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Monday, August 18, 2008
Austin band parts company with Epic
Alternative band Sounds Under Radio has left Epic Records before the release of debut LP “Cinematica,” which now will come out on the Austin band’s own label Oct. 14. The split was apparently not amicable, as the band issued a statement blaming “company politics… and a stubborn business model that didn’t change as promised” for the brevity of their tenure as major label artists.
Sounds Under Radio were signed to Epic last fall after they landed a song on the “Spiderman 3” soundtrack. The Will Hoffman-produced “Cinematica” was originally slated for Feb. 2008 release.
Representatives from Epic were unreachable Monday evening. We’ll have more on this story after we talk to the label and the band.
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Cheetah Girls will kick off tour at Erwin Center
This just popped into our inbox: The Cheetah Girls — Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams — will launch their national tour Oct. 8 in Austin. Tickets will be $35 and $45 (plus service charges) and will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 23) at all Texas Box Office Outlets.
From the release:
The members of the pop/R&B trio—Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams- are going on tour to promote their new movie The Cheetah Girls One World and its accompanying soundtrack. The movie premieres this Friday, August 22 on the Disney Channel and the soundtrack is scheduled to be released Tuesday. The Cheetah Girls One World, filmed in Mumbai and Udaipur, India, continues the story of best friends, and hopeful recording artists, Chanel, Aqua and Dorinda, as they embark on their biggest adventure yet by traveling to India to star in a Bollywood movie. …
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Mother Truckers do XXX soundtrack
The hard-touring Mother Truckers are currently on a one-week break in Austin before getting back on the road for a series of shows that includes a party at the legendary Roxy Theater in Hollywood Sept. 3. The Roxy show is a release party for “Rollerdollz,” a hardcore adult feature that uses the Truckers’ music. The Adam & Eve-produced video’s backdrop is the roller derby revival that started in Austin. The Truckers were discovered by the movie’s producer at SXSW.
The cast of porno stars, including Bree Olson and Kayden Kross, came to the Continental Club in May to do the video for M.T.’s “Dynamite” and “Let’s All Go To Bed.” Skaters from the Hot Rod Honeys are also in the videos.
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Donate food at My Morning Jacket show
My Morning Jacket is playing a sold-out show Sunday at Stubb’s. The band has teamed with the Austin Center for Peace and Justice and the Capital Area Food Bank to collect non-perishable food items from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. outside the club at 801 Red River St. (so if you don’t have a ticket, you can still drive by and donate).
Here’s how it came about:
- The band contacted the Center for Peace and Justice and said they wanted to make a donation.
- Center officials were thrilled, of course. Board member and publicist Sylvia Benini heard a report on KUT that very day about needs at the food bank. She wrote a letter to MMJ’s management, thanking them for the donation and telling them about other needs in the community.
- Within 24 hours, Benini heard back: The band wanted to donate to the center and set up a food drive at the show.
From the food bank web site:
What should I donate?
* Healthy non-perishable food
* Items with intact, un-opened, consumer or commercial packaging
* Items with non-breakable packaging (no glass please)
* Food within the expiration date on the packaging
What are the most-requested items?
* Canned meats like tuna, stew and chili (pop-tops preferred)
* Canned vegetables
* Pasta & pasta sauce
* Beans
* Rice
* Healthy cereals
* Peanut butter
* Baby food & baby formula
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Westwood student makes guitar contest finals
Congrats to 16-year-old Ryan Voldstad on his fourth place finish at the 2008 Guitar Foundation of America’s International Youth Solo Competition, which was held Aug. 10 in San Francisco. Voldstad was entered in the age 15-18 division.
A student of Slobodan Vujisic, who uses the Childbloom Guitar method, which was developed in Georgetown in 1980, Voldstad played “Fantasie on themes of La Traviata” by Heitor Villa-Lobos and “Tango en Skye” by R. Dyens.
Westwood High student Voldstad plays with the Austin Bella Corda guitar ensemble.
