How to Workout to Music from AuxCable on Vimeo.

This is our podcast! In this video, we teach you how to exercise to music! Share with your friends! (:


<3 Nat, Juumbie, Fly on the Wall, and Quaver

Check out this pretty cool quiz yo yo.

-Fly on the Wall

What's up you guys? Just checking in on y'all.

I made a survey just to make and I have to post it on here. So, if you will, please take my survey here!


...Yeah, that's right. I linked it. U mad?

Hate mainstream music?

I know all you indie alternative-ers too well.

Well this is TOTALLY original. It's a freshmen at McCallum, Damon Meredith, who beatboxes.

He actually came in 2nd place at Mac's talent show, check it out here.

Check out this site to find another one of his beatboxes, and for new ones to come out!

One of Damon's friends at Mac also has a site remixing dubstep songs, check it out here.

Support the peeeeps!

Hope yall like!



-Fly on the Wall

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 Our (real) page views have been increasing, filling up the gap between us a Vinyl! Right now, we're about 650 page views under them, but seeing our recent activity, I think we can do it :D

(part two)


Comment or shoot as an email that says, "Enter {magazine/blog name/website} into the contest please!" After four of five groups do that, we'll set up a poll with the best entries. Then it's up to YOUR readers to nab you a sweet advertising space!

Notes:
-You will make the advertisement(200x200 px). If it looks bad or doesn't go with our color scheme, we might change it.
- To be entered into the poll, your blog must be clean, and active. We do not want to promote a dead blog!
- This DOES NOT have to be a class ezine blog. You can choose to promote a personal blog, a store, even Taylor Swift!

(:

<3 Nat

TUESDAY

2:00 am.
I taught my sister how to get into the Taylor Swift Fan Club Presale. My sister, Noreen, is a senior and stayed home during TAKS week. She would be able to purchase the tickets for me.

9:59 am.
I was nervous.

12:30 am.
I finally got my phone back. I turned it on. I had a text from Noreen: "i got tickets"

12:31 am.
"WWWOOOOOOOOAHAHAWLFLQWJKNHQWIPHWINHDQIPWHNI"

12:32 am.
I reply: "Where are the seats?"
She replies: "Arena. Section 40. Row 20"

12:33 am.
This is when I started to run around screaming, "I GOT TAYLOR SWIFT TICKETS, SUCKERRZZZ"




So~~

Anyone else get tickets? Today is the general sale, so everyone can purchase tickets. They went on sale at 10 am though, so you might want to hurry! (:

If you got tickets, post where your  seat is! We can like.. hang... and shtuff.....

...or not..? xD



<3<3<3 naaaaaat

He's an Australian actor, recently seen in "I Am Number Four" and "Flipped".
He's sort of.... amazing (:

Anyways, for those of you who are fans of the "Hunger Games" book series, it's set to come out on the big screen March 23, 2012. When I heard this, I freaked out.

"CALLAN FOR PEETA! CALLAN FOR PEETA! CALLAN FOR PEETA!"
Those were the only words I could say for the following weeks. Imagine my distraught when I found out Josh Hutcherson was playing Peeta. Yes, the boy from "Bridge to Teribithia". Here's a nice picture of him.


Oh... wait a second.. WHY IS HE PLAYING PEETA?! HE LOOKS NOTHING LIKE PEETA. PEETA IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THIS:


Blonde hair, pointed face, the whole shebang. The world went crazy. Fan pages, comment sections of news articles, etc were filled with "OH MY GOODNESS WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE CASTING DIRECTOR."

Moving on.
They also cast Gale (Katniss's other love interest). Who did they choose for the brown haired, brown eyed hunter that supported his large family since age 12? LIAM FREAKING HENSWORTH FROM "The Last Song" WITH MILEY CYRUS. Am I the only one confused here?!



And Katniss, the main character. Described as "olive skinned", "dark haired", and small/petite. Here's the lovely actor:

Sighh.... I give up. Katniss is a young hunter as well, not one of the more "sexy" tributes from District 2. She's a little girl! And here's what Katniss is supposed to look like:


Just one more thing....
Peeta and Katniss are supposed to be sixteen. SIXTEEN. I have no idea how they're going to pull that off (especially the girl actress, Jennifer). Gale is supposed to be eighteen.

I'm in a little bit of an outrage, though its a tad calmer now (:
The rest of the castings were good: age-appropriate, with correct skin/hair color, and with the acting chops (:

Sorry for the excessive use of images. I felt it'd put a better picture across if you could actually see the actors and the people they are playing.

So-- how do you feel about the casting? Are you as outraged as me? Think the actors can pull it off? Comment! (To comment, click the "** comments" under the title and scroll down).

Thanks guys, and talk to y'all later!
<3 Nat

A few days ago, 4/20 passed - the marijuana day.

Lots of artists talk about marijuana in our music today.

Wiz Khalifa, Lil Wayne, Kid Cudi, Birdman, Snoop Dogg and many other artists have songs including it, or songs all about it.

What are your thoughts about all the talk of it? 

-Fly on the Wall

Explosions in the Sky, a local Austin band, has released its sixth and final album, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care. Gigging since 1999, the band has evolved their instrumental music since their first album How Strange, Innocence.


With international tours, and the exclusive rights to the Friday Night Lights soundtrack, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care is a great representation of the band. The three electric guitars create beautiful melodies, and Chris Hrasky's drumming brings the solid album together.

--
Quaver

Happy Easter! Jesus defeated death and rose from the grave, giving us a chance to have a relationship with him and spend eternity in heaven (:

Enjoy this skit! It's called the "Everything" skit. It's super powerful.



Happy Day by Tim Hughes

The greatest day in history // Death is beaten, you have rescued me // Sing it out, Jesus is alive

Empty cross and empty grave // Life eternal, you have won the day // Shout it out, Jesus is alive // He's alive

Oh happy day, happy day // You wash my sin away // Oh happy day, happy day // I'll never be the same // Forever I am changed

When I stand in that place// Free at last, meeting face to face // I am Yours, Jesus you are mine

Endless joy and perfect peace // Earthly pain finally will cease // Celebrate, Jesus is alive // Yeah, He's alive



<3 Nat

What is going on with everyone? How's life?

Photo provided by Maniasmias at Blogspot.com

HEY VINYL.


I didn't realize how pissed upset y'all were over our fake counter. Sorry :3
Anyways. I kept the fake counter up because I'm too emotionally attached to it to delete it (SEPARATION ANXIETY FTW), but I put the real counter back on the blog. It's under the fake one xD

SO PLEASE STOP BEING MAD AT ME :o
It's not a contest, tahahahh. Just for daa lulzzz.

Anyways, what y'all did HERE was pretty cool. Mhmmm.

Yeah, so I WE LOVE Y'ALL <3 <3 <3

<3 The AuxCable Team
//Natalie :D

P.S. YOU WON THE ADVERTISING SPACE BY DEFAULT.
kay, byee (:

Hey guys!

For my feature story, we have to post some possible leads. My feature story is about chiptunes. Chiptunes are songs that are made that are primarily composed through video game console soundboards.

Compare and Contrast:
Just over 50 years ago, a computer was first used in the production of music. Since then, computers have become better and better at creating sounds that cannot be replicated by traditional instruments. Now, artists are busting out their Gameboys and creating rave songs with the same chips that have created the famous Mario and Zelda themes.

Descriptive:
An amazing party has begun. Bodies are pressing up against each other on the dance floor as hordes of people jump to the techno beats of the DJ. That DJ doesn't have any fancy equipment though. Alex Luna stands there with nothing but two Gameboys, and the crowd loves it.

Twist:
Music creation has always been expensive. Instruments cost upwards of several hundred dollars and it takes time and dedication to master one. However, people like Alex Luna are making catchy techno music - for as little as $25 - with nothing but a single Gameboy.


--
Quaver

Leads:

Daniel Chen had a wife and two small children. But he still felt empty. Every night after work, he would come home and get a beer from the fridge as his family sadly watched. He was depressed, and he was desperate to find a way out.

Description:
Thousands of eyes are closing. Hands are raised as if pushing through the ceiling. People laugh, cry, and dance. Tonight, nobody cares about how they’re thought of. For them, it’s all about God.

Direct Quote:
“Worship is more about the heart more than the music itself,” said high school sophomore Emily Wong. 


Which lead do you like best? Tell me how to fix and improve them, please! :3


<3 Nat

4:00 PM. The designated time of the meeting. My heart pounds. The interviewee is still offline. The clock slowly ticks, and Father Time grows older. at 4:15, I break out into a cold sweat and quickly prepare to ask an inquisitive email. I close my eyes, composing the message in my head. Not too sad and disappointed, not to angry. I settle on just the right arrangement of words, impossible to draw any tone out.

Oh hey, there's a new email.


"Hey Arnav,
I'm running a tad late and was wondering if you could push this back until five. Prior engagements are preventing me from doing the interview on time, but I will be ready in about an hour. Hope that's okay.
Alex"

I breathe out a huge sigh of relief and go get some food.

IAYD or Alex Luna's new album "Like a Phoenix!"

The first fifteen minutes of waiting for popular Chiptune artist IAYD was terrifying. I was terrified that I had entered the wrong username, or possibly made a type when sending Alex my username.

In the end, we had our interview, and it worked out really well. Alex Luna was incredibly nice and fun to interview.

--
Quaver

1) Descriptive:

The clock was close to tick three in the morning, the deepest hour of the night, but Jessica Martinez didn’t care. She was fatigued after completing hours of homework, but she knew it was the perfect time to spill a few words of pure freestyle and compose a new ear-catching rap.

“They’re honest. I am too tired to put effort into anything. So they are just completely feelings.” She explains as she gives off a chuckle and looks down at her fingers. Jessica began writing her own raps since she was in middle school, and now a junior at LASA high school, she continues to do so.

Every couple of days or weeks a new pack of rhymes and words would hit her at any time of day and Jessica would infatuate herself with them until the wee hours of the morning.

2) Narrative:

A petite girl bobbed her head as the words spilled out of her mouth in complete harmony and style. Jessica Martinez was practicing the verses to the new rap she would be performing at her school’s musical event. As she swayed her hands around in swift motions you could feel the dedication she felt for rapping radiating off of her.

“When you get the rush man, especially with hip hop it’s just this adrenaline. A really empowering feeling.” Jessica says as a smile plays on her lips. Although it would be one of her first times performing her own rap lyrics, Jessica couldn't help but feel secure with herself and her song.

3) Twist?

It was a typical day in the class of physics for Jessica Martinez, a junior at LASA high school. She was writing vigorously in her notebook as the teacher continued to lecture. “And so the ball would move because...”

She had done this millions of times, it was like a craving that couldn’t be ignored. She swiftly moves her pencil across the page as a new verse for her latest rap forms in her head.

“[When I get an idea for a song] I act on it immediately,” Jessica says. “ If I’m flowing then I’m flowing.”

Jessica then re-reads the lyrics she wrote and edits her work until it is seen as perfection in her eyes.

HEY GUYZ. TAYLOR SWIFT IS COMING TO AUSTIN (as you know...) AND TICKETS GO ON SALE APRIL 29TH AT 10 AM. Which happens to be during school...... o.e;;


Anyways. I'm supposed to talk about how my feature story interviews went! Basically, I go to church on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. So I pulled my phone out and interviewed people. Most of the people I interviewed was great, but interviewing some of the older people was awkward. Transcribing was pretty easy for me, I'm used to it.

Overall, the interviewing experience was good, except for the awkward people (:

LOVE,
NATATTACK.

What is going on kiddos?

All right, as part of the magazine the Aux Cable Staff is making this year, we are interviewing some pretty legit people. Awesome, right? That's what I thought. Anyway, I decided to interview a really amazing chick who happens to rap some pretty amazing lyrics. Now, I'm not gonna tell you guys this girl's whole story (you're going to be able to read it when the official magazine comes out) but I am going to tell you how it all went down.

Now this chick is pretty awesome, and I was pretty excited to interview her, but you know what I wasn't excited about? Actually doing the work.

You have to come up with questions to ask the person. Then you have to ask them. Then you have to write it down, including everything they said and if you didn't record the interview, you had to hand write it as they spoke. But if you did record it, you had to listen to it and type it up.

Now, this wasn't too bad you guys. It was actually pretty fun. Except for the part where I had to transcribe a forty-something minute interview onto paper.

It's all good though, I got my interview done, met a female rapper, and am one story closer to being able to release the official Aux Cable magazine.

So that is all for now my ducklings.

-Juumbie

Descriptive - By day, Jay Robillard works as an electrician in Austin. As he flips switches and replaces fuses, music runs through his head - from exotic lounge music, to 80’s punk alternative, to pop orchetra.

Descriptive -  Jay Robillard does not know exactly how many records he has in his collection -- but he thinks its around 20,000.

Narrative - KOOP radio was born out of a bet between friends.

Direct Quote - “This is what I want to do for a living,” Jay Robillard said to himself when his parents took them to their radio station as a child and let him watch the DJs. 

-Fly on the Wall

Feature stories take a lot of time.....

You have to come up with an idea relevant to your magazine....

Find someone to interview....

Interview them.....

And BAM! You aren't even 1/16th of the way done!

Transcribing notes from your interview is a tedious task.

Writing the story is a whole other thang (thing).

Have fun.

-Fly on the Wall

-Fly on the Wall

What?! What's that?! Look's like Aux Cable got a makeover! We're proud to show off our new clean layout which gives a nice fresh feeling. We're still tweaking a few things, but it should be completely up and running by the end of this week.

Also....
WE HAVE ADVERTISING SPACE!
Do you want it? I bet you do. Here are the rules:

• Make a little graphic, 200x200, advertising your blog.
• You must be following our blog
• The graphic must be sent to our staff email: auxiliary.cable@gmail.com by APRIL 15.
• Finalists will be chosen by our staff. We will be looking at the quality of the graphic and the content you post on your blog.
• The winner will be chosen by a majority vote from our readers (and yours too if you send them this way *wink wink*)

Have fun!
-Nat Attack and the rest of the Aux Cable Team

Hey guys, round three of album reviews! This time we'll be reviewing Rilo Kiley's fourth album, Under the Blacklight.



This album is very different from the previous albums I have reviewed because there really isn't a set genre that I can classify this under. Rilo Kiley is a four-member outfit that features vocalist Jenny Lewis. Lewis is much more authentic than most modern female artists, as she doesn't use auto tune. Her vocals are pure and sweet, but can become grating after a short period of time.

The backing instruments are great. They have this fantastic jazz/country sound to them,  and the melodies are simple and nice, but easily forgotten.

Overall, I'm not such a huge fan of this genre, but I think it's very interesting and fresh.

Please leave some comments on what albums you'd like to see discussed next week. Also please check out our sister blog vinylezine.blogspot.com for some hilarious footage of the Aux Cable team singing "Friday" by Rebecca Black.

--
Quaver

During my hourly Taylor Swift Google news searches, I came across an article, you can find it here.   Taylor Swift has just added sixteen locations to her already massive tour. One of these happens to be in the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Tickets are rumored to be around 135 dollars, slightly more expensive than Selene Gomez's 120 dollar tickets to her tour. Tickets don't go on sale until early May, but several enthusiastic fans have already taken to social networking sites to express their excitement. Obviously, the second I heard the news, I ran to China and back in 12 seconds. I'M SO EXCITED :3

What's up you guys?

This week has been...unconsciously long, so to bring my mood up I've been listening to songs. A lot of you probably don't know, but I love Korean music. Like, I LOVE Korean Music, it is awesome,  poppy and, in my opinion, a lot more entertaining than American music. Just saying. Anyways, as I was saying, I was listening to "Knock Out" by G-D and T.O.P. , two popular Korean rappers, when I realized that I've never seen this duo perform the song on popular music shows like they did their other songs. This struck me as strange because the song had received a lot of positive feedback and quickly gained popularity, so as I did with Rebecca Black, I did some research. Apparently, the song was banned because of the inappropriate lyrics the song displayed, but when you really look into it, the lyrics, or word, that was found 'inappropriate' was "bbeokigayo." Bbeokigayo is a slang word that literally means "Knock Out." The word was deemed inappropriate because of the lack of 'real meaning' behind it. This seemed like such a a dumb reason to me that I had to go into the way songs are 'censored' in Korea.

When a song is deemed inappropriate by the media, such as live music shows, they are banned from being performed. This then leads the artists or their label company to change those specific aspects of the song until it is allowed to be performed. A lot of the times a song is labeled as inappropriate because lyrics either hint or promote sex, drugs, or any ideas that are seen as morally wrong by society. This, to me, is ridiculous in comparison to the songs played on the radio in America today. Korean lyrics seem to be nothing in comparison to the American songs today that promote sex, drugs, partying, and straight up inappropriate behavior. Personally, I think the Koreans take it too far in deciding whether a song is appropriate or inappropriate. There are also times in which a song is considered inappropriate because the music video to the song contains 'unneeded' material that promotes unlawful activities.

Here is a list of popular songs that were originally banned from being performed on music shows. These songs have either had their lyrics changed to fit the criteria of an appropriate song, or they have not and are continued to be banned for it.

1. GD & TOP- Knock Out This song was banned due to the slang word bbeokigayo
2. DBSK- Mirotic The lyrics in the song were deemed too sexual
3. Rain- Love Song In the MV of this song, Rain is seen running on the street, an illegal act in Korea
4. GD & TOP- Don't Go Home The rap in this song was deemed to have inappropriate lyrics
5. Taeyang- Move This song's lyrics were said to be dirty
6. Taeyang- Take It Slow The lyrics were said to be dirty
7. Taeyang- After You Fall Asleep the lyrics are said to be dirty
8. Se7en- Drips  The song was also said to have inappropriate lyrics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

It's time for Quaver's Quick Review, Take 2!

Do Make Say Think’s album, Other Truths may seem like a ripoff at first. For full album price, you get only 4 songs! However, the shortest song on the album is only 8:03, and the album has nearly 45 minutes of beautiful music.

The four tracks on the album are titled after the four words in the band’s title. The Canadian Band wrote these songs in the two year span between their critically acclaimed album You, You’re a History in Rust. The songs typically repeat their unique riff over and over again in different ways throughout each song, resulting in a jazzy feel. The only vocals in the song are moans from Akron/Family, another experimental rock band from Oregon. 

The album cover for Other Truths. Good luck finding the title of the album, or the band's name.

The first track, Do, is hands down the best track of the album. The song starts off with a slow guitar riff, and you can hear the guitarist’s hands slide up and down the neck. Once the drums and bass kick in though, you feel more motivated. This is one of my favorite songs to listen to when I’m trying to get things done, as it gets me motivated. The stereo effects in this song are also pretty fantastic. With good headphones, when I close my eyes, I can tell approximately where all the sounds are coming from. The drummer is right in front of me, the bassist on the left, and the guitarist on the right. Do is a beautiful track, and is definitely worth a listen. Every time I hear it, something new pops out.

Unfortunately, the next three tracks aren’t nearly as epic as Do is, but still hold their own as fantastic songs. Make starts off with a slow jazzy bit, but doesn’t quite pick up or capture the imagination quite like Do does. It has some cool drum beats and some interesting harmonies, but the song lacks the appeal that Do has. It isn’t as driving. Some of those rum beats that come in about about 5 minutes in the song are beautiful to listen to though.

Say is the longest track on the album, starts out with nothing but some quiet, screechy guitar feedback. However, then a lonely bass line breaks the near silence, and opens up the slow, mournful ballad quite well. About three minutes into the song, the song builds up to a melancholy climax. A fun thing to do with this song when you’re feeling sad is to play it simultaneously with rainymood.com. The rain really brings out the slow, mournful jazz songs. Say is really quite beautiful.

Think is, in my opinion, the runt of the album. It is the shortest song, at only 8 minutes. It is the jazziest feeling song, and doesn’t quite build up to the same climactic choruses that the other songs do. The main riff is a slow jazzy guitar riff that is inquisitive in nature. As the ringing of the strings subsides, it feels like the guitar is asking a very open-ended question.

Overall, this album is a must-buy. All four of the songs are fantastic in many situations, and are calming and pleasing to listen to. As the average attention span of a human shortens, and songs feel the need to be as imposing as possible to gain popularity. Do Make Say Think has hit it out of the park with this one, and I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. 

--
Quaver

Tuesday, March 22nd, Chris Brown angrily stormed out of the Good Morning America TV studio after smashing a window in his dressing room and tearing off his shirt.

In 2009, Brown assaulted his then-girlfriend Rihanna. In his GMA interview, host Robin Roberts asked him questions about his Rihanna situation, though he was expecting questions about his new album "F.A.M.E". During the interview, Brown was obviously uncomfortable with the questions, but Roberts persisted. Brown later said, "I really kind of kept my composure throughout the whole interview, although you can see me upset. When I got back I just let off steam. I didn't physically hurt anyone, I didn't try to hurt anyone, I just wanted to release the anger that I had inside me because I felt that I worked so hard for this music and I felt like people kept just trying to take it away from me. I got very emotional, and I wanna apologize for acting like that."
 
However, it seems the publicity has done Brown good. According to an Apple spokesman, Brown's album, "F.A.M.E", on the Jive record label, was the top downloaded album on Apples' iTunes store the first day it was released.

Fans seem to be split on Brown's actions. On a MTV message board, an enthusiastic fan writes, "We love you Chris!! There's no reason for anyone to even ask him about Rihanna anymore, ABC should have had something better to talk about as that is old".

Brown is also scheduled to preform on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars". Thousands of fans of the show are expressing their outrage. "His freak out on GMA proves how scary and unpredictable he is. If ABC does not do the right thing and ban him, I will have no choice but to not watch that episode," wrote chadcronin on the official "Dancing" message boards.

Personally, I believe Brown's Outburst was unprofessional and uncalled for, especially since he's already swimming in deep water. He should have handled it in a more professional manner.

You can go here, here, or here to learn more about this issue.

<3 NatAttack

All right you guys, I know many of you have already heard about "Friday" by Rebecca Black and I know a lot of you either groan or laugh when it is mentioned, but we still have to remember guys, she's only human. 

Hey guys, it's time for Quaver's Quick Reviews! Every Friday, I will review some artist that hopefully few of you have never heard of.

Chiptunes is a underground form of music which is made by a Gameboy and a modified cartridge Rainbowdragoneyes, a self-proclaimed “one-man killing machine” meshes poppy 8-bit instruments with slightly disturbing auto-tuned lyrics. Rainbowdragoneyes first gained notoriety when a song from this album, “Creatures ov Deception” was put on Rock Band. Rainbowdragoneyes then gained popularity for authoring one of the fastest and hardest charts in the game, and doing it with one of the poppier tunes in the franchise. However, the lyrics are a far cry from the pop hits of today, as Rainbowdragoneyes screams about twisted forms of torture and death as he alternates between an autotuned voice and deep metal growling. All songs from this album can be found on the artist's website. 

The bottom half of the album had to be censored for your viewing pleasure.

Released on March 3rd, Rainbowdragoneyes' second album opens with a song named after that date. The album opens with some simple synthesized sounds that are uncharacteristic of the rest of the album. 3.3.11 isn’t particularly catchy, and it has no lyrics. It feels like the red-headed-step song of this album.

The next song, Creatures ov Deception shows off Rainbowdragoneyes’ characteristic’s style (and hatred of the letter ‘f’). The 8-bit intro is simple and cheerful, and feels great. Soon after the poppy synthesizers, the man behind the music begins to sing. With a slightly Slavic timber, Rainbowdragoneyes belts out lyrics about disguised alien creatures who burn down a village. The singer’s perspective switches between from a hero who attempts to fight off the disguised aliens, and the monsters themselves. This all occurs while the the happy, poppy, catchy Gameboy chiptune music plays in the background.

After Creatures of Deception, the album’s titular song sounds similar, but the synthesizers take on a more mellow tone, and Rainbowdragoneyes begins to growl more and more. The quest for an elixir of truth is diagrammed. There is one particularly nasty verse that is growled in the satanic language Enochian. The vocal pattern to this song however, sounds exactly like Creatures ov Deception. I hoped that there would be more variety.

This song changes up the formula used in the past two songs and incorporates more of a jazzy feel. The background synthesizers are more upbeat, but the lyrics detail a horrible, horrible torture. A lot of the lyrics in this album are just unnecessarily cruel and violent. Rape Castle, in particular, uses many inappropriate words and has lewd suggestions. Other songs deal with cannibalism, and he makes many references to his favorite pastime: devouring Christians. According to the the artist, “they are more pleasing to the pallet [sic] and the also scream the loudest”.

Overall, I really enjoyed the instrumental tracks. All of the tunes were catchy, and the instruments used brought back nostalgic memories of Mario and Link on the old-school Gameboy. However, I am disappointed with the death metal lyrics. I am not a fan of normal death metal, but chiptunes are an undiscovered, underutilized form of geeky music that will hopefully become more commonplace in the future.

Motorhead at SXSW 2008		.