LimeWire Store, Austinist Present Ear To The Ground: Austin

To coincide with SXSW 2010, LimeWire Store has released Ear to the Ground: Austin. Curated by Austinist, this free 20-track sampler showcases a plethora of Austin, TX's hottest indie acts, including Bear Claw, Brazos, Leatherbag, Wild America, and TV Torso. The sampler is available for download exclusively at LimeWire Store.

"We were so glad to be asked to curate an Ear to the Ground sampler for LimeWire Store," said Paige Maguire, Austinist's Music Editor. "Austin's music scene is dense and epic, and we think our mix represents some of the most exciting up-and-coming bands in the city. For those who have been here all along, or those just diving into our community, this sampler will be an excellent introduction to the incredible talent we have here in the ATX."

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My Education Compose Original Score For F.W. Murnau's 1927 Masterpiece, Sunrise

Austin, TX instrumentalists My Education have composed an original score for director F.W. Murnau's 1927 silent film classic, "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans." Parts of the painstakingly composed soundtrack will be released on CD, LP and digital download this spring via Strange Attractors Audio House. The quintet tours this June in support of the album, fittingly titled Sunrise, with live accompaniment to the film at select venues.

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Band Of Horses Reveal "Infinite Arms" Cover Art

Band of Horses, the Low Country's premiere rock n' roll outfit, will release their third full length LP, entitled "Infinite Arms," on May 18th through Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records. The album package will feature the photography of the band's long time collaborator Christopher Wilson.

Produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek, mixed by Dave Sardy, and recorded over a 16-month period, the songs on Infinite Arms project the essence of the different locales across America that became the setting for the recording and songwriting process behind the album. The rich musical heritage of Muscle Shoals, AL, the sublime beauty of Asheville's Blue Ridge Mountains, the glamorous Hollywood Hills and the vast Mojave desert all influenced the sounds on Infinite Arms and helped yield the group's most focused and dynamic recordings to date. The serene woods of Northern Minnesota and the band's native Carolinas inspired the songwriting, lending the compositions an air of comfort and familiarity.

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Billy Wallace Launches Tour

Billy Wallace, formerly of The Wading Girl, is back on the road in support of his solo debut, "The Road Spit Me Out." Wallace launched his tour earlier this week on Monday in Knoxville, TN. He'll be on the road through April 2 when things will finish up in Decatur, GA.

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SPIN Magazine And MySpace Music Team-Up To Host The Loft

SPIN and MySpace are back at South by Southwest for another year of the SPIN and MySpace Music Loft on 6th. This year's space will feature even more private acoustic performances and interviews with today's hottest bands. SPIN and MySpace partners Best Buy Musical Instruments will provide the instruments, K-Swiss will bring a Ping-Pong table, and guests will enjoy a Rock Band playing area.

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Cleric Announce New Album "Regressions"

Cleric is a four piece band from Philadelphia that mixes elements of doom, grind, and swirling ambience into a sound that is more intuitively brutal and satisfying to the listener than other genre straddling groups. Their debut full length, "Regressions," aims to deliver dynamic forward motion with compositions that grab ones attention from the start and move them deeper with each song. Fans often say that Cleric fuses the styles of bands such as Meshuggah, Converge, Fantomas, and Neurosis while pushing the overall sound towards a level of brutality and experimentation that a single band rarely combines. The album was recorded and engineered at The Thousand Caves in Queens, NY (Kayo Dot, Jarboe, Genghis Tron) by Colin Marston of Dysrthymia, Krallice, Gorguts, and Behold... The Arcotpus. "Regressions" is out April 27th on Web of Mimicry.

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Pestilence Announce First US Tour In Over 16 Years

Technical death metal legends Pestilence are pleased to announce their first US tour in over 16 years. Presented by Decibel Magazine and MetalSucks, the 17-date journey will kick off in Baltimore as part of the Maryland Deathfest at Sonar on May 30th and close at the Gramercy Theater in New York City on June 17th. Support will be provided by Warbringer, Vital Remains, Enfold Darkness and Sacrificial Slaughter.

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Rooney Set To Release New Album "Eureka" In June

Los Angeles quartet Rooney have announced the release of their new album, "Eureka." Produced and crafted entirely by the band, "Eureka" will be released June 8th on California Dreaming Records through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group. The follow-up to Rooney's two critically acclaimed albums - "Rooney" and "Calling The World" - "Eureka" sees the band not only showcasing their most inventive and original material to date, but also seeking innovative and self-motivated ways to develop in a new climate, playing a vital role in the future of the music industry.

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Blackball Records To Reissue Jawbreaker's "Unfun"

Blackball Records presents the 20th anniversary edition of Jawbreaker's beloved 1990 debut album "Unfun" -- twelve groundbreaking tracks (sixteen on the CD) that captured the very inception of emo's big band and launched a galaxy of young, earnest bands and the scenes that love them. The album is set for release on March 30th.

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The Balconies Announce West Coast Tour Of Canada

Toronto, by way of Ottawa's The Balconies announce their first west coast Canadian tour as well as Ontario tour dates. Before heading out west to Vancouver and back, the band will showcase their undeniably catchy pop rock at Canadian Music Fest where they are playing at ChartAttack's showcase Saturday, March 13th at the Horseshoe Tavern alongside The Wooden Sky and Two Hours Traffic.

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