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The Octopus Project "Hello, Avalanche" LP
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1219 LP
After several years of nearly non-stop touring with a wildly infectious live show, The Octopus Project has risen to the challenge of capturing that energy and creativity in the studio, and band's third proper full-length is a bold step forward musically and artistically. With ragged, furious distorted...
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The Octopus Project "Hello, Avalanche" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1219 CD
After several years of nearly non-stop touring with a wildly infectious live show, The Octopus Project has risen to the challenge of capturing that energy and creativity in the studio, and band's third proper full-length is a bold step forward musically and artistically. With ragged, furious distorted...
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Peel "Peel" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1218 CD
The debut album from Peel is perhaps the most impressive first effort from any band you'll hear in 2007 — the Austin quartet has created a sure-to-be enduring pop-rock record that begs to be heard. Peel's music is bursting with the kind of loose energy only young bands exude, yet the songs belie a...
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Palaxy Tracks "Twelve Rooms (Special Edition)" Digital Release
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1217
This hefty, 21-track release revisits Palaxy Tracks' 2005 release "Twelve Rooms," adding new artwork and a variety of unreleased songs, remixes and live recordings from the period during which "Twelve Rooms" was recorded.
The special edition begins with the twelve songs that comprised the original...
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Palaxy Tracks "Twelve Rooms" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1216 CD
Heavily inspired by the writings of Raymond Carver, "Twelve Rooms" is essentially twelve different stories — some fiction, some not — written with an insightful observance and quiet desperation. Palaxy Tracks' distinctively subtle compositions perfectly convey a sense of loss and longing...
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Black Lipstick "Sincerely, Black Lipstick" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1215 CD
Widely lauded by the independent press for raunchy riffs, tasteful beats, witty lyrics and a four-octave monotone, Black Lipstick's first album centered on topics that seemed important at the time: blowing off work, getting F'd up, stealing girlfriends and keeping them.
Since then, the band has grown...
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The Octopus Project "One Ten Hundred Thousand Million" LP
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1214 LP
The gentle giants of white noise known as The Octopus Project have once again created some of the most original, organic, robotic, hypnotic melodies ever tweaked by computers or warmed by human hands.
In the two years between releases, The Octopus Project has taken the barely-controlled chaos of the...
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The Octopus Project "One Ten Hundred Thousand Million" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1214 CD
The gentle giants of white noise known as The Octopus Project have once again created some of the most original, organic, robotic, hypnotic melodies ever tweaked by computers or warmed by human hands.
In the two years between releases, The Octopus Project has taken the barely-controlled chaos of the...
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Palaxy Tracks "Cedarland" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1213 CD
A gentle, half-concept album about the ghosts in singer Brandon Durham's hometown of Cedar Park, Texas, Palaxy Tracks' second album "Cedarland" is a sleepy mix of crystalline pop and delicate instrumentation, an American rock record that channels the Spring rain melancholy of all the early '80s British...
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Black Lipstick "Converted Thieves" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1212 CD
On their debut album, Black Lipstick tackles the great themes: gettin' some, gettin' by and gettin' off. Thankfully, it's done with the fiery passion, biting wit and blazing riffage these lofty subjects deserve.
Musically, the album swaggers from dark choogle to incandescent shimmer to soaring...
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The Octopus Project "Identification Parade" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1211 CD
Best described as "ambidextrous equipment failure junk-tronica," The Octopus Project have created a unique form of music that deftly combines the experimentation of progressive post-rock, the blips and bleeps of electronic music and the raw, human ROCK of rock.
Throughout "Identification Parade,"...
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The Prima Donnas "Drugs, Sex & Discotheques" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1210 CD
Were The Prima Donnas the last of the great, late-'80s keyboard bands or first of the great, late-'90s, retro-'80s keyboard bands? You decide. The Prima Donnas' followers are many, and this long-lost testament to the glorious word of unholy synth-punk as translated by three young scholars from Sussex...
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The Kiss Offs "Rock Bottom" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1209 CD
If it wasn't evident enough on 1999's trashy and glamorous "Goodbye Private Life," The Kiss Offs don't just LOVE Rock & Roll, they have a destructive, co-dependant relationship with the genre and have written this album about, for and because of ROCK.
"Rock Bottom" directly addresses how Rock & Roll...
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Silver Scooter "The Blue Law" LP
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1208 LP
Silver Scooter began as a deceptively simple pop trio with the uncanny ability to hit as many emotional chords as musical ones. With their third full-length, "The Blue Law," the band evolved into a deceptively sophisticated pop quartet that now hits those chords with an articulate precision, using the...
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Silver Scooter "The Blue Law" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1208 CD
Silver Scooter began as a deceptively simple pop trio with the uncanny ability to hit as many emotional chords as musical ones. With their third full-length, "The Blue Law," the band evolved into a deceptively sophisticated pop quartet that now hits those chords with an articulate precision, using the...
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Various Artists "The Peek-A-Boo Book of Spells" LP
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1207 LP
Peek-A-Boo Records celebrated its fifth year by releasing a second compilation of exclusive tracks by 16 local bands, documenting the Austin underground music scene circa . Like the "Bicycle Rodeo" compilation, the "Book of Spells" was only released on clear vinyl and limited to 1000 copies...
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Junior Varsity "Bam Bam Bam!" LP
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1206 LP
Combining '50s teen-clean sounds with spirit rally stage shenanigans straight out of the Rydell High School gymnasium, these two gals and a goof produce the kind of piston twistin' tunes that'll make you move your torso a little more so! This highly-anticipated platter zips out 14 cuts of teen-screamin'...
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Junior Varsity "Bam Bam Bam!" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1206 CD
Combining '50s teen-clean sounds with spirit rally stage shenanigans straight out of the Rydell High School gymnasium, these two gals and a goof produce the kind of piston twistin' tunes that'll make you move your torso a little more so! This highly-anticipated platter zips out 14 cuts of teen-screamin'...
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Super XX Man "Volume IV" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1205 CD
Although he's better known as the frontman for Silver Scooter, Scott Garred recorded solo material under the Super Double X Man pseudonymn before, during and long after his stint in the popular indie rock band. These touching, country-laced tunes recall the days when a singer earned another drink at the...
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Silver Scooter "Orleans Parish" LP
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1204 LP
Like all those '80s college records you made out to in high school, Silver Scooter's second album provides the warmth, sincerity and nostalgic pop sounds you've been waiting so long to hear again. It's the record you'd want to hear while dancing with an ex-girlfriend, half-drunk on a rainy Sunday...
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Silver Scooter "Orleans Parish" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1204 CD
Like all those '80s college records you made out to in high school, Silver Scooter's second album provides the warmth, sincerity and nostalgic pop sounds you've been waiting so long to hear again. It's the record you'd want to hear while dancing with an ex-girlfriend, half-drunk on a rainy Sunday...
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The Kiss Offs "Goodbye Private Life" LP
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1203 LP
With a kiss, a smirk and five shots of bourbon, The Kiss Offs sling the '60s into the '80s on a sea of feedback, amps cranked in testimony to the healing power of Almighty Rock & Roll. Much that could be said about the band is already suggested by the paparazzi photographs that grace the cover of their...
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The Kiss Offs "Goodbye Private Life" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1203 CD
With a kiss, a smirk and five shots of bourbon, The Kiss Offs sling the '60s into the '80s on a sea of feedback, amps cranked in testimony to the healing power of Almighty Rock & Roll. Much that could be said about the band is already suggested by the paparazzi photographs that grace the cover of their...
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Silver Scooter "The Other Palm Springs" LP
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1202 LP
Silver Scooter's first album was a studio masterpiece featuring 14 incredibly catchy songs that managed to balance songwriter Scott Garred's emotional subleties and lyrical storytelling with the exciting live energy of bassist John Hunt and drummer Tom Hudson. Recorded by Dave McNair, the album...
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Silver Scooter "The Other Palm Springs" CD
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1202 CD
Silver Scooter's first album was a studio masterpiece featuring 14 incredibly catchy songs that managed to balance songwriter Scott Garred's emotional subleties and lyrical storytelling with the exciting live energy of bassist John Hunt and drummer Tom Hudson. Recorded by Dave McNair, the album...
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Various Artists "The Peek-A-Boo Bicycle Rodeo" LP
(Peek-A-Boo Records) BOO 1201 LP
Peek-A-Boo Records' first full-length release was this compilation of otherwise unavailable tracks by 16 Austin bands, unified thematically by a love of pedal-powered motion.
The record was only released on clear vinyl — a limited edition of 1000, each with a large, magazine-size 12-page insert...
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