Rock Talk, Vol. XIX

It's that time again. You know the drill: Houstonist scours the internet looking for sweet local music news, posts it in Rock Talk, and you benefit. Yup.

Tunes
Dave Wrangler dropped his more-than-danceable Under The Influence album today. Grab it for free at his website. We'll have a review up soon.

About This Product unleashed a new album, Great White Shark, that you can download for free courtesy of Recession Recordings.

Two new tunes from HOSPITAL equates to instant download. Grab the tracks, which you can get for free, but we'd prefer it if you tossed some chump change in for Mike.

VerseCity posted a new song to MySpace.

Videos
Watch Springfield Riots talk about recording their new album, drinking, the scene, and see Brandon's sweet Andrew WK shirt, courtesy of Unsigned Houston.

Somosuno is the latest band to be featured in Joe Mathlete's living room.

Want more Somosuno? You're in luck, because you can see their whole 27-minute set from Saturday at Mango's.

Insert Name Here gives you a look into their recent frigid photoshoot.

The 71's leaked a bit of a new demo.

News, etc.
There is now an official petition - that you should go sign - to display the support for bring back WestFest. They've currently got more than 600 signatures, and they need yours - Mayor Annise Parker pledged on video to support the festival pending "demonstrated support from within the community." Let's show her that Houston values it's music and arts scene.

Always wanted to proclaim your love for Buxton on Facebook but couldn't figure out how? Well you could've updated your status or sent some messages, but now you can officially become their fan.

Former Houstonian Brent Nettles, who relocated to California, was featured as Indie Rock Cafe's artist of the week. Pro tip: grab some of Brent's songs for free.

That Dann Miller is at it again. Look for his Nirvana tribute, Danneurysm, at Big Star on Kurt's birthday.

Andrew Karnavas has been hard at work mastering his solo album. Oh, and he'll be giving a way a free song on Sunday.

The Watermarks will have their song featured on a SXSW compilation from Never Enough Records, sales of which will benefit The Institute of Cancer Research.

Young Mammals is releasing a new full length, Carrots, soon, with around 100 copies on both CD and cassette. They'll also have a new shirt from Mark Armes and a cassingle of two unreleased songs that'll be limited to 70 tapes, and supposedly you'll be able to grab it all at Mango's on the 27th.

Don't forget - Friday night is The Gold Sound's release show at Walter's, and Saturday is Balaclavas' LP release at The Mink.