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The Service Industry

- Austin, TX Rock / Powerpop / AAA

The Service Industry

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About

Members: some of the usual suspects

Label: Sauspop, Sauspop Records, Saustex

Status

New album "Calm Down" out nationwide 4/20...local release at the Independent in Austin Friday March 5th with Moonlight Towers and the Daylight Titans.

Press

“On their third disc, this conglomeration of Austin rock-scene vets transcends its delightfully wicked take on day jobs for a sharp ’n’ smart pop-rock rumination with everything from punk to psychedelic strains on being an American working-class peasant. (Top 5 of 2008)”

— Rob Patterson, Texas Music

“Keep the Babies Warm, the Service Industry's upcoming, promises to deliver more of the chugging power pop (or "Bolshevik Psychedelia" as they like to call it) audiences have grown to love since their Feb. 2008 release, Limited Coverage.”

— Page Maguire, Austinist.com

“These folks present some songs that have the sound and feel of modern laidback folk pop...while other tracks are a bit more aggressive and energetic. The melodies are cool and memorable...but even more impressive are the lyrics. (5+ out of 5)”

— BabySue/LMNOP

“The Service Industry Keep the Babies Warm (Sauspop) Features the funniest lyric of the year: “I dig Butch Vig/He’s in a wig/He’s Mr. Big/But his record sounds like it just might blow.”(7 out of 10 stars)”

— Erin MacLeod, The Montreal Mirror

“It’s hard to take seriously a guy who yearns for the return of the McRib sandwich and rhymes Thom Yorke with dork, but Mike McCoy (ex- Cher UK) is a pretty terrific songwriter, with strange, funny lyrics hoisted by delicious hooks. I’m a melody man f’real and McCoy gets my heart humming.”

— Michael Corocoran, Austin American-Statesman

“Whereas most Austin musicians downplay their day jobs, the overworked and underpaid pop-rock vets in The Service Industry channel their 9-to-5 frustrations into crunchy, catchy catharsis. The sextet cranks out albums at a punch-clock pace...”

— The Decider, The Onion

“The title track (more Wilburys, this time with a tinge of Elvis Costello and the Kinks) and “My Resignation”...continue the tongue in cheek service industry jokes going, but the songs are actually amazingly catchy with just the right touch of edgy jangle. ”

— Marc Perlman, Austin Sound

“what is delightful to me is that TSI has found a way with excellent results to create lush and meaty arrangements as the underpinnings to their concept and message: we're screwed, and while we are at it, maybe we should take a look at how we got to this point, and who we'll miss once it happens. ”

— Liquiddaddy, Liquiddaddyblogspot

“This is working class rock. This is what you should get when you shell a week’s worth of minimum wage to see The Boss in concert. Keep the Babies Warm reaches that spot in us all that longs for Cheap Trick’s “Surrender” to interrupt our radio programming.”

— Dante Dominick, austin.com

“Keep the Babies Warm (Sauspop) featuring current and former members of Spoon, Dumptruck, the Wannabees, and Cher U.K., this twisted pop nugget is guaranteed to have you singing along with "Liquid Meat (Into a Form)" ”

— John James, River Cities' Reader

“A little night music about too many day jobs”

— Robert Christgau, MSN.com-Consumer Guide-Honorable Mention

“...there is plenty to celebrate here. 'Now Wake Up and Die' is an excellent song with excellent vocals, 'Hollywood out of Austin' is a bitter sweet complaint about vainglorious movie stars lording it up and is reminiscent of Cracker at their best.. this is an album that grows and grows. ”

— Americana UK

“hearing a straight up honest to God hard pop album in the midst of all the current post-post modern crap or whatever they're calling it is damn refreshing. The songs are rock solid and hooky, and the concept of the band is timely and justifiably self-righteous without losing its sense of humor. ”

— Brit Jones, Cultural Senescence

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2012
Jul 12

Caledonia Lounge
Athens, GA, US | 9:30pm
Caledonia Lounge
Athens, GA, US
Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:30pm
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Service Industry, Seize Novembre, Octa PA, +tba Service IndustrySeize NovembreOcta PA+tbadoors at 9:30 P.M. $5 (21+) $7 (18-20)
2012
Mar 29

Someday Lounge
Portland, OR, US | 9:00pm
Someday Lounge
Portland, OR, US
Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:00pm
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MIXER MIXER -9pm, A night geared toward facilitating further community between music genres and scenes, focusing on strengthening & invigorating the Portland music community at large. Thus the title: MIXER.Resident DJS:Perfect Cyn, Tom Mitchell, Mercedes, Keane, Mr Romo, Darling Instigatah, Grimes Against Humanity.
2012
Mar 22

Someday Lounge
Portland, OR, US | 9:00pm
Someday Lounge
Portland, OR, US
Thu Mar 22, 2012 9:00pm
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MIXER MIXER -9pm, A night geared toward facilitating further community between music genres and scenes, focusing on strengthening & invigorating the Portland music community at large. Thus the title: MIXER.Resident DJS:Perfect Cyn, Tom Mitchell, Mercedes, Keane, Mr Romo, Darling Instigatah, Grimes Against Humanity.
2012
Mar 8

Someday Lounge
Portland, OR, US | 9:00pm
Someday Lounge
Portland, OR, US
Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:00pm
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MIXER MIXER -9pm, A night geared toward facilitating further community between music genres and scenes, focusing on strengthening & invigorating the Portland music community at large. Thus the title: MIXER.Resident DJS:Perfect Cyn, Tom Mitchell, Mercedes, Keane, Mr Romo, Darling Instigatah, Grimes Against Humanity.
2012
Feb 23

Someday Lounge
Portland, OR, US | 9:00pm
Someday Lounge
Portland, OR, US
Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:00pm
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MIXER MIXER -9pm, A night geared toward facilitating further community between music genres and scenes, focusing on strengthening & invigorating the Portland music community at large. Thus the title: MIXER.Resident DJS:Perfect Cyn, Tom Mitchell, Mercedes, Keane, Mr Romo, Darling Instigatah, Grimes Against Humanity.

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