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Horse Operas release Dead Man’s Music

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Horse Operas - Dead Mans Music
It’s finally here. the new full-length release from Horse Operas entitled Dead Man’s Music. On Dead Man’s Music, Horse Operas both channel the music of dead honky-tonkers and beat it back with a stick, creating an album of garage country with punk undertones.  You can purchase a physical copy of the album at CDBaby and [...]

Horse Operas Album On The Way

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Horse Operas are hard at work on their first full-length album that’ll be available this winter from Southern Love Records.  It was recorded straight to Henry Michael’s 8 track Otari and they’re now in the process of laying overdubs and mastering the final recordings. Keep an out here for for further info.

Horse Operas, Austin Chronicle review!

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Texas Platters Bonus Tracks BY AUSTIN POWELL Horse Operas! This Is an E.P. (Southern Love) Like Chris Eaton of Rock Central Plaza, the Austin-bred Horse Operas! unravels dark, weary narratives – occasionally about horses – through a barrage of folk idioms that blends roots-rock with back-porch blues. The nostalgic longing and simple truths found in the lyricism works well within [...]

Horse Operas are back-porch folk!

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Major thanks to Smithers of In the Year of the Pig for the North Carolina gig the other weekend. It was a fucking blast and we even got a tiny blurb in a review of the “Stellar Show”! Article: Gerrard reopens to stellar show Artists push folk music boundaries By: Bryan Reed, Senior Writer Issue date: 11/19/07 Section: Arts [...]

In the Year of the Pig gets a write up…

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In the Year of the Pig gets a write up from someone or another… We headed down the block to the Local 506, a club I’ve heard about thanks to their annual Sleazefest. DN has membership here so we didn’t have to bluff our way in like minors with fake ID’s or anything. The place is really [...]

Gutshot and Thirsty on vinyl!

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Gutshot and Thirsty off to the presses! It’s finally off to Morphius printing. We should get the test prints soon and the records should be available at the end of the month. It looks like Gutshot and Thirsty will have to be reborn as an incantation of the Horse Operas, but that’s how it goes. It [...]