"Destroyer" rehearsal, "Hazy Love" and "Dandelion" live! Check 'em out:
Learn more about The Asteroid Shop >>
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
NEWS: new items in the council store!
Our store is new and improved with digital and physical product! Head to councilpartners.com/store.
Our brand-new physical product section features vinyl releases, bonus posters and limited Del The Funky Homosapien packages that include signed copies of Golden Era and FREE bonus "Agent" or "SK Pro" headphones!
Get 'em while they last!
Our brand-new physical product section features vinyl releases, bonus posters and limited Del The Funky Homosapien packages that include signed copies of Golden Era and FREE bonus "Agent" or "SK Pro" headphones!
Get 'em while they last!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
NEWS: The Asteroid Shop acoustic via LightBright
LightBright is a video music blog that helps raise awareness and support of the bands we love by giving them each a unique video that features live acoustic performances in atypical locations. LightBright is also a photo culture blog that goes to various events and documents them.
Thanks to Michael and Adam of LightBright for a rockin' time shooting episodes for their video music blog featuring The Asteroid Shop and friends The Ghost Wolves!
Performing "Destroyer" in the plaza of downtown Albuquerque near historic Route 66:
Guitar & Vocals: Eric Brendo, Guitar: Todd Pruner, Shakers: Jonathan Konya, Shakers & Vocals: Carley Carazy Wolf
After the sun set, everyone headed over to a specially-lit location under a bridge to shoot The Ghost Wolves, who are currently on tour with The Asteroid Shop.
"Their live show is a bit of a spectacle," says the Austin Chronicle. Both Carley Carazy Wolf and Jonathan Konya "Little Hammer" sing, with Wolf doing lead vocals and guitar and Konya on drums. "Musically, you’ll find hints of popular acts in the mainstream such as The White Stripes, but you can definitely feel a bit of Texas lurking...At times, Carley sounds a bit more ferocious than comparable groups, but that sort of passion only strengthens the band’s sound. We’re really excited about this group," boasts Austin Town Hall. They're eclectic, spiritual, INCREDIBLY talented - we're excited about this group, too!
Performing "Gonna Live" with help from The Asteroid Shop:
Guitar & Vocals: Carley Carazy Wolf, Drums & Vocals: Jonathan Konya, Backup Vocals: Todd Pruner, Eric Brendo & Lane Tarr
You can check out more videos by LightBright on their YouTube page >>
Thanks to Michael and Adam of LightBright for a rockin' time shooting episodes for their video music blog featuring The Asteroid Shop and friends The Ghost Wolves!
Performing "Destroyer" in the plaza of downtown Albuquerque near historic Route 66:
Guitar & Vocals: Eric Brendo, Guitar: Todd Pruner, Shakers: Jonathan Konya, Shakers & Vocals: Carley Carazy Wolf
After the sun set, everyone headed over to a specially-lit location under a bridge to shoot The Ghost Wolves, who are currently on tour with The Asteroid Shop.
"Their live show is a bit of a spectacle," says the Austin Chronicle. Both Carley Carazy Wolf and Jonathan Konya "Little Hammer" sing, with Wolf doing lead vocals and guitar and Konya on drums. "Musically, you’ll find hints of popular acts in the mainstream such as The White Stripes, but you can definitely feel a bit of Texas lurking...At times, Carley sounds a bit more ferocious than comparable groups, but that sort of passion only strengthens the band’s sound. We’re really excited about this group," boasts Austin Town Hall. They're eclectic, spiritual, INCREDIBLY talented - we're excited about this group, too!Performing "Gonna Live" with help from The Asteroid Shop:
Guitar & Vocals: Carley Carazy Wolf, Drums & Vocals: Jonathan Konya, Backup Vocals: Todd Pruner, Eric Brendo & Lane Tarr
You can check out more videos by LightBright on their YouTube page >>
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
PRESS: The Asteroid Shop via MVRemix and Stagedive Malta
The Asteroid Shop is getting some love and we want to share some choice moments.
Stagedive Malta says of the new EP Dandelion:
MVRemix is loving the debut album!
Major thanks to MVRemix, Stagedive Malta and other supporters: Independent Media Magazine, Music News Nashville, KVRK, Covert Curiosity, KUT and Future Sounds.
You can read more press here >>
Stagedive Malta says of the new EP Dandelion: « Listening to The Asteroid Shop's 'Dandelion' is not dissimilar to flying a spaceship into the unknown areas of the cosmos. There’s this sort of spacey beginning, but well into the song everything materialises and all this panoramic beauty envelopes you. As you speed by, lots of things go flying past your window: asteroids, comets, constellations, supernovas, the whole lot. 'Dandelions' then bursts into a volley of la la la's. At that point (as we are continuing with our song/space metaphor) your spaceship bursts through some solar barrier and disintegrates. The track ends like space debris floating aimlessly.
If this sounds to vague … it’s really just my way of saying that I like this song – especially the la la la bit. Those always rule. »
MVRemix is loving the debut album! « The Asteroid Shop's self titled debut is going to make a lot of people really happy. Fronted by a relatively unknown, yet impressively credentialed Eric Brendo, Asteroid lays on the indie sound pretty thick, and tempers it expertly with clean electric guitars and Jonathan Koya's crisp drumming approach.
The band hails from Austin, TX, and the proof is in the eclectic stream of cult influences found in their product. Every moment is like turning a page in the who's who of underground rock of the past decade, including but not limited to, Explosions in the Sky, The Dismemberment Plan and just the faintest whisper of Connor Oberst's latest projects.
Bright Eyes references tend to automatically turn some of the more soulless music fans running in the opposite direction, but just a whiff is present in the tremulous vocals on "Silver Lane" and "Sinner’s Life" and in the overall feeling of wanting to hang your head with your bangs in your face as you listen. Think of it as the pinch of cinnamon in your grandmother’s homemade pancakes. You can’t even really taste it, but it’s the unsung element that makes them taste better than everyone else's.
Asteroid Shop has cultivated their sound with an invigorating yet soothing quality, leaking morose undertones. There’s a despair that's not overt, just unapologetically present the band’s pared down nature of doing just enough. Each track says what needs to be said and then ends with a finality forgotten in the first second of the following song. Only to end again. As philosopher Cher Horowitz once affirmed, "They’re way existential."
This is what The Smashing Pumpkins would sound like if they were still a band. Well, if they continued being a band instead of hastily disbanding and then irrelevantly getting back together for an ill-fated second try out of greed and boredom.
This is what classic rock will sound like to our kids. It's an album with staying power, if only enough people decide to get up and get on it.
This is what success looks like, Austin style. »
Major thanks to MVRemix, Stagedive Malta and other supporters: Independent Media Magazine, Music News Nashville, KVRK, Covert Curiosity, KUT and Future Sounds.
You can read more press here >>
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
TOUR DATES: The Asteroid Shop
9/23/011 - Showcase @ 29th St. BallroomAustin, TX
10/15/2011 - Release Show @ Skinny's Ballroom
Austin, TX
10/21/2011 - Depot District O Bar
Lubbock, TX
10/22/2011 - the 806 coffee + lounge
Amarillo, TX
10/23/2011 - Tin Star Saloon
Sante Fe, NM
10/25/2011 - Burt's Tiki Lounge
Albuquerque, NM
10/27/2011 - The Green Room
Flagstaff, AZ
10/28/2011 - The Bunkhouse
Las Vegas, NV
10/29/2011 - 321 Lounge at Taix
Los Angeles, CA
10/30/2011 - TRiP
Santa Monica, CA
10/31/2011 - Tin Can Ale House
San Diego, CA
11/01/2011 - The Rogue Bar
Scottsdale, AZ
11/03/2011 - Sky Bar
Tucson, AZ
11/04/2011 - Padre's Maria
Marfa, TX
11/16/2011 - Frank
Austin, TX
11/26/2011 - notsuoH
Houston, TX
11/27/2011 - Dragon's Den
New Orleans, LA
11/28/2011 - HGTG
Baton Rouge, LA
11/29/2011 - Checkpoint Charlie's
New Orleans, LA
11/30/2011 - The Celtic
Pascagoula, MS
12/2/2011 - Blind Mule
Mobile, AL
12/3/2011 - The Nick
Birmingham, AL
12/4/2011 - Smith's Olde Bar
Atlanta, GA
12/7/2011 - The Hub Bar
Tampa, FL
12/8/2011 - The Green Room
Fort Lauderdale, FL
12/9/2011 - Sweat Records
Miami, FL
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
EVENT: The Asteroid Shop - The Rumble 7/13 at Beerland
« Free monthly locals mixer matches the Asteroid Shop and Ghost Wolves.— The Austin Chronicle
THE RUMBLE AUSTIN is brought to you by FUTURE SOUNDS, WATERLOO RECORDS, THE ONION AV CLUB, THE AUSTINST, AUSTIN TOWN HALL, SONIC ITCH MUSIC, COVERT CURIOSITY, AUSTIN MUSIC WEEKLY, PABST BLUE RIBBON and EVENTBRITE.
THE ASTEROID SHOP
Ambient alternative Austin style, led by Eric Brendo, THE ASTEROID SHOP draws from Brendo's experience as the co-founder of Downtown. This local quartet are gearing up for the October 2011 release of their self-titled debut, which showcases their Spiritualized meets MBV sound with tracks like "Dandelion" and "Ashes." »
The Rumble with Asteroid Shop, Ghost Wolves
Beerland
711 Red River
Austin, TX
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