for better or worse, everything seen, heard, touched or tasted since removal from modest womb living.
Sounds Like
"the Ritalin kids of Focus Group value consistency over compression. The surprisingly smooth instrumental workouts on the quartet's eponymous EP dabble in everything from glitch-pop and ragtime jazz to galactic funk and trip-hop, at times recalling early Drums & Tuba, only with heavy doses of trombone."-Austin Chronicle
"bizarrely fascinating, layering a polished instrumental prowess with contortions of samples and beats"-Austin Sound.net
"Focus Group oozes personality."- '5 Austin Bands You Should Listen To' -Examiner.com
"The show itself was amazing. They mix pre-recorded and live music, which is always interesting but they have a great sense for sounds and rhythms. They're tight as a band, and have some intensely danceable/moveable tracks." -independentcultureproject.blogspot.com
"I've made it to many shows now and they have been the undisputed highlight of every lineup." -shermthoughts.blogspot.com
Also, Read the Focus Group Interview on
TwoGroove.com
FG Shirts for Sale!!!
We have hand-printed t-shirts for sale! Each shirt was pressed by Andrew, Seth, and our wonderful friend, Chantelle (myspace.com/tastesense). There are two designs, each from the brain of Seth, and they are available in Hanes unisex tees, and also American Apparel “Baby Doll” tees for the ladies in an assortment of colors and sizes.
Focus Group is a collection of friends making music for friends to be friends to. Aged only three years, our five members range from classical piano to MPC aficionado and everything in between. Our influences are are as diverse as our sound and we hope you will agree that we are seriously dedicated to the idols of absurdity. Footwork, freshness, and all your favorite f-words combined.
What does it mean? It means good tidings from beyond the infinite.
Best wishes from hot britches.
All of the above. We are completely independent, we book, write, load/unload, drink, and love, all on our own. I really do hope you will take a few minutes off of cruising myspace and listen. We have an EP for sale, are soon to release another, and its never too long between shows. We recently just completed our first tour through the great midwest. In Texas, we heart Austin favorites Hole in the Wall, Emo's, The Parish, The Scoot Inn, as well as the wonderful Triple Crown in San Marcos. Please drop us a message no matter how absurd it may be. We want to be your fans, who just happen to play music.
talk to us: focusgroupband @gmail dot com
Check out Andrew's very, very cool solo project here!
the newer stuff is sounding great! Hope the MPC i sold to you is still holding up, ha! If you ever want to do a song or maybe even a project together let me know!
The Austin Electronic Music Grid has come together with a shit ton of bad asses to bring you something different......
*Hologram from Divers Arts *Live Video Display provided by: Hipnautica *Guest DJ Spot DJ John Thomas *ArcAttack
performs with (2) twelve feet tall singing Tesla coils is an eye
popping spectacle of musical midi-controlled electricity that you must
hear and see to believe. *One Eyed Doll *Panjoma CD RELEASE *After Party at Mug Shots
Tickets
for the event are $5 advance (at AustinMusicGrid.org) and $8 at the
door. Sponsors for the event include: Navdo, Puzzelle Productions,
Diverse Arts Austin, Zebra Imaging, ATX Underground.
shit man chicago's the cigarette we smoke in the mornin' before we take our mornin' shits. shit. seriously, thanks for coming. come back anytime. soon! groove on, brothers
Hey!!! It's friday! woooo!!! :) Soooo.. we're one of the top 5 bands in the toyota Rock the Space contest! prettyyy rad. We're soooo excited. we have a chance to win a record deal with Myspace records!!.. crazy huh!?..So if you wouldn't mind please drop us a vote at www.myspace.com/toyotamusic (the voting is just under the top banner) we now have 12 days to keep voting and you can vote once everyday. It would help us out a ton. Thank you soo much again, and hit us up anytime you'd like.. we'd love to hear from you!! -The boys from Texas, Thee Armada
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