Events
cars & trains | March 17, 2010
The Nomad | SXSW | Austin, TX
11pm / free /
Fake Four at the Nomad. Cars & Trains at 11:30 pm... it's cars & trains' birthday!
1211 Corona Drive, Austin, TX 78723-2511 (512) 628-4288
cars & trains | March 18, 2010
Momo's | SXSW | Austin, TX
1:45pm / free /
w/ Electric President, Ceschi Ramos, Sole & The Skyrider Band, Dark Time Sunshine
Updates
New Circle Into Square Compilation, free download!
The first Circle Into Square label compilation is now available, as a free download in the CIS Market. The compilation features tracks by both new and "old" CIS artists, from both classic albums and upcoming ones for later this year. Grab the free download and share it with friends!
Prinzenallee's new CD+Vinyl
Our good friends Prinzenallee (bleubird + jayrope) have a new album out called "Don't Let Nerds Take Over Your Life", that we've made available on the CIS Market. It's available in a nicely packaged CD and a crazy bowling ball psychedelic looking colored vinyl. Grab a copy over here.
Electric President's new album The Violent Blue now available!
The new record by Electric President, "The Violent Blue" is out now on Fake Four Inc. Grab it over at the market!
If you preordered the album you can also download the free bundled mp3s today by logging into your Circle Into Square account and going to your purchases page.
"The Roots, The Leaves" by cars & trains now available on Vinyl!
We're happy to announce cars & trains' The Roots, The Leaves is now available on vinyl in the CIS Market!
Big Spider's Back's Warped EP listed one of Top Five EPs of 2009 at Chickens Don't Clap
Big Spider's Back (Yair Rubinstein of Seattle, WA)'s debut EP on Circle Into Square, Warped, was listed on Chickens Don't Clap as one of their Top 5 top EPs of 2009!
ifc.com's indie ear blog premieres new cars & trains video!
IFC.com premiered a new video for "The Sun Always Sets", a song off The Roots, The Leaves, cars & trains' new album. The video was directed by Lew Baldwin, and features illustrations by David Foarde. You can catch the post and video premiere on the IFC.com Indie Ear blog!
cars & trains CMJ, Crawdaddy magazine reviews!
CMJ had great things to say about cars & trains' new record The Roots, The Leaves. CMJ calls The Roots, The Leaves "...a beautifully convoluted sound forged from the combination of the natural and the unnatural." You can read the full review here.
Crawdaddy magazine also posted a glowing review/lyrical tour of the record, that you can find over here.
"The Roots, The Leaves" by cars & trains now available + free remix album!
We're happy to announce cars & trains' new record "The Roots, The Leaves" (Fake Four release) is out today and available on the market page.
In addition, you can download the free remix album "The Roots, The Remix", featuring folks like Melodium, Blue Sky Black Death, Lullatone, Polyphonic, and more. Share it with friends!
new cars & trains video for "intimidated by silence"
cars & trains shares with us a new video for the song "intimidated by silence", off of the new record "the roots, the leaves" out next week (1/26, tuesday) on fake four and available here. check out the video here.
cars & trains/helios/big spider's back in seattle, videos, free cover song!
both helios and cars & trains got nice mentions in the stranger's up & coming section for their recent seattle shows. read the mentions over here at the stranger.
cars & trains did a cover of hymie's basement (a collaboration between WHY and fog) recently. the cover is the song "21st century pop song" and you can both listen and download for free right here.
we've also got a video for you of the new song "the sun never sets" live at mississippi studios from the show with helios and lymbyc systym last friday.
Features
Daedelus: Buttons, Tunes, Dublab
Tom from cars & trains talks to producer Daedelus. | READ ARTICLE
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Photo Essay: Randy Regier's NuPenny
Randy Regier walks us through his latest art project, NuPenny, and how it relates to his childhood in Oregon. | READ ARTICLE
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cars & trains Top..stuff of 2009
Tom of cars & trains shares some of his favorites from the past year. | READ ARTICLE
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Not Quite 20 Questions with Kliph Scurlock
Kliph Scurlock, drummer for The Flaming Lips, answers some questions about the band's new album Embryonic and what it's like to go from fan to drummer for the band. | READ ARTICLE
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Helios' Best of 2009
Keith Kenniff, aka Helios, shares some of his favorites of 2009. | READ ARTICLE
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Food/Songs from 2009 from Hiram of The Harvey Girls
2009 food and music loves. | READ ARTICLE
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New Stuff
