There among the Wilcos and Kelly Willises of the inaugural Austin City Limits Music Festival, these scruffy truck-stop rejects brought the rock. Not the classic, not the jam -- the trailer-park psychedelic. The Austin quartet's debut, Night Rider, showers shoegazer guitar over a glammy, Jane's Addiction shriek and will delight the freak family redneck.
The Vacation Gold writes and performs original songs about love, loss, and hope. Compared to MC5, the Stooges, and the Stones, they thrive on using dirty, gritty sounds as a platform for their music while still being original and innovative. Their music is ass shakin', storytelling music.
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Spacetruck is the perfect moniker for this Austin fourpiece. Like a truck, it's a workhorse, hauling loads of original tunes and chunky rock & roll. And like the ubiquitous Texas pickup, Spacetruck has a slightly country-fried flavor, more Marfa and less Lubbock. The space component is easy, created by the group's use of vintage echo boxes. Likewise, the title of their cd Night Rider is apropos, a reference to the distinctly nocturnal mood of this debut. The Seventies are probably the best reference point, as Spacetruck fuzzes things up by adding analog keyboards to their standard rock mix. These nine tracks also have an edge, as demonstrated on the self-assured, sarcastic swagger of Stooges like rocker "The Destroyer." The saturated sound, full of aural surprises, comes compliments of studio Bubble brother Chris "Frenchie" Smith, former Sixteen Deluxer and current Young Heart Attack. If these promising local youngsters continue barreling into sonically interesting territory, while at the same time resisting the jam band urge to noodle, we'll all be Spacetrucking.
hi it's been a while how's your music? :D just posted our tune called "S" on our space. when you have time, please drop by and enjoy the tune! hope it refresh you :) enjoy romantic June.
next saturday night (07.07.07) we're at emo's lounge with the boxing lesson and johnny goudie:
mercers - 10pm
boxing lesson - 11pm
johnny goudie - 12pm
emo's lounge @ the corner of 6th and red river
new songs
big fun
hey man, i've been in austin awhile, just let me know when you guys are getting together! yes, your drums would be sweet, as soon as I record some of these parts at the studio. i guess i can just do the guitars and then have you do the drums. how is 201? is it super hard?
Greetings SpaceTruck - TVG,
As you are one of myfriends I have taken the diabolical liberty of thinking you might also be interested in the most excellent new Mr Bird LP, 'Know Your Rodents'. There is a few tracks up on the following myspace link from this awesome album:
http://www.myspace.com/mrbirdknowyourrodents
go and give your ears some comfort, you never know, aural pleasure might be the result.
Thanks SpaceTruck - TVG for being such an awesome part of our myspace family.
I apologise whole heartedly if you think this is spam and you hate our music, let me know please.
Love and Respects . . 4Ever the Music . . KidJaM . .
i'm sorry you feel so bad brotha. yeah, i gave dan our lab today, don't worry dawg. next week i can just sing one of my songs in a flash for the small ensemble.
-adam
