Tightspot News

Porchlight Pop Fest '08

2008-03-04T11:18:00.004-06:00

We took last year off so we could make things bigger and better this year. Presenting... The Porchlight Pop Fest '08
@ The Salvage Vanguard Theater
2803 Manor Road
Austin, TX 78722
FREE FREE FREE Beer While It Lasts...

Friday, March 14th 12pm-8pm
Lump (12pm-1pm) Boston, MA
Fivehead (1pm-2pm) Austin , TX
Earlimart (2pm-3pm) LA, CA
Castledoor (3pm-4pm) LA, CA
Let's Go Sailing (4pm-5pm) LA, CA
Toddle (5pm-6pm) Tokyo, Japan
Rademacher (6pm-7pm) Fresno, CA
The Voom Blooms (7pm-8pm) Loughborough, UK

Saturday, March 15th 12pm-8pm
David Karsten Daniels (12pm-1pm) Seattle, WA
Zykos (1pm-2pm) Austin, TX
Peel (2pm-3pm) Austin, TX
Headlights (3pm-4pm) Champaign, IL
Joan of Arc (4pm-5pm) Chicago, IL
The Little Ones (5pm-6pm) Atwater Village, CA
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (6pm-7pm) Springfield, MO
Zookeeper (7pm-8pm) Austin, TX

Saturday, March 15th 10pm-4am
Diagonals 10-11 Austin, TX
Foreign Islands 11-12 NY, NY
List Christee (Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal) 12-1 Athens, GA
Gerard Cosloy DJ Set 1-2 Austin, TX
Octopus Project 2- Austin, TX

6th Annual Porchlight Pop Fest!

2006-02-13T09:19:00.001-06:00

The Porchlight Pop Fest will be held on Saturday March 18th starting at noon at Mother Egan's Irish Pub (715 W. 6th St.). Here's the schedule:

12:00 - Hypatia Lake
12:30 - Headlights
1:00 - Aloha
1:30 - Secret Weapons
2:00 - Luminous Orange
2:30 - Swearing At Motorists
3:00 - Missing Tapes
3:30 - Oxford Collapse
4:00 - Air Traffic Controllers
4:30 - +/-
5:00 - Irving
5:30 - Silversun Pickups
6:00 - Head of Femur
6:30 - Zookeeper
7:00 - Prescott Curlywolf
7:30 - Fivehead

This show is free and all ages! Come on out and spend the day with us! MP3s and Links to Bands at www.myspace.com/tightspotrecords

This Microwave World in New Comp

2006-01-05T08:46:00.000-06:00

This Microwave World's single "The Party Line" was recently featured in a new compilation called Copper Label put out by Marlboro along with some other of our favorite bands including The Winter Pagaent and Grand Champeen. Look for it wherever cigarrettes are smoked!

South San Gabriel/Okkervil River Split 7"

2005-08-25T13:18:00.000-05:00

In the midst of moving offices, we found another box of these collector's gems! We still only have a few left, so hurry and grab one! Beautiful cover art designed by former Okkervil drummer Mark Pedini and Centro-matic/SSG frontman Will Johnson. First side is Will Johnson's haunting and beautiful "Stark Miami Mines," recorded in a silo outside of Denton, Texas. The other half is Okkervil River's "Satisfy You," a ramshackle blend of gut-wrenching lyrics and heartache strings. Buy it in the Releases Section.

THIS MICROWAVE WORLD CD RELEASE PARTY JULY 19TH

2005-07-18T09:47:00.000-05:00

CD release party for This Microwave World's "Red States" and a birthday celebration for Sean tomorrow, July 19th at Beerland. Young Heart Attack, Canoe and the Innocent play and the cd will be available for purchase.

This Microwave World's "Red States" Pre-Order Now!

2005-06-25T12:53:00.000-05:00

This Microwave World's new LP "Red States" is available for pre-order through Insound or you can get it now through our Releases Section. If you order from Insound anytime between now and August 2nd, you get 15% off the record - head to Insound.com and enter coupon code: 15microwave

Austin Chronicle Review

2005-06-16T10:57:00.000-05:00

BY DARCIE STEVENS This Microwave World Red States (Tight Spot) It's all about the bass isn't it? It is for This Microwave World, Austin's premier post-apocalyptic dance quintet. Maybe not all about the bass. Brandon Loe's low end might not be half as fierce without Sean O'Neal's powerful vocals. Red States is TMW's first full-length, although its fourth release, a collection of ideas, revelations, and riots belted out by O'Neal and driven by Kevin Bybee's always-immediate drumming. Opening with the vintage "December Was a Sham," O'Neal instills anxiety and impulse that continues throughout, with pixie keyboardist Erin Mikulenka's backing vocals mocking response. Shouting back to the Eighties with zeal, the Rapturesque "You Are a Riot," Britt Daniel-backed "The Party Line," and organ-driven "She's Insecure" all stand on their own as summer dance party hits. But next to the darkness of "The Year of Living Enviously," "A Model Life," and closer "The Hours," the ass-shakers seem almost trite: crowd-pleasers vs. boundary-pushers. This Microwave World is combustible, both on album and on stage, and while they have a lot of fun with the upbeat numbers, the drug-addled edge of romance shines a lot brighter. That combustion is what makes a great band...and oftentimes breaks it, too.

New TMW Review 06/08

2005-06-08T17:57:00.000-05:00

New review of This Microwave World's "Red States" posted at Unfinished E-Zine Thanks guys!

TMW Interview on Krushradio.com 5/24/05

2005-05-20T16:39:00.000-05:00

This Microwave World will be interviewed on Krushradio.com on May 24 at 7:15 CST. Tune in here to listen and preview some tracks:

http://www.krushradio.com/ms/

http://stream2.krushradio.com:10706/stream.m3u

TMW Record To Be Released 6/27/05

2005-05-13T13:36:00.000-05:00

Plans are rolling for the This Microwave World record to be released on June 27. Look for the record in several magazines and online zines. Here are some reviews already popping up!

This is from the All Ages Zine - Thanks guys.
Classic indie rock here. A good, upbeat disk. Fun to drive to type record. Or something to motivate you to clean the house. One of my more favorite tracks would be She's Insecure. The band reminds me a bit of The International Noise Conspiracy, which is a good thing. These guys will most likely help fill college radio station air waves all summer long.(DH)
http://www.allageszine.com/unsignedreviews

Living Underground After listening to this well produced album several times, I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to stand up and get my groove on next time around. Well maybe not, we'll see. The best genre I can touch on for This Microwave World is...well let's say they have the sound and style of a british pop rock band. Red States has all the key features to this... the catchy and fast upbeats that the drummer creates, the peppy bass melodies, the synth/organ keeping tempo as it surrounds and captures the sound of the guitar riffs, the lyrics being expressed in a poppy style of execution, etc... Maybe that will give you an idea of what I'm dancing to. I can see this as the album that the band has been craving for and trying to force out of their musical abilities all these years since the creation. In the past, TMW did not even have a drummer, they used a drum machine. Now with this latest CD, they have picked up a real drummer which, in my opinion, completes their sound and makes a much more fuller 'rock' sound. The music that these guys bring to the table is without a doubt in depth. When I listen closely to the music that these guys put out on some of these songs, it amazes me. They have so much going on, and the way the music was put together as a whole is great. The way I see it is, if a band can have this much going on in their music and create such a fluent drive that flows to my ears, that's impressive. This is certainly their best work to date, and I can see this album making TMW's fanbase increase dramatically. http://www.livingunderground.net/reviews/T/ThisMicrowaveWorld_RedStates.php

The Arm! Up For Sale

2005-04-05T11:39:00.000-05:00

The Arm's self-titled debut is now up for sale in the releases section, where you can also preview some tracks. The Arm formed as a one-off joke back in 2002 and never really came to the punch line. Comprised of Sean O'Neal (This Microwave World) on vocals and keys, Alex Lyon (Zykos) on guitar, Kevin Bybee (On!Air!Library!/TMW) on drums, and Alex Ramirez (A Tiger Named Lovesick) on bass, the fearsome foursome have been wreaking havoc on stages across the country. "We're out there to destroy every night," warns O'Neal. "Whenever we play a show, and we have to open for somebody, I think of us as these four ordinary guys that are going to come in off the street and kill your band." Influenced by late-Seventies stalwarts the Birthday Party and the Fall among others, The Arm fuse the Seventies Punk Aesthetic into a cacophony of ear-splitting guitars, jagged riffs and heavy beats. The Arm! is their first LP and the band is currently working on a new record with producer, Chris Zane (Les Savy Fav, Inouk, Calla). With an eventful SXSW behind them, these boys will be touring, recording, and fighting pompous Kiwis throughout 2005.