harlem 23 tracks

Gorilla Vs. Bear — New Harlem jam from their forthcoming Matador debut, Hippies, out on April 6, 2010. mp3: Harlem :: Friendly Ghost ******* click through for more... read more »

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Who: HarlemTitle: HippiesRelease Date: April 6thLabel: MatadorThoughts: After impressing the pants off a lot of us with their debut effort Free Drugs, Harlem managed to get themselves signed by the veteran purveyors of fantastic indie rock Matador... read more »

Nashville Cream — I already told you that Harlem’s coming to The End on Thursday, May 13. But what I haven’t told you is that they’re playing Grimey’s that day as well, and they’re encouraging folks to bring “non-perishable food clothing, et cetera.” While I like t... read more »

Gorilla Vs. Bear — Austin's Harlem present the latest installment in their "cover of the month" series (finally, dudes): here's their cover of Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Sometimes " (although the band claims they've only ever heard the Flamin' Groovies version)... read more »

Gorilla Vs. Bear — Austin's Harlem takes on Devo's "Come Back Jonee" for the 4th installment of their covers of the month club. According to the band: "people are probably going to think that we are trying to capitalize on the fact that devo is coming here for sxsw ... read more »

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — With most of the big names left out this year the CMJ Music Marathon seems to be returning to its roots, ushering the next generation of bands into the spotlight during it's annual festival. It seems that most of these marathons, SXSW, Pop Montrea... read more »

Gorilla Vs. Bear — harlemHere's the second installment from Harlem's "Cover of the Month Club," in which the Austin group offers up this relatively faithful and straightforward lo-fi take on Q Lazzarus' "Goodbye Horses." I posted about the song's mild resurgence a f... read more »

Gorilla Vs. Bear — We are super excited to present this lineup of four of the best bands in TX, put together by our friends from Denton's PVC Street Gang:White DenimPVC Street GangHarlemFight BiteSaturday, June 13 @ Harry's Pastime TavernCouldn't be any more psyched... read more »

Bad Luck City Blog — So I missed the Delta Spirit show at JBs last night cuz all my lame friends had to watch the Phillies game. Oh well. It’s all for the better since I’d probably still be in bed right now. <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http:... read more »

The Futurist — The depth of talent in the Austin area is really rich, as we found out during our stay during SXSW 2009. Harlem are not originally from Texas, but call it home now and fit in nicely along side the talented group of musicians in the Lone Star sta... read more »

The Futurist — The depth of talent in the Austin area is really rich, as we found out during our stay during SXSW 2009. Harlem are not originally from Texas, but call it home now and fit in nicely along side the talented group of musicians in the Lone Star sta... read more »

The Futurist — The depth of talent in the Austin area is really rich, as we found out during our stay during SXSW 2009. Harlem are not originally from Texas, but call it home now and fit in nicely along side the talented group of musicians in the Lone Star sta... read more »

The Futurist — The depth of talent in the Austin area is really rich, as we found out during our stay during SXSW 2009. Harlem are not originally from Texas, but call it home now and fit in nicely along side the talented group of musicians in the Lone Star sta... read more »

The Futurist — The depth of talent in the Austin area is really rich, as we found out during our stay during SXSW 2009. Harlem are not originally from Texas, but call it home now and fit in nicely along side the talented group of musicians in the Lone Star sta... read more »

Covert Curiosity — <object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7eYwkkujr5Y&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embe... read more »

Gorilla Vs. Bear — "the only band we like is nirvana. the only album we like is nevermind. the only song we like is smells like teen spirit"--HarlemYou might recall Austin's Harlem from that time I talked about them this past summer. It's been a few weeks since I br... read more »

The Futurist — After a big Monday down here in Austin, we are up and ready to kick it into high gear for day 2 of our programming here during SXSW. And as much as you enjoyed yesterday, you are really gonna dig what we have in store for you today. Get a taste... read more »

Gorilla Vs. Bear — drexciyaFor the latest installment of Harlem's increasingly weird and awesome Covers of the Month Club, the dudes offer up their version of "Sea Snake," from Detroit techno legends Drexciya. According to the band:"we are late on everything. our va... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — When I went to Texas for Philip’s Undiscovered Austin show, I found myself bored with the winners. I forget their name, but they just didn’t do anything for me. I did, however, enjoy a song by Harlem, one of the losers and the only band to not per... read more »

Inflight At Night — Austin, TX by-the-way-of Nashville’s Harlem’s debut LP, the cheekily titled Free Drugs;-), is a wonderfully loose lofi punk garage rock record of ramshackle clang that sounds like the repeated opening and slamming shut of a drawer full of silverw... read more »

Gorilla Vs. Bear — (photo)Austin's Harlem kicks out a surprisingly faithful cover of an old Plastic Ono Band song on a "broke ass four track," as part of their new "Cover of the Month Club." Noisy:mp3:harlem :: whyHarlem kicks off their U.S. tour tonight in Austin a... read more »

Enough Cowbell — As you may know, Muxtape is down. I’ve done my best to scour the internet and find something of interest from each of the albums I’ve been listening to. I’ll provide you with a list of the artists and albums first. The full helping of scattered me... read more »

Gorilla Vs. Bear — "When kids are jumping on the bed playing tennis rackets like guitars. We are the music that is playing in their brains."--Harlem, on Harlemharlem (photo)It's been a minute since I felt compelled to talk about a new Austin band, but I'm really dig... read more »