olde E, old growling voices howlin over a beaten up acoustic guitar, miller high life, crooners and easy women, jameson, psychadelia, and being broke. yes being poor is certainly a heavy influence
We are reaching out to our fans, friends and families to help us raise money for our National Tour this Summer. Below are 4 different donation/merchandise packages that we are offering. Yes, it is a donation, but you wont leave empty handed. For each donation package we are offering exclusive merchandise packages. We could really use your support, so check out all the goodies you can get and help us make it to your city!
Bankrupt and the Borrowers are a dirty crew of vagrants and scoundrels, and, as such, they come from a long line of decadent tradition and pain. They are, as their name eludes . . . poor.
Lucky for music, financial status says nothing for musical talent.
Originally from the northeast, Cadger, Baggage and Deadweight trekked across the
country in a mostly disastrous, and largely worthless, tour of open mics, house parties, and empty bars.
In 2006 they arrived in Austin sleeping in their van and eating Thanksgiving at the Dirty Dog Saloon.
After rounding up a following of similar-minded derelicts, the Austin music community took note, earning Bankrupt and the Borrowers such significant gigs as legendary Antone's Nightclub, Mohawk, SXSW and some girl's birthday party. In actuality, the Antone's show was a turning point for the band and the marriage of The Versatile Syndicate
Production Company with the Borrowers.
Since then they have been featured on the Fox News morning show twice. In the summer of 2008 the Borrowers released their first EP, Beers on the Bible. They
continue to tour Nationally and in their homebase of the Austin, TX community throughout 2009 to support their EP.
Honing his bluesy guitar riffs while at college in Boston, Cadge hooked up with the indie-inspired stylings of Deadweight, fresh back from thumbing his way across the country, and they decided to be poor together. They incorporated Baggage's horns and misery over acid lunch. After filtering through a series of drummers, they came to find Osteo, a
veteran of the Austin punk rock scene. Osteo brings an aggressive but tasteful backbeat, further dirtying the Bankrupt sound.
Together for over three years to date, the Borrowers have been working hard and playing as much as possible to anybody that will listen.
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"Bankrupt and the Borrowers make music that is a truly unique conglomeration of noisy blues, root-rock, southern psychedelia, Americana, even some swing and jazz."
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"We would like to contend that Bankrupt and the Borrowers are the embodiment of an Austin band circa 2009: four guys holding down a house together on the east side, rockin’ out, breakin’ shit, reveling in their poverty, and making some damn good music."
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"If you can picture what the bastard stepchild of a bar brawl and a Boy Scout campfire sing-along would look like, that vision would be pretty close to the reality of a Bankrupt performance. But, imagine that the bar brawlers were filled with the fury of desperation rather than anger and the Boy Scouts were festooned in sweat and booze rather than starched khakis and patches honoring their good deeds."
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"Communal living, standing on the bread line, playing music: That's what makes this band tick. But if the continue on their current path, the guys won't be living on bread and beer for long."
Alex Hannaford (from "Nine To Watch In 09"-Austin Monthly Magazine)
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"There's a depth of soul and warm-hearted sincerity behind the Borrowers that somehow makes a song about getting coked up and drunk with a Mexican hooker a glorious celebration of the flawed but well-meaning human condition, rather than the potential garbage it would be in the hands of a lesser band."
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"It’s refreshing to hear music that isn’t generic or stereotypical of what is currently on the radio. I can’t even describe it, you just have to see a show for yourself."
Sarah Vasquez (www.accentsxswmusic1.blogspot.com)
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"A band sporting possibly the most apt name of the era, Bankrupt and the Borrowers. Their song “Holden Caulfield at Age 35” is a standout."
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"One of Austin's best kept bar rock secrets, Bankrupt & The Borrowers."
(mohawkaustin.com)
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"This band carries that same heavy step of alt that I was referring to earlier though I suppose we might have to come up with a new label just to keep it trendy...maybe we'll just start calling it rock again? Eh? Who knows. With elements of noise thrown in the sound is reminiscent of jazzy old country blues and that city sweat that comes after a hard day at work and a long walk home."
Empire Borderland Records Will have access to set up a stage and sound system Sunday July 19th During The swap at FOX PLAZA, so we are looking for Any artist that wants to perform can have a chance to be in stage
Fox Plaza Gets an avarave of 15,000 people every sunday, This is show is completely free to the public but Empire Borderland Records has to pay rent for the space, the stage and the sound system, so if you are interested in performing we are asking to colaborate with $25 per act to help cover the cost...
anybody interested please contact Luis Sanchez aka La voz at 915-726-3603
There was a huge white dirty van parked in front of my apt when I got home tonight.. I was so excited... Until i realized it didn't say "HORNE" on the side.. Bummer.
Hope yall are having a fun and safe time out on the road!! Yall will be coming home on my birthday, and I might need a little moral support this year, it is a big one!! See yall soon.
hey
so we're back again with new members and completely new songs. It would be cool if you could check out our page and let us know what you think, even if you don't think anything of it. We have all the info on what's been happening in our new blog. We are playing shows again so come see one and come talk to us.
-and again sorry for commenting like this.
thanks
american art
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