Daytrotter’s deep ties to the Austin music scene trace back to Sound Team, who first visited the site’s Futureappletree Studio One in Rock Island, Ill., after a performance at Lollapalooza 2006. For the past two SXSW music conferences, Daytrotter, which records indie bands straight to tape and exclusively offers the sessions for free download, has also holed up at Sound Team’s Big Orange studio on the Eastside. It’s only fitting that former Team bassist Bill Baird prefaces the release of his latest luminous offering as Sunset, The Glowing City, with a four-song session that includes the previously unreleased “Telephones” and “Loveshines, Part II,” an instrumental excerpt from a forthcoming trilogy. Check it out here.
A stroll through Daytrotter’s archives turns up local gold in the form of recent sessions from White Denim, Peter & the Wolf, Trail of Dead, and Spoon. who offer an incredible reading of Paul Simon’s “Peace Like a River.” Expect posts from the Octopus Project and Brazos in the near future.
This article appears in July 4 • 2008.