friction that caused, but it was more than "none".

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

Can't find it posted on YT or anything, but I always thought "Wine From A Bottle" by Neal Kassanoff was a fucking cool song

[smuggs 9353]

27 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I think that was the only Fastball "hit" that Miles wrote.  Everything else was Tony's.  I can't say specifically how much friction that caused, but it was more than "none".

It got filed away in some dusty corner of my brain during the transition from my early 20's to now early 40's... really good song.

[Paul Wesley 3278]

10 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I think that was the only Fastball "hit" that Miles wrote.  Everything else was Tony's.  I can't say specifically how much friction that caused, but it was more than "none".

If I were in a band with another songwriter, and we wrote independently, I would hope that every single song that fucking guy wrote would go straight to number 1.  

But, that's just me. 

[jimmyjazz 45893]

1 hour ago, Paul Wesley said:

If I were in a band with another songwriter, and we wrote independently, I would hope that every single song that fucking guy wrote would go straight to number 1.  

But, that's just me. 

Oh, I agree.  In the end, it's pretty hard to deny the quality of Tony's songs, and I know they're both cool with each other now.

[Teddyballgame 441]

 

 

 

[CooterBrown 18004]

Might as well knock it out of the park with the first song on your first album released last week. The album is fanfuckingtastic.

[Kennythetiger 9376]

Homemade video but it's the only one I could find of my favorite song by them.

[Stringer 1438]

5 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Might as well knock it out of the park with the first song on your first album released last week. The album is fanfuckingtastic.
 

Came here to post about them.  I've been playing that record constantly since last Friday.  There are a few live performances of "Fire" out there that are awesome.

[Biff Tannen 45667]

12 hours ago, Teddyballgame said:

 

 

 

RIP