Loxsly - News

We've moved.

2010-04-28T19:16:00.001-07:00

Now posting at royalforest.wordpress.com.

Waco stop

2010-04-28T17:40:00.000-07:00

Winston

2010-02-28T09:27:00.001-08:00

Thanks to Winston the Large letting us into his home for the night.

Royal Forest heads to Oklahoma this weekend!

2010-02-26T11:15:00.001-08:00

We'll be playing at Opolis in Norman on Saturday with our good friends in The Workweek and Jeff Richardson and at our beloved Soundpony in Tulsa on Sunday. Come out and drink 3.2% beer with us.

Loxsly Christmas Song- "Mrs. Kris Kringle"

2009-12-14T15:21:00.000-08:00

Happy holidays, friends!

Last month we recorded a Christmas song for our friends at Indiecater Records. It’s included on their recent compilation, An Indiecater Christmas, along with a lot of other great tunes. (Big thanks to Peter and the Wolf's Red Hunter for singing on the track)

Stream the record for free here. If you like how it sounds, buy it for a mere 6 euros. And be sure to include it on your holiday party play list.

Also, if you’re out shopping for gifts, don’t forget to check out the great record stores on our "Where to Buy" list.

Where to Buy

2009-12-13T15:04:00.000-08:00

Ever since we received the Tomorrow’s Fossils vinyls last summer, we’ve been trying to get them out to as many record stores as possible. Below is a list of some of the stores carrying the record.

We’ll be updating this page from time to time, so be sure to check back if we haven’t gotten it out to your favorite record store yet. And if you have any recommendations, let us know-- we’ll keep them in mind next time we get on the road.

For the minimalists out there, you can grab the mp3s on itunes.

***

Record Stores Carrying Tomorrow’s Fossils on Vinyl (digital download included)
Updated 12/09

• Waterloo Records. Austin, TX. www.waterloorecords.com
• End of and Ear. Austin, TX. www.endofanear.com
• Sundance Records. San Marcos, TX. www.sundancerecords.com
• Cactus Music & Record Ranch. Houston, TX. www.cactusmusictx.com
• Hog Wild Records. San Antonio, TX. www.myspace.com/hogwildrecords
• Disc Exchange. Knoxville, TN. www.discexchange.com
• Desolation Row CDs. Pittsburgh, PA. www.myspace.com/desolationrowcds

Or purchase the vinyl online at insound.

loxsly at the mohawk tonight

2009-11-20T10:38:00.001-08:00

Loxsly will be playing at the Mohawk at 9th and Red River in Austin tonight. This is our first Austin show in quite a while and the first one at which the vinyl release of Tomorrow's Fossils will be available. We're on around 10:30 or so. Opening is Mobley and touring band Free Energy of Philadelphia headlines.

Some jerk stole our mirror

2009-10-25T09:45:00.001-07:00

Made parallel parking in Brooklyn in the rain on a Saturday night
interesting. We wound up MacGrubber-ing it with some duct tape and an
18 wheeler hub cap.

No Sleep Til Austin

2009-10-25T04:47:00.000-07:00

And another 28 hour drive begins.

La Fin du Monde

2009-10-25T04:45:00.000-07:00

Fine Canadian beer at Spike Hill.

Appalachia

2009-10-21T09:36:00.000-07:00

Loxsly in New York - CMJ shows this weekend

2009-10-20T06:34:00.000-07:00

If we manage to make it away from the Dogfish Head brewery in Milton, Delaware, we'll be playing two shows in Brooklyn this weekend. But that's a big 'if'.

Thursday, October 22 @ 7pm @ Union Hall w/ Deleted Scenes, Arpline, Unicycle Loves You

Saturday, October 24 @ Spike Hill (CMJ showcase) - we're on at 10 pm

Tomorrow's Fossils 12" vinyl available online

2009-10-14T09:37:00.001-07:00

The 12" full length vinyl edition of Tomorrow's Fossils is now available online at Insound here:

http://www.insound.com/Loxsly_Tomorrow%27s_Fossils_LP/productmain/p/INS67595/

Utah Sunrise

2009-09-14T06:19:00.000-07:00

Breakfast in Portland

2009-09-13T15:15:00.000-07:00

Jesus was playing some depeche mode when we walked in.

Rogue

2009-09-12T18:05:00.000-07:00

Rogue brewery is in Portland. Yes, yes.

Portland

2009-09-12T12:18:00.001-07:00

Pizza Art

2009-09-12T08:49:00.000-07:00

Olympia o o o

2009-09-11T21:51:00.001-07:00

Seattle

2009-09-11T09:38:00.001-07:00

Played at Sunset Tavern in Seattle last night with two other great
bands. Everyone was super cool and they had a delicious IPA brewed
right down the street.

Garrett vs. Flora

2009-09-10T15:18:00.001-07:00

Hello Mr. Plant. What obscenely large leaves you display.

Energy Cat

2009-09-10T14:51:00.000-07:00

Northern California

2009-09-10T09:09:00.001-07:00

We took the scenic route from LA to SF up the coast. Cody took this
photo just south of SF last night. I think.

Damn hard.

2009-09-10T08:58:00.001-07:00

San Diego

2009-09-07T11:30:00.001-07:00

Touring is damn hard work.

On a dark desert highway

2009-09-06T13:24:00.001-07:00

Good people, bad movies

2009-09-05T13:12:00.001-07:00

Spending a rainy day in Phoenix with Angel the hound and 'Red Dawn'

Phoenix Tonight

2009-09-04T11:09:00.001-07:00

We'll be playing the First Friday Art Walk tonight in Phoenix. On the
way....

2009-09-03T18:13:00.000-07:00

West Texas

2009-09-03T16:59:00.000-07:00

We're driving across West Texas to El Paso for a show tonight at The
Garage Tequila Bar.
If you're ever going through West Texas, be sure to make a stop in
Balmorhea and go to San Solomon Springs. The water and wildlife are
incredible.

31 bucks will buy you 100 vinyl records and a 10 day tour to support said album.

2009-09-02T09:33:00.000-07:00

It is true. Loxsly finally spent wisely and bought the soul of a unicorn...in a jar...for 31 dollars (american).

You know what that gets you?!? We hope it gets us overnight shipping on 100 vinyl records of our latest LP Tomorrow's Fossils. It also gets you (well us) hope that you will have said records before you leave on a tour of the West Coast tomorrow morning.

All the information is on our Myspace page.

We will also be updating our Twitter from the road as well as the opportunity to get into the shows for free and maybe a free record here and there. So follow us.

Also, let us know of any cool swimming holes or good eats along the way via Myspace or Twitter.

WEST COAST TOUR:
Sep 3 2009 Garage Tequilla Bar El Paso, Texas
Sep 4 2009 First Friday Art Walk Phoenix, Arizona
Sep 5 2009 Yucca Tap Room Phoenix, Arizona
Sep 6 2009 The Ruby Room w/ The Donkeys San Diego, California
Sep 7 2009 Silverlake Lounge/ 21+ FREE SHOW Los Angeles, California
Sep 8 2009 The Gypsy Lounge w/ Voxhaul Broadcast Lake Forest, California
Sep 9 2009 TBA San Francisco, California
Sep 10 2009 The Sunset Seattle, Washington
Sep 12 2009 Berbati’s Pan Portland, Oregon

Loxsly + Lymbyc Systym = <3

2009-08-25T19:05:00.001-07:00

Loxsly likes food.

2009-08-15T16:10:00.001-07:00

We really do. So if there is a favourite spot you like in your town let us know. Send us a myspace message, an @loxsly on Twitter, or email us at info@loxsly.com. Remember Justin is a veg.

Aliens, we are Loxsly. No not those guys from Brooklyn.

2009-08-13T11:44:00.000-07:00

Hello From Earth apparently is a website where you can send text messages that will be transmitted to a planet believed could sustain life. Of course we at the loxsly camp are all over this and fully support intergalactic text messaging. In fact Cody would probably rather text message an alien that sit through an awkward 5 minute conversation with one. Send them aliens a message and tell them about us, or yourself (selfish). What would be cooler is if our messages were transmitted and life evolved in the time it took to reach the planet. Maybe the first message should tell them to read On The Origin of Species and a digital copy to get them on their way.

Also, I will say this until it happens - Tomorrow's Fossils on Vinyl is coming soon.

--
e.

Cody spending summer in the studio

2009-08-12T13:45:00.001-07:00

> Word is that Tomorrow's Fossils will be available soon on vinyl.
> You will most likely be able to pick it up on the cheap at a west
> coast tour show this September. And of course in our favourite
> local Austin indie record shops.
>

'Tomorrow's Fossils' goes copper

2009-07-01T12:09:00.000-07:00

The vinyl release of 'Tomorrow's Fossils' was mastered and cut at Abbey Road Studios this week. We chose to have it cut to copper rather than acetate. Here's a picture of one of the master discs from which the records will be printed. With any luck we'll be releasing the vinyl edition later this summer.

Notes From the Past

2009-06-27T13:36:00.000-07:00

Cleaning out today, I came across my notebook from year 1 of Loxsly. Some pretty funny stuff in there.

"Battalions" Video

2009-06-04T13:58:00.000-07:00

Baeble Music is debuting our new video for "Battalions." The video is directed by Loxsly's very own Garrett Johnston and features a bunch of our closest friends. It was bitter cold that day and they were good sports about having to freeze and run so much. That buried guy needs to workout right?

Loxsly goes to DC for a day

2009-05-24T16:31:00.001-07:00

Garrett Johnston
garrett.johnston@gmail.com
www.garrettjohnston.net

Posted via email from Loxsly

Charlottesville, VA. Awesome!

2009-05-23T07:41:00.001-07:00

Garrett Johnston
garrett.johnston@gmail.com
www.garrettjohnston.net

Posted via email from Loxsly

Athens, GA

2009-05-21T21:19:00.001-07:00

Garrett Johnston
garrett.johnston@gmail.com
www.garrettjohnston.net

Posted via email from Loxsly

This land is GOD'S land.

2009-05-21T10:53:00.001-07:00

Garrett Johnston
garrett.johnston@gmail.com
www.garrettjohnston.net

Posted via email from Loxsly

Tonight Loxsly Memphis P&H Cafe

2009-05-20T18:22:00.001-07:00

Garrett Johnston
garrett.johnston@gmail.com
www.garrettjohnston.net

Posted via email from Loxsly

May 2009 Tour

2009-05-18T07:26:00.000-07:00

Loxsly will be heading out this Wednesday on a tour up the East coast and back.

Here's where and when:

May 20 2009 - Memphis, Tennessee
P&H Cafe w/ The Warble

May 21 2009 - Athens, Georgia
Flicker Theatre w/ Mass Solo Revolt

May 22 2009 - Charlottesville, Virginia
Tea Bazaar w/ Birdlips

May 23 2009 - Washington DC
DC9DC9 w/ Ra Ra Rasputin

May 25 2009 - Arlington, Virginia
Galaxy Hut w/ Finer Designer

May 26 2009 - Brooklyn, New York
RELEASE PARTY for Tomorrow's Fossils
Union Hall w/ Paramount Styles and Ivana XL

May 28 2009 - New York, New York
Pianos

May 29 2009 - Wilmington, Delaware
Mojo 13

May 30 2009 - Boston, Massachusetts
The Squealing Pig w/ It’s From The Sky

The balcony's last show

2009-05-16T21:16:00.001-07:00

Garrett Johnston
garrett.johnston@gmail.com
www.garrettjohnston.net

Posted via email from Loxsly

Tomorrow's Fossils Paperweights

2009-05-14T09:00:00.000-07:00

Check out these paperweights Bridget made for Loxsly:

(From her Flickr)

"Paperweights that I hand-made for Loxsly, to be sold as merch for their upcoming album release show and tour.

Preserved in these paperweights are the original slides from the Tomorrow's Fossils album artwork (which were snapped by Matt Genitempo) and little bits of nature from various central Texas sites.

Limited ed!"

On the Radio Today

2009-05-14T07:52:00.000-07:00

Loxsly will be on KUT 90.5 (Austin, TX) today at 2:00pm to play songs from the new album. Also, Garrett and I will be on KOOP's Now Playing Austin with Deidre tonight at 6:00pm to talk about the new album and play a few tracks. Tune in.

"Tomorrow's Fossils" release show this Friday

2009-05-12T10:13:00.001-07:00

Three years in the making, Loxsly will release Tomorrow's Fossils in Austin with a show at the Mohawk (912 Red River) this Friday, May 15th, featuring some really great bands like Oh No Oh My, Corto Maltese, TV Torso and Booher and the Turkeys.
Show starts at 8, so come out and celebrate with us!

MR. Fest in San Marcos 5/2

2009-04-30T16:11:00.000-07:00

We're playing this (above) Saturday. Come out San Marcos!

SXSW Shows

2009-03-15T11:43:00.000-07:00

We're playing a bunch during SXSW. Come see us!

New Video Coming Soon

2009-03-03T07:29:00.000-08:00

Loxsly spent the weekend in the woods of east Texas shooting a new video. Expect the video around early April and our new LP in May.

New LP in May

2009-02-17T09:59:00.000-08:00

This Monday, February 16th.

2009-02-14T01:01:00.000-08:00

We're excited to play this show on Monday. Broken Spindles features Joel from the Faint. Check out this video from the band:

Van Days

2009-01-13T18:33:00.000-08:00

So Loxsly finally has a new van to call home. After a grueling day and a half of traversing Houston and dealing with jump suit wearing over pomade-ed salesmen, we're the proud new owners of a 2004 15 passenger Ford Behemoth. Big enough to carry a band and gear or to hold impromptu soccer matches in, we look forward to more touring and midnight swimming larceny in the near future.

Red River Free Week!!

2009-01-03T12:31:00.000-08:00

The traditional Emo's Free Week has expanded and taken over much of Red River. Check out the entire schedule over at Transmission Entertainment or showlistaustin.com. Loxsly will be playing Club Deville Thursday, January 8th with Haunting Oboe Music and Peel. Come to our show and be sure to check out all the free music over the next week including our pals Zookeeper, Sad Accordians, Booher and the Turkeyz, La Snacks, Ume, and Frank Smith to name a few of the great bands participating this week.

Also, you can now keep up with us on twitter.com/loxsly.

Santa Got the Spins

2008-12-15T11:00:00.000-08:00

We were excited when Kevin from mp3hugger and Indiecator asked us to contribute a Christmas song to the newest Indiecator Compilation titled: "An Indiecator Christmas." Go here to purchase the album digitally or stream the whole album. Here's our song streaming. (Photo by Sandy Carson)

3.2%

2008-12-10T07:09:00.000-08:00

Loxsly just got back from a two night stint in Oklahoma with our friends Sharktooth playing Norman's Opolis and revisiting the Soundpony in Tulsa. We had a blast drinking 3.2% beer and cowering from chants of 'Texas sucks' in dive bars. Special thanks to Marian and Dylan at Opolis for being so awesome, Mike at Soundpony for running the coolest bar in Tulsa and stocking Milk Stout, and Sharktooth for putting, hooking and boozing us up.

Danielson Coming to Austin

2008-11-13T11:00:00.000-08:00

Danielson is back with a new compilation called Trying Hartz and new uniforms (pictured above). We're excited to be playing with Danielson on November 18th at the Mohawk. Come out early to see us play and then watch a joyful set by Danielson.

-Cody

John Kelley's "The Balcony"

2008-11-10T10:00:00.000-08:00

Former Loxsly member, John Kelley has written and performed a great new album called "The Balcony". It summons Nilsson-esque vocals, dense soundscapes, and Lawrence Welk orchestration. You can buy it here, or at the CD release show this Thursday, November 13th at Club DeVille in Austin. I'll be playing the keyboard in the band The Balcony which is also the title of the album (to be clear).
- Cody

myspace.com/johnckelley

photo courtesy of Justin Cox

Best Costumes '08

2008-11-09T09:23:00.000-08:00

This year Dusty stole the show with his Colonel Sanders costume. Garrett made an impressive effort as "Janky The One Man Band".

-Cody

photos courtesy of Josh Duty

The Bronze Age (RIP?)

2008-11-07T11:00:00.000-08:00

This post is long overdue. Awhile back, my good friend Monte orchestrated this band called The Bronze Age. It features current and past Loxsly members: me, Eryk, and John plus Quiet Lovely's John Perkins and Monte Holman. Justin recorded the EP at his studio and it turned out great. While we we're recording, the band's rock vibrations knocked my phone into a cup of coffee. It's medieval! Go here to download it for free.

-Cody

"Lamprey Eels" on Pitchfork.TV

2008-09-19T05:59:00.000-07:00

Check out our video on Pitchfork.TV!

Loxsly Banned From Canada

2008-08-20T09:43:00.001-07:00

Upon attempting to enter Canada to play free shows in Toronto and Montreal, Loxsly was detained for 4 hours for not having a work permit, forcibly deported, and each member banned from Canada for one year. We were really looking forward to visiting Montreal and instead wound up spending the night in Albany, NY. I'll be appealing the decision and hopefully we can make it up there sooner. Thanks to everyone in Montreal and Toronto who helped us out with arrangements and planned on coming out to see us.

Si je vous ai bien compris, vous êtes en train de dire: à la prochaine fois. Ostie.

-Justin

Images from the Tour

2008-08-08T15:16:00.000-07:00

It's early in the running, but thought I would post what I consider to be two of the more picture perfect moments on the tour so far.

Moore, OK, Water Tower vs. Gaggle of Geese Right of Way

My vote is for the geese, but you have to admit a water tower tribute to everyone's favorite patriot country rocker is a close second.

Shanon

Song of the Day

2008-08-05T12:39:00.000-07:00

The good people over at KUT's Texas Music Matters posted our brand new "Untitled" song as the song of the day. We did a live recording in their studio last Thursday. I promise we're not trying to be like Metallica and have an "Untitled" song, we just haven't thought of anything yet. Check it out here.

Loxsly Tour!

2008-08-04T19:08:00.001-07:00

On Wednesday we'll be leaving for a short 10 day tour up to Montreal and back. If anyone has friends in any of these cities let them know that we're coming. Also, if anyone would like to give us a place to stay that would be great.

Here are the dates:

8/6 Hailey's- Denton, TX
8/7 The Conservatory- Oklahoma City, OK
8/8 TBA
8/9 P&H Cafe - Memphis, TN
8/10 The Nick- Birmingham, AL
8/11 The Gypsy Hut- Cincinatti, OH
8/12 The Saint- Asbury Park, NJ
8/13 The Velvet Underground- Toronto
8/14 Quai des Brumes- Montreal
8/15 The Charleston- Brooklyn, NY
8/16 Piano's- New York, NY

Loxsly on KUT 90.5 Today

2008-07-31T09:12:00.000-07:00

Loxsly will be playing on KUT 90.5 at 2pm today. You can stream KUT here. We will be playing three songs from our new EP and a brand new one!

A Smooth Video

2008-07-20T20:01:00.000-07:00

So yesterday we finished up the filming for a loxsly music video Garrett has been working on for quite a while. We spent most of the day in one of the old hangers (stage 4) at Austin studios shooting the last of it. Someone pointed out that Garrett decided to shoot on both one of the coldest days and this time one of the hottest days in Austin. It all looks really good. I can't wait for Garrett to edit it all down. I unfortunately had to leave the shoot a bit early due to car fumes, dragging 170lbs of dead weight for 20 some takes, and all the dirt and dust in the air making it hard for me to breathe. I am still a bit sad we didn't get to hire the bear. But thanks to everyone that helped through out the process!

Also, turns out we are on Billboard.com . You can buy our EP and even get ringtones of the songs. I don't know how we got on there, but it works.

We are playing emo's on Tuesday with Nomo. See you there!

--
e.

Underwater

2008-07-17T10:09:00.000-07:00

Our friend Matt Genitempo took this photo of us.

Blue Hole

2008-07-16T09:39:00.000-07:00

Every summer I try to take advantage of all the local swimming holes. Krause Springs, Barton Springs, Hamilton Pool and Balmorhea State Park are all great. So is Blue Hole in Wimberly. Last weekend, Bridget took me to Blue Hole for my birthday. It's full of rope swings and jumping spots. The locals there are fearless. The kids are acrobats. Watch this guy and listen for the "yeah baby".
Video courtesy of: Josh

2008-07-10T12:45:00.000-07:00

Meet our new drummer.

Peter Frampton

2008-07-10T08:00:00.000-07:00

Loxsly is currently planning an East coast tour to correspond with the release of our new EP, Flashlights. Our friends over at Team Clermont are doing our tour press and promotion. As a result, we've sent a large number of CDs out to different people and places. We've got some interesting responses. My favorite is this guy.

Sadly, this is the second time that he has tried to auction our CD on Ebay. The first time he packaged it along with Billy Idol's Charmed Life. Now it is being sold with Peter Frampton's Greatest Hits. Do you feel like I do? (Sorry) Why would someone pay $5 for our EP when they could get our EP + Frampton for a bid of $1.99 or more. Is this viral marketing?