Casamar Links

(in progress - we're workin' on it!)

Austin

Austin/Texas Bands, Posses, DJs, etc.
Sambaxe Austin's own samba bloco (led by our own Robert Patterson)
Mastica Avant-Prog-Funk from GumB, MunkE, and Pat Mastellotto (of King Crimson)
Shadowbox East meets West in this Indian influenced pop group. Karnatica, namaste!
Grupo Fantasma The real deal from Laredo and beyond - deep latin groove ensemble, with cumbia and cultcha to spare. (We share the same website designer).
Catavento Susanna Sharpe's post-Samba Police bossa/latin project, gigging most Fridays at the Treehouse on South Congress.
Ghandaia Multi-kulti friends from Mexico City, Sao Paulo, and beyond mix up muito mais tropical vibes.
Hairy Apes BMX Some of the co-conspiritors behind Les Afrondeliques, BMX stands for "booty moving experience."
Groovin' Ground The BozBrothers and Company.
Free Radicals Out of Houston, dig their music, politics and attitude.
   
Global Bands, Posses, DJs, etc.
Lian Amber Destination: stardom. Beleza cantora!
Dave Fiuczynski The Fuze.   Brainiac guitar for modern moshers. Lian's partner in crime and harmonic extroversion.
Jaka Boulder's own electric mbira (Shona music of Zimbabwe) groove tribe. Originally from Santa Fe - now touring extensively around the western US.
Squall Collective Dave Allen (the ~man~ on bass behind Gang of 4 & Shriekback) now lives in Portland, Oregon - and he's not done with music yet. Check out Squall.
Somamestizo Herman Pearl plays in this Pittsburgh, PA quartet of "fourth world beat voodoo" practitioners.
Sir Dave Mufti of the bass guitar, dervish of the subharmonic inchoate edge, and a resident of that city by the Bay - S.F.
Zigmund Void DJ Zigmund Void out of San Fran. Don mess wid dis miss.
   
Music Schools/Camps 
California Brasil Camp Held each August under the redwood trees in Cazadero, CA - a vivigenic week of immersion in Brasilian culture, percussion, dance, song and vibrations.

 

 

Austin-area Radio/Print/Media Outlets
KOOP  
KRVX  
KUT  
KTSW Straight out of San Marcos, SWT's student radio station
Austin Daze  
Austin-area Webloggers
Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada Prentiss Riddle's colorful taxonomy of all things Austin and mucho mas.
Weblogsky EFF-Austin president Jon Lebkowsky's view on techage.
Austin Stories  
GeekAustin  
Random Neural Misfirings Adam Rice's slices of reality.
David Nunez  
   
   
   
Austin-area Cafes

Cafe Mundi

 
Ruta Maya  
Mozrt's  
Trianon  
World Beat Cafe  
   

Austin-area Music Stores

33 Degrees  
Waterloo Records  
Drumz  
Tribal Soundz (NYC)  
 
Austin-area Music Organizations
Austin Soundboard  
Austin Music Foundation  
Austin Daze  
Austin Chronicle  
Lost Rock  
AMODA  
 
Mailing lists 
X-List  
African Music  
Afropop  
Rootsworld  
Dandemutande  
Saudades  
Sambistas  

E's List

 
TX Downbeat  
Pho List  
AV Media Matters  
Los Lobos  
XTC  

Cinehand

 
Austin Film Society  
Austin Studios  
Flickerfest  
   


 
Ethnotechno  
Remix Mag  
Electronic Musician  
   
Doctors Without Borders  
NRDC  
Crest  
Take Back the Media  
Austin Indymedia  
Feed The Homeless 1- Click  
FAIR Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting
Austin Centric  
DMOZ Austin  
Feedback Magazine Austin's own DJ/club music culture rag.
Red Rock Eater  
Common Dreams http://www.commondreams.org/