5:00 PM
to 8:00 PM
Singapore ROARS
30 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Party, Interactive
event::about
Soak up the sights and sounds of Singapore over food and drinks. Network with fellow entrepreneurs from the Lion City.
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
The Burning Hotels
34 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists The Burning Hotels
event::about Chance Morgan and Matt Mooty met each in the 4th grade. They’ve been best friends ever since. “Since the beginning, we’ve made every decision together. I remember being in high school and trying to decide whether to play basketball, to play in the school band or something else entirely. And then we heard ‘Return The Gift’ by Gang of Four and that changed everything. So we decided to start The Burning Hotels instead.” “I think we set out to start a band that sounded like Gang of Four,” explains the band. “And while we are proud to wear our influences on our sleeves, I don’t think we necessarily ended up sounding like Gang of Four per se. Instead, we’re really content with what we found. We’re not over thinking this. We just want to write something that someone cares enough to listen to.” The Burning Hotels have a sound that pulls together years of obvious influence by the post-punk revival along with a sudden obsession with the ‘80s new romantic movement. It’s a combination of styles that goes hand in hand and that the band ultimately pegged as Sex Punk. With everything in place, now The Burning Hotels just want to be The Burning Hotels. The band’s hometown awarded the band and their most recent release with several local awards including Rock Album of The Year (Novels, 2010), Rock Song of the Year (Austin’s Birthday, 2010), Rock Act of the Year (2010) via the fort Worth Weekly. The band is currently writing for an early 2011 release.
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
New Cassettes
16 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists New Cassettes
event::about Purveyors of fine noise since 2005, Northhampton (UK) five piece band. The New Cassettes released their debut single, "You Won't Stop" on Fantastic Plastic- with copy selling out within the month and finding itself at Number 11 in the Indie Charts. The band gained critical acclaim and frequently plays on Radio 1, BBC6 and XFM. Sitting nicely MYSPACE Featured Artist and Radio 1 front page feature. From this the band was asked to support "The Strokes", performed at "Glastonbury", featured on "The Inbetweeners" Soundtrack and Toured Japan 2009. Presently, New Cassettes have just finished mixing their 2nd album "Winterhead" with Grammy winning song writer and Producer Adam Schlesinger of "Fountains of Wayne". Album will be release 2011. Recently, the band played for an official ASCAP Showcase @ the Gibson Lounge, Los Angeles. Also the New Cassettes will be featured in ASCAP's PLAYBACK MAGAZINE, December 2010 issue.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Hooray for Earth
48 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists Hooray for Earth
event::about The dense soundscapes on Hooray for Earth's still-untitled full-length are hard to pinpoint, which is why band-leader Noel Heroux puts his tastes (and Hooray for Earth's music) somewhere between harsh-noise and Enya. "The juxtaposition isn't totally inaccurate, as ridiculous as it is to say," Heroux says. "I get more emotionally affected by extremes. I've really grabbed onto the positive, uplifting feelings in music that get me super psyched—but that can also come from sounds that are daunting and a little scary." Celebrating their new album—coming out in the spring of 2011 on Dovecote Records—lead single "True Loves" is a perfect example of Heroux's favored dichotomy. Building from Hooray for Earth's acclaimed debut EP, Momo, "True Loves" thumps along neck-snapping drums, awash with blips and synths, surprising breakdowns and Heroux's soaringly languid vocals. Like the rest of the record and Momo before it, the song sprung directly from Heroux's imagination into a climactic reality. "I don't write music with an instrument, I usually just get an idea of what the whole song sounds like in my head, kind of like an earworm that stays with you after listening to the radio. My task is to recreate what's stuck in my head in actual audible form, as quickly as possible," he says. "I wish I could just plug a cord into my head...I think that's why the music tends to be a little dense, because I think of all these things at once." Heroux wrote, recorded, and produced about 90% of the new album, with bassist Christopher Principe and guitarist/live synthist Gary Benacquista peppering parts in a few sessions, and drummer Joseph Ciampini adding two days of rooftop drum tracking. Mixed by Chris Coady (Beach House, Blonde Redhead, Delorean, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio), the album might as well be a direct link to the exciting mind of Heroux. Hooray for Earth's progression is apparent everywhere on the record and boasts exciting things for a band that has already appeared onstage with Mission of Burma, Holy Fuck, Surfer Blood, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Oh No Ono, and many more. Recorded over five weeks in New York, it's at once specific to the summer of 2010 and transcendent of time itself. Once again, a happy set of extremes. "Most of the [recording] process is just me getting lost and trying to get things done. I feel like I'm on autopilot sometimes. I'll finish a song and wonder, 'When did that happen?' I don't spend a lot of time stressing about what instruments to use or what's missing, I just kind of let it be."
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
The Gay Blades
71 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
event::about Over the past three years, The Gay Blades have built an international following on their side-stepping demeanor, their unpredictable live shows and, of course, their unhinged manic sound. But while their fan base is still marveling at how the larger-than-life duo can fill aural spaces so completely as a two-piece, the band is ready to unveil their sophomore album, Savages, which promises to astonish both their current devotees and future fans alike. Since the release of their debut album, Ghosts, lead singer/guitarist James Dean Wells AKA Clark Westfield and drummer Quinn English AKA Puppy Mills have experienced extraordinary life changes, which have consciously and unconsciously shaped the songs on their impressive new album. Specifically, Savages is the amalgamation of the emotions behind relentless touring, the band’s hometown of NYC and the passing of Wells’ brother Ian Savage Wells. “This record was the next step for our band,” Wells says. “On Ghosts, we were creating with this almost adolescent air of irreverence, but with Savages we are just trying to be unfettered. We can't worry about what this record is supposed to be, only what we want it to be – a collection of trashy rock songs that speak as much to the music we love as it does our own personal chemistry as a band.” The Gay Blades holed up with producer Dean Baltulonis (The Hold Steady, Lissy Trullie, Goes Cube) in his Queens, NY studio, where they experimented with fuller instrumentation and live recordings. The result is an unapologetic pop record adorned with a mosaic of luscious string arrangements, boisterous horns, gorgeous harmonies and surprising synths and programming. While Savages is clearly more evolved than Ghosts, Wells has faith that it will appease his fans. “Luckily, we don't fit into any one scene or genre, so our fans aren't small-minded about our sound,” he says. “One of my idols, Beck, puts out records that couldn't be more disparate from one another, but because he consistently puts out good-sounding records, people love them all. Truthfully, though, the only thing he and I have in common is that we both look really good in a suit and can dance like a white James Brown.” The Gay Blades into an eclectic mix of songs, which cannot be defined by any one genre, but does pay homage to artists such as the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Adam Ant, Spoon, Wilco and Weezer. “Rock N' Roll (Part I),” the album’s emblematic opener, kicks off with scathing guitars and commanding drums, writhing in true Gay Blades fashion. The horn arrangements make their most prominent appearance on “Try To Understand,” a song about “the patience we need to love those who test our love the most,” Wells explains, adding, “it’s a monster of a song, and it might be my favorite on the record.” Lyrically, "Mick Jagger" has nothing to do with the Stones frontman, but the 80s-influenced number does encompass all of the icon’s swagger, and rips a page right out of “the NYC 80s sleaze playbook with some Ziggy Stardust horn sections sprinkled in for good measure.” As for “Why Winter In Detroit?,” Wells explains that it’s a song about a NYC kid trying to bargain with a Motor City bartender for romance, all set to shimmering, “punked-out-Joshua Tree” guitars. There’s also a softer side of Savages in “Every Night Is Like A Revival,” the album’s hopeful and inspired ballad. “I've always loved Motown's dedication to the melancholy, and while this is a love song with a happy ending, there is a general sentimentality I think Sam Cooke could get behind,” Wells says. The Gay Blades have toured throughout the US and Europe sharing stages with the likes of Cursive, MGMT, The Black Lips, Matt and Kim, Ra Ra Riot, Jack's Mannequin, Juliette Lewis and Electric Six, but with all that they’ve accomplished, the band simply wants to continue creating music that will make a mark. Armed with their compelling new album, it won’t be difficult. “When we can't identify with someone else’s lifestyle, we assume that they’re missing something intellectually and emotionally,” he reflects. “But when you assume you're the missionary, I can guarantee someone else considers you the savage.”
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Dexter Freebish
18 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists Dexter Freebish
event::about Dexter Freebish's brand new album, 'Shine On' explores new sonic territory and builds on the hook-laden songs of previous releases. While creating Shine On, the band was inspired by 808 drum machines, beat up synths, and their I-phone apps. Produced by The Singularity, the album ranges from the dance, heavy beat influenced 'Wide Awake', to the rock anthem 'Do You Want To'. They also collaborated with Greg Wells (Katy Perry, One Republic) on the song 'Save The Last Dance'. The Austin American Statesman writes, 'In their first studio effort in six years, the quartet spans the depth of their experience melding traditional pop choruses ('When The Sun Shines') with drum machines ('Wide Awake') and driving bass lines ('Everybody Knows Somebody') to create a vibe often reminiscent of early '80s English new wave acts like Duran Duran.' The Austin-based quartet has developed a reputation as a hard-working, crowd-pleasing band over the years. In 1999 the band's single 'Leaving Town' won Song of the Year at the John Lennon Songwriting Contest when it was chosen from 27,000 entries by heavy hitters such as Elton John and members of the Foo Fighters. The following year, A Life of Saturdays was released on Capitol Records, garnering critical praise along with vigorous radio play and tours both domestic and abroad. The band won the rock category of the 2003 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for their single 'Prozak (Be Like Me)' and the track 'The Other Side' was featured on the massive Sims 3 video game.
event::tags 21+
12:00 PM
to 1:00 PM
Boston to Austin
87 schedule::attendees
Location
512
event::about
Is there a better way to celebrate the up-and-coming talent of the Boston music scene at SXSW than with a rowdy party on St. Patrick's Day? Probably not, so swing by the roof of The 512 for the musical stylings of Bostonian favorites Viva Viva, The Dirty Dishes, Bodega Girls, Mystery Roar, Mean Creek, Kingsley Flood, Static of the Gods, Banditas, Endless Wave and DJ Die Young. Shoegaze, deep disco, fuzzy guitars, post-Americana, sharp spinning, electronic tendencies, soaring voices: It's all there in the lineup, and Converse and DigBoston.com are bringing it from Boston to Austin.
event::tags Party
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Simon Says No!
12 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists Simon Says No!
event::about SIMON SAYS NO! With their 2009 critically acclaimed EP debut "Ahoi De Angst" Simon Says No! clearly marked their musical ambitions. Drawing on punk/ hardcore backgrounds the band crafted atmospheric rock reminiscent of Ride, My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, while showing their potential for writing catchy tunes like the single “Sleeping Heart”. Simon Says No! First saw the light of day in the Bergen, in the fall of 2006. Within a year later they were nomiated for song of the year on Norways biggest radio station, NRK P3's “Urørt” (Untouched). With a constantly changing line-up the band toured the country and released a casette, before the founding members Ruben Nesse and Simon Økland left their home town for Oslo, where they'd already planned to form a solid 4 piece line up with Rolf Mathiesen and Even A. Winje. Work on the new album started when the band toured the U.S. in April 2009, with stops on the east and west coast . Shortly after, they were invited to record with Michael Patterson (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beck, Lady Tron) in Hollywood. Here the band laid down their first single "Solitary Rush", which inspired bloggers to coin the term Foo-Gaze in description of their sound (Foo Fighters meets My Bloody Valentine). The song “Shiver” also appeared in an episode of the hit TV series “Skins”. The band continued to tour abroad while recording in Norway. New tracks took form with Bjarne Stensli (Serena-Maneesh, Harry’s Gym) and Nick Terry (Klaxons, Primal Scream, Serena Maneesh) as Co-Producers and friends from bands like Harry’s Gym, I Was a King and Blackstrap joined in to add to the production. The album was mixed by Nick Terry in spring 2010. Simon Says No! was released in Norway september 2010, with the rest of Europe following in march 2011 on Brilliance Records. An album recorded everywhere from Hollywood to the Norwegian Fjords drawing on classic indie/ shoegaze while blending backgrounds in hardcore, and pop-rock. CONTACT: Management, Booking, Label Norway: ruben@brilliance.no Management Europe/US: ce@saturdayenterprise.com http://www.simonsaysno.com
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Resplandor
6 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists Resplandor
event::about The band was brought to life in early 1996, with a sound influenced by shoegaze and noise pop recording some songs that were published in 1998 (Sol de Hiel Ep). The idea behind Resplandor was to create an exciting music with different beats, textures and feelings. The band's debut single "Ninfa" firmly established them in the music scene, receiving great reviews. The long awaited debut live performance was hailed a success after a strong sold out audience pack at the Bauhaus Club. After several gigs along 1999, the band got into the studio to record their debut album "Elipse" which was published on Feb. 2000; some songs came along to be part of different international compilations as "Picnic Basket" from Shelflife Records, "Orange Pop" from Losing Today Zine, "Atlantic Flowers" from Alison-Clairecords-Midsummer Madness, "Test Tones vol.1" from Clairecords-Tonevendor and a tribute to Slowdive from So Soft. Resplandor hooked up with Alison Records from Germany in 2002 which released "Ambar" on Sep.2002 receiving greats reviews followed by a tour on the US East Cost, in BB.AA Argentina at Fuga Jurassica 5 festival. On April, Lunar Disco from Spain release a tribute to Echo and The Bunnymen titled "Play the Game" which the guys record a version of "The Killing Moon". The band re-released "Elipse" in digipack including 2 outtakes and 2 videos from 2000. Resplandor took some break off to come back with some new ideas. Two new songs Oeste & Solar were released in a CD Split with The Radio Dept, and then another two songs Twilight & Breathe, but this time were produced by Ian Catt, came alive with another CD Split with the band Mahogany. The band has performed live with bands such as The Radio Dept., Mahogany, Airiel, Lovesliescrushing, Robin Guthrie, Asobi Seksu, Soundpool, Elika, The House of Love, Mark Gardener, The Jesus and Mary Chain among others, promoting new songs. Last September 2007 the band went into the studio to start recording their recent album with Robin Guthrie. This new album P L E A M A R reflects the best era of Resplandor, more mature and solid, with new lineup. The album was recorded at Estrella Negra and Alpamayo Studios featuring the collaboration from Andrew Prinz & Ana Breton from Mahogany and Scott Cortez from Lovesliescrushing and Astrobrite This new album compiles 9 songs where emphasize a mixture of sounds shoegaze and electronic with melancholic melodies and lyrics in which stand out this production. The album was completely produced and mixed by Robin Guthrie ex- Cocteau Twins After a successful tour with Asobi Seksu in the US March 2009 (Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Costa Mesa), the band were invited to play at NXNE Festival this June in Toronto, Canada.The new video Downfall have been directed by Percy Cespedes. During this 2010, the band attended one of the most important festivals in the US, SXSW – Austin, TX last March and added two extra shows in Brooklyn, NY. Furthermore, Resplandor is going to perform at SXSW once again in March 2011.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
English Teeth
1 schedule::attendees
Location
512
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Movus
3 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists Movus
event::about Corría el año de 2004; en Guadalajara, Raúl Andréu (guitarra), Esteban Testolini (guitarra), Pablo Crespo (guitarra), Jose Luis Domínguez (bajo) y Russel Ruvalcaba (batería) inician un proyecto influenciado por los recientes sonidos del post-rock y por las diferentes formas de la música experimental contemporánea. El proyecto llevaría el nombre de Movus, y tendría como leit motif principal el crear composiciones perfectamente balanceadas, llenas de una narrativa sonora que pudiera contar historias con sonidos, mas no palabras. Seis años después, y ya con un excelente primer disco homónimo bajo el brazo, Movus se perfila como una de las bandas mexicanas más universales de los últimos años. Esto se debe a que han sabido crear un imaginario musical con intensos guiños a la composición cinematográfica (lo que llevó a una de sus creaciones -“Midgard II”- a ser elegida como el tema oficial del Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, por ejemplo) y a los principales exponentes del género. Movus no se plantea reinventar la rueda, simplemente la hacen rodar de manera sublime, personal y honesta. Después de haber compartido escenario con Yo La Tengo, Tristeza, Explosions In The Sky y Mum (entre otros), la banda está lista para dar el paso más firme de su carrera de la mano de Maxa FireKeeper, su disco más entrañable y sólido hasta la fecha. Compuesto en el corazón de Jalisco en el verano de 2009 (en Cajititlán), Maxa FireKeeper contó con la colaboración de un referente obligado del post-rock: Jimmy LaValle, la mente maestra detrás de The Album Leaf, quién participó tanto en la producción como en la composición del disco. Maxa FireKeeper fue grabado entre septiembre y octubre de 2009 en los estudios Suite 21 con la participación de Jimmy LaValle. Los arreglos finales del disco se grabaron en los estudios Tercer Piso en colaboración con Alejandro Pérez “Orco”. El disco fue mezclado por Jay Pellici (quién también ha mezclado a Deerhoof) en los estudios Tiny Telephone en San Francisco. Fue en esta etapa donde el cuarteto magikmagik (que ha colaborado con Sting y Johnny Greenwood, por ejemplo) y James Lehner baterista de Tristeza, se sumaron a las colaboraciones. El Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco fue pieza fundamental de esta obra, al proveer apoyo y sustento a la grabación. El título de esta recién creada obra está inspirado en la simbología de los huicholes, donde el venado (Maxa significa venado en huichol) es el guardián del fuego, quién mantiene la conjugación suprema de los elementos, la sabiduría de la naturaleza, la fantasía de la misma y la visión suprema después de la limpieza espiritual. Maxa FireKeeper marca la consolidación del grupo, donde todos los integrantes han sabido mantener esa chispa creativa que los ha mantenido juntos por más de seis años.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
For a Minor Reflection
12 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists For a Minor Reflection
event::about Hailing from Iceland FaMR comprises of four 21-year-olds from Reykjavík, Iceland - Kjartan Holm (guitar), Guðfinnur Sveinsson (guitar and piano), Elvar Jón Guðmundsson (bass) and Andri Freyr Þorgeirsson (percussion). Their music is best described as energetic, melodious post-rock, though being the natural creative visionaries they are, the band expand and even subvert their style with almost every song. Starting life as a hard rock duo in a tiny garage in Reykjavík, Iceland, For a Minor Reflection (FaMR) morphed into an indie rock trio (for a week or so) and a blues quartet (for a little longer) before finally arriving at their current incarnation: instrumental post-rockers du jour. Back in 2007, the quartet struck up a fan base with their self-produced debut album Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft... (Rise, the sun’s up...), a mesmerizing, hour-long tapestry featuring six songs and recorded over a weekend in their friend’s studio. This record, as well as their energetic live shows, earned them a slew of accolades, including favourable comparisons to Explosions in the Sky, Caspain and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Their fellow Icelanders Sigur Rós even described them as “a band with the potential to out Mogwai”. Following a scintillating live performance at 2007’s Iceland Airwaves, FaMR were invited to undertake a two-week 2008 tour in the USA and Canada. Later in the same year the band were invited to do 15 dates with Sigur Rós on a European tour and used the opportunity to release their album on iTunes, as well as selling it on the tour. The band sold out on the 2000 albums they manufactured bringing the total sales figures of this modest demo recorded in a home studio to 5000 copies. Needless to say the tour with Sigur Rós attracted the attention of a lot of promoters which landed them a showcase slot at Eurosonic at the start of 2009 and a months headline tour in Europe early summer last year Spending the rest of the summer writing a new album FaMR chose the Sigur Ros studio in Iceland to record 10 new songs with LA producer Scott Hackwith.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
The Boom Boom Box
7 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists The Boom Boom Box
event::about Appendages of Ghostcar, Pleasant Grove, Pinkston, Sara Jaffe and Baboon have reconstituted themselves into a new body known as "The Boom Boom Box" (name taken from Echo and the Bunnymen "Heaven Up Here"). Together for 2 years, The Boom Boom Box have played mutliple shows around Texas, opening for such acts as the Toadies and Man Man. The Boom Boom Box has completed recording of their full length debut. To be released in the Spring of 2011.
event::tags 21+
10:30 AM
to 6:00 PM
SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins
94 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
11:00AM-11:30AM Head for the Hills - Bluegrass
11:40AM-12:30PM Stella Luce - Gypsy Rock
12:40PM-1:30PM The Nu Classics - Funk
1:40PM -2:30PM Honey Gitters - Jam Grass
2:40PM-3:30PM Wire Faces - Rock
3:40PM-4:30PM Fierce Bad Rabbit - Indie pop
4:40PM-5:30PM Peace Officer - Hip Hop Dub
event::about
Join SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins Friday 18th 10:30am to 6pm, 2 stages, free New Belgium Beer, Free Margaritas and food for RSVP's. 11 bands from Fort Collins including Head for the Hills and Danielle Ate The Sandwich. Lower stage is an experimental stage with music going non-stop. Rock photography show and video promos.
Experimental Stage lower level-nonstop music 11:30AM to 5:30PM with Musketeer Gripweed-Revival Stomp, Lindsey O'Brien -Alt Country, Constitution-Americana & Danielle Ate The Sandwich
Dont miss this one.
event::tags Free Beer, Free Margaritas, Food for RSVPs, swag
Website http://spokesbuzz.org/
11:00 AM
to 11:30 AM
Head for the Hills
1 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Unofficial Music
event::about
Join SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins Friday 18th 10:30am to 6pm, 2 stages, free New Belgium Beer, Free Margaritas and food for RSVP's. 11 bands from Fort Collins including Head for the Hills and Danielle Ate The Sandwich. Lower stage is an experimental stage with music going non-stop. Rock photography show and video promos.
Experimental Stage lower level-nonstop music 11:30AM to 5:30PM with Musketeer Gripweed-Revival Stomp, Lindsey O'Brien -Alt Country, Constitution-Americana & Danielle Ate The Sandwich
Dont miss this one.
event::tags Free Beer, Free Margaritas, Food for RSVPs, swag
Website http://spokesbuzz.org/index.htm
11:40 AM
to 12:30 PM
Stella Luce
11 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Stella Luce - Gypsy Rock
event::about
Join SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins Friday 18th 10:30am to 6pm, 2 stages, free New Belgium Beer, Free Margaritas and food for RSVP's. 11 bands from Fort Collins including Head for the Hills and Danielle Ate The Sandwich. Lower stage is an experimental stage with music going non-stop. Rock photography show and video promos.
Experimental Stage lower level-nonstop music 11:30AM to 5:30PM with Musketeer Gripweed-Revival Stomp, Lindsey O'Brien -Alt Country, Constitution-Americana & Danielle Ate The Sandwich
Dont miss this one.
event::tags Free Beer, Free Margaritas, Food for RSVPs, swag
Website http://spokesbuzz.org/index.htm
12:40 PM
to 1:25 PM
The Nu Classics
4 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Nu Classics - Funk
event::about
Join SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins Friday 18th 10:30am to 6pm, 2 stages, free New Belgium Beer, Free Margaritas and food for RSVP's. 11 bands from Fort Collins including Head for the Hills and Danielle Ate The Sandwich. Lower stage is an experimental stage with music going non-stop. Rock photography show and video promos.
Experimental Stage lower level-nonstop music 11:30AM to 5:30PM with Musketeer Gripweed-Revival Stomp, Lindsey O'Brien -Alt Country, Constitution-Americana & Danielle Ate The Sandwich
Dont miss this one.
event::tags Free Beer, Free Margaritas, Food for RSVPs, swag
Website http://spokesbuzz.org/index.htm
1:40 PM
to 2:25 PM
Honey Gitters
5 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Honey Gitters - Jam Grass
event::about
Join SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins Friday 18th 10:30am to 6pm, 2 stages, free New Belgium Beer, Free Margaritas and food for RSVP's. 11 bands from Fort Collins including Head for the Hills and Danielle Ate The Sandwich. Lower stage is an experimental stage with music going non-stop. Rock photography show and video promos.
Experimental Stage lower level-nonstop music 11:30AM to 5:30PM with Musketeer Gripweed-Revival Stomp, Lindsey O'Brien -Alt Country, Constitution-Americana & Danielle Ate The Sandwich
Dont miss this one.
event::tags Free Beer, Free Margaritas, Food for RSVPs, swag
Website http://spokesbuzz.org/index.htm
2:40 PM
to 3:25 PM
Wire Faces
2 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Wire Faces - Rock
event::about
Join SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins Friday 18th 10:30am to 6pm, 2 stages, free New Belgium Beer, Free Margaritas and food for RSVP's. 11 bands from Fort Collins including Head for the Hills and Danielle Ate The Sandwich. Lower stage is an experimental stage with music going non-stop. Rock photography show and video promos.
Experimental Stage lower level-nonstop music 11:30AM to 5:30PM with Musketeer Gripweed-Revival Stomp, Lindsey O'Brien -Alt Country, Constitution-Americana & Danielle Ate The Sandwich
Dont miss this one.
event::tags Free Beer, Free Margaritas, Food for RSVPs, swag
Website http://spokesbuzz.org/index.htm
3:40 PM
to 4:30 PM
Fierce Bad Rabbit
6 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Wire Faces - Rock
event::about
Join SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins Friday 18th 10:30am to 6pm, 2 stages, free New Belgium Beer, Free Margaritas and food for RSVP's. 11 bands from Fort Collins including Head for the Hills and Danielle Ate The Sandwich. Lower stage is an experimental stage with music going non-stop. Rock photography show and video promos.
Experimental Stage lower level-nonstop music 11:30AM to 5:30PM with Musketeer Gripweed-Revival Stomp, Lindsey O'Brien -Alt Country, Constitution-Americana & Danielle Ate The Sandwich
Dont miss this one.
event::tags Free Beer, Free Margaritas, Food for RSVPs, swag
Website http://spokesbuzz.org/index.htm
4:45 PM
to 5:30 PM
Peace Officer
2 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Peace Officer - Hip Hop Dub
event::about
Join SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins Friday 18th 10:30am to 6pm, 2 stages, free New Belgium Beer, Free Margaritas and food for RSVP's. 11 bands from Fort Collins including Head for the Hills and Danielle Ate The Sandwich. Lower stage is an experimental stage with music going non-stop. Rock photography show and video promos.
Experimental Stage lower level-nonstop music 11:30AM to 5:30PM with Musketeer Gripweed-Revival Stomp, Lindsey O'Brien -Alt Country, Constitution-Americana & Danielle Ate The Sandwich
Dont miss this one.
event::tags Free Beer, Free Margaritas, Food for RSVPs, swag
Website http://spokesbuzz.org/index.htm
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Doll & The Kicks
18 schedule::attendees
Location
512
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Noxshi
1 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists Noxshi
event::about Fusing melody, ambiance and heavy riffing to chimerical effect Noxshi conjure thoughts of Zappa, Nirvana and Hendrix. Infectious songs interweave with improvisations amid the spiraling sounds of the infinite. The band have recently completed the recording of their debut album The Way They Lush. Mixing duties were undertaken by David Tickle (Prince, Peter Gabriel and U2) with mastering by Howie Weinberg (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, The Mars Volta, Jeff Buckley, Kyuss). To support the album Noxshi have produced a video for the track Mesh Voyeurist which sees the band play on their psychedelic imagery of dream worlds and carnival. The name Noxshi (Knock-she) relates to an area of the Caucasus, a region that represents the meeting of the Islamic East with the secular West. Formed in North London in mid 2008 Noxshi stems from the central axis of singer Yoriyos and guitarist Hallam Kite. The band recruits auxiliary musicians to supplement its core resulting in a high level of sonic diversity and musical versatility. Most recently Noxshi supported the legendary Killing Joke for the UK dates of their European tour. In June 2010 Noxshi were main support for Yusuf on his tour of Australia and New Zealand. During the Yusuf dates Noxshi explored their love of blues rock and ambiance amid a psychedelic lightshow created for them by Peter Wynne-Wilson, the internationally renowned lighting designer most noted for his work with Pink Floyd. Alongside the Yusuf tour dates, Noxshi also performed a number of carnivalic sideshows in which they exorcised their full blooded heaviness dressed in gas masks, boiler suits and nurses outfits. Noxshi are a fierce live force armed to the teeth with driving rhythms, soaring guitar solos and ethereal voices that deteriorate into synthetic screams. The band spent 2009 performing on the London circuit and in May supported Yusuf, Baaba Maal and U2 at the Shepherds Bush Empire. In October 2009 the band supported Peter Murphy at the Indigo in the O2 arena and in November of that year they supported CKY at the Leadmill in Sheffield. Noxshi are currently working on a filmed live recording which will act as an online gig so that minds the world over can experience the impact of their performance.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Popup
11 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists Popup
event::about About Popup. The current bio story: Popup are from Glasgow. They are Adi, Damian, Michael and Nicholas. Some might say that they've worked up a storm - others might say that Scottish weather is too turbulent to notice. They rehearse in a drafty old tobacco factory near the River Clyde where they sit close together to keep warm. This is how they write their songs - by sitting close together until an idea sneaks in through a crack in the wall. There are many cracks - things break - guitar strings, drumsticks, amplifiers, hearts and tempers, and so Adi, Damian, Michael and Nicholas have nowhere to hide - no option but to be honest. They can only be themselves or be Popup. And so Popup simply sound like popup - like Adi, Damian, Michael and Nicholas from Glasgow, and without a word of a lie. They have played a few hundred shows in the UK, Europe and the USA. Some highlights include sets at T in the Park, Latitude, The Wickerman Festival, The Borderline (London), The Paradiso (Amsterdam), The Knitting Factory (New York) and at SxSW 07 & SxSW 08. They have released three singles and one album on Art/goes/pop records in the UK, and one album on Team Love Records in North America. They have grown closer together and had a good few laughs doing so. -- Notable / Radio / TV: Live Radio Sessions recorded on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 1 Scotland, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Ulster, XFM, KAOS. Live TV Session on BBC 2 Scotland The Music Show Live TV session on STV In Music Playlisted on MTV2 120 Minutes "Lucy, What You Trying To Say?" - XFM Scotland Single of the Year Award 2006, Jim Gellatly "Love Triangle" - Singles of the Year Award 2008, The List "Chinese Burn" - Formula 1 Grand Prix / Pepe Jeans advert sync - 2008. "Lucy, What You Trying To Say?" - BBC 3 sync - Life of Daniel- 2010. Forthcoming events: 2nd album release on Team Love Records, due Summer 2011 in North America/UK. Full supporting tour details TBC.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
King Charles
29 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists King Charles
event::about King Charles performs both solo and with a band. His sound can be alt folk to up-beat psyche-rock with a frequent nod to Africa. The songs contain striking lyrical prose that make them stand out fom the crowd mostly dealing with universal themes such as love and sacrifice without sounding trite. King Charles has been playing for about 3yrs and has recently toured with Mumford & Sons both in the US and UK where he has completed a summer's worth of critically acclaimed festival performances and is regularly selling out shows accross the country. Having just signed a global deal in the US with Universal Republic and in partnership with his UK independent Mi7 Records, King Charles will be adding to his Uk only releases with a new Album due for release in April 2011.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Flipron
10 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists Flipron
event::about FLIPRON With lyrical inventiveness & surreal imagination right at the very core of their songs & with an unmistakably English sound shamelessly veering between technicolor psyche-pop, dark, sleazy confessionals & dusty, moth-eaten drinking ballads, this is the band hailed by musicomh.com as 'the most original band in the UK' Formed originally in rural south-west England, Flipron moved to London with a vague plan to find a label & management. Having found both, they released their debut album Fancy Blues & Rustique Novelties in 2004, which was greeted by the Observer Music Monthly with a glowing 4* review from esteemed music journalist Charles Shaar Murray. Since then they have been steadily fermenting a reputation based around their stunning live performances and a succession of unique and critically acclaimed albums and singles. After re-locating back to Glastonbury, they released their second album, Biscuits For Cerberus, which was AIM CEO Alison Wenham’s Best Record Of 2006 in Music Week. Most recently released was 2008’s Gravity Calling, produced by legendary Damned drummer Rat Scabies, the title track from which had the rare honour of being played twice by Jonathan Ross on his hugely popular Saturday morning BBC Radio 2 show. They have opened for acts as diverse as the Alabama 3, Donovan, Hayseed Dixie & the (English) Beat, been joined onstage by Rat Scabies, & even once appeared as backing band to another punk rock legend, Clash drummer Topper Headon, playing a set as the Topper Headon All Stars. They’ve played gigs in boats, boxing rings & bars; gardens, restaurants & cabarets; cellars, tents & strip shows: theatres, ballrooms & colleges. They've entertained skinheads & hippies, trendy specs media types in New York, truck drivers in Nashville, cider drinkers in Somerset, Holy Grail hunters in the south of France & even the residents of the Abbey Dingle Retirement Home in Llangollen, North Wales, out for a last night on the town. They have played at Glastonbury Festival four years in a row, in 2008 playing a record 6 shows in the one weekend, they’ve played main stages at Beautiful Daze, Secret Garden Party, Bloom, Endorse It In Dorset, 2000 Trees & Shambala, as well as appearances at Bestival, End Of The Road, Lovebox Weekender, Innocent Village Fete, Larmer Tree, Trowbridge Pump Festival, Lewes Folk & Rock, Strawberry Fair & many others. They have also performed at traditional indoor arts festivals such as the Edinburgh Fringe, Concrete & Glass in London, The Times Cheltenham Literary Festival, Brighton Festival, Dorchester Festival, the Bath Fringe & the Llangollen Fringe. They have recorded numerous radio sessions on a variety of UK stations, including Mark Lamarr’s God’s Jukebox on BBC Radio 2, (which Lamarr described as “absolutely fantastic” & featured again in his best sessions of 2009 show) as well as 4 sessions for Tom Robinson’s Evening Sequence on BBC 6music. Radio DJs who have played the band include on BBC Radio 1 Vic Galloway, Huw Stevens & Rob Da Bank, on BBC Radio 2 Jonathan Ross, Mark Lamarr & Alex Lester, on BBC 6music Tom Robinson, Phil Jupitus, Mark Riley, Gideon Coe, Mark Lamarr again, Nemone & Shaun Keaveny. There music has also received radio play in the United States, Japan, Australia & much of Europe. In addition their music has been used by BBC television & radio & Channel Four in programmes & trails. Flipron’s video’s have been broadcast on UK channels MTV2, Q, E4 & others, as well as various film festivals. The cartoon video to their 2006 single Raindrops Keep Falling On The Dead was screened at film festivals such as Cannes International Film Festival in France, Raindance Film Festival in London and SXSW in Texas. Flipron continue to enjoy a fantastic relationship with their beloved indie record label Tiny Dog & have just signed a publishing deal with SGO Music, represented worldwide by Bug Music. Recently they released a brand new single “The Coolest Names in Showbiz“, played numerous festival dates including a ten date residency at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival & toured in the USA. They are currently rehearsing material for a new album & are planning further tours in the UK, USA & Europe.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Pint Shot Riot
10 schedule::attendees
Location
512
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
The Albertans
10 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists The Albertans
event::about The Albertans formed in Vancouver, defects from Alberta, Saskatchewan, the U.S. They met as a collective, and piled into a propane-fueled, converted short bus to tour down to San Diego and back. They toured this way for the next 2 years. Unglamorously, crossing the continent to record in New York, playing shows with bands they didn't know, for people that didn't know them. They traveled 50,000 miles, hopped borders, broke down, slept on the road. In those two years together, The Albertans recorded an EP and full length with Ernest Jenning Records. They played shows at Sled Island, SXSW, and CMJ with bands such as Cuff the Duke, Hard Drugs, and Woods. They were named one of L Magazine's top NYC bands of 2009. This fall, The Albertans have finally found a home back in Vancouver, and are playing shows in BC until March of 2011, when they'll be leaving for North American tour. For now, the band's happy to be back in the mountains and on islands and among oceans.
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
The Forms
17 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists The Forms
event::about "I think musical ideas are almost alive in a way," says Alex Tween, keyboardist and lead singer of The Forms, the New York-based duo. "Some of them, especially the good ones, will simply not go away until they have been sufficiently expressed. They haunt you like ghosts and refuse to leave you alone until they've been fulfilled." On Derealization, their new EP, The Forms have taken some of the most compelling ideas from their previous releases and completely recreated them, enlisting the help of some of their favorite musicians, from The National's Matt Berninger to Shudder To Think's Craig Wedren. The result is an astonishingly original new sound. "It started as an accident," explains Matt Walsh, the multiinstrumentalist and producer who is the other half of The Forms. "We had just received the vinyl of our last record. I was so excited that I dropped the needle down without checking the speed on the turntable, which was set to 45 instead of 33. Immediately, we were blown away at how the songs took on a whole new character at that speed. We spent that afternoon listening to the record at different speeds and made the decision on the spot to do a 'remix album.'" But Derealization turned into something much more ambitious: a transformation of existing compositions into hybridized combinations of new and old. Melodies and lyrics from the bands' two previous records – Icarus and The Forms – provide the basis for the six tracks on Derealization. But the ideas have been pushed farther, distilled to their essence and then fleshed out and augmented with new arrangements, chord progressions and words. It was an intense process of deconstructing and recombining, all of which took place in a new studio in Ridgewood, Queens, which Walsh designed and built himself. The duo recorded Derealization there with producer Scott Solter (Superchunk, St. Vincent). "The sound on this record is much more aestheticized and more fully formed than on our first two records," says Walsh. "We have always been into mystery in music. We always wanted listeners to get into the shape of the music, and let that shape speak to them. But this time, we set about creating a more specific, almost visual world within each song." To help achieve that goal, Tween and Walsh called on a group of high-profile musicians to collaborate on particular tracks, including a string section that features Daniel Hart of St. Vincent and Nat Baldwin of Dirty Projectors. The most dramatic contributions are guest vocals by three singers who re-worked Tween's original vocal lines to fit their own distinctive styles. Matt Berninger of The National sings the opening track, "Fire To The Ground," imbuing the existing melody with a richer, more sonorous tone. Andrew Thiboldeaux of Pattern Is Movement adds layer upon layer of harmony to his lead vocal on "Steady Hand," creating an almost dizzying gospel chorus effect. And "Finally" features a virtuoso vocal performance by Craig Wedren of Shudder To Think, a band The Forms consider a source of musical inspiration. "I had been struggling with that song for months," said Tween. "Craig took it, and within two days he had added these heavenly vocal parts." The Forms are planning a North American tour in support of the new EP, which will be released on February 15th, 2011. In the meantime, they are looking forward to introducing their new sound to long-time fans and new listeners, as well. "I think Derealization includes some of the best ideas that we've had over the years," says Tween. "In the case of pretty much every song, I think we have finally been able to properly fulfill them."
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Takka Takka
45 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists Takka Takka
event::about Takka Takka, a Brooklyn band, gets the guitar-picking patterns on its album Migration (Ernest Jenning) from all over: Minimalism and math-rock, Africa and Indonesia, funk and folk and psychedelia, often over beats that sound like rock anthems burnished smooth by the notes pelting above. The band members sing as if to themselves, murmuring glimpses of catastrophe "You walk around while the city's on fire too. Fight on." and transcendence: "Talk without making a sound. You and universe." Despite some earthbound moments most of the music is rock as meditation, with orderly repetition trying to keep the deepest fears at bay. -- JON PARELES, NY Times
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
PX Band
Location 512
Location 512
eventtype Music
Artists PX Band
event::about Px Band is one of the most popular bands in Estonia. PX music is a kind of mixture of jazz, rock, indie pop, break beat, electroclash, funk. It's a trio: voc/ guitar, keyboards/ keyboards bass, drums. PX live performance is very emotional, catchy and frank action. It's a real rock-and-roll drive... 2010 - The new album "Manka People" is dedicated to all Manka People.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
IAMDYNAMITE
3 schedule::attendees
Location
512
eventtype Music
Artists IAMDYNAMITE
event::about Big things come in small packages for IAMDYNAMITE (Formerly Mahoney) as they come armed with a simple guitar and drum kit, but pack clever harmonies, dancy guitar riffs, fist-pounding drums and undeniable dance hooks to leave an explosive fallout. The Raleigh, NC based duo featuring Chris Martin (“C-Mart”) and Chris Phillips (“C²”) have been cutting their teeth in the indie rock scene of their native Detroit for years but wanted to separate themselves with their own unique brand of music that presents itself as the armed robbery of dance rock. The band caught the eye of their current producer and bass player of platinum rock act Blue October, Matt Noveskey, who produced the band's first EP in 2008 alongside Chuck Alkazian at the world famous Pearl Studios in Detroit. Noveskey fueled the duo with the power and confidence to beat down a few doors and are currently positioning themselves for their ambitious full length debut, to be recorded this fall at the legendary Pedernales studios in Austin, Texas. IAMDYNAMITE's brand of distinct sound is filled with sharp, calculated guitar lines coupled with explosive, driving drum rhythms. If IAMDYNAMITE'S sound held a ruckus of a dinner party, Weezer, The White Stripes and Matt and Kim would all be seated at the table. Even though the band is approaching the industry at blazing speed, the duo is known for their party-like live shows with a huge sound that beckons for fist-pounding, ass-shaking and sweaty high fives. Both Chris's have already filmed a couple of entertaining music videos (“Turn Off The Lights” and “Ms. Jones”) that were Directed by Marty "LAZER" Stano. The videos have won several awards including Make a Star's Best Music Video two times in a row, and second place in the Super Shorts UK Film Festival among others. With a full length release slated for early 2011 full of explosive songs and heavy touring to support it, the future looks very bright for the duo who claim, quite simply...IAMDYNAMITE.
event::tags 21+
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