Salesman

VATOS Courtesy our friend...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:49:00 -0400

VATOS

Courtesy our friend Chris Archer at ArcherShot Photography

New Merch!

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:28:32 -0400

$10 Hand-screened HORN shirts

$5 multicolored vinyl ... "So Much Faster" b/w "Red Jug Wine Lover"

$5 Hand-screened HORN singles

$1 Hand-screened SNAKE work cloths

FREE offset-pressed Salesman scratch pads

$1 Hand-screened HORN work cloths

New Merch!

"At times, I refer to Devin James Fry as ‘the wandering soul unafraid of the dark’..."

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:10:00 -0500

“At times, I refer to Devin James Fry as ‘the wandering soul unafraid of the dark’ … for Fry, embracing life in this way equals freedom …”

- Laurie Gallardo, Austin Music Minute

New Single ‘Horn’ Is Out Today, click for Download

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:21:00 -0500

New Single ‘Horn’ Is Out Today, click for Download

"The track “Horn” haunts listeners: invoking images of desolation and the idea of death personified,..."

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500

“The track “Horn” haunts listeners: invoking images of desolation and the idea of death personified, lingering in the distance. It’s dark, but with dynamic ebb and flow, a stark, dirty and powerful guitar solo, and singer Devin James Fry’s eerie delivery, the song is potent — if not catchy, then certainly addictive.”

- Ryan Greenblatt, The Austinist

+++ “Horn” live at the Scottish Rite theater in...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:09:00 -0500

+++ “Horn” live at the Scottish Rite theater in Austin, TX, on November 24, 2012 +++

Honored to announce our first show of the new year with some...

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 18:11:23 -0500

Honored to announce our first show of the new year with some incredible support.

++ Tall shadows at the Scottish Rite Theater last Saturday....

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:22:40 -0500

++ Tall shadows at the Scottish Rite Theater last Saturday. Thanks to all for joining us in that hall ++

Lighting and photo thanks to COLLABnART

‎+++ Live footage of “7x7” +++This song’s...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:54:00 -0500

‎+++ Live footage of “7x7” +++

This song’s about the belief that after dying we spend 49 days in an in-between state. Buddhists call it the Bardo. Sometimes it’s described as climbing up a road or path on a mountainside. Sometimes it sounds more like being exiled to the outskirts of a town where you’re not exactly welcome anymore, or at least not yet. Sometimes it’s more positive. I tend to think we enter an in-between phase like that every time a big change happens to us. Seven weeks sounds like about how long it takes to get used to yourself again. It’s normal. Feels good to think about that. -DJF

+++ Can’t wait to play Austin’s oldest theater with...

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:01:52 -0500

+++ Can’t wait to play Austin’s oldest theater with our dear friends SORNE and MOLYBDEN this weekend +++

+++ We played for Songs From A Room in a teepee our friend Peppy...

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:58:00 -0400

+++ We played for Songs From A Room in a teepee our friend Peppy built. Thanks to Lobo Sucio for their filming and editing work +++

+++ vid for the gospel ‘Ella’ +++

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:58:00 -0400

+++ vid for the gospel ‘Ella’ +++

“I inherited my circa 1950 Gibson LG 3/4 from my dad. Our...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

“I inherited my circa 1950 Gibson LG 3/4 from my dad. Our name’s carved into it in pocketknife handwriting. I split it up the side once dancing too hard. It smells like a polished staircase. It was stolen from me in a robbery and I found it three months later in a pawn shop window in Austin. The suede strap was a gift in Chicago. The conchos on it are the steel adapters my grandpa used for playing his 45s.” ~DJF

+++ Video for “Fly Bird Fly” from the Wasp EP...

Sun, 07 Oct 2012 23:58:00 -0400

+++ Video for “Fly Bird Fly” from the Wasp EP +++

Helicopter footage of Colorado’s Ridgway Dam, Uncompahgre River, Curecanti Creek, and Black Canyon of the Gunnison.

+++ The cave show was incredible … huge honor to be part...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400

+++ The cave show was incredible … huge honor to be part of the first sold-out event in that cavern … ever +++

More pictures and video soon! Thanks to miss Meg Seidel for taking this one ♥

Click that moon for a cavern song. It’s a live recording...

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:08:00 -0400

Click that moon for a cavern song.

It’s a live recording from rehearsal last night — all standing around one mic working out an acoustic version of “GVNGUP (Easy Way Out)” from the Wasp EP

Coughs + squeaks + rough edges & all — who cares

Come down the rabbit hole with us.

"They’re onto you … you want to grow extra legs and fly to the outer reaches of darkest night …..."

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:02:04 -0400

““They’re onto you … you want to grow extra legs and fly to the outer reaches of darkest night … the desert and the hallucinations are closing in.””

- Sean Moeller, Daytrotter.com

+++ We’ve got some friend-rate tickets to this show that...

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:45:00 -0400

+++ We’ve got some friend-rate tickets to this show that are only two bucks more than a standard tour of these caverns. Get them here using the promo code “FanClub” and come join us in the hill country +++

++ Here’s the press release ++

AUSTIN’S UNDERGROUND SHOWCASED UNDERGROUND

AUSTIN, TX — Some of the best of Austin’s musical underground is about to make the lofty chambers of Longhorn Caverns State Park, about an hour from Austin, ring to life. On August 31, the park’s massive main cave, located near Burnet, TX, and historically known as the Council Room, will host three Austin bands: ancestral desert singers Salesman (www.salesmanmusic.com), folk-stomp supergroup Lord Buffalo (www.lordbuffalo.com), and orchestral pop pioneers Mother Falcon (www.motherfalconmusic.com).

Audience members will be treated to an exclusive tour of the park’s storied cavern system, including stops at showpieces like the Frozen Falls, flowstone Chandelier Room, and glitter-encrusted Hall of Diamonds, arriving at the vaulted Council Room just as the first strains of music begin. Afterward, the crowd will emerge into the light of August’s full Red Moon to enjoy a post-show meet-and-greet with the bands, with refreshments provided by Austin’s East End Wines (1209 Rosewood Ave.). Tickets are $15 (using the promo code FanClub) and can be purchased through the Park’s website, www.longhorncaverns.com.

Since an underground river first carved the 173-foot Council Room, which glistens with rich mineral veins and sparkles with crystals, the domed cavern has seen many historic dramas played out. In the 1920s the hall was home to a speakeasy, slinging hooch and hot jazz on the weekends. Before that, the chamber was a Confederate stronghold where gunpowder was produced in secret. Deep in the shadowy past, prehistoric hunters dragged their kills of bison and bear there for butchering. Naturally maintaining a comfortable 68 degree temperature year round, the caverns are a family-friendly visual, geologic, and as of this show, musical, wonder.

“Salesman is one of the most original bands of the last ten years,” said legendary MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer after collaborating with them on “Four Legs,” a song the band wrote in honor of the charity Jail Guitar Doors. Known for startling, spectral, and colorful live shows, like their recent sold-out “Wasp EP” release at Austin’s Swan Dive, Salesman blends chants, post-gospel harmony, enveloping noise, reverb-drenched chiming guitar, and acid-fried storytelling to create what the Denver Post’s Billy Thieme called “sparse and powerful compositions. Go see this band live. This is one band you’ll regret having missed soon enough.”

Fresh off the release of their own swirling, fearless, and critically adored eponymous EP, Lord Buffalo will howl the caverns to life with a set called “mind-blowing” by KUT 90.5’s Laurie Gallardo, and “not for the fainthearted, only maybe for the broken-hearted, and most definitely for the dark-hearted” by UK critic John Grain. “It’s the sound of a revenge Western film,” wrote independentclauses.com, “right about the time the hero decides he’s going to give in to his darker side and do the deed.”

Mother Falcon, a critically acclaimed and ever-shifting flock of young classical and indie musicians based in Austin, was recognized by the Austin Chronicle’s Margaret Moser as a “distinguished … purveyor of chamber pop. Strings swell with sensuous abandon, [and] Mother Falcon is one with the night.” The organic, enveloping outfit will be performing on August 31 as a 12-piece ensemble comprising traditional orchestral and modern instruments.

History and mystery meet. The subterranean past and the musical underground sound as one. For more information on this one-time performance, please visit www.longhorncaverns.com, as well as the bands’ websites.

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"[Salesman has] an extraordinary musical palette with unusual patterns, tones and textures. Fry,..."

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:33:48 -0400

“[Salesman has] an extraordinary musical palette with unusual patterns, tones and textures. Fry, himself, is fueled by a deeply-rooted desire to do away with paralyzing fears that prevent individuals from expressing themselves. He thrives on that residual feeling one gets after letting go. Salesman’s live shows feel downright cathartic.”

- Laurie Gallardo, KUT.org

Thanks for filling the Swan Dive with love and dancing for our...

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Thanks for filling the Swan Dive with love and dancing for our sold-out Wasp EP release show. This is Megan Lane’s beautiful cover art. Click on it to buy the record.