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Long-Awaited Star Parks Video For "Oh Boredom" Out Now

June 16, 2021

Glide Magazine has premiered the long-awaited video for Star Parks' single "Oh Boredom (Schmaltz City, USA)." The retro video takes on frontman Andy Bianculli's lyrical concept of "having to suffer fools" while commenting on the current obsession of social media.

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Kae Astra Premieres New Video For "Grow"

June 4, 2021

We're thrilled to release the stunning new video for Kae Astra's single, "Grow." The track comes from her debut EP, Fortune, which is available digitally on your favorite music streaming services. The clip recently premiered on the EARMILK website.

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Moving Panoramas Back In Stock On Vinyl

January 27, 2021

We are thrilled to have a limited quantities of Moving Panoramas' debut album, One, back in stock on vinyl! Our web store has been out for quite some time, so if your collection is missing this beautiful gem, now is the time to snag a copy!

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R.I.P. Tony "Conga" Cruz

January 12, 2021

We were devastated to hear that ModOut fam Tony "Conga" Cruz passed away. As a member of the Austin Afrobeat band Hard Proof, we were always mesmerized by both his extraordinary percussion talents and the unbelievable stories from throughout his career.

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Kae Astra Releases "Softly Tread" Video

October 30, 2020

We are proud to share the new video from Austin's Kae Astra with you! Modern Outsider released her debut EP, Fortune, in late 2019. Since then, she has been working on the visual accompaniment to each of these songs. The latest is the beautiful video for her song "Softly Tread."

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Previously Unreleased Tristen B-Side "Salty Tears" Now Available

April 3, 2020

Hailing from Nashville, Tenn.’s rollicking roots-rock scene, Tristen has established herself as a prolific, versatile musician over the past decade, be it by touring in Jenny Lewis’s Voyager-era band, collaborating and touring with artists like Vanessa Carlton and Robyn Hitchcock, or releasing three solo albums to critical acclaim.

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Star Parks Shares "Palm Sunday" Video

March 19, 2020

Austin-based band Star Parks' sophomore album The New Sounds of Late Capitalism is out now via Modern Outsider. Today the band has shared the official video for "Palm Sunday," the latest single from the album, with Flood Magazine.

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Tristen Covers Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You"

October 4, 2019

“A Case Of You” is the new single from eclectic Nashville pop artist Tristen, out this October via Modern Outsider. A cover of the classic Joni Mitchell track, Tristen — known for her ability to wield “ear-tugging melodies with hidden hooks” (Rolling Stone) — honors the original with her own distinct spin.

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Kae Astra Shares "Medicate" Video

September 20, 2019

On November 1 Kae Astra will release her debut EP Fortune via Modern Outsider. Yesterday Audiofemme premiered the official video for "Medicate" the first single to be lifted from the forthcoming Fortune EP along with an exclusive interview with Kae Astra.

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Latest Single From If Climbing Now Available

September 6, 2019

Tim Williams (ex-Soft Swells) has returned with his latest project, If Climbing. The Los Angeles-based indie pop musician is releasing a series of three singles with Modern Outsider. We released "The Good Parts" this past June.

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Kae Astra's New Single "Medicate"

August 23, 2019

We are proud to welcome Kae Astra to the Modern Outsider Records family! Kae Astra is an Armenian-American music artist currently based in Austin, TX. 80’s nostalgia, haunting melodies, and a lush dream pop soundscape intertwine in her debut EP Fortune, a collaboration between Kae Astra and Austin, TX mainstays Walker Lukens and Curtis Roush (of Bright Light Social Hour) who produced the EP.

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Ume Shares New Video For "The Center"

July 26, 2019

Today Austin-based band Ume released their new video for "The Center." The video premiered at Audiofemme along with an exclusive interview with Ume's Lauren Larson. Audiofemme says, "The band has become well known for its intense live shows, with bassist Eric Larson and drummer Aaron Perez anchoring Larson’s voice as it soars over her intricate guitar rhythms, the band working in well-oiled tandem. 'The Center' is one of the band’s most taut songs, its tension an accurate representation of the band’s 2018 release Other Nature, a heart-thumping tight rope walk from one state of being to the next."

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Passeport Releases New Single "Bengal Light"

July 22, 2019

Cincinnati-based trio Passeport have released their new single "Bengal Light." About the song Passeport's Mia Carruthers's told We All Want Someone To Shout For, "The song itself sounds very aspirational even hopeful. Personally, as a lyricist, I have a hard time penning something that is on the nose 'hopeful' in an authentic way — so, I did as I normally do, and just wrote what was going on with me emotionally."

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Passeport Joins The ModOut Records Family + Releases Single "Blood"

March 29, 2019

Cincinnati based ElectroPop trio Passeport released their digital single, "Blood," today via Austin's Modern Outsider Records. Like many groups before them, Brian Davis (synth, producer), Mia Carruthers (vocalist, writer) and Benjamin Hines (writer, guitarist) met in playing in a different band in 2014.

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Walker Lukens Releases New Single "Heard You Bought A House"

March 1, 2019

Set to release his third album "ADULT" on 4/26, Austin, TX songwriter Walker Lukens has become well known for embracing contradiction, "blending genres and techniques" (Billboard) into an addictive sound that's hard to pin down. NPR's All Songs Considered described him as a "rhythmic sound effect master" who creates "curious, textured music," while World Cafe called it "wonderfully inventive."

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Moving Panoramas Release New Album In Two

February 27, 2019

Moving Panoramas' anticipated sophomore album In Two is officially in stores! In Two glides through unthinkable upheavals with a gentle ease, the interior anxieties and doubts whispering at the edges of a glimmering, haunted, pop dreaminess." - The Austin Chronicle

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