Music

Megaforce ( February 05, 2008 ), Genre: Jazz Instrument

Casual Victim Pile = an anagram of ''Live Music Capital''. You can safelyassume that with all due respect to the City of Austin's attempts to promoteitself as such, the town's most exciting cultural activity exists outside theconfines of the Blues Hammer circuit and is not is generally the concern ofLance Armstrong's managers. So now that we've established a rather kneejerk''us vs. them'' stance, the 19 bands represented on 'Casual Victim Pile'are not part of the same musical community, nor can it be claimed they'reall pals. This compilation is only meant to reflect what I like in Austin circa2008-2010 But there's something to be said for a highly arbitrary take onthings.. There probably wasn't a focus group employed to select the repertoirefor Matako Mazuri's 'Bands On The Block' , Ward 9's 'Cottage CheeseFrom The Lips Of Death', and certainly not for the comp. which 'CasualVictim Pile' mostly closely recalls (in my head anyway), Matador's 1991opus with the ripped off title, 'New York Eye & Ear Control'. Whether or notthere's a genuine tie to the region's musical history is up for debate ; there'sonly one former member of Glorium on this compilation (and no formermembers of Dangerous Toys). To make things even more confusing, two ofthe 19 bands represented are based in Denton (Tre Orsi, Bad Sports), butplay in Austin often enough that the self-imposed ''no ringers'' rule wastossed in the trash. Corrections and suggestions for the cassette-only Vol. IIcan be sent to our 304 Hudson St. address (or left on my lawn, whichever ismore convenient). - Gerard Cosloy, Austin TX, 9/2009SALES POINTS:Golden boys - 3 prev albums on daggerman, emperor jonesTre orsi- Howard draper (shearwater), and Matthew barnhartWoven bones - national touring act, many highly collectible 7''es on variouslabelsHarlem - huge blog fave, spin's best band of cmj, gorilla vs bear and pitchforkfaves, second album coming out on matador in marchTRACK LISTING:Follow That Bird