We had so much fun last year, we're doing it again!
The summer carnival of music returns for one night only – and it's the night Windy City noise rockers MAYOR DALEY blow into town! ATTIC TED (San Marcos, TX) once again headlines the carnival, and local music carny PRESTON DUKES opens the show after a short films premiere projection!
ABOUT THE MUSIC CARNIES:
ATTIC TED is an experimental "zolo" rock troupe based in San Marcos. Since 2003 they've released several LPs and EPs via self-distributed Pecan Crazy Records. Current members include Grady Roper on vocals and organ and Margie Osborne on cello, with guest performers on synthesizers and noise machines.
Attic Ted is self-described as "Insane Asylum Country Gothic Carnival", and according to local music critics: "Some songs sound disconcerting and vaguely catchy at the same time," (Austin Chronicle), and "[Attic Ted] is mad entertainment that deserves to be heard at least once in a lifetime." (Whoopsy! Magazine)
MAYOR DALEY is not just the name of a famous mayor but a band based in his hometown. The noise rock outfit has a wonderfully intense, searing sound complimented by ethereal and experimental vocals from Kelly Carr (guitar) and Dewayne Slightweight (bass), with weighty percussion from Paul Erschen...
Here's what The Hideout (Chicago) wrote: "Mayor Daley is definitely unique. There aren't many lyrics... but there are a lot of vocal sounds. Somehow, the "vocals" come together to work with the music. The music is intense. It moves along at constantly changing paces, creating something that sounds frantic, but carefully thought out... Mayor Daley's sound isn't catchy. It's raw, and that's what makes it memorable.”
This "raw" and "memorable" sound is what makes Mayor Daley one of the best d-i-y/underground bands in the Windy City. The trio embarks on a tour in July, offering Mayor Daley II, a truly d-i-y four song EP for Austin's music freaks and geeks.
PRESTON DUKES the man is co-operator and promoter of Bundyhill Recording and longtime Business Deal associate who has shredded guitar for experimental lounge act Count Dracula's Weed Smuggling Jam Engine since the music apocalypse of the 1990s, and played bass and shared vocal duties for experimental country band Charles Potts' Magic Windmill Band. While jamming with bands that have long names, Dukes maintained a short eponymous solo side project that still declares a different (and perhaps more accessible) pop/rock approach.
In November 2008 Preston Dukes debuted a live band featuring Jam Engine mates Tim Bond (bass, vocals) and Scott Blanchard (drums), and occasionally featuring Adam “Sweatpants” Avramescu (of Fishboy) on keyboards and trumpet. Preston Dukes’ first release, Amarillo by Midnight (Business Deal Records) reflects Dukes’ “insightful lyrical range humorous self-deprecation to serious personal contemplation” (INsite Austin, March 2009).
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