Autobus CDs

Autobus music For their third album, the Weird Weeds find themselves in their brightest spot yet musically -- it's not that their earlier efforts are dark downers per se, but from the flair of the ...

Autobus music Following a trio of self-released efforts under the Sunset name, Bill Baird's first album via a label, Bright Blue Dream, finds the former Sound Team member kicking things off with a drum stomp ...

Autobus music The productive Austin-based Sunset, led as ever by founder Bill Baird, returned toward the end of 2009 with Gold Dissolves to Gray, one of his most focused collections of songs to date. As ...

Autobus CDs On Skyclimber, Austin resident Will Patterson takes time out from his work in acts like Sunset to deliver his own brand of engagingly winsome pop with a decidedly late-'60s bent. Patterson's Sleep Good ...

Autobus Records Bill Baird's evident love for the Beach Boys in mid- to late-'60s mode comes to the fore right at the start of Loveshines thanks to the echoed piano and soft harmonies of "Heavy ...

Autobus music Recording information: Big Orange, Austin, TX (2006); Cuzco (2006); Cuzco, Peru (2006); Hostal Del Sol, Lima, Peru (2006); Hostel Del Sol, Lima, Peru (2006); Hotel Virreyes, Mexico D.F (2006); Mark's Mother's House, Dallas, ...

Autobus CDs Audio Remasterer: Erik Wofford. Arranger: Praveen Ayyagari. Canopy: Chris Ledesma, Charles Vestal, Caitlin Macklin, Will Sell, Wes Johnson, Praveen Ayyagari, Katy Pine. Audio Mixer: Erik Wofford.

Autobus music Recording information: Environs (2007-2009); San Francisco (2007-2009). Personnel: Mark David Ashworth (vocals, guitar, flute, piano, synthesizer, drums); Crystal Fulbright, Katie Lally (vocals); Tristan Arnold (mandolin, cello, trumpet, percussion); Siena Duarte, Evan Craves (violin); Jim ...

Autobus Records If there's something really remarkable about Bill Baird's Silence!, it's that it almost could be the complete opposite of where his work in Sunset has gone: this is a true solo excursion in ...

Autobus CDs Track Listing of songs: Mary Jo; Comatose; Mrs. Virginia; Satellite; Nobody's Listening;

Autobus Records Photographer: Bill Baird. Sunset: Sam Miller, Willis McClung, Sam Sanford, John Musil, John Kolar, Bill Baird, Will Patterson.

Autobus CDs Track Listing of songs: Loveshines ll; I'm Not A Perfect Person;

Autobus Records The Weird Weeds take a turn for the even more intriguingly insular on Help Me Name Melody, a combination of minute-long songs, untitled pieces, and "regular" songs that themselves would bemuse plenty of other bands on their own. There's a choppy stop-start feeling to the sequencing of the album, with many songs feeling like a sudden new movement immediately following the conclusion of the previous song, as if there was only the quickest pause for breath. The now quartet's energy level throughout is one of almost nervous intensity, a bright, trebly sound that often careens wildly, as on the first of the four untitled instrumentals with its combination of bristling feedback and Can-like ...

Autobus CDs Recording information: Premium Recording (2008-2009). Personnel: Nathan Stein (electric guitar); Matt Kennon (saxophone); Josh Block (percussion). Audio Mixer: Michael Landon.