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Soundscraping BY AUDRA SCHROEDER The Weird Weeds sprout up among Austin's experimental jet set

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Off the Record

BY AUSTIN POWELL

Local bands get licensed to ill, Marked Men prove lo-fi is all the rage, and Explosions in the Sky curate All Tomorrow's Parties

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On the DL

Monroe Mustang

THIS WEEK IN MUSIC

Soundscraping
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
The Weird Weeds sprout up among Austin's experimental jet set

• Spectres
  BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
• 10 Other Unclassifiable Austin Acts

Off the Record
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Local bands get licensed to ill, Marked Men prove lo-fi is all the rage, and Explosions in the Sky curate All Tomorrow's Parties

Texas Platters

Girlie Action
Beautiful World, Paris, Texafrance

Leatherbag
Love & Harm

Brent Adair
Ostrich

Old 97's
Blame It on Gravity

On the DL
Monroe Mustang

Country Mile
Big Bend, Copano Bay, West Texas Wine, Walls Fall Down, Country Jam

Bob Schneider
When the Sun Breaks Down on the Moon

Nelo

Kissinger
Underwater

Ghost of the Russian Empire
The Mammoth

Lucid Dementia
Trickery

Tungsten Coil
Alpha Omega

deEP end
Noise Revival Orchestra Experience, Hiding in the Light, Canopy / Anopy

Jesse Sublett
Murder Ballads & Noir Capers, Part 1

Death is Not a Joyride
The Human Zoo

ATX Underground
ATX Underground, Volume One

Driver F
Chase the White Whale

The Wailing Walls
Long Live the Infidel

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• Soundscraping

• Spectres

• 10 Other Unclassifiable Austin Acts

• Off the Record

• Review: Girlie Action

• Review: Leatherbag

• Review: Brent Adair

• Review: Old 97's

• Review: On the DL

• Review: Country Mile

• Review: Bob Schneider

• Review: Nelo

• Review: Kissinger

• Review: Ghost of the Russian Empire

• Review: Lucid Dementia

• Review: Tungsten Coil

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• Review: Death is Not a Joyride

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