Ideal Soul Mart – “Wrk”



The video for Ideal Soul Mart‘s “Wrk” is live! It features what appears to be the most awesome business meeting of all time. Check it out here.

Ideal Soul Mart Video Premiere Show



Ideal Soul Mart are playing at the Mohawk on Thursday, March 4th, partly in celebration of their new music video for “Wrk” (which will reportedly premiere at the event.) Silent Land Time Machine and My Milky Way Arms are also on the bill. Show starts at 10 p.m. and is $6/$8 for under 21.

“Listen Local” Podcast



A while back, I created a short-run Podcast called “Listen Local.”  It featured music and interviews with some of Austin’s up-and-coming bands, and I wanted to share it with you here.  To subscribe, just follow this link.  You’ll hear from Collapsing Horse, Royal Forest (formerly Loxsly), Ethan Kennedy and Ideal Soul Mart. I’m hoping to re-start this project in the future, but for now just enjoy the archives!

Ideal Soul Mart at Lambert’s



Ideal Soul Mart (one of my favorite local bands) is playing at Lambert’s tomorrow with Wiretree and headliners the Pons.  It’s only $5, and is all ages – check it out!

Best of 2009 – Caitlin’s List



The prospect of writing up a list of the best of anything is harrowing, and for a music lover, having to somehow rank music by musicians you adore is near impossible (commence metaphors about picking favorite children.)  However, it is the difficulty of the task that makes it so thrilling.  So, I’m here to try to convince you, my readers, that the albums I am about to rank off are ones you should invest your time, money, ears and hearts in.  Though one would think the following disclaimer goes without saying, I prefer to be perfectly explicit:  the albums here are by no means an exhaustive “best of” list, because I am one woman with two ears and not the most money (and yes, I still pay for my music).  These are the best albums that *I* listened to this year.  However, because they span folk-rock, indie-pop, Americana and gritty blues rock, I’m hoping there’s enough here to induce head-nodding or curiosity great enough to get you to check a band out.  Alright, now that we have all these niceties out of the way, let’s get real.

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