Car Seat Headrest in the news – Oct. 2017

“Played to mourners were Ankle Shackles by King Creosote; Cosmic Hero by Car Seat Headrest; Kennedy by The Wedding Present; Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen; Bye Bye Baby by Bay City Rollers and most aptly of all, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now by his beloved Smiths.”

Chortle re: funeral of comedian Sean Hughes, Oct. 24, 2017

“This is not a well written song; this is an essential work of art.”

–Jackson Radley re: “Beach Life-in-Death” on medium.com, Oct. 20, 2017

“Yet rather than deficits, the singer-songwriter turns his nearly somnambulant stage presence and droning voice into virtues. ”

–Michael Toland in Austin Chronicle, Oct. 8, 2017

“Will Toledo is not a rockstar. But he knows how to read a crowd.”

Austin American-Statesman, Oct. 7, 2017

“The Seattle-based quartet rolls Pavement hooks and guitar jams into Toledo’s ennui-drenched narratives, late-night streetlight anthems for a new generation of the cynically restless and bored slouching toward melodic escape.”

–Doug Freeman in The Austin Chronicle, Oct. 7, 2017

“Their indie bedroom confession rock ripped at Sound On Sound Fest last year. ”

–Eric Webb on Austin 360, Oct. 7, 2017

Douglass School pitches in to help hurricane victims

Over the past few weeks, Douglass School has taken the lead in a relief effort to help students in a Florida community that was devastated by Hurricane Irma last month. The project has given the students an opportunity to look past their own struggles, imagine what it would be like to lose everything and consider what they can do to help.

Full story

The Washington Post, Oct. 1, 2017