Indie Sounds NY & Austin

Pete's Weekend Picks: Monique Ortiz, Jennifer Sullivan

For Austin:



Monique Ortiz - now mainly an Austinite - plays Momo's on Sunday at 8pm.

For NYC:



Austin-to-NYC transfer Jennifer Sullivan is at Caffe Vivaldi on Sunday at 7.15pm.

 

Spinning on Harris Radio: Aurical

Harris Radio's podcast #19 is where to go, especially to listen to NYC-based Aurical.  The duo's song Brahms of Philosophy is featured, taken from the album Something to Say.

Kendall's Hit List: The Sideshow Tragedy

Kendall's Hit Tip: Gasoline

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Sideshow @ Facebook

Five Minutes with Ann Courtney of Mother Feather

Ann Courtney's Pop Cock-Rock glam sensation Mother Feather has an EP released today, and a release gig planned for this Friday at The Bowery Electric.  The sound might be rather different from The Late Bloomers, but the songs, the show and the wondrous talent is all there.  Think Hot.  Very.



Indie Sounds: You have an EP up on iTunes today.  And a release party is coming on Friday.  What's this all about then?

Ann Courtney: Mother Feather is a righteous mission, born out of a massive creative epiphany I experienced in late summer of 2009. We have spent the past year and a half developing our live show and have amassed some incredibly enthusiastic fans along the way. I wanted our first recording to be super-slick but also capture the feverishness of the live show. It needed to be able to get you to pump your fist and shake your ass.

Stacie Rose Suite Songs Episode 2 ...

Stacie Rose has posted episode 2 of her Suite Songs video series ...

Pete's Weekend Picks: Anam Mila, Wes Hutchinson

For Austin:



Anam Mila play Flipnotics on Saturday at 10.45pm.  And Les Rav at 8.45pm ... great music all night.

For NYC:



Wes Hutchinson is at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2, tonight at 11pm.  Following James Maddock at 9pm.

Spinning on Harris Radio: Miss Emily

And the hits just keep on coming.  This week on Harris Radio's podcast #19, we feature The Sellout, the opening track on Miss Emily's EP, called The Struggle.

Kendall's Hit List: Samantha Darnell

Photo by Jonathan Thorpe

Kendall's Hit Tip: Don't Say You Love Me

Samantha @ Facebook

Five Minutes with Maygen Kardash of Violent Kin

I've said it before about the Kardash siblings, and I'll say it again ... move over Arcade Fire and embrace the future of Canadian musical wonderfulness, originating from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, going by the name of Violent Kin.  With a new album released today, Indie Sounds caught up with Maygen to find out more about how it came to be.


Photo by MakiFotos

Indie Sounds: You're releasing your sophomore album today.  It's called People.  So what's in the name?

Maygen Kardash: To be honest, when S.J. and I (and our Junior Pantherz bandmates, Terry Mattson and Arnold VanLambalgen II) were really frustrated, we had begun exclaiming as a joke: “people!” Like, say someone doesn’t follow through on a promise: “people!” Or no one responds to an invitation but everyone comes anyway: “people!”

Five Minutes with Rosi Golan

Rosi Golan is one of those NYC musicians that I knew of but hardly ever got to see live in my time there.  I was always somewhere else - often a different city - when she was on stage.  So I didn't know what to expect of her new album when I got the promo email.  Happily, it's a great album with some fine songs, fine singing and fine everything else.  Indie Sounds got the background on it before Rosi departs across the pond.


Photo by Deborah Lopez

Indie Sounds: You just released your album Lead Balloon.  Tell us about the songs and the title.  You co-wrote with a few people.  How did you meet them and what was that experience like?

Rosi Golan: The record officially comes out September 27th. The title came from one of the songs on the record. I think to me Lead Balloon just embodies the feel of the record. The lyric in it "You're my love, you're my lead balloon" touches on both the heavy and light parts of the record. Lyrically this record is really in two minds.