Motion Turns It On have been practically bathed in love from reviewers. Here are a few things that’s being said about them.

“The intricacies of jazz, the noodling of 70s-era progressive rock, and the walls-of-noise crescendos of modern instrumental indie rock.” – Houston Calling
“Motion Turns It On’s schizophrenic, frenetic energy leaves you teetering precariously on the wall of sanity.” – Redefine Magazine
“Nothing short of a controlled frenzy.” – Rock Midgets
“The band has taken several steps forward in the development of its sound, bringing to it a new edge of urgency and violence barely hinted at previously.” – The Silent Ballet
“It’s jazz-rock, it’s dance, it’s post-rock… It’s simply a joyous juggernaut that you’ll never want to run out of steam.” – [sic] Magazine
“A furiously kinetic, punk-infused record replete with all sorts of jazz and math influences.” – Dryvetyme Onlyne
“More than a great post-rock record.” – 29-95
“An adventurous listen that aggressive prog rock fans will surely dig.” – Blogcritics
“Some of the finest tape echo-heavy ADHD garage prog I’ve heard since Hella.” – The Decibel Tolls
“Filled to the brim with mathy post-rock with sways of jazz and flecks of guttural punk rock fervor.” – Forest Gospel

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The Silent Ballet once claimed that Motion Turns It On were throwing down the gauntlet for jazzy post-rockers everywhere. We believed it and made an accord with this blistering prog-laced trio – if they throw down the gauntlet, we’ll pick it up and slap the world in the face with it. Which brings us to Kaleidoscopic Equionox, MTIO’s new album, out Feb 16. The Silent Ballet just reviewed it and here’s what they had to say.

Motion Turns it On – Kaleidoscopic Equinox

Score: 8/10

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Houston-based Motion Turns it On showed us in 2008 with Live at the Southpaw just how creative and technically proficient its modus operandi is, and as if that wasn’t enough, now, with Kaleidoscopic Equinox, the band has taken several steps forward in the development of its sound, bringing to it a new edge of urgency and violence barely hinted at previously.

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The music magazine that once was known as Harp, recently posted a very extensive profile of The Houston Brothers, chronicling their early-2000s start as a two-piece, their early albums, their full band lineup in the late 2000s and their recent return to the duo format with their new album, The Archer. It’s an engaging read, having been written by John Schacht, editor of Shuffle Magazine and former editor of Creative Loafing Charlotte.

If you’d like to know the complete history of Justin and Matt Faircloth, AKA The Houston Brothers, then you should head over and give it a read.

“Wasted Youth,” the first track off The Houston Brothers‘ upcoming album, The Archer is being featured on Utne Reader’s January Music Sampler. Utne Reader is a fantastic bimonthly periodical with strong ties to the 1980s “salon movement,” debating topics such as politics, social and cultural themes of the day. Head over and download the track and check out some of their insightful articles as well.

We just can’t sit on these amazing albums any longer! Even though the official release date is January 26, we’re offering the new Houston Brothers album, The Archer for download now. The caveat: it’s only available as a full album (no single tracks) and in 16-bit WAV format. So it’s CD quality, which is awesome.

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After our little media hubbub with Apple over iTunes LPs and the (apparently) bum scoop that we received about not being able to offer iTunes LPs as an indie, Apple came out and said that it was false and LPs would be open to everyone soon. Great news! That day finally came about a week ago and Apple started giving out instructions and code samples. That first day we had a working prototype iTunes LP and soon many of our new releases will be offered in the multimedia format. Though for the foreseeable future, iTunes has to approve them, so let’s hope they don’t hold a grudge.

The first iTunes LP will be for The Houston Brothers’ album, The Archer which releases on Jan 26.

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When most people talk about a pre-sale, they usually mean you can pay now and get it later. Not us.

Although Kaleidoscopic Equinox isn’t hitting stores or iTunes until February 16, we’re happy to offer an audiophile favorite, with the entire album on sale in 16-bit WAV format for only $9.99.

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Clock Hands Strangle’s long-awaited Daytrotter.com session is up now and features an early version of “Morning Rumors,” which will appear on an upcoming EP, as well as “As Is,” “Distaccati” and “Desert Music,” which all appear on Distaccati.

Check it out here!

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Here’s a video of Todd Portnowitz from Clock Hands Strangle performing “A Stone Questions Its Sculptor” live at Quenchers Saloon in Chicago. Todd has been playing some acoustic shows lately while going to graduate school in Wisconsin.

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We’re just added individual song downloads to the store as well as lossless album downloads for the audiophiles. We’re working on getting the store more organized, so please excuse the mess.

Also, You can purchase any of our digital LPs (actual long players, not that other thing) for only $5.99 for a limited time. Call it a late Columbus Day sale because what good is the mass exploitation of a continent if you can’t get some good music at a discount?