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Leisure Tourniquet Equinox Mish
Mash 2009 is curated by Henna Chou
and generously sponsored by the
committee which is comprised of:
Dave Norwood, Brian Purington,
James Alexander, and Bill Badeaux.
www.beckanova.com
Letter From the Editor:
We are very fortunate to have the life we’ve been given. I would like
to give a big thank you to everyone directly and peripherally involved
in this event. It has taken a lot for us to get to where we are today and
we wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the support of our friends, family,
and community. As the saying goes, “the whole is greater that the sum
of its parts.” I feel especially in music, it is often difficult to directly
quanify the value of a few notes, a single melody, a verse of lyric, a
couple songs, an old 7” and the effect any of these things have on the
world. As artists or appreciators of art - it’s amazing to think of all the
small and large influences that lead us to do and continue doing what
we do today.
Friday and Saturday,
March 20th and 21st at
Salvage Vanguard Theater,
www.salvagevanguard.org
2803 Manor Road
Austin, Texas 78722
1pm to 7pm (last performers set
at 6pm, clear out by 7pm)
Friday/Out front:
2pm Steve Arceri
www.myspace.com/stevearceri
3pm Amputee (acoustic set)
Friday/SVT Back room:
1pm My Education
www.myspace.com/myeducation
2pm Tambersauro
www.myspace.com/tambersauro
Thank you all for being here w/me/us and I hope it never stops.
Please dispose of your garbage and cigarette butts appropriately, and
have a great time!
HC
2:40 Medications
www.myspace.com/medications
3:30 Edie Sedgwick
5pm (In Lobby) Le Sexy
www.myspace.com/lesexylounge
Saturday out front:
1pm Monokino
www.myspace.com/monokino
1:30 Sthil
www.myspace.com/sthil
2pm Celebration
www.myspace.com/celebrationcelebration
2:30 The Mysterious H
www.myspace.com/themysterioush
2pm Royal Bangs
www.myspace.com/theinvincibleczars
www.myspace.com/thegaryatx
Friday/SVT Front room
w/projections by Paul Baker:
1pm Amputee
www.myspace.com/asvghatsnk
Bill Badeaux.
www.myspace.com/spaceoverdesert
5:00 Invincible Czars
www.myspace.com/maseratirocks
6:20 The Gary
comprised of: Dave Norwood, Brian Purington, James Alexander, and
5:30 Space Over Desert
Saturday/SVT Back room only:
1pm The Noise Revival Orchestra Experience
www.myspace.com/aarmada
Chou and generously sponsored by the committee which is
www.myspace.com/sharonvanetten
4:40 Hello Lovers www.myspace.com/hellolovershello
4:20 Maserati
www.myspace.com/ediesedgwick
5:40 A.Armada
Leisure Tourniquet Equinox Mish Mash 2009 is curated by Henna
4:00 Sharon Van Etten
1:30 Venison Whirled
www.myspace.com/venisonwhirled
2pm Najeeb Sabour
www.myspace.com/najeeb1
2:40 Zanzibar Snails
www.myspace.com/zanzibarsnails
3:30 Fires Were Shot
www.myspace.com/fireswereshot
www.myspace.com/thenoiserevival
www.myspace.com/royalbangs
2:40 Project Jenny Project Jan
www.myspace.com/projectjennyprojectjan
3:30 Graffiti Monsters
www.myspace.com/graffitimonsters
4:10 Midnight Masses
www.myspace.com/midnightmassesandtheendofdays
4:40 Gayle Gold
www.myspace.com/gaylegold
5:30 The Spaceinvader Orchestra
www.myspace.com/thespaceinvaderorchestra
6pm Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers www.
myspace.com/shilparay
6pm (In Lobby) Little Stolen Moments www.
myspace.com/littlestolenmoments
Food by Ararat Mid-East Fusion:
www.myspace.com/araratrestaurant
“Their sound is certainly cut with a decent dose of nostalgia, hearkening a wild
Bowie-esque pop mixed with a touch
of the Cure, but there’s also more than
enough contemporary, Arcade Fire-ish
flourish to keep them squarely set in
the present.” -Austin Sound
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Steve Arceri
Tambersauro
www.myspace.com/stevearceri
www.myspace.com/tambersauro
“Steve Arceri plays acoustic guitar
unconventionally and sings loudly.
His lyrics relate the political to the personal,
antimilitarism with a shot of gnosticism, on
the rocks. He looks like John Vanderslice but
sounds like Bob Mould.”
Amputee
www.myspace.com/asvghatsnk
Head publisher of
“Domestic Rogue Quarterly” magazine
(if such a magazine ever were to exist).
A three-man band pulling in three
musical directions, Tambersauro can
frequently be found in the no-man’sland between punk-prog, shoegaze
and improvised noise, cordoned off
by a unexpected bouts of melody.
This confluence of genres, coupled
with their eschatological live
performances, sets tambersauro
apart from other polyglot ensembles
in their own category between
battles, sharks keep moving, indian
summer, and sonic youth.
Medications
www.medicationsband.com
My Education
www.myeducationmusic.com
My Education first emerged in 1999 as a trio,
and has since expanded and contracted
- currently into the shape of a five piece with
Brian Purington on guitar, Chris Hackstie on
more guitar, James Alexander on viola, Scott
Telles on bass, and Christopher Stelly on
drums.
My Education has released 4 full-length
albums, several singles, compilation
appearances, and a 12” vinyl collaboration
with avant-hip hop duo Dalek. Recordings have been remixed by members of bands
Kinski, Pelican, the Red Sparrowes and Dalek. Albums include 5 Popes, Italian, Moody
Dipper, and the new release Bad Vibrations.
Medications is the continuation of
a musical collaboration that began
in 1993 between Devin Ocampo
and Chad Molter. After the 2001
demise of Faraquet, Ocampo and
Molter reconvened in 2003 to work
on a new project which follows a
musical trajectory whose genesis
and inspiration can be found in the
banality of their childhood home,
suburban Los Angeles.
Edie Sedgwick
Invincible Czars
www.ediesedgwick.biz/
www.invincibleczars.com/
Edie Sedgwick is the transgendered
reincarnation of a vacuous Andy
Warhol Superstar who died of a
barbiturate overdose in 1971. A
visionary artist, Edie was reborn at
the dawn of the New Millenium to
save the world by singing, writing, and
producing video about celebrities.
Armed with a video projector, her
precious IMovies, and an occasional
backing band, Edie travels through
the dark American night presenting
auditory and visual art that honors the
likes of Angelina Jolie, Robert Downey,
Jr., Paris Hilton, Martin Sheen, and
other celebrity co-conspirators.
Austin’s Invincible Czars have made their
mark by creating exceptionally original
music: songs and instrumental pieces
that are like four-to-five minute “minisymphonies” chock full of memorable
melodies, meticulous arrangements,
dynamics, and humor. Their music fuses
riff rock, classical/symphonic music,
heavy metal, loungey grooves, odd meters, klezmer, country shuffles, punk rock
and circusy polka. They draw from influences as disparate as Slint and Igor
Stravinsky, Van Halen and Louis Armstrong, and The Melvins and Ween. The band
applies the DIY attitude of post-punk to their musical explorations, resulting in a
whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Maserati
A.Armada
www.myspace.com/maseratirocks
www.myspace.com/a.armada
Maserati is a rock band from Athens,
Georgia, USA whose sound is best
described as post-rock with math,
progressive and psychedelic rock
influences. Their music is instrumental,
relying on the standard rock
instrumentation of guitar, bass, and
drums. Maserati brings in experimental
sounds to produce a unique and
complex musical experience.
On Anam Cara, the bands first proper
record, A. Armada weaves its sound
through ringing guitars dipped in echo
and a rhythm section that serves more
as propellant than mere support. The
pieces shift from somber genteelness
to intense consideration to soft
cradling. This isn’t music to conquer
the world by; this is music to conquer
oneself with. But if you ask the band
about this they’ll probably give you
a blank stare. And that’s, really, the
whole point. In making music for
themselves they’ve inadvertently made
it for you.
The Gary
Najeeb Sabour
www.myspace.com/thegaryatx
www.myspace.com/najeeb1
“I called him Garold once. He pulled
out his switchblade and told me the
what’s what. Then he lifted up his
AC/DC “Fly On The Wall” 3/4 sleeve
t-shirt and pointed out the scars from a
knife fight he had with his step-brother
Logan.” The Gary formed in Summer ‘08
and released the “Chub” EP in Winter
‘09. Trey Pool plays guitar, Paul Warner
plays drums, and Dave Norwood plays
bass/voice.
Paul Baker (visual artist)
vimeo.com/cloudform
youtube.com/dronetube
Paul Baker’s Cloudform Vision System
takes the concept of the mobile dub
sound system into the realm of video
projection. Content is created from
scratch or combined from digital, analog
and concrete sources. Mixing and
“Music for traveling through the soul”
is how this Austin based Cellist/Singersongwriter describes his music during
these times of shifting genres.
Najeeb’s inimitable voice embraces his
rich classical background, and when his
vision provides this with an outlet, it seems
only to be the beginning for this musical
pioneer. He has now returned eagerly to
share his stories, experiences, lessons
and love of travel in his new Debut EP entitled “TRAVELERS”, scheduled for
release in early spring of 2009.
Zanzibar Snails
www.myspace.com/zanzibarsnails
The Snails are the abstract, communal
improv/drone collective/project of
Nevada Hill & Michael Chamy, previously
co-founders of aleatory Denton, TX
combo iDi*amin, along with a rotating
cast of intrepid explorers, both along for
the ride and pointing the way.
Fires Were Shot
Venison Whirled
www.myspace.com/venisonwhirled
Lisa Cameron, takin it to the streets from China Grove - minute by minute.
www.fireswereshot.com
Using only a pair of acoustic guitars and a
raft of effects, the instrumental duo of John
Wilkins and Clay Walton blow right past
the usual John Fahey-inspired avant folk
clichés and land directly into ambient postrock territory: the Austin duo owes much
more to the likes of Charalambides, Flying
Saucer Attack, and (especially) New Zealand
experimental guitar master Roy Montgomery
than to M. Ward or Loren MazzaCane
Connors. Fires Were Shot defies the simple categorization of ‘ambient,’ though it certainly
has an undeniable ambiance. It defies emotional logic as well; the songs are both sad
and buoyant, all at once heartbreaking and healing.
Sharon Van Etten
Le Sexy
www.sharonvanetten.com
www.myspace.com/lesexylounge
Sip aperitifs and succumb to the sultry
yet sophisticated charms of French
lounge act Le Sexy. An evening of
cocktails, music, and repartee awaits
you in a European-inspired cabaret that
will titillate the senses. Careful, Nadege
et Olivier just might seduce you.
Born and raised in Jersey. Grew up
in Tennessee. Now living in Brooklyn,
NY. Sad prairie folk. New album out
May 2009 on Language of Stone/Heron
Recordings.
Hello Lovers
www.myspace.com/hellolovershello
Hello Lovers is a strange, fashionable
and evocative fruit; Masha Poloskovaviolin , Mollie Fischer-cello, pianist
multi-instrumentalist Andy Hadaway
and Hannah Liddell-pianist, combine
to make the legs of this chamber pop
ensemble. With composer/singer J.C.
King’s unique synthesis of linear and
modal song structures, aptly described
as “southern gothic” endorsing
improvisation method, with alternately
light and dark however consistently
romantic themes. Hello Lovers creates
readily palletable song offerings of
broad, rich harmonies and kinetic
movement.
Space Over Desert
www.heathencall.com
www.myspace.com/spaceoverdesert
Space Over Desert is from Tucson,
Arizona. Their brand of ambient
americana melds textured soundscapes
with finger-style guitar & male-female
harmonies. Born out of Michael John
Serpe’s instrumental studio project, the
current configuration consists of Serpe
on guitar & vocal, Vannessa Lundon
on vocals, The Mighty Joel Ford on
percussion & multi instrumentalist Jeremy
Michael Cashman on soundscapes.
Monokino
www.monokino.com
Monokino features Yu Jin of legendary
Chinese all-girl band Cobra and Dutch
musicians George
van Wettering and Frans van Gastel.
STHIL
www.myspace.com/sthil
Search The Heavens If Lost is
electronic indie pop with pseudo funk
and jazz influences, based in Austin, Tx.
Live shows attempt to incorporate VST
software written by joel, octopads and
live vocals by jenn & joel. Live covers
range from Asia to a cappella Misfits.
The most recent side project is the
electronic improv group City of Hungry
Ghosts
Celebration
Royal Bangs
www.ilovecelebrationmusic.com
www.royalbangs.com
In an age when the violent disintegration
of worldwide society feels perpetually
just a breath away and in a country that
is moving towards being one of the worst
police states the world has ever known,
Celebration’s music is both timely and
severely relevant. Their songs posit an
embrace of Dionysian mysteries as the
only feasible way forward from the ever-increasing weight of global political and
economic evil and the debris of civilization grown to proportions that threaten to
stifle the spiritual essence of human existence.
the Mysterious H
www.myspace.com/themysterioush
Music that came out of your sega
master system and fuckin ruled.
Rock and roll music that beeps and
shakes. We must and will use electrical
guitars, drum machines, sampling,
electrical bass guitar, electrical pianos,
personal computers, shakers, 2 many
drums, and everything else.
Project Jenny Project Jan
www.projectjennyprojectjan.com
Made up of programmer/keyboardist
Sammy Rubin and vocalist Jeremy
Haines, Project Jenny, Project Jan spans
a surprising musical range, from the
sinister beats of “320” to the feel good
“Summertime”; from the singalong swing
of “Brooklyn” to the expansive Bollywood
feel of “The Dialogue.” Project Jenny,
Project Jan are set to release a collaboration EP titled the The Colors EP,
on April 14th, 2009.
The Noise Revival Orchestra Experience
Graffiti Monsters
www.thenoiserevival.com
www.myspace.com/graffitimonsters
The Noise Revival Orchestra started with
hopes to explore and untapped spirit in
music. While following their declaration,
The Gospel of Noise, in search of a new
frontier into the consciousness of artistic
exploration, the unity of 13 formed an
appreciation of music that is now known
as, The Noise Revival Orchestra. The
thirteen members unleash a cohesive expression of sound, music,
and noise to birth an inexplicably magical experience.
8-bit punk Mark DeNardo writes songs
under the band Graffiti Monsters,
fusing ancient and modern mythology
in the noise/folk/punk/blues idiom. With
drummers Jeremy Wolfe Kivett, Julian
Bennett Holmes, and Game Boy Louis
Shannon, Graffiti Monsters has been
making friends and playing shows in the
New York punk circuit, the 8-bitpeoples/collectives, and Brooklyn
noise scene since 2008.
Midnight Masses
Shilpa Ray
www.myspace.com/midnightmassesandtheendofdays
www.myspace.com/shilparay
Members of Midnight Masses have
played or currently play in ...And You
Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead,
Shock Cinema, Rogers Sisters, Dragons
of Zynth, Young People and Santogold.
Gayle Gold
www.myspace.com/gaylegold
Sam huge guitars, Winston drums,
clapping. Chad synthesizer defense,
Deena singing bizzness.
Mere months after the demise of her former
project, the critically acclaimed Beat The
Devil, Shilpa Ray is already stirring a raucous
with her new band. Shilpa Ray and her Happy
Hookers hits the ground running, taking
Shilpa’s voice and songs to new heights:
grinding blues, sleazy jazz, and disturbing rock
tied together with pop and punk sensibilities;
the result sounding something like a vulgar
Ella Fitzgerald crooning in front of a wall of distortion and thunderous, pounding rhythms.
The band reads like a who’s who of recent NYC rock luminaries including members of
Creaky Boards, Soft Black, Kapow!, and cult rock producers The Negatones. Their debut
album, ‘A Fish Hook An Open Eye’ captures the band’s raw and unique sound in 8 solid
tracks, demonstrating depth, ability, and emotional scope, eclipsing anything from Shilpa’s
already lauded past. But Shilpa is not looking back: it is the band’s goal to release and
viciously tour this record throughout 2009.
Little Stolen Moments
www.myspace.com/littlestolenmoments
Space Invader Orchestra
www.myspace.com/thespaceinvaderorchestra
The Spaceinvader Orchestra is an improvisational
group that uses the turntable as the primary melodic
instrument to create a field of sound. Influenced by the
minimalist movement and fueled by a passion for jazz,
international music, and beat culture, the Orchestra
carves loops of melodies from second hand records
and reorganizes the fragments into new compositions.
On stage you will hear anywhere from three to nine
turntables swirling around an armory of samurai synths, organic electronics, and block
stomping beats. The members of the Orchestra are an ever evolving cast of players
including members of Sub Oslo, Polyphonic Spree, Gorch Fock, and Tacks, the Boy
Disaster. The music has been described as a journey from ambient soundscapes to a
beat driven acid drenched dance party. Projections by local VDJ Paul Baker add an extra
dimension to the Spaceinvader experience.
Little Stolen Moments is a gang from
Austin, TX consisting of Lindsey
Taylor, Nicole Whiteside, Stanley Roy
Williamson and most recently, Angie
Johnson. They have been slaying
Austin audiences since their inception
in October 2006. Their neo-vaudevillian
stylings value raw entertainment in the
form of song and dance, and they have
been known to perform anywhere from
bars to backyards, cinemas to stages,
and comedy clubs to kitchens.