We have a lot of friends in Austin, so they always came out, if only to yell for metal covers. The Talk of Numbers, Envelope, Dead Paper. Yind came to us on the Unwound tour. Totally great band. Uzeda, Unwound, Dianogah.
Personal experience goes a long way.
We've been playing together for over four years now and the number of bands we've listened to and argued about is staggering. The most important influences on us are probably the ones we've played with the most, because we end up talking about what they do and why we like it. To say that we've been influenced by Uzeda, Yind, Unwound, and Dianogah is to say that seeing great people play music we love makes us even more excited about working on OUR thing and making it better. As far as bands that have directly and indirectly contributed to the music, I'd have to say The Cure. Or Cirith Ungol.