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Sound Off: Wino Vino by Austin Sound :: Austin Sound Monday, April 20 2009 | posted by: winovino [photo by Maxx Scholten] Over the past couple years, there has emerged here in Austin a tight knit community of Pre-Folk players that have been upending the city’s sound with wild Appalachian stomps and Old World odes. Congealed behind the infamous, still occurring Secret Shows, groups like the McMercy Family Band, The Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang, That Damned Band, and Wax Museum Pandemonium have helped create an impressive community of wild stringers that dig well below the roots of their influences to unearth a wild and cathartic music that is at once traditional and brazenly progressive in execution. Among the forefront of this crop is Wino Vino, an octet that unleashes ribald gypsy anthems that melds Balken flair with fervent energy and attitude as their stellar musicianship brings the Old World anachronistically to bear on the modern. Following last year’s release of their eponymous full length, the group is working on their next album, but are best experienced live.

WinoVino by William Mills :: Le Diamont Brut Wednesday, September 17 2008 | posted by: snarko What's the Deal: They’re Austin's very own Eastern European folk-influenced, eight-or-so person troupe of circus-minded rabble-rousers. Their music is like a huge party, and it doesn't matter where you're from as long as you can dance like it's your final days. They call their music "Shipwrecked gypsy punk romantico," further describe their sound as "A band of gypsies playing on a ship sinking somewhere near New Orleans." Either description works. Mandolin, fiddle, concertina and accordion swirl together in a vibrant dance. The vast majority of their songs are awash with all manner of sounds, and "Hell" is no different. There are so many instruments and voices jostling that they make you want to dance around the room, clapping and yelling "Hey!" Layers of choral voices, clarinet, even washboard collide and sweeten the pot. Something Interesting: According to their MySpace, WinoVino only have two shows on the books in the near future, and one is a CD release at The Rhizome Collective. Other Tracks Worth Checking Out: "Sloth The Ass and The Fool" and "Then By Night Fall"

WinoVino LIVE on Kaos Radio Austin The Erroneous O'Shaughnessey Experience Friday, May 9 2008 | posted by: snarko So this was the infamous WinoVino show where we all got drunk together and they played some music for us. Their bass player had to be carried out of there. It was AWESOME. ~Erroneous LISTEN LIVE >>

WinoVino: Puppet Show KUT Music Minute Thursday, December 20 2007 | posted by: snarko With the sounds of Wino Vino, the mind might conjure several images: From wandering gypsies to Americana folklore, or even a pirate's excursions on the high seas. Join them for multi-instrumental adventures tonight at Cafe Mundi on East 5th St. The self-proclaimed "psycho-galactic jug band" from Tempe, Arizona, Yourchestra, opens the show. Wino Vino w/ Yourorchestra Thursday, December 20 Cafe Mundi 1704 E. 5th St. LISTEN LIVE >>

WinoVino by Kim Roche :: Indie Austin Thursday, March 1 2007 | posted by: snarko Venues, bands, and resources in Austin, TX I got hungry one night and stopped by my friend's pizza restaurant. Midway through my salad, some freak rolled up on a unicycle. Our pizza came, and we watched some more kids pulling gear out of their station wagons. A girl disembarked from the #1 bus with a trombone, a music stand, and a messy pile of sheet music. They assembled in the parking lot and busted out murder ballads, gypsy songs, and crazy, crazy carnival ruckus. After their set, they picked up their instruments and played their way out the door, trombone, concertina, snare drum, standup bass, and all. If Nick Cave, Tom Waits, and Gogol Bordello tried to have a baby together, I don't think it would take. Until then, Wino Vino will have to carry the torch.

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