Roky Erickson – The Oedipus Project

05/16/201105/17/2011

Okkervil River

The Oedipus Project is up and running with a new media player. No longer will we be hassled with SoundCloud’s legal issues and arcane practices.

So let’s turn our attention to Austin, Texas.

Okkervil River released their sixth album, I Am Very Far, last week.

It’s been three years since their last album, The Stand Ins, when Okkervil River took a brief sojourn as the backup band for Roky Erickson, the 13th Floor Elevators’ legendary frontman.

I Am Very Far is the first Okkervil River album that leader Will Sheff has produced.

“Wake and Be Fine” is a free download from the band’s website.

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09/27/201003/01/2013

The Black Angels out of Austin have the distinction of not only being a searing psychedelic rock band but also of having briefly backed up the legendary Roky Erickson when he performed a few select dates in 2008. Now their third album, Phosphene Dream, has just been released on Blue Horizons (a label recently reestablished by three notable record executives: Seymour Stein, Richard Gottehrer and Mike Vernon). Hear the contemporary garage sounds of the Black Angels on “Telephone”, the Song of the Day.

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“Telephone” by The Black Angels