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Reverse X Rays

About Me

LISTEN to the KVRX Local Live version of 'Mock Object' below or DOWNLOAD it here. .
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According to James Brown (the late expert on the subject), Reverse X Rays come out of the TV set and are used by nefarious federal agents to alter the brains of our fellow citizens.
SITUATION ISLAND EP (CD)
Debut EP in edition of 200 (less than 50 left at present). Silk-screened covers (the blue glows in the dark [slightly]), spray-painted inner cover, collaged insert, 4 songs. Short duration, like your attention span. Prepped by Tall Reed. $8 postage paid.
Tracks:
1. In the Teeth of Dull Truth
2. Diet of Textures
3. Buffalo Machine
4. Mock Object
REVIEWS:
Austin Chronicle
Austin Sound
Austin Daze
REVERSE X RAYS SHIRTS
We have 3D, glow in the dark t-shirts silk-screened by our own Tall Reed. Specify which size you would like. We also have non glow in the dark, non 3D shirts... $13 postage paid.
Size, Color, M/F

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/02/2007
Band Website: http://www.reversexrays.com
Band Members: O, BigE, TallReed, BoyWonder

instrumentation: drums, guitar, bass, sax, keyboard, amplified voices, a tv/vcr (for the x rays of course), and your mind
Influences: Syd Barrett, Faust, James Brown, Tortoise, Sun Ra, Devo, Stereolab, The Minutemen, The Residents, The Talking Heads, and worldwide psychedelia

moire patterns, video art, experimental animation, cellular automata, microscopic photography, let's paint tv, perry logan, holograms

google is a poet

e pluribus unum (irony is in the tv)

Sounds Like: KINETIC ... TWEAKED-OUT ... NERVOUS ... QUIRKY ... GROOVES

PRESS: "Austin band Reverse X Rays were a last minute addition to the evening’s festivities – an addition that was clearly received with enthusiasm. The audience made their way to the center of the dance floor to gather around the eclectic quartet as they set up shop. The “experimental” label is pretty much the most apt way to describe the band’s sound. Their over-exuberant onstage presence is as erratic and discordant as the music. Every note was a surprise and there were moments that left you wondering what the hell just happened. Reverse X Rays definitely create a different breed of sound and the audience seemed to lap up every last drop." - Brigitte B. Zabak, Houston Press 8-29-08
"Reverse X-Rays make harmolodic no-wave jazz funkala 1970’s Ornette Coleman and NYC downtown cool like DNA, almost like a more gonzo, atonal version of jazz-punks The Minutemen with crazy almost Afropop guitar interplay." Fenced In Area 11-1-08
“The Reverse X Rays lay down some of the funkiest experimental grooves in town, instrumental bursts that are tight and catchy while still pushing every envelope they can lick.”
Austin Sound 2-11-08
“Dense musical backgrounds are evident in the Reverse X-Rays' uniquely artistic sound and the extensive musical skill of each member…”
Daily Texan
Ismaelson 3-5-08
Record Label: INDEPENDENT
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Underground venues, punks vs. art-rockers, midget keyboardists?

There was a time when I could keep track of the underground venues in town,such as warehouses, galleries, and various DIY show-spaces, but nowadays there are so many, with new ones popping up rather o...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:23:00 GMT

The pop-culture scene in our part of Austin's East Side

The other night I was told about a party in a "bamboo forest" on the East Side,in the Delwood neighborhood just north of 38th and a half, and over bythe elementary school. I have always liked this nei...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:14:00 GMT

excerpt from 2008 Austin Sound profile of Reverse X Rays

Profile: Reverse X RaysYear Formed:2005Members/Instruments played:Boy Wonder: sax, bass, guitar, voxBig E: keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, voxO: guitar, bass, keyboards, voxTall Reed: drums, guitarF...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:25:00 GMT

9 questions for Reverse X Rays from the Daily Texan

(From a little over a year ago)1. Your name, role in the band?O-singer, guitar, bass, keyboards2. How did the band get together? O-Hoping for a female vocalist/instrumentalist to play art-pop with me...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:22:00 GMT

Situation Island hits Austin college radio Top 10!

Was having a civilised chat and libation at the philosopher Dr. Zaiss' house, when I was summoned into the kitchen to hear the kinetic funkala of "Buffalo Machine" on the radio. A thrill, I must say! ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:29:00 GMT

a list of all Reverse X Rays songs ever

In approximate sequence representing temporal emission:The Blue on Purple *A Basic Sympathy for the Human Condition *Zoltar (will be Displeased) *History of Underwater Sunlight *Art DogAstronauts of T...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:36:00 GMT

James Brown on seeing Fela Kuti in 1970

from The GodfatherWhile we were in Lagos we visited Fela Ransom Kuti's club, the Afro-Spot, to hear him and his band. He'd come to hear us, and we went to hear him. I think when he started as a musici...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:45:00 GMT

Show at Deville: now wasnt that a hoot!

Folks, we had so much fun the other day at Club Deville! Thanks to all who showed and especially those of you who brought your unconverted (skeptical? puzzled?) friends. The RXR live show operation is...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:31:00 GMT

Muggy Tallahassee makes it worth our time

Reverse X Rays have a radio show at WVFS, the student station for Florida State. On paper we have plenty of time to get there, but it turns out after numerous wrong turns we are in quick set up mode. ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:05:00 GMT

Athens seems like the Austin of the South

Athens is a welcome respite from so much driving. W can stay for a few days here with kindly folks, thanks to the efforts of Mercer of the band Mouser. The pace is languid, all the better to notice th...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:20:00 GMT