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Back To School Alright! 8.25.08 A bit dramatic, but it gets the point across. Should be fun.

photos : valerie@fremin.net Once upon a time there was a rock trio by the name of Heartless Bastards, fronted by vocalist and guitar player Erika Wennerstrom, based in Cincinnati, Ohio doing everything they could to get folks to listen to their music.

Kyle Schutt, guitarist for The Sword, will appear on Talking Metal Live tonight at 7:15pm EST. Topics of discussion are sure to include The Sword’s time in Europe with Metallica and their upcoming tour with Clutch. Visit TalkingMetalLive.com to stream the show live.

  To be fair, I find something exciting in the Austin music scene just about every week. However, this week the cream of the crop is playing both in local and roadshows. There really is something for everyone, but too many hard choices must be made. My Morning Jacket or Nas & Talib Kweli is an impossible dilemma.

Last week, the first edition of our new mixtape series Feedback was released. Feedback Vol. 1 features some of the best in Austin music today, so be sure to download your copy here. We’ve even got an exclusive Full Service b-side called La Pieta that you can’t get anywhere else! The full track listing is below.

I posted this YouTube video awhile back while discussing a rumor that And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead might be a yet to be announced artist for this year’s Fx3 Fest. I knew that the band was scheduled to record their upcoming release with Mike McCarthy and was surprised to hear that they had begun sessions with “Frenchie” Smith over at The Bubble.

 By now, I’m sure you’ve downloaded your copy of Austin Sound Check’s Feedback Vol 1. (hint, hint) The Boxing Lesson’s Dark Side of the Moog is the first track on Feedback, and for good reason. This trio’s brand of modern psych rock is infectious.

Lions Lions…we love ‘em cuz they bring the rock and they’re hometown boys. Toadies…are back with a new album hitting legal on August 19th. The two are poised to tear up the road with a blaze of adrenaline fueled rock, making a stop here in Austin, @ Stubb’s.

Austin’s own Shearwater put on two special performances to celebrate the release of the critically acclaimed Rook, in which they performed the album in it’s entirety accompanied by a string section. One performance took place here in Austin and the other took place @ New York City’s Florence Gould Auditorium.

  I’m proud to present the first installment of Feedback, our new mixtape series. All twelve bands featured are homegrown Austinites and were hand-picked for quality and freshness. We’ve even got a previously unreleased song from Full Service called La Pieta. Click here to download your free copy of Austin Sound Check’s Feedback Vol.