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Local trio Brazos is one of the gems of Austin's flowering indie music scene.
Released earlier this month, the band’s album Phosphorescent Blues features frontman Martin Crane’s vocals gliding atop soaring acoustic instrumentation. The result is a kind of sensible pop that is both buoyant and wistful. In this week’s edition of Music Monday, Crane shares a little about himself.
DT: What album have you listened to the most in the last week?
MC: In the car: A rap album by the Orange Juice Clique called Crazy Red. Not in the car: Randy Travis’ Storms of Life and Animal Collective’s Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished.
DT: If you could collaborate with any musician in the world, who would it be?
MC: [Nigerian Afrobeat legend] Fela Kuti.
DT: What was the best show you’ve ever played?
MC: I played a show on an overpass that was under construction once. We made a fire in a steel barrel.
DT: What was the worst show you’ve ever played?
MC: I try to block them from my memory.
DT: What is your favorite song to play live?
MC: ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky.” We played it with an old band that I was in. That song slays.
DT: When you were forming the band, were there any alternate band names you didn’t pick?
MC: No, not really.
DT: Where is your favorite place to eat in Austin?
MC: Mi Victoria on Burnett or Swad up north for Indian.
DT: Do you have a day job?
MC: Yes. I work in a library.
DT: What is your favorite Web site?
MC: Google image search.
DT: What is a perfect day for you?
MC: Waking up and biking to every Half Price Books in Austin, taking breaks for swimming. I’d finish it by cooking with some friends and taking a trip to the abandoned air traffic control tower. This would be so much of an Austin day that I don’t think you could get any more Austin.
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