Hydra Melody

Austin Vida is at it again with another awesome showcase. Tomorrow night at La Casa (where Troubadour Saloon used to be), two awesome bands will be performing, In Situ Sound and Hydra Melody.

I caught In Situ Sound during Free Week after hearing my editors, Ian and Ajay, go on and on about how amazing this band was. They were right. They were amazing. Totally worth freezing my ass off to see.

Then the other band playing is Hydra Melody who I am excited to see live for the first time. Ian forward me the myspace link months ago to see what my thoughts were on this band and I immediately called dibs for an interview. You can check out that interview here.

So come on tomorrow night. Hang out with us. I've been told that there will be drink specials: 50 cent well drinks until 11. The cover is really affordable: $3 for 21+ and $5 for you youngins. What more could you want? Oh yeah, tamales.

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Austin Vida's indie showcase is this Saturday, Feb. 20, at Mi Casa, so we thought we'd give you some insight into the young bands we're featuring with a pair of Q&As. You can read Ian Morales' interview with In Situ Sound here. I spoke with the other half our bill: Hydra Melody, a progressive/alternative sextet from Helotes, Texas.

The band started as a middle-school pop-punk band, but evolved into the band we see now, a lineup that features keyboards and an auxiliary percussionist in addition to the standard guitar/bass/drums core. The setup provides an eclectic style of progressive melodic rock with hints of their Latin roots intertwined within the tunes.

Keyboardist Justin Berlanga recently chatted with me over the phone to provide an introductory overview of this headlining act for our first-ever indie showcase.

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