http://www.blacklandrecords.com Home of Hymns and Vault Studios Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:32:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Appearances can be quite deceiving. Whether you’re judging books by covers or attractive young ladies by their attire, it can prove difficult to discern what really and truly lies beneath the heaping dollops of sheen, veneer, and makeup. Music often becomes an even tougher sell, what with programs like Pro ... http://www.blacklandrecords.com/2008/03/31/amplifier-magazine-reviews-travel-in-herds/ The folks @ Spin Magazine have been very nice to Hymns lately.  The fantastic review in their magazine happened to come out in the issue that was given to all 12,000 SXSW badgeholders and the Spin staff spent a bunch of quality time with the boys in Austin (see some ... http://www.blacklandrecords.com/2008/03/30/we-loves-us-some-spin/ The line-up was stellar for our second annual party on 3/15/2008: Pleasant Grove The A-Sides Joseph Arthur Hymns The Soundtrack Of Our Lives For further evidence, check out the videos of Joseph Arthur’s set on his official youtube page, highlights include Echo Park, In The Sun and Redemption’s Son: http://www.youtube.com/user/josepharthurofficial http://www.blacklandrecords.com/2008/03/23/blackland-records-sxsw-2008-party-red-fez-3152008/ If you are anywhere close to Dallas or will be in Austin for SXSW this year, you have no choice but to see a Hymns show. The guys will be playing 9 shows between next Tuesday 3/11 and Sunday 3/16: Tuesday 3/11 5pm In-Store appearance @ Good Records in Dallas ... http://www.blacklandrecords.com/2008/03/07/nine-shows-in-six-days-for-hymns/ Blackland Records is proud to announce that Hymns will be releasing their sophomore CD - Travel in Herds - on March 11. You can hear the first single on our myspace page www.myspace.com/blacklandmusic. Stay tuned for news about the big Blackland showcase in Dallas on March 11th, upcoming hymns tour ... http://www.blacklandrecords.com/2008/01/31/hymns-release-travel-in-herds/ Hymns kick off their Summer 2007 Tour with five (5!) shows in the great state of Texas including tomorrow nights show in Austin, Saturday in Houston, two shows Sunday in Dallas and Monday night in Denton before they head west. Please see the tour section for details. And if you ... http://www.blacklandrecords.com/2007/05/31/hymns-do-texas-5-times/ Hymns may be coming to a bar near you this summer. Matt Shaw has joined the band on bass, so get out there and see Brian, Jason, Tony and Matt throw down songs from Brother / Sister, new hymns tunes and ultra cool covers. For those of you who have ... http://www.blacklandrecords.com/2007/05/23/hymns-announce-summer-fun/ They say that there is no such thing as magic. They also say that a t-shirt is just a t-shirt. I say "to hell with them". The new Hymns shirts are a thing of beauty, with American Apparel quality, both men's and women's styles and...something magical about them. We may ... http://www.blacklandrecords.com/2007/04/21/magical-shirts/ We are finally free to announce that Hymns official SXSW Showcase will be on Friday 3/16 at Eternal (418 East Sixth Street) with amazing headliners The Faint. SESAC SHOWCASE 9:00pm Hymns 10.00pm Peter & The Wolf 11:15pm Pela 12:30am The Faint! You can find the complete "official" SXSW Schedule at ... http://www.blacklandrecords.com/2007/02/17/sxsw-announces-schedule/ Blackland recording artists Hymns will play their first Dallas show on Thursday March 8th at the legendary Sons of Hermann Hall. Sons of Hermann has been located at the corner of Exposition and Elm since 1911. Headlining the show will be the Dallas Observer's Musician of the Year (2005) Chris ... http://www.blacklandrecords.com/2007/02/16/hymns-plays-dallas-finally/