V/A Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010

• .Follow That Bird!: "The Ghosts That Wake You"
• The Young: "Blister"
• Woven Bones: "Spirits Roam"
• Flesh Lights: "Crush on You"
• Dikes of Holland: "Little City Girl"
• Tre Orsi: "The Engineer"
• The Distant Seconds: "Akron Bureau"
• Kingdom of Suicide Lovers: "Hoboken Snow"
• Elvis: "Mommy's Little Soliders"
• Love Collector: "First 48"
• Bad Sports: "Can't Remember Your Name"
• Wild America: "Drink It Dry"
• Harlem: "Beautiful & Very Smart"
• The Stuffies: "No One's Gonna Miss You"
• The Golden Boys: "Older Than You"
• The No No No Hopes: "Nobody's Fool"
• The Teeners: "Nazis on Film"
• The Persimmons: "The Notice"
• Lost Controls: "Entirely Wired for Sound"

Presumably something of a labor of love for Matador Records founder/honcho, Austin resident, and all-around opinionator Gerard Cosley, Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 collects 19 tracks from as many bands, and offers a snapshot of the current Austin underground music scene. Some of these folks have been out and about for a little while now (Woven Bones, The Golden Boys, Harlem), but for others this set is a dedbutante’s ball. There are any number of regional comps you could compare Casual Victim Pile to, but let’s call it a This is Boston, Not L.A. for young Texans considering coping the Dirty Projectors. The double-lp/single-disc set is due in late January 2010.

Abstract by Nate Knaebel