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Shiny Around the Edges

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About Me


Shiny Around the Edges is a band from Texas. We have shared stages with the likes of The Gossip, Mates of State, Mayday, Neva Dinova, Castanets, Mal Madrigal, The Baptist Generals, Shearwater, and The Evangelicals. We are part of the Paper Stain Recordings collective. We look forward to meeting you.

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Member Since: 10/14/2004
Band Website: shinyaroundtheedges.com
Band Members: Yes.
Influences: Mary J. Blige, Sonic Youth, Willie Nelson, and Donald Judd
Sounds Like: "It's like being in the same room with the apocalypse."
Deep Ellum Sullie
Record Label: Paper Stain Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Lots o shows!

For those of you who complain we don't play enough shows, well... there are a whole bunch coming up. We've reformatted, rearranged, and remodeled since our Spring Jaunt and will be delivering lots of ...
Posted by Shiny Around the Edges on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:13:00 PST

Mixing finished... on to mastering.

We have now finished mixing the new album. Next step is to dump it all onto tape and send it to Chicago for mastering - pretty much what every Denton band has been doing lately. Could it be the pull o...
Posted by Shiny Around the Edges on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:32:00 PST

Recording finished. Mixing begun. Midwest Parking Lot Photos Return.

Finished recording our new album last night. Started mixing it today, but then Matthew J. Barnhart started upon a fantastic voyage of nausea and delirium so we had to stop, take him home, and put him ...
Posted by Shiny Around the Edges on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:20:00 PST

"We Lost the Signal in the Hills" no more for now!

And so it goes. "We Lost the Signal in the Hills" is no longer available for download. A limited edition project, it was a grand success and we are flattered so many of y'all enjoyed hearing it. Who k...
Posted by Shiny Around the Edges on Mon, 19 May 2008 05:16:00 PST

Things nearing...

New album nearing completion. Amplifiers nearing operational status. Chris Schlarb's Twilight & Ghost Stories nearing complete awesomeness. More later....
Posted by Shiny Around the Edges on Sat, 10 May 2008 02:42:00 PST

Reviews + Willie and Jen’s Birthdays

Wednesday, April 30th is Willie Nelson's birthday. It is also Jen's birthday. You can trust in us celebrating appropriately. Here are some reviews of our endeavors that we enjoyed reading:Foxy Digital...
Posted by Shiny Around the Edges on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:14:00 PST

Until we play again... watch Lifter!

So... our last show was kind of nuts and now half of our equipment is in the shop. So much fun visiting with everyone that night! Anyway, we are finishing our new album, finals, paintings, papers, wor...
Posted by Shiny Around the Edges on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:46:00 PST

Spring Jaunt complete... see yall soon!

Hey y’all! We had sooooooo much fun meeting everyone on our jaunt. We promise we’ll be back in the fall when our new album is done. Our 7" is now sold-out. If you live in the DFW or Austin...
Posted by Shiny Around the Edges on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:11:00 PST

SXSW recovery complete... off to record!

Okay, so SXSW was a complete blast. There are a bunch of sound recordings and videos floating around of Shiny as well as Jen, Ed, and I (Mike) being Castanets for the week. At some point, we’ll ...
Posted by Shiny Around the Edges on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:01:00 PST

Snow! Sunday Show/BBQ! Remix! EspaƱol!

Crazy times here in Denton. A few inches of snow yesterday... work off today! We are looking forward to Sunday, March 9th as we will be playing with These Are Powers, Delmore Pilcrow, and Castanets at...
Posted by Shiny Around the Edges on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:31:00 PST