On this edition of The Americana Spotlight, I feature Austin Collins & The Rainbirds.Austin joins me to talk about his new album, Wrong Control, which marks the band’s third release. I’ve seen Austin several times live over the years and have always enjoyed his sound both vocally along with the rock laiden guitar work. Wrong Control captures the best of both worlds both on the vocal tracks and instrumentation. It’s an excellent album which I would highly recommend picking up especially if you lean towards the more heavy side of Rock (Son Volt, The Bottle Rockets, etc) If you will be around Austin, Texas in March make sure you catch one of the band’s seven shows during the upcoming South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival in mid March.

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Austin Collins – “Wrong Control” (March 2)

You had me at Will Johnson. Will Johnson from Centromatic has produced the new record from Houston nativeAustin Collins.Wrong Control comes out March 2 and from the songs I’ve heard and from the video below the record is full of buzzing guitars and pulsing drums. On record Austin Collins has a full band sound that brings me back to the robust sounds of early Replacements and Uncle Tupelo. High praise indeed but I really like these songs and the wall of sound that encompasses them.

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We’re excited about the show this weekend at the Parish - contrary to what Reverb Nation would like you to believe, there is no Queen cover band performing Saturday night. We hope you can make it out to celebrate with us. Doors are at 9. Special guestsCollin Herring and Ruby James.

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Talented Texas based singer/songwriterAustin Collins released his debut disc in 2005 (Something Better ) and avoided the sophomore slump, with one of my favorite discs from the past few years,Roses Are Black (2008). Collins’ two discs of alt country gems recalled the sound and spirit of Steve Earle, Son Volt and Whiskeytown.

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Wrong Control hits stores and online outlets on March 2, but to say thanks to our fans, we’re offering a pre-order. If you place your order this week, we’ll send you the physical album by mail a week before the release and email you a digital copy of the full album immediately!

Our new record comes out March 2 - here’s some studio footage

Coming soon … Wrong Control.