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ANNOUNCING: The FunFunFun Fest YouTube Contest
News flash: If you've ever filmed yourself - or others - doing hilarious, weird, or just plain interesting things and then posted the footage on YouTube...well, you're about to actually have a reason for doing so (other than knowing that you've contributed to the Internet in some way).
ANNOUNCING: The FunFunFun Fest '08 YouTube Contest.
This year's festival - taking place on November 8-9 at Austin's Waterloo Park - is loaded to the gills with some truly fantastic bands. We know that, for each of the bands on this year's lineup, there are tons of you superfans out there who can't wait for November. However, we also know that there are a smaller group among you that like to perform. You're the type that always brings a camera to a party. The type that always volunteers to sing at karaoke parties. The type that derives satisfaction from seeing yourself on film.
Now's your chance to show both your superfan-dom and get that pretty mug of yours on the Transmission website.
DIRECTIONS:
1. Film yourself covering your favorite song by any artist playing this year's FunFunFun Fest (here's the lineup).
2. Post that thing on YouTube.
3. Send us the link at .
This contest will end on September 30, at which time we'll announce the 3 winners - gold, silver, and bronze. But not to worry, all 3 winners get the same prize -- a pair of tickets to this year's festival AND glorious recognition of your video right here on the Transmission website.
Come on, all you hidden talents out there. Now's your time to shine.
Tue Sep 2 2008 · Posted in Daily
Fun Fun Fun Fest ‘08 - TICKETS
Click the above graphic for Fun Fun Fun Fest passes. Undergraduate students...be aware that there are discount available tickets available for purchase. WARNING to STUDENTS: If you don't bring a valid student ID to the festival, you WILL have to pay full price for admission. Student tickets will only only available for a limited time. And now...onward. Get 'em while they last.
Fri Aug 22 2008 · Posted in Daily
Paul Westerberg :: 3oclockKreep/Finally Here Once
Perhaps Paul ought to drive a screwdriver through his hand more often.
Not that having Westerberg out of commission for a year was a good thing, but ever since his accident, he has come roaring back with a creative vengeance. First the copyright infringin’, vying for best post-Replacements album 49:00 was dropped on us, followed closely by another independent song, “5:05″. Now, after all the fluster over those releases come the 3oclockreep EP/album(?) and another individual song, “Finally Here Once.”
3oclockreep is a similar creation to 49:00 - songs land in and on top of each other, cut one another off, veer from one style to another. It plays like bits of leftovers and the few songs that do come through, while really solid, are like the lesser songs on 49:00. The real point of interest starts a little before the halfway mark.
Wed Sep 3 2008 · Posted in Daily on littleradio.com
MONDAY TRANSMISSIONS (#5)
Monday: This Monday at Plush we’ve got a good one – Bridge Farmers (if Kurt Cobain had grown up in Texas, he’d be in this band), The Bread, and The Van Buren Boys (think Defiance, Ohio or This Bike is a Pipe Bomb). Shows are always 21 and up and always free.
Tuesday: Mohawk is promulgating Big Lebowski Tuesday with $3 Caucasians and Happy Hour prices all night. The Dude abides.
If you absolutely have to see live music Tuesday, I suggest Lymbyc Systym and This Will Destroy You at Emo’s.
Mon Sep 1 2008 · Posted in Daily
FROM THE MIND OF ADI (#4) - Firsts, Vol. 1
Firsts: Sh*te that happened before other sh*te happened.
Today: Adi’s firsts!
1st favorite song: “Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel.
Yes, it was probably Christie Brinkley who did it."
Thu Aug 28 2008 · Posted in Daily
HOT OFF THE PRESS (#8) - The Bug & Kemialliset Ystävät
HOT OFF THE PRESS (#8) – The Bug & Kemialliset Ystävät
by Nick Courtright
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time for Nick Courtright’s
weekly first glance at music discovered in the last seven days, whether
it be just-released, just-leaked, or some long-lost gem that has
remained under the radar. Click here for other recent editions of HOT OFF THE PRESS, featuring acts such as
Vivian Girls, Bodies of Water, White Denim, Conor Oberst, The Walkmen,
The Music Tapes, Lackthereof, and Grizzly Bear.
The Bug – London Zoo
Released on August 12 on Ninja Tune.
London Zoo is, said as straightforwardly as possible, one of the most striking and
unmistakable albums to hit the shelves so far in 2008. The
England-based brainchild of Kevin Martin borrows from the musical
heritage of Jamaica to form heavy, lumbering, blisteringly rage-filled
music that is sure to drive off as many listeners as it attracts. But
while the scowl this album wears makes much hardcore rap look like
child’s play, the album’s polarizing effects are a sign of its
ingenuity—Martin’s sensibilities regarding darkness and repetition make
it the perfect collection of anthems for sneering and cursing as you
cut off other drivers on the highway.
Wed Aug 27 2008 · Posted in Daily, Reviews
MONDAY TRANSMISSIONS (#4)
Long
weekend – no desire to write a cheesy opening paragraph. On with the
show, as they say. Here are your MONDAY TRANSMISSIONS for the week of
August 25, 2008.
Monday: The Mohawk recently started “Metal Mondays” – come hang and bang your head. Or hit up Red 7 for some punky pop music with NorTexans Kid Liberty and A Bird A Sparrow. Chicago’s A Kidnap in Color round out this matinee lineup. Bring your little sister, or underage girlfriend, if you’ve got one. [No advance tickets available]
Bummed about being back at school? Drink away your sorrows students, drink ‘em all away, at Beauty Bar Monday. The “Back To School, Alright!” Party features two stages of music – definitely not the most dancey lineup
you’ll see at Beauty Bar but fun nonetheless. Inside you’ve got Peel, White White Lights and Sad Accordians, while the patio hosts Belaire, AM Syndicate, and Future Clouds and Radar. Come early for free pizza and vodka from sponsors Hoboken Pie (best pizza downtown, definitely) and 42 Below. [No advance tickets available]
Mon Aug 25 2008 · Posted in Daily
FROM THE MIND OF ADI (#3) - A Look Back: Fugazi (1995)
A Look Back: Exploring the rich history of live music in Austin.
Today’s topic: Fugazi @ Liberty Lunch in 1995.
Growing up, I had a fair share of musical acts recommended to me,
primarily via two personal sources, besides the staple radio and
television suggestions. My father entrusted me with some of his finest
tapes – quite a wide variety – Black Sabbath, Kraftwerk, Simon &
Garfunkel, and The Police. My cousins’ collections turned out to be a
useful secondary supply and would lead to the hair metal mania that duly took over the Mind of Adi until the early 90s. Yes, thank them for the RATT in me. All was not lost, though – I would continue to find time for
cheese-free acts like INXS, U2, Crowded House, and Midnight Oil.
Still, there was work to be done, more musical education to be
acquired, and more live concerts to attend...all of which would change
my life.
Thu Aug 21 2008 · Posted in Daily
FunFunFun Fest 2008: FULL LINEUP RELEASED, TICKETS ONSALE AUGUST 22
Peoples: The cat's out of the bag. As of today, at long last, the FunFunFun Fest '08 lineup is now public in its entirety.
For the third year in a row, we've gone all out to bring you - the Transmission community - one of the nation's most unique music festivals, incorporating a broad pallet of musical styles ranging from hardcore and punk to indie rock and hiphop. After all, good music is just good music...plain and simple.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 22, through Front Gate Tickets. We'll also be offering student discount tickets this year as part of a statewide university campus sales drive, so Texas undergrad students, stay tuned.
For more information, check out the announcement post on The Austinist.
Wed Aug 20 2008 · Posted in Daily
HOT OFF THE PRESS (#7) - Vivian Girls & The Music Tapes
HOT OFF THE PRESS (#7) – Vivian Girls & The Music Tapes
by Nick Courtright
It’s
Wednesday, and that means it’s time for Nick Courtright’s weekly first
glance at music discovered in the last seven days, whether it be
just-released, just-leaked, or some long-lost gem that has remained
under the radar. Click here for other recent editions of HOT OFF THE PRESS, featuring acts such as
Bodies of Water, White Denim, Conor Oberst, The Walkmen, Lackthereof,
and Grizzly Bear.
Vivian Girls – Vivian Girls
To be released on CD September 30 by In the Red.
The
blogosphere is an odd, isolated place, and sometimes the excitement
about an album is so thick and mad and foaming at the mouth that it’s
shocking to find out the rest of the world hardly knows what’s going
on. But this seems to be the case with Vivian Girls, a band who’s been
riding the wave of Internet love and adoration these past few months,
yet—perhaps because their limited edition vinyl debut has been sold out
since practically the minute it was released—most people haven’t yet
caught the fever. All that said, Vivian Girls’ clattering, energetic
approach to punky two minute pop-rock is befitting of the web's
fawning, and surely soon enough the Brooklyn trio (all women, no less)
will be the darlings of a wider populus…even if the album as a whole
doesn’t thrill as fabulously as the first couple singles would have you
believe.
Wed Aug 20 2008 · Posted in Daily, Reviews
MONDAY TRANSMISSIONS (#3)
Who else is stoked for FunFunFun Fest? I’ve seen the lineup – and you haven’t. HA! But get stoked. Seriously. Lineup drops this week – keep checking TransmissionEntertainment.com and be the first to know. In the meantime, here are your Monday Transmissions for the week of August 18, 2008.
- James Taylor
Monday: Rest up – you’ll need it. This week's a doozy. Or stop
by Plush (7th and Red River) where I work the door and occasionally
step behind the bar. Come say “Howdy.”
Tuesday: Prosthetic Records’ Infernaeon bring their blast beats and black t-shirts to Red 7. I prefer my “Black
Metal” to be in the vein of Fishbone and Living Color. Dimmu Borgir and
King Diamond? Not so much. But hey – if that’s your thing, Red 7 is
your spot Tuesday. Manifestation, Self Induced Pain, and Disfigured support with three of the most metal sounding bandnames imaginable.
Mon Aug 18 2008 · Posted in Daily
Reverse Reviews : Metallica, …And Justice For All (1988)
METALLICA - …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (1988)
Elektra
Yeah, these guys are huge – nay, mega-huge – jackasses now, and have
been for several years. Metallica’s self-titled release (1991)
arguably marked the last time the band would put out a record that was
in any way decent or acceptable to their hardcore fan base. After
that, it seems like they started doing a lot more bowhunting, complaining about the Internet, and making records that sounded more like high
school book reports on heavy metal rather than examples of it.
But jump back to 1986. They’d just released Master of Puppets,
a record that brought thrash metal to the masses at long last. It was
the first thrash record to crack the Billboard Top 40. Thrash metal,
to be distinguished from glam metal: Master of Puppets represented a rude response to the glam metal popular at the
time….Poison, Motely Crue, Ratt, and other hair bands that focused on
the more aesthetic aspects of the genre rather than metal’s roots in
street life.