Stolen from PartyEnds.com … (which, just stole from the AV Club Austin):

The Onion AV Club Austin was kind enough to recommend tonight’s FREE PartyEnds Free Week Showcase that is going down for free at Beauty Bar.

Lookie:

“Tribute bands that pay tribute to still-active acts are a dubious enterprise, especially if those acts only have two albums and a handful of singles to pull from. Luckily for the members of Austin’s only LCD Soundsystem tribute act, All My Friends, James Murphy’s dance-rock collective hasn’t toured in a good long while, and there’s hardly a song in its small catalog that won’t keep the movement going. And who doesn’t want to see somebody who’s not Murphy (in this case, Super Lite Bike’s Chris Heckendorn) ramble his way through the hipster dick-measuring contest of “Losing My Edge”? Of course, having someone else on the bill playing nothing but the songs that taught a generation to uncross its arms robs Car Stereo (Wars) (a.k.a. Chris Rose) of one guaranteed party-starting source. Luckily there’s also Mothfight’s glitch-pop and The Laughing’s techno tribalism to keep things moving.”

Check it out with your own eyes HERE . Thanks for the apt description of the dancability and fun of tonight’s lineup!

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There is a great free week show this Saturday at the Beauty Bar featuring DJ Car Stereo (Wars), an LCD Soundsystem cover band called All MY Friends, Moth Fight and The Laughing. The shindig is sponsored by PartyEnds.com and is sure to be amazing, and at the very least free. You should go.

Free week is as good of a tradition in Austin as wearing a scarf, heavy coat and toboggan when it cracks 65 degrees outside. It is a holy time. A time of freeness and reflection on the past year. A time of peace. A time to laugh,  a time to weep.  A time to dance, a time to mourn. A time of checking out your favorite bands for free and a time of checking out bands you have never heard of … for free. God bless free week.

Ok, so maybe no one dumped the ashes of their dead best friend on the stage where the Laughing performed  like they did for Danzig, but the fact remains that the band played a strong Fun Fun Fun Fest set full of wailing, banging, and a loud tie die shirt that both compliments the direction of their new full length album Fever as well as gives a nod to the stereotypical festival atmosphere of yore.

Austin blogger all-star  Ultra 8201 was there to grab some snap shots, you can see the photo to the left  and many more on the site HERE!

Less than a week before Fun Fun fun Fest where both the Laughing and DJ Car Stereo (Wars) were invited to do their thing in front of music fans from all over the country.  Fans who are more interested in bands that dress like Gallagher and play Metallica songs than cramming into a muddy park to try and catch a glimpse of the Dave Matthews Band.

Catch DJ Car Stereo (Wars) back in Austin from Brooklyn at 4:00 on Sunday over at the Blue stage! Afterwards he will surely be seen catching up on his Tex-Mex.  And Catch the Laughing at 12:35 Saturday over at the Orange stage!

The night before the festival, Neiliyo is playing a show (on his birthday mind you) at the Scoot Inn with our friends from Chicago the Hood Internet to kick the weekend’s shenanigans off proper. It is going to be a whirlwind I tell you what.  Get ready.

The Laughing hit the road late last night for their first American tour! We are extremely proud of them for this as well as their recent show as an official part of SXSW. But, like anything you love, you must set it free on tour, and if it was truly meant to be it will come back to you. While they are out there on the on open road- you should go check them out! Folks in Austin get treated to their killer live shows often but this is the rest of the USA’s first chance! Well, part of the USA. The Laughing have been working hard on their first full length “Fever” which will expand on the musical ideas and themes brought forth on their Jungle EP. Artifact Workshop is honored to be a part of both releases. Please try and catch the Laughing as they come thru your neck of the woods! Thanks for helping us spread the word! You will not be forgotten.

Tour Dates:
Mar 31 2009
the Nick – BIRMINGHAM, Alabama

Apr 1 2009
Drunken Unicorn- ATLANTA, Georgia

Apr 2 2009
RED and BLACK – Washington DC

Apr 3 2009
Bethlehem Above Ground First Friday!!- BETHLEHAM, Pennsylvania

Apr 4 2009
Delancey- NEW YORK, New York

Apr 5 2009
TT the Bears w/ Youth Group- CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts

Apr 7 2009
Annabell’s – AKRON, Ohio

Apr 8 2009
Northside Tavern – CINCINNATI, Ohio

Apr 10 2009 11:00P
The Abbey – CHICAGO, Illinois

Purchase Jungle from Artifact Workshop HERE.

Every year right before the hoards of out of towners come around Austin, Art Disaster pulls off a great show and this year is no different!  Check out the lineup!

Outside Stage
1-1:45 Y-Love, Eprhyme and Diwon
12-12:40 Belaire
11-11:40 Scorpion Child
10-10:40 The Soldier Thread (Sea Change)
9-9:40 Pomegranates
8-8:40 The Laughing
Evol DJs between bands outside

Inside Stage
1-2 DJ Mel
12:20-1 The Happy Hollows
11:20-12 The White White Lights
10:20-11 Wild Yaks
9:20-10 Dans La Lune
8:20-9 Carol Bui
7:20-8 The Pity Party
6:30-7 Basic
DJ Orion w/ Shunda K and Josh Bloom between bands inside

Happy Hour 6pm-9pm $2 Three Olives Vodka and $2 Lonestar/Pabst tallboys
OPEN BAR 8:30pm-10pm by Three Olives Vodka and SoCo

Read more about it HERE!

ALSO!!!!! The Laughing is playing an OFFICIAL SXSW SHOWCASE!  We couldn;t be more proud.  They play Saturday, March 21   at 10:00 p.m. on the The Music Gym Patio  (815 E 6th St).  The Laughing plays along side Golden Bear, Frank Smith, Low Line Caller, the Lemurs, and Loxsly. This showcase is the place to be Saturday night!

Thanks for stopping by the site! There is a lot of exciting news on the Laughing tip! Aside from spending hours and hours in the beat laboratory working on their full-length oeuvre (“FEVER”) they are about to embark on a tour right after they play their official SXSW showcase! Here is the first round of confirmed dates with more coming down the pipeline shortly…
03/21 Austin, TX @ The Music Gym SXSW
03/31 Athens, GA @ Tasty World
04/01 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
04/02 Washington, DC @ The Red and Black
04/04 New York, NY @ The Delancey
04/05 Cambridge, MA @ TT The Bears

EarFarm.com claims they are one of the top acts to catch at this years SXSW music festival.  Can’t argue with that.  Check out all the other bands they recommend HERE.

Be sure to pick up a copy of their limited edition one of a kind EP “Jungle” before it is too late.  Grab it HERE.

(Photo Cred: Diane Ducruet)

As 2008 ends and 2009 gears up, more and more end of year lists are popping up and what do you know:  The Laughing’s name keeps appearing!  EarFarm.com named Jungle on of the Top 8 EPs of 2008 right along with Final Fantasy and Animal Collective saying:

“Named one of our Top Breakout Bands for ‘08/’09, Austin’s The Laughing captures the smiling mope of The Cure and mixes it with heavy doses of primal thunder and late-career Talking Heads jungle love. It’s equally sexy and weird, catchy and danceable. Think Clap Your Hands Say Yeah mixed with TV On The Radio. Or perhaps, if David Cronenberg’s The Fly were a band, it’d be The Laughing. Decide for yourself if that sounds like something you’d like. Chances are you’ll fall in love immediately.”

The Laughing also showed up on Erik Wofford’s best of the year list that was published on Austinist.com.  Erik explains “their second EP expands upon their love of all things tribal and otherworldly.”

Happy New Year and if you live in the Austin area be sure to catch the Laughing for FREE Friday January 9th at the Mohawk.

EarFarm.com advised their readers to keep an eye on the Laughing in 2009.  Last year they said the same thing about The Ting Tings, Duffy, and Dead Confederate and look at em now.  Thanks to EarFarm for endorsing the Laughing as the jam of 2009!
Check it out:

“Austin’s The Laughing captures the smiling mope of The Cure and mixes it with heavy doses of primal thunder and late-career Talking Heads jungle love. It’s equally sexy and weird, catchy and danceable. If David Cronenberg’s The Fly were a band, it’d be The Laughing. Decide for yourself if that sounds like something you’d like. Me? I decided long ago.” Congrats boys- we are proud of you! (photo cred)

The Laughing opened for the Ting Tings at a sold out The Parish last Sunday the 19th. The Austin American Statesman was there and took these photos.  

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