11:17

We’re playing a little shindig at the Jackson school on...

Tue, 01 May 2012 14:29:53 -0400

We’re playing a little shindig at the Jackson school on the UT campus this Friday. It’s not open to the public, but we’ll be thinking of you, missing you, etc.

In the meantime, I’ll make a little list of sounds I’ve found that have comforted us in the past…

Come grab a free preview of our upcoming EP at tonight’s...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:17:06 -0400

Come grab a free preview of our upcoming EP at tonight’s Frank show! We go on at 11:17 hehe (Taken with instagram)

Did the storm wake you up the other night? We’ve been...

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:30:00 -0400

Did the storm wake you up the other night? We’ve been tracking and mixing our upcoming EP, All We Need Is Here, so we’ve got all our recording equipment set up in my room. When the thunder hit at about 1AM, I decided to flip on the mics and start playing. The result is a new Couch Recording for you :-P

-Alex

Historically Correct

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:26:40 -0400

Hey everyone, our Facebook page is now in timeline format. Step through the history of the band! Listen to music! Ponder why we didn’t put a space between “eleven” and “seventeen”!

Check it out here: http://on.fb.me/elevenseventeen

I saw an EMO button -Tim

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:00:05 -0400

I saw an EMO button

-Tim

The Red Wine Single Hey, guys. We’ve been working hard on...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:34:13 -0500

~~The Red Wine Single~~

Hey, guys. We’ve been working hard on getting this record out. We’re doing lots and lots to make sure it comes out sounding great. Here is a preliminary mix we did last weekend of a new song called “Red Wine”. Goes down great with a glass of it. Thanks for all the awesome times at recent shows and hope to see y’all soon!

Sorry! Limited release only! For those of you who missed it, we’ll be releasing the full single later on when it’s completely finished. Buh bai. :-P

-11:17

Burning CDs like it’s 2001. Come grab a free one at...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:13:42 -0500

Burning CDs like it’s 2001. Come grab a free one at tonight’s whip in show. We go on at 8! (Taken with instagram)

SOON... Tonight at 8pm, 11:17 and Diving play @ Whip In

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:00:31 -0500

Hi All, if you’ve got nothing to do Saturday, March 3rd and/or want to listen to some new music: Come see my band, Eleven Seventeen, play for FREE at Whip In in Austin on Saturday, March 3rd! Shows typically start at 8pm! Whip In is a fantastic local organic Indian restaurant with great beer! Come get some food too!

event details here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/369351859756809/

Mar. 3 8pm

1950 IH35 South, Austin, TX 78704

Tonight! Hope to see y’all there. (Taken with instagram)

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:49:30 -0500

Tonight! Hope to see y’all there. (Taken with instagram)

kacphoto: 11:17 @ Beauty Bar, Austin Even more! Thanks to...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:45:23 -0500

kacphoto:

11:17 @ Beauty Bar, Austin

Even more! Thanks to Kells Bells. Who’s coming to Skinny’s on Thursday?

kacphoto: 11:17 @ Beauty Bar, Austin w00t

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:33:30 -0500

kacphoto:

11:17 @ Beauty Bar, Austin

w00t

11:17’s opening at beauty bar tonight! 9pm. Come eat some...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:24:00 -0500

11:17’s opening at beauty bar tonight! 9pm. Come eat some hot dawgs. (Taken with instagram)

c u there? (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:40:21 -0500

c u there? (Taken with instagram)

New favorite album - Weightless by Animals as Leaders

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:23:59 -0500

Hey guys, Tim here. Super excited about this new artist, Animals as Leaders. The self-titled debut was super awesome, but the newer even more sick album, Weightless, is ridiculously good. (And available on Google Music). This is what I’m listening to right now and is giving me inspiration. It’s progressive-metal (with a jazzy classical infusion) instrumental music. With guitar melodies this good, you don’t need any vocal melodies.

Also, I’m listening to Buke and Gass. Very interesting duo that play all the sounds you hear in the recordings at once. Buke (Baritone Ukulele) and Gass (Guitar-Bass mix) are homemade instruments that the two play while the Buke/Singer plays bells on her ankles and the Gass/Singer plays the kick drum.

If you ever wondered about 11:17 influences….

-Tim

Taken with instagram

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:06:17 -0500

Taken with instagram

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:42:37 -0500

Taken with instagram

A fine time for coffee! (Taken with instagram)

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:31:37 -0500

A fine time for coffee! (Taken with instagram)

Whoa, whoa, WHOA (Playing @ Cheer Up Charlie's tonight)

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:04:13 -0500

It’s been too long. Told you I’d lose track of this thing, didn’t I?

We’ve been pretty busy over the last few months, and not always with music. Tim’s been studying rocks like a madman. Trevor and Dago got lost in the whirlwind of university life. I’ve been yelling at engineers to give me the information I need to get by in the office, to little avail.

But, hey, we did play Swan Dive with Hello Wheels and Sleep Talk. We even welcomed a new bud, Steven Garcia, into the 11:17 fold for that show, while Tim was navigating New Mexican plateaus. In search of rocks.

And of course, we still hole up in our practice space weekly to perfect the angsty jams we’ve got. We’ve even got some new ones on the horizon. Here’s an excerpt:

If I called and screamed, would it hurt you? Or does my silence do much worse? After six long years, the way you disappeared should be a blessing, but it’s a curse.

Whoa, whoa, WHOA. Little harsh for Tumblr, don’t you think? Oh well. We all have to play the passive-aggressive social media game sometimes.

The biggest problem with a band blog is that it’s unclear what you’re supposed to express in it. Do we just promote shows, post pictures/videos of practices/shows, and share new lyrics/recordings? Or do we talk about the shit we’re going through day-to-day?

And which of those things would people give less of a shit about?

This weekend, I:

Remembered that bullets are an effective Web-writing tool because they enhance scanability.
Went back to my hometown.
Saw Owen play Hailey’s in Denton and jokingly threatened to punch a heckler who was standing next to me.
Asked myself: Was it really a joke? I was pretty drunk, and he was pretty annoying. On the other hand, I haven’t punched anyone other than my brothers since I was like 8.
Realized it was probably a joke.
Gave someone a great, big awkward hug. (Wasn’t the heckler.)
Understood the beauty of Aloha’s post-Sugar albums for the first time.
Spent the majority of my time in my backyard, feeling like I was on the verge of uncovering something profound.
Uncovered something profound.
Wished I hadn’t.

Hmmm. Let’s try this instead:

PLAYING CHEER UP CHARLIE’S TONIGHT. We go on at 9, but we’ll be there at 8, ready to have a drink with you. A DJ plays after us, so we might even dance with you. Tim got his wisdom teeth out yesterday, and his swollen cheeks are giving him a gnarly drawl. If he starts spewing too much blood or his meds make him delusional, we might sub him out for Steven mid-set.

After that, we begin recording our album. For real this time.

luv u.

-Alex

Mhm, mhm. Here’s us at the Mohawk on Tuesday night playing...

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:25:58 -0400

Mhm, mhm. Here’s us at the Mohawk on Tuesday night playing “Whatever I Said,” one of our more mellow jams from the Home EP. This was like the second time we’d played the song in 4 months, but, hey! We did it!

Thanks to Nik for the video.

-Alex

This is just some of the big sexy you missed last night if you...

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:42:00 -0400

This is just some of the big sexy you missed last night if you didn’t come to our show at The Mohawk.

Last night was amazing, and I want to thank those who came, and even those who didn’t but offered kind words. I hope you guys can make it out to another one of our upcoming shows. We’re planning something for October and maybe September. We’re all stoked.

One love,

Dago

Super-thanks to Kelly for the pic!