Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments The Thing in Apartment B / Good Times in Rhythm 7″

I liked this band’s debut EP last year for its twanginess and scruffy vocals. Here, they have kept just a little bit of that while concentrating on the musicianship. “Thing…” is basically a somber instrumental, and the flip has a charming shit-faced singalong feel to it.

• Reviewer Dogtowne
• Label Matako Mazuri
• Issue MRR #44 • January 1987

Texas Instruments ¡More Texas Instruments! EP

Another guitar/garage effort from Austin and this one delivers more into the area of GREEN ON RED and a harder MEAT PUPPETS. I even detect a little bit of a Doug Sahm influence on the vocals. There’s a real nice mixture of raunchy guitars and psychedelic structure, but these guys are great live.

• Reviewer Dogtowne
• Label Longhead
• Issue MRR #28 • September 1985