Spune is happy to introduce, and welcome to the artist roster, Eyes and Ears, an audio / visual performance collective from Denton. Bethany Eden (watercolor) and Nathan Allen (guitar, who you may recognize) began collaborating in the summer of 2008. Watch the video below and you'll get the idea. Experience it live when the band opens for School of Seven Bells Friday, October 8th at Hailey's. Follow the band on Facebook.

Watch Part 2. of this live performance, check out photos from Bethany's paintings, and listen to an MP3 here. Stay tuned for more shows from these guys.

Spune Signs Monahans To Development Deal - Robert Plant Covers One Of Their Songs

Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX – July 27, 2010:  Fort Worth's Spune (Telegraph Canyon, Doug Burr, Seryn, Texas Promoter) adds Austin’s Monahans to artist booking and promotions roster. Schedules regional appearances, books fall tour (with Doug Burr), and sets promotions for “2010 Recordings”, a monthy free song download series.

Welcome Monahans! Spune Productions, artist development company and promoter who books several venues in the Dallas / Ft. Worth area, and handles management and label services for Telegraph Canyon, Seryn and Doug Burr, has been casually working with Monahans off and on for years. It was hard not to when half of Monahans (Britton Beisenherz, Rob Sanchez) often perform as Doug Burr’s backing band, and Ramble Creek Studios (owned by Britton Beisenherz) has been home to the last five releases for the label (Telegraph Canyon’s The Tide and The Current, Doug Burr’ On Promenade, The Shawl, O Ye Devastator, upcoming fall 2010 release for Seryn).

“It was just hard to stay away I guess. It made sense to make things official. I’m not sure why it took so long actually. Monahans is one of the most underrated bands around. I’ve always loved their music and been a fan for years. I want to help get them in front of more people.” - Lance Yocom, owner of Spune Productions.

At the beginning of the summer, both parties agreed to exclusive representation to begin developing the band in the areas of regional booking and publicity.

Milton Mapes Song Covered For Robert Plant’s “Band of Joy” Album Before Monahans, songwriter Greg Vanderpool wrote music and performed under the moniker, Milton Mapes. “The Only Sound That Matters", a song which first appeared on Milton Mapes’ 2003 album, “Westernaire”, has been recorded by Robert Plant for inclusion on his new record ”Band Of Joy,” (out September 14th, 2010 in the US). Read all about it.

2010 Recordings Beginning in March of 2010, Monahans started releasing a new song for FREE each month from the band’s website in a series of monthly downloads called “2010 Recordings”. This will continue for the remainder of the year! Grab the first 5 songs.

This Thursday LIVE on KUT, Austin This Thursday, July 29, at 2pm (CST), Monahans will perform a live set and interview on KUT (90.5FM) Austin and kut.org. The band will be promoting songs from their monthly download series and upcoming show at Club DeVille in Austin this Saturday.

Upcoming Shows
7/30 Austin, TX @ Club Deville w/ Telegraph Canyon, Aaron Sinclair (Frank Smith)
8/26 Fort Worth, TX @ 8.0 w/ Telegraph Canyon, The Cush

8/27 Dallas, TX @ Good Records 6pm
(Free)
8/27 Dallas, TX @ City Tavern 11pm

8/28 Denton, TX @ Hailey's (Spune 2k10 Ice Cream Social) w/ Telegraph Canyon, Final Club & more.

9/23 Austin, TX @ The Parish w/ Film School, TV Torso 

Stream and Share Click here to stream and share Monahans music via an audio player from that can be easily embedded into any blog, website or social networking site.

Read More and Follow Monahans 

*Simply "Monahans", named after West Texas sandhills -- please NOT "The Monahans"

Telegraph Canyon Receives Praise For Casa Manana Performance!

Photo by Dallas Observer. Check out their slideshow here. 

Telegraph Canyon proved why it's one of the most essential bands in the entire state, never mind North Texas. By now, Telegraph Canyon has perfected the art of skating as close as humanly possible to upstaging headliners. - DFW.com

Telegraph Canyon has risen to the position of being a local institution. Their set at Casa Mañana Wednesday night was as much a celebration as a concert. Every song was greeted by applause from the audience, and the band seemed to feed off the good will. The septet plowed through their set with authority and even earned an encore – a unique accomplishment for an opening act – which they performed acoustic at the very front of the stage. Judging by the standing ovation they received after their set, one would think they were the nationally touring headliners performing Wednesday. - Pegasusnews.com

Telegraph Canyon, as always, was exacto-knife sharp in their performance. They even earned a near-complete standing ovation before the encore provided plenty of energy for Chris and the rest of Canyon to go unplugged for their last song, "Into the Woods", which was followed by another, this time complete, standing O. - Dallas Observer

Photo by nocontroles.com.

Watch This: Telegraph Canyon performs "Reels and Wires" from The Tide and The Current.

Check out other videos by WeDentonDoIt.com

Congratulations to the Spune family who have been nominated in the 2010 Fort Worth Weekly and Dallas Observer local music awards. There are lots of fantastic nominees and we are happy to be considered within such great company! 

*HOW TO VOTE
FORT WORTH WEEKLY MUSIC AWARDS - Vote Here. Voting Ends June 27. 
DALLAS OBSERVER MUSIC AWARDS - Voting begins June 10 here.

TELEGRAPH CANYON
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (FW Weekly)
ALBUM OF THE YEAR (FW Weekly)
SONG OF THE YEAR "Safe On The Outside"(FW Weekly)
AMERICANA/ROOTS-ROCK (FW Weekly)
BEST GROUP (Dallas Observer)
BEST ALBUM The Tide and The Current (Dallas Observer)
BEST SONG "Shake Your Fist" (Dallas Observer)
BEST ALT-COUNTRY/ROOTS ACT (Dallas Observer) 

DOUG BURR
BEST SOLO ACT (Dallas Observer)
BEST ALBUM O Ye Devastator (Dallas Observer)
BEST FOLK ACT (Dallas Observer)
BEST MALE VOCALIST (Dallas Observer)

SERYN
BEST SONG "We Will All Be Changed" (Dallas Observer)
BEST NEW ACT (Dallas Observer)
BEST FOLK ACT (Dallas Observer)

GLEN FARRIS
BEST SOLO ACT (Dallas Observer)
BEST INSTRUMENTALIST Glen Farris (Doug Burr) (Dallas Observer)
BEST FOLK ACT (Dallas Observer)

LOLA'S SALOON SIXTH
BEST VENUE (FW Weekly)

SPUNE
BEST RECORD LABEL Spune Records (Telegraph Canyon, Doug Burr) (Dallas Observer)
BEST BOOKING AGENT Spune Productions (Hailey's, Lola's Sixth) (Dallas Observer)

Another Session In The Bag
Seryn ("One of Denton’s hottest bands in any genre - FW Star-Telegram") has wrapped up another productive session at Ramble Creek Studios in Austin. It was "magical" in fact, according to Ramble Creek Engineer and Master, Britton Beisenherz. "It is going to be a beautiful record!" he says. From what we've already heard, we absolutely agree! We're thinking this will be ready for an early fall release so sit tight!

Seryn Celebrates Sarah Jaffe's New Record With Release Shows
In the meantime, you can catch Seryn performing some of the songs off the upcoming record at shows around the area. We are thrilled that Sarah Jaffe has asked the band to support her new record release shows in Dallas, Denton and Austin! Dates listed below. Speaking of new records, Jaffe's is incredible! Go get it!

Seryn Summer 2010 Calendar so far:

04/28 Dallas @ Renfield's
04/29 Frisco @ Lochrann's w/ Jacob Metcalf 
05/14 Dallas @ Sons of Hermann Hall w/ Sarah Jaffe
05/15 Austin @ The Parish w/ Sarah Jaffe 
05/18 Denton @ Dan's Silverleaf w/ Sarah Jaffe
06/03 Dallas @ Barefoot at Belmont (KXT 91.7 Concert Series)
06/10 Dallas @ AT&T Performing Arts Center / Winspear Opera House Patio 

Free Show Tomorrow (4/29) Frisco @ Lochrann's w/ Jacob Metcalf