The Houston Chronicle filmed a few songs at the band's n-store performance at Cactus Records two weeks ago. Also, watch Rhett dig through vinyl.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/5805783.html
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May 29, 09:01 AMWatch Cactus Records In-store performance!The Houston Chronicle filmed a few songs at the band's n-store performance at Cactus Records two weeks ago. Also, watch Rhett dig through vinyl.
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May 16, 01:36 PMA public service message from the 97sA public service announcement from the 97’s on AOL Spinner:
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May 16, 01:24 PMLive on Fox's Good Day Austin this morningWorkin' hard, up early playing on morning TV
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=19560BF89FB1B102681CDB8B6BEAD61E?contentId=6557672&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1 -
May 15, 11:30 AM97s revisit the Marquita Court Apartments in Dallas videohttp://www.dallasnews.com/video/dallasnews/hp/index.html?nvid=245314
The band goes back to where they all used to live in this video filmed for the Dallas morning News.
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May 13, 01:49 PMFree In-Store Concerts in Houston and Austin this week!This week, go see the Old 97's play for free at two of the finest record stores in Texas to celebrate the release of the new album Blame It On Gravity.
On Thursday, May 15 the band plays at Cactus Records (2930 South Shepherd Houston, TX 77098) at 5:30PM.
On Friday, May 16 the band plays at Waterloo Records (600 N Lamar Blvd Austin, TX) at 5PM.
The band will sign CDs after both performances.
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May 13, 01:42 PM“There’s no better band to spill your beer to.” Album Out Today!That line is Rolling Stone's 3 1/2 star review of Blame It On Gravity, out today!
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/20264190/review/20777381/blame_it_on_gravity
Over the past 15 years, Old 97's have evolved from country-punk yahoos into master-class rock & roll songwriters. For proof, see their album opener, "The Fool," a speed-strummed joy ride that tells the story of two doomed lovers in Day-Glo detail. "He came from Phoenix in a borrowed VW Bug," sings frontman Rhett Miller, already breathless; the girl he likens to "a drug/Hallucinogenic with no hangover at all."
And yet, after some LPs focused more on popcraft than adrenaline, there's still no better band to spill your beer to. "Dance With Me" is a high-strung Tex-Mex cha-cha about a gigolo, a wayward girlfriend and her jilted lover. Even the largely acoustic "No Baby I," hot-wired with a driving oompah beat and a fierce guitar solo, is a party-starter, albeit a death-haunted one. "Strum it on a Telecaster/Sing it like a train-disaster song," sings Miller. It's a perfect mission statement from four Texans raised on the Beatles and Johnny Cash in equal measures, whose shiny melodies, and fatalistic character studies, do their forefathers proud.