I love discovering a great band on a casual recommendation, such was the case when Brian Carter twittered about a great Velvet Underground-influenced band that he was enjoying listening to today.
The Black Angels are (another) great band out of Austin. Seriously folks, what is in the water there? I haven't visited Austin yet, but have always had a plan in the back of mind to hit the Austin City Limits festival in September. Anyways, back to the band. Formed in Austin in 2004, they took their name from the Velvet Underground song The Black Angels Death Song. Even their logo of a reversed image of Nice speaks loudly again to the Velvet's influence.
The Black Angels have released 2 albums: 2006's Passover and 2008's Directions to See a Ghost. They've been featured on the soundtrack of Kevin Bacon's Death Sentence and on the TV show Fringe. Nothing on their site about any current touring right now, but I will be keeping my eye out for them if they decide to venture this far north. But, I'd be happy enough to go to Austin to see them also.
Check out their site here.
Black Angels - Young Men Dead from Death Sentence
I love these guys...I think this is off of "Passover."
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