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Pillow Queens on Tour!
Sep 16 08
The Pillow Queens are going East. Tour dates coming sooooooon…
In the mean time, check out this video.
Karen Davidson at Domy
Sep 16 08
Karen Davidson to read at Domy Books, Oct. 1st, 7:00 PM, 913 E. Ceasar Chavez.
You should go, Natia will be there.
Also, here’s a video of Karen reading from Clear Violet.
Golden Boys – Goodbye Country
Sep 16 08
Golden Boys new Album “Goodbye Country” out October 28th.
They’ll be out on tour soon too.
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Karen Davidson Reading
Aug 25 08
Karen Davidson will be reading from her forthcoming book Clear Violet at Cafe Mundi Sat. August 30th at 7pm
Pillow Queens Release Party!
Aug 25 08
Friday August 29th at the Compound
1300 East 4th Street
w/ Shapes Have Fangs
& Human Milk
BYOB Doors at 9 Show’s at 10
$5
Monofonus at Domy Books
Aug 14 08
Monofonus Press has a bunch of rad stuff at Domy Books, an amazing new book store in Austin, Texas. You should maybe, probably definitely check it out really soon.
Domy Books, Austin
913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX 78702
Pillow Queens!
Aug 14 08
They’ll be on tour in September.
Their Record will be released sooooooon…
Much like the title of their debut LP Kookoolegit, the Pillow Queens are an incongruous mix that makes for musical sense. Brought together by chance, the self-proclaimed “reality band” comprised of Duncan Malashock (vocals, guitars), Will Slack (vocals, guitars), Carolyn Cunningham (drums) and Eric Loftis’ (bass) was formed in 2007. (more…)
The Roller IS ON TOUR
Jul 08 08
The psychedelic doomdream that is The Roller is headed west for a few weeks of summer sludge on the road. Check their myspace page to find out where you can taste the devastation that Texas has to offer.
“The Roller is a four-piece from Austin, Texas, and these are some seriously pissed off dudes. While an army of shredding guitars and pounding drums assault your ears, vocalist Mike Morowitz roars into the mic with such vehemence it’s a little bit scary.”
-XLR8R
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Monofonus Featured in the Austin Chronicle
Jun 26 08
When Creative Types Combine Powers
Monofonus Press’ multimedia ambitions
“We made a lot of mistakes,” grins Morgan Coy. “But now, look, we have a calendar,” he adds, pointing to a dry-erase board on the wall of their tiny Eastside office, a board filled with deadlines and blocked-out days. Last fall, the fledgling Monofonus Press won Most Multiple Multimedia Idea in the Chronicle’s annual “Best of Austin” issue but had yet to release the second in their multiple multimedia series. On this humid May morning, Coy and his similarly bespectacled associates Becca Cohen and Will Slack feel a bit more optimistic holding the physical evidence of their trial and error: former Austinite Rebecca Bengal’s short story “Captioning for the Blind,” with illustrations by Virginia Yount and a five-song EP by doom-metal band the Roller. The idea of the series, essentially, is to shack up local artists, authors, and bands and package their works in an aesthetically pleasing bite-size format. Coy tried it out for the series’ first release, pairing his own plague tale, “Days uv Bloat,” with illustrations by Colleen Matzke and a CD by the country-folk collective Over the Hill.
“One way I tend to relate to people is [by] working on projects,” Coy explains. “And all the people I knew had an array of skills, all very artistic types. I’m a writer and musician myself, so it was like, ‘Why do I have to separate these things?’ I knew there was a way to capture that all in this cool little community. What a crazy scene there is down here, if you go looking for it.”
The idea for Monofonus came to Coy after he worked for local literary magazine American Short Fiction last year and was inspired by reading both the good and bad stuff. He relates that artists and authors tend to fall into Monofonus’ orbit more often than they have to seek them out. It’s like three degrees of separation rather than six and an interesting experiment in artistic matchmaking that has a distinctly Austin feel.
“The collaborations are very loose,” Coy says. “We’re packaging it together, but you’re not tied to both. I just really like the idea of showcasing three pieces, instead of a hodgepodge. We do try to make good combinations. If we get something that’s good and it doesn’t fit with what we’re releasing, we’ll hold on to it.”
That desire for synchronicity is apparent in “Captioning for the Blind.” The anxiety of Bengal’s tale of disappearing animals in the Hill Country is heightened by Yount’s eerie, static paintings of landscapes and the Roller’s neon gloom glow. It’s a perfect partnering and one that benefited from collaboration: The Roller was inspired by Bengal’s story to write the song “Zugunruhe,” about strange behavior in migrating birds.
Monofonus also acts as label, having just released the Golden Boys’ latest EP, I Smell Gold, and releases from locals the Diagonals and Pillow Queens are lined up for summer. There’s also an attendant podcast of local live recordings by the Golden Boys’ John Wesley Coleman on the site (www.monofonuspress.com).
While Coy and friends are still working out the kinks of running a small press in 2008, a handful of authors and artists is already in the hopper for upcoming releases, and they’re hooking up with a video artist to solidify their multiple-multimedia vision. All this based on a made-up word, which seems to be quite inspirational to the group today. So, what exactly is a monofonus?
“It’s a spiritual, philosophical thing,” Coy says. “It can be used to describe anything. Life is a monofonus.”
“Oh, we should use that as the tagline on the books,” Cohen adds.
Monofonus at Domy Books
Jun 26 08
Domy Books, in association with Monofonus Press, is pleased to present…
American Trashcan
a JOHN WESLEY COLEMAN reading
with paintings by Michelle Devereux and videos by Max Juren
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at Domy Books, Austin
913 E Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX 78702
7–9pm
Videos presented at 7:30pm
Reading will start at 8pm
Show runs through July 26