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Dec 13, Saturday!
Last nights show at Creekside was really fun, despite the fact that Lick Lick
had to cancel due to Mo's back injury :( Luckily Austin's own Jazzus Lizard (a Jazzy, Jesus Lizard cover band) picked up their slot. Here are some pics of Black Cock:

and this one of Transmography and then Snake Trap:

here is Jazzus Lizard and then Woody!

and lastly here is a triumphant pic of Lee from the Snake Trap:

in other news, Our only female 2 piece LOZEN has been added to a KEXP podcast, Music That Matters podcast, Vol. 127: "NW Series #5: South Puget Sound," in which DJ
Sharlese continues her series of regional Northwest bands, this time
focusing on the variety of sounds coming from the south of Puget
Sound. In this volume, you'll hear a selection of bands and artists
mainly from Tacoma, WA, but also from Auburn and Olympia.
Here is a LINK to the podcast!
Podcast Tracklist:
1. Paris Spleen - Tamby
2. People Under The Sun - Weird Liars In Love
3. Friskey - Hershey Kiss
4. Wallpaper - Shag Carpet
5. Makeup Monsters - Calamine
6. The Elephants - Humans Extinct
7. David Wolf - Nocnitsa feat. Jesse Hill of The Next Door Neighbors
8. Clemm Rishad - Sky
9. Kusikia - Heart
10. The Drug Purse - Upside Down Girl
11. Umber Sleeping - The Sky Show
12. Don't Tell Sophie - Look No Cavities
13. The Fucking Eagles - Out Of This World
14. Can-U - Don't Walk Away
15. Lozen - So Long
AWESOME
I complete todays entry with a relaxing pic of David U of Red X Red M at Ohm Studio, just after we finished up
some vocal tracks a few days ago!


Dec 12, Friday!
I am about to go to the ACG Showcase show at Creekside Lounge!
Just wanted to shout out to MEGAZILLA, who is just finishing up a
string of shows as support for THE HANSON BROTHERS, not to be
confused with Hanson.

THANKS MEGAZILLA! We will get your button on the site soon!!!
other buttons we need to get up there are The Emeralds (who are #7 on the
charts at KUSF!!!) and our other 2 piece friends from Dublin Giraffe Running!
Sorry I don't know how to do it myself but it is on the list for when we get updated!

 

Dec 4th, Thursday
Our unofficial intern (but official friend) Taj was helping us fix our CDR duplicator.
This duplicator was originally intended to be the backbone of our Blue Healer label
but it served well making duplications of friends cds from Lee's home office.
It has been down for a while but hopefully is about to be reborn into a life of burning
really cool small run rock compilations. Here is Taj hard at work:


stay tuned...

 

Nov 15!
We have a cool local show coming up in December, 12/12/08!!!
ACGR has a split with Transmography and Snake Trap coming up sometime,
and a Spring 2009 release of the new Black Cock cd!


 

Nov 8th 2009

Thanks B-Chan for sending me this link to Emeralds photos!! To see more click HERE!

Akio could not make it to NYC, so I sat in with the guys... The Show Must Go On!!

The show the next day at Crash Mansion was really fun!!!



Nov 4th!!!

Election Day!!
A very exciting day for Americans, and the world! I hope America does the right thing!
Here are some pics from CMJ! There are more coming, these are just from my camera.

I need to get some pics of The Emeralds and The Snake Trap!!! if you have any send them to me!

Lick Lick at LIT LOUNGE (above)


LOZEN at LIT LOUNGE!! (above)

Good Times Crisis Band at LIT LOUNGE!!! (above)

Good Times Crisis Band at Crash Mansion!!!! (above)

Lick Lick at Crash Mansion, 3:45am !!!!!!!

THANKS A LOT FOR COMING TO THE SHOWS!!!!

 

Oct 21 2008

I just got back from Joshua Tree where Kevin Stack (Gorch Fock) married Nora Peterson. It was a magical time.
Check out this poster for our CMJ presence.

also we have an ACG After Party at Crash Mansion Sat the 25th! Starts at 10:30pm!!!

 

 

Sept 3 2008!

Hey ya'll, we are going to CMJ!!!
We have a showcase at Lit Lounge October 24 with some great bands:
The Snake Trap
The Emeralds
Lick Lick
Lozen
Good Times Crisis Band

It is going to be awesome!
In other news, we are proud to support our friends Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re on their US tour happening right now !!!!!

Please visit out tour page for the dates!!!

Thanks for staying in tune!!!

 

 

 

July 18 2008

We have "fixed" our store! We were having some problems for a while but now we have a new host for our store, and should be a little easier than our last one. Hooray!
We have an upcoming Megazilla Release which is going to rule, and they will be touring with the fabulous ladies of Lozen at the end of August in the west coast!

Click HERE to read about Lick Lick and their adventures in Japan!!!!

 

July 2 2008!!

Almost Independence Day! I am excited to announce that LICK LICK, one of our great hometown bands, will be traveling to Japan for a Rock and Roll Tour!!!

Here are the dates, If you are in Japan please go and see them!!!


15th Tue.
Venue: Zher the ZOO YOYOGI ,Tokyo
Event name: Talk about love with American Hamburger
Bands:Lick Lick, THE EMERALDS, TsuShiMaMiRe,Clara Bell
Yoyogi park Bld. B1F, Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan 151-0053
TEL:03-5358-4491 / FAX:03-5358-4492
http://www.ukproject.com/zherthezoo/

17th Thu.
Venue: VARIT. Kobe(Kansai)
Event name: "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window"
Bands: Lick Lick(from.USA) / Hystoic Vein / Moga Hoop / peck you!
Kenso Bld. B1F, 2-13-3, Shimoyamate street, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Japan, 650-0011
TEL: 078-392-6655? FAX: 078-392-6650
http://www.varit.jp/

18th Fri.
Venue: SUNSET STRIP,Nagoya
Bands: Lick Lick / KAISANKINGU (Tokyo) / my friends and machinery (Kobe)
Sunmaruko Bld. B1F, 2-18-24, Higasisakura, naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Japan,460-0005
tel & fax?052-939-3222 ?
MAIL :info@sonset-strip.com
http://www.sonset-strip.com/top.html

20th Sun.
Venue: Shinjuku MARZ
Bands: Lick Lick / VELLAmama / BOILS / TAROCK / PinkyPlglets
Address
Dai-ichi tokiwa bld. B1F, 2-45-1, Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Japan
TEL?03-3202-8248
FAX?03-3202-8298
http://www.marz.jp/html/news.html

21st Mon.
Venue: 7th Avenue, Yokohama
Event name: Yokohama Rock Evolution
Bands: Lick Lick, THE EMERALDS, Air Code
B1, grandbell yokohama bld. 252 yamashitacho, naka-ku, yokohama-city, Kanagawa Japan, 231-0023
TEL: 045-641-2484 FAX: 045-641-2417
http://www2.big.or.jp/~7th/contents.html

We wish them the best of luck and the safest of travels!!!

 

April 15

Just got some pictures in from CMJ 2007. We had 3 ACG bands show up for an awesome show at Lit Lounge in Manhattan. Photos by Max Spitzenberger. Some live shots of Bleach and a few portrait-type shots of the boys of Lebanon and the girls of Lozen. Thanks a lot to CMJ for letting us rock out!

Mia from Bleach

Mar 31

New records! Giraffe Running from Dublin, Ireland and The Emeralds from Yokohama!
Giraffe Running is a collaboration of the 2 pc band Giraffe Running and several other musicians including (but not limited to) Ian Williams (BATTLES), Agata (Melt Banana), and Max Tundra! It is an awesome 2 disc set. Available nationwide in MAY 2008! I am revamping the store, so currently it is not so great and not very updated, coming soon: New Store!

SXSW was a lot of fun. We had a few parties here at ACG World Headquarters including the Starcleaner Records party Thurs Mar 13, FXFY'all #3 Fri Mar 14, and FXFY#10 Sat Mar 15. After SXSW I went on a crazy tour with 6 Japanese bands, including The Emeralds, whose new CD bears the ACG logo (ACG21). They are crazy rock and rollers from Yokohama, Japan. Posters below by Win Wallace. Although they bear "bad" words, we harbor no ill will towards SXSW or their staff. The name of our shows was drawn from years of being "rejected" from SXSW and created in a lets-have-fun attitude. Gong Li members are ultimately responsible.

Mar 3

 

Feb 29 Leap Year Day

Gorch Fock Fock bass player and ACG Resident Artist Win Wallace is having an art show tomorrow at Gallery Lombardi.
Wheelchair Epidemic
Artists Reception:Sat. March 1st, 7pm - 10pm

Featured Artists Include:
Susan Antone, exclusive photos of Antones
Bill Daniel, photos of Austin punk scene (1980-82)
Win Wallace, drawings
Gary Floyd, mixed media
Buxf Parrot, drawings
Tim Kerr, mixed media works
Brian Curley, drawings & paintings
Ian Schults, paintings
Andrew Fuertsch, painting

Exhibition Dates: March 1st - April 5th The gallery hours are Tues.-Sat. noon- 6pm

Feb 12

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(no we didn't get hacked)

Feb 9 2008

SXSW is coming soon and we have a showcase at the beloved Room 710! Our showcase will feature 6 of our awesome bands Wednesday March 12 from 8:30 til 2am!

Australian Cattle God Records Presents:
at Room 710 710 Red River
8:50-9:20 The Snake Trap
9:40-10:10 Megazilla

10:30-11:00 Good Times Crisis Band
11:20-11:50 Lick Lick
12:10-12:40 Lozen
1:00-1:40 Gorch Fock

It should be an exciting time!!! Tia Carrera will also be playing SXSW, but they are going to play on the Arclight Records showcase. Attack Formation is on STANDBY.

In other news, Gorch Fock has been jamming out with legendary Austin guitar hero Brett Bradford of Scratch Acid and Sangre de Toro fame. I guess three guitar players is not enough. Fock is getting ready for a slew of SXSW shows and parties... stay tuned for more!

In mascot related news, our pygmy/dwarf goat Yagi recently had to have the tip of his urethra cut off in a bloody but effective solution to his urinary calculi problem. he is feeling much better and peeing like a champ.

All is good here... making plans for upcoming releases by MEGAZILLA and GIRAFFE RUNNING in May.

 

 

 

Jan 4 2008

FREE WEEK at Emos is an awesome small festival of bands.

Every night a bunch of local bands play for free, no cover!

This year Emos is putting on an Australian Cattle God night with some of or local friends on two stages Wednesday January 9th!

INSIDE is Good Times Crisis Band, Red X Red M, Mega Trap (Megazilla + The Snake Trap), Manikin, and A-Formatik Ontact. OUTSIDE we will have When Dinosaurs Fock (Gorch Fock + When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth), Tia Carrera, and Lick Lick. Unfortunately, Cat Scientist will not be able to play.

The Little Bicycles (Jane Awesome Records) are playing their FREE WEEK tomorrow, Jan 5th with Cruiserweight, The Applicators, The Anchor and Masonic. INSIDE STAGE! Ride your bike to the show (or bring it in your car) and get it tuned up/repaired by Guerilla Cyclewerx. These guys will be repairing flats, tune-ups, and other bike things for $5 on the patio! It is the cheapest fix you will find anywhere. They have a sign up sheet, don't be shy.

12/16/07

Hey Party People! There is an ACG event tonight at Beerland.

The Snake Trap, Good Times Crisis Band, and The Little Bicycles are gonna play short sets, as well as possibly up to 5 other surprise bands playing 3-4 songs each. Cover is possibly $3. It is a little chilly out for Austin people, but if you are motivated, ride your bike to the show (or bring it in your car) and get it tuned up/repaired by the pros at Guerilla Cyclewerx. These guys will be repairing flats, tune-ups, and other bike things for $5! It is the cheapest fix you will find anywhere.

12/13/07

EMOS FREE WEEK is coming up!

On Wednesday January 9th 2008 ACG will be holding two stages worth of Texas ROCK and ROLL.

On the Inside Stage we will feature Good Times Crisis Band, RedX RedM, Manikin, The Snaketrap+Megazilla, and A-Formatik Ontact.

On the outside stage we will have some bands melting their sets together by combining songs and/or trading songs... Lick Lick+Cat Scientist, and Gorch Fock+When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth. Tia Carrera will play also... Migas was gonna play with them but I heard that Don Stewart can no longer make it down from Seattle.

12/10/07

Crap!

I did something wrong and erased my last few NEWS entries.

They were all about our three new bands, Mico De Noche, Lick Lick, and Good Times Crisis band. They rule! Currently all three bands are being pushed toward college radio dj's across the country through Nina at Apples and Cats. Also, for any of you that are reading this sight, all our cds are $5 throughout the end of the year (trying to knock inventory down!) if you buy them through this offer. You gotta email me at bryan@australiancattlegod.com and I will complete your order! $5 local, $7 ppd!

10/10/07

NEW COMP!

We are working with AMP.FM to release a compilation of Austin bands. The CD is going to be inside the registrant bags at CMJ, which is next week! 22 bands from Austin are featured on the comp, which was all that we could fit on the 80 minutes of zeros and ones. All the bands on the comp are current bands that can be seen here in Austin on any given night. The comp looks great!

Bands included on the comp are:The Red Leaves, Good Times Crisis Band, Lick Lick, Cat Scientist, The Easies, Ume, Cruiserweight, The Little Bicycles, Gorch Fock, Oh Beast!,The Snake Trap, Splithoof, Megazilla, Tia Carrera, Attack Formation, My Education, Maneja Beto, Thulsa Doom, Red X Red M, The Fall Collection, Rachel Goldstar, and The Devil Bat.

on a side note, Nadia Kean from The Little Bicycles is leaving for Australia today! She will be training some roller derby girls down under and we will miss her! She will be back for Xmas, and for free week at Emos. Look for an all-rockin' ACG NIGHT during free week! Locals and friends!

Free week of music at Emos! All right!

 

9/25/07

Time flies when you are having fun!

Yes, we are still here and we ae kicking it out! We have three new records coming out in November from three new, exciting bands! acg17 will be Mico De Noche "Cherries". They are a 2 pc (guitar and drums) band from Seattle Wa, but this record features all sorts of guest musicians. acg18 is Good Times Crisis Band "Select a Gather Point". Three piece from Austin TX featuring the songwriting and guitar skills of Bill Corsello (Stress Magnets, Monkeyspank). and acg19 is the debut album of Lick Lick "self titled", a crazy austin 5pc featuring members of The Fencesitters, Brown Whørenet, Sprawl, Middle Finger, Les Saucy Pants and The Passed out Fliers. They have been wowing The Live Music Capitol for a while now and many locals are excited to buy their cd.

ACG will be attending CMJ with a showcase at Lit Fri Nov 19. We will be showcasing Bleach 03, Lebanon, and Lozen. Be sure to check it out if you are in the big apple!

We are going to be doing some changes to our site here in a few weeks so keep a look out for exciting improvements and unheard-of feats of digital programming.

BN

 

7/31/07

Check all this stuff out...

So, a little more than a month has passed since our last news update and a lot has been going on in the ACG camp. First, one Mr. Bryan A. Nelson wed Andrea Hendel (now Andrea Nelson) at Zilker park in late June and a great time was had by all. It was one heck of a party and the rain that everyone's been hearing about down here held off for the festivities.

In rawk news, were sad to say that ACGR has suffered its first casualties. The International Playboys will be playing their last show this Thursday night in Missoula. I've known these guys since way, way back, turn of the century, as a band and Colin Hickey as a bro for a lot longer than that and it truely is an end to an era. BUT Colin has already mentioned another project sprouting and I can't wait to hear it.

Casualty #2, is the demise of La Mancha - hell, we never even got their record out and they are no more. However, there is a consolation for all of the folks that have been waiting for years for a La Mancha record, we're gonna post the entire record, in high quality MP3 format for FREE DOWNLOAD on their label page shortly along with the front cover art. So, at least it will live as 0's and 1's. It should be up by the of the week.

Okay, now for the good rawk news. The Snake Trap will be playing in LA this Saturday at the S&M Bikes 20th Anniversary party. Their music is also featured on the latest Etnies BMX Video, Grounded, along with ACG family Lebanon and Tia Carrera. The ST has also been featured in the latest Props Visual, Rock and Road Fools BMX DVD w/ This Bike is a Pipe Bomb and Greyscale. They've also got a Houston date coming up in Sept. w/ Lebanon and bunch of Sept. shows in Austin. Check the tours page.

Gorch Fock plays Gallery Lombardi this Thursday!!!

Speaking of Lebanon, they're going to be back in the states in September and October for a coast to coast 40+ show tour culminating at the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC. The dates that are confirmed right now are up on the tours page and will be updated as the few remaining TBAs are filled, which should be in the coming few days.

Speaking of CMJ, Lozen will be making the trek from Tacoma to the Big Apple for the marathon and Bleach03 will be coming over from Okinawa for the Marathon and a subsequent tour as well. Info will be posted as dates become available so check back regularly for updates.

More extra special news about new records for the end of the year coming soon! - You'll want them. Also, buy our records.

THX - LB

 

6/11/07

We are spotlighted! Label of the Month!

Austinsound.net has written up a little Label Profile for us. Actually I guess we wrote most of it but they asked the questions! Check it out here. In other news, some of the ACG bands played a huge party yesterday at the Sweatbox Re-opening party. Many bands played including Tia Carrera, Emily Sparks, The Snake Trap, The American People, Attack Formation, Monkeytown, The Easies, The Meat Purveyors and more... lots of great music and 5 kegs later the cops finally said enough was enough and threatened to hand out "Disorderly Conduct" tickets.

 

5/3/07

New Website is up!! New Records are Coming!! New tours too!

So we've got this new website layout up and we're trying like mad to get all of the blanks filled in and all of the glitches resolved. So you'll likely find some incomplete/incorrect stuff if you roam around. Soon, it will all be fixed up - we swear! Other than that we're stoked to have so much going on this spring. Attack Formations new record We are Alive in Tune is in stores as of April 10th and its at radio right now, call up your local college radio station and request it - do it. AF is currently rocking the West coast in support of their latest offering.

May is gonna be a rad month too. We've got three new records coming out: Bleach03's second US release The Head that Controls both Right and Left Sides Eats Meats and Slobbers Still Today, Enemies Against Power by Tacoma, WA's Lozen, and Planet Rubble by our most recent international signing LEBANON from Tel Aviv, Israel. Bleach & Lozen will be out on the West coast to support their new records beginning May 8th - Check the tours page to see if they are coming through your town! Get all of these fantastic records and maybe some of our older ones here.

Check out the Video for "The Truth Moves Out" off of Attack Formation's newest!!

 

4/16/07

Okay, so we're gonna have a new site up really soon, but its delayed a bit so here's just a little news update in the meantime.

FIRST - Attack Formation's new record We Are Alive in Tune is in store's now!!! This record amazing. Listen to you're local college radio station and request this mutha. It's adding to radio nation-wide this week so call up the DJs and tell 'em to spin it - dang.

To celebrate and commemorate this release the AF folks will be rocking an in-store at Waterloo Records this Friday afternoon followed by a release show on Sat. at the Beauty Bar. Don't miss these chances to catch the AF crew before they hit the road to the West Coast next week.

Other upcoming shows - The Snake Trap will rock out at the Whiskey Bar (4-19) & Emo's Lounge (4/24, with System & Station, Good Times Crisis Band & Sew Automatic) & Gorch Fock will fock up the Typewriter Museum on 4/20. More to come w/ the new website later this week.

yup.

 

 

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