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Matador Records to release CD/double LP compilation of Austin bands
You might recall that Matador Records co-owner Gerard Cosloy lives in Austin. You might also recall his house burned down recently, but that doesn’t really have anything to do with:
“Casual Victim Pile,” a CD/double LP compilation of Austin bands will be released on Matador Records Jan. 26
Regional compilations from nationally-distributed labels are almost unheard of in this day and age.
“It’s an elaborate scheme to classify a couple of years worth of heavy drinking on Red River as a business expense,” Cosloy said Monday. “All kidding aside, Harlem and the Golden Boys excepted (maybe Woven Bones, too —- they’ve been pretty busy) CVP will likely be a lot of listeners’ first exposure to this bunch. That’s the idea.
“I did a Boston comp. 25 years ago (‘Bands that Could Be God’ (Conflict/Radiobeat, 1984)) that had some similarities to this,” Cosloy added. “Matador’s ‘New York Eye & Ear Control’ compilation (released in 1990) was prepared in a similar spirit.”
The line-up:
Follow That Bird! - “The Ghosts That Wake You”
The Young - “Blister”
Woven Bones - “Spirits Roam”
Flesh Lights - “Crush On You”
Dikes Of Holland - “Little City Girl”
Tre Orsi - ” The Engineer”
The Distant Seconds - “Akron Bureau”
Kingdom Of Suicide Lovers - “Hoboken Snow”
Elvis - “Mommy’s Little Soliders”
Love Collector - “First 48”
Bad Sports - “Can’t Remember Your Name”
Wild America - “Drink It Dry”
Harlem - “Beautiful & Very Smart”
The Stuffies - “No One’s Gonna Miss You”
The Golden Boys - “She Said it”
No No No Hopes - “Nobody’s Fool”
The Teeners - “Nazi’s On Film”
The Persimmons - “The Notice”
Lost Controls - “Entirely Wired For Sound”
Wild.
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