6:00 PM
to 11:30 PM
The Good, The Bad & The Thirsty: A Kick Off to #SXSWi
79 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Unofficial Party
event::about
Join Eloqua and Bulldog Solutions in the pre-party to the party! Don't want to wait around until the official SXSW Interactive kick off party to start networking, socializing and, of course, drinking? Stop by Club DeVille starting at 6pm and join your fellow #SXSW attendees in the countdown to the kick off. All are welcome!
Website http://clubdeville.com/
8:30 PM
to 12:00 AM
Computer Blip Bleep Bullshit 2
76 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Party, Interactive
event::about
Found Footage Fest and The Onion host a party featuring The Wooden Birds, Black & White Years, best-of found VHS footage, and a midnight showing of the 25th anniversary of the cult classic "Heavy Metal Parking Lot."
1:30 PM
to 2:00 PM
Ali Holder
12 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
2:00 PM
to 2:30 PM
Eagle Eye Williamson
4 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
2:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Ice Cream Man Party in Austin
167 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
1:30pm - Ali Holder 2pm - Eagle Eye Williamson 3pm - Hacienda 4pm - Malajube 5pm - Rich Aucoin 6pm - J. Roddy Walston and the Business 7pm - Screaming Females 8pm - Futurebirds 9pm - White Mystery
event::about
On Tuesday, March 15, we are proud to present our third Ice Cream Man party (the first was waaaay back in 2006, the second in 2009). It’s gonna be all day (1:30pm-ish to 1opm-ish) at Club DeVille, and it will be totally free, with RSVP atdo512.com/icecreamman.
The lineup (subject to change):
- 1:30pm - Ali Holder
- 2pm - Eagle Eye Williamson
- 3pm - Hacienda
- 4pm - Malajube
- 5pm - Rich Aucoin
- 6pm - J. Roddy Walston and the Business
- 7pm - Screaming Females
- 8pm - Futurebirds
- 9pm - White Mystery
And of course, there will be plenty of free ice cream!
Thanks to our sponsors: Roku, LiveFyre, Hurricane Party and Ben & Jerry’s
Company Ice Cream Man
3:00 PM
to 3:30 PM
Hacienda
17 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
4:00 PM
to 4:30 PM
Malajube
32 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
5:00 PM
to 5:30 PM
Rich Aucoin
13 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
6:00 PM
to 6:30 PM
J. Roddy Walston and the Business
36 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
7:00 PM
to 7:30 PM
Screaming Females
49 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
8:00 PM
to 8:30 PM
Futurebirds
23 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
9:00 PM
to 9:30 PM
White Mystery
3 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Erland & The Carnival
19 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists Erland & The Carnival
event::about A Brief History Erland is Erland Cooper, guitarist, singer and former resident of remote Orkney. The Carnival are guitarist Simon Tong (The Verve, Gorillaz, The Good, The Bad, The Queen) and drummer David Nock (Paul McCartney’s The Fireman). Together, as Erland & The Carnival, they make a pastoral, psychedelic sound described by Tong as “Pentangle meets Ennio Morricone meets Love meets 13th Floor Elevators meets Joe Meek.” In other words: folk-tinged, psyched up, fuzzed-out brilliance. Erland grew up on the remote Orkney Islands of Scotland, where passing musicians and troubadours were a common sight. In his early teens, The Verve and Bert Jansch inspired him to swap the fiddle for the guitar. Later, having moved to London, Erland sang at Tong’s What The Folk club night on Portobello Road, where the producer Youth introduced him to the former Verve member. “It wasn’t a regular folk night where people are quiet and stroke their chin,” says Tong. “It was a more raucous affair where the acts – as many as 15 a night – had to quieten a noisy baying audience by being good. Erland definitely got people to shut up and listen.” Resolving to form a band, Nock, Tong and Cooper took their name from Jackson C Frank’s My Name Is Carnival, a cover of which appears on the EP. The band’s progression since has been fairly unorthodox: they’ve played gigs at miniature railway stations and their debut EP was individually re-recorded for each of its limited run, meaning no two copies are the same. All the while, they’ve been developing that bewitching sound. “The Carnival sound developed dramatically over a year of playing and demo-ing,” says Tong. “Originally we were more acoustic but gradually have got darker and more electric and psychedelic. There is a 1930’s book called The Circus of Dr Lao where a wild, fantastical travelling circus comes to a fictional small American mid west town causing social chaos and upsetting the usual way of life of the towns inhabitants, then eventually it leaves and moves on with the town in tatters. I see that as a good metaphor for us as a band to aim for.”
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Porcelain Raft
41 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists Porcelain Raft
event::about Porcelain Raft is the nom de plume of one Mauro Remiddi, Rome native, music/video mastermind and purveyor of some of the most exquisite, haunting and heartbreaking love songs you’re likely to hear in a good long while. Unsurprisingly, for someone who started off in music scoring short films, the world of Porcelain Raft traverses deeply evocative and emotive terrain, gorgeously redolent of moments lingering just on the fraying edges of time and memory.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
The Vaccines
243 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
White Denim
199 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Cheeseburger
23 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Davila 666
36 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
OFF!
138 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists OFF!
event::about The individual roots established by Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), and Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt) are uniquely woven throughout the rock music canon. Each has challenged society's cyclical and complacent ideals in their own respective bands, and three decades on they've never strayed from their intentions. Now they come together as a four-piece called OFF! and they're as confrontational as ever, lunging inside the aesthetic of West Coast hardcore to push life's most provocative issues to the forefront. The pinch-hitting First Four EPs box set marks their explosive approach for a total of 16 songs in just under 18 minutes.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
The Black Lips
324 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists The Black Lips
event::about 200 Million Thousand What do you do when your sixteen and in deep shit? You're looking out at the world from the strip-mall and the detention hall, from the basement and the cul-de-sac and it just looks like there is a wall around you. Everybody tells you and your friends that you're going nowhere, that your lives are already ruined. What the fuck do you do? You hang around and smash stuff and get high and try to be a bad-ass, that's what you do. You steal and drink and smash up the car your mom gave you and pull your pee-pee out in public. You work at sandwich shops and fast-food joints and try to screw private school girls because they think your tough and the girls at your school think your gay because you pretended to give your friend a blowjob at the junior prom. You fuck it all up as ugly and as dirty as you can because, why the fuck not? Your parents and teachers and sandwich-shop supervisors look at you and think, "What happened to the kid? He has all the advantages in the world and he has chucked it all in the shitter. Doesn't he believe in the inherent goodness of our enlightened society? Doesn't he believe in any thing at all?" It is this question, the question of belief, nay, the question of faith, that is the crux of the matter. It is this question that was asked of the Black Lips. And the Black Lips have answered it. They have answered it in their songs and in their actions. They have answered it for every shit-assed, burned-out brat that staggers out of the suburbs. They have answered it resoundingly and continue to answer it. "Where is their answer?" you may ask. Do those psychedelic swamp guitar drones bear witness to a faith of some kind? Does the quasi-violent sexual comedy of their stage show underscore a deeply held belief system? Does their commingling of Deep South, big-tent revival rhetoric with hoary-throated, drug-haze mumble truly mean anything, to them or to anyone else? You bet your ass it means something to them. How would they have persevered through all the drudgery and threats of doom if it didn't mean a goddamn thing to them? Their adversaries have been formidable and numerous, and they have bested them all. Why, even in their earliest days, death itself reared its ugly head to attempt to halt their progress, and was dismissed directly. How, without faith, could the Black Lips have carried their message forth into the four corners of the earth? And so, on the eve of the release of their fifth album, the faith abides stronger than ever. A host of influences have passed through their gullet and provided the sustenance to keep their faith alive. The dusts of a southern back road and the big-city gutter puke crackle in the grooves of this record as it did in the previous ones. The shouts and moans and static continue to bear witness. "But faith in what?" the fathers, mayors and captains of industry might continue to ask. Well, if you've never been one of those shit-assed brats looking out into a world you were already excluded from, a world that sickened you, but for which there was no alternative, then you may not understand. But, through the eyes of one whom, like them, was a go-nowhere from the get-go, the Black Lips represent the faith that it takes to reject that world of sterile, futile, servile, silliness and forge your own world based on bravery and bad-ass-ness. They have carried to fruition the plan that has been hatched, and will continue to be hatched in the minds of dizzy, dumb and desperate youth the world over. Now they carry their message of faith to the world. FEAR NOT! BE BRAVE AND TAKE HEART! THE WORLD IS YOURS IF YOU ACCEPT THE POWER OF FAITH!!! (As I record these words a purple and orange fog engulfs the bay below me. The gin gimlets glide down my throat and I ponder the freedom that I, myself, have wrenched from the 'enlightened society' that once oppressed me. It is good and right that we should live free. I know this, the Black Lips know this, and the gulls in the bay below know this. Take this knowledge and go in faith.) Baby Gusty Accra, Ghana December, 2008
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Special Guest
31 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Dom
127 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists Dom
event::about While many bands suffer with identity crises, Worcester, Massachusetts four-piece Dom has their priorities straight. "We want to be the Madonna of garage rock," proclaims Dominic, the 22-year-old mastermind behind the buzzed-about twisted-pop rockers, who slammed into music world consciousness like a tidal wave. If it seems like Dom just came out of nowhere, that is because they did. In December 2009, Dominic (who goes by Dom, and will not reveal his last name, due to "owing people lots of money") met drummer Bobby in a Massachusetts boarding house. The two sought out to make Dom an "electronic sci-trance project" but after writing the song "Jesus," the band took a more surfy-psych, fuzz-pop sound. Later, they connected with bassist / guitarist Erik and shred head Cosmo, and the finished project sounded more like a jangle pop mixtape left on your dashboard on hot summer day. With warped vocals, fuzzy low-fi distortion, and broken Casio keyboard lines, Dom filters a DIY aesthetic through the upbeat, sunny rhythms of pop music. There's a MacGyverized style to Dom's buzzed-about debut EP Sun Bronzed Greek Gods, the seven songs feel like they're held together by sonic duct tape. At any minute they could break apart. But they don't. These tracks recorded in Erik's bedroom—on a pink paisley guitar, a Casio and Fruity Loops—are solid, edgy and irresistibly fun. "We like to get gnarly, but that doesn't mean we're a joke," Dom says. By March they were playing frenzied basement shows on the East Coast, and by April Dom was featured as a rising band on tastemaking music site, Pitchfork. Then the buzzing began. Yet, inside the breezy pop of Dom, is Dom, the man, whose personal history is decidedly less carefree. He doesn't want you to dwell on his past, but to understand Dom today, you have to excavate the skeletons hidden deep in Dom's closet. After all, pop music is escapism; it's a drug, a candy-coated antidote to pain. Unfortunately for Dom, pain has followed him like a shadow through life. When Dom was 8 years old, his mother gave him up for adoption. At an age where he was all-too conscious, Dom was devastated by this breach of trust and schism from his family. His siblings stayed with his mom, he was the only one to go. Unanswered questions reverberated in the back of Dom's brain: Why him? What made Dom so different? Like so many children in foster homes, Dom bounced from family to family, searching for permanent place to call home. Acclimating to these temporary families was impossible, and when Dom was 14 he was locked up for a few months and became subsumed in the cycle of within America's ailing juvenile justice system. Dislocated in life, he found a home in music. "When I was a kid my mom listened to Roy Orbison, and I remember wanting to be him. I was told I couldn't be him. So later I had this dream that if I could be him someday, I would be somebody, and maybe my mom could see that," Dom says. Dom's personal troubles add a caustic irony to the feel good lyrics on Sun Bronzed Greek Gods. "It's so sexy/ to be living in America" he sings on "Living in America." On "Burn Bridges," he explains, "Burn your bridges / make yourself an island / Just forgive 'em and forget 'em." On Dom's island, music is the cure. It's the reason to pick up those broken pieces of your life and move on. Dom says forget that baggage, fuck the past, and rock for now. "I'm gonna live how I want to/ This is okay/ I've been living for today." – Dom.
event::tags 21+
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Rhapsody Rocks Austin 2011
210 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Unofficial Party
event::about
Performances by Deerhunter, Glasser, Small Black, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Ty Segall and DJ $mall ¢hange (dj set). Complimentary drinks provided by Jeremiah Weed Roadhouse Tea and Red Stripe Light. This show is 21 and over only. Your RSVP is good for you plus one guest. RSVP does not guarantee admission as it is subject to venue capacity.
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
1,2,3
28 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
event::about Hailing from the steel city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1, 2, 3 consists of long time friends Nic Snyder and Josh Sickels. Originally started as a side project from the The Takeover UK, Snyder found himself increasingly drawn to 1, 2, 3 and the freedom it gave him to express his own musical ambitions. In May 2010, having only been together for a few months, 1, 2, 3 released their first UK single, ‘Going Away Party’, on hot tastemaker label Chess Club. Surrounding the release, the band played their first live UK shows, including The Great Escape festival in Brighton, plus an amazing Club NME performance at Koko in London. The limited edition 7” combines Safe as Milk-era Captain Beefheart guitars, Dr. John style freaked-out tingling percussion and Snyder’s night-crawler vocals, while the B-side, ‘Feeling Holy’, is no less arresting: a sci-fi lullaby that comes over like a stoned Mercury Rev and shows a softer side to Snyder’s voice over sepia tinged guitars, looped vocals and woozy synths.
Snyder grew up inspired by a steady diet of Mercury-era Rod Stewart, Neil Young, Bacharach and his all-time favourite, Roy Orbison, but he was lured into writing his own music by his father. A collector of punk 7’s back in the seventies, his dad was also a piano player in Pittsburgh’s monolithic Iron City Houserockers, probably the biggest band to come out of the Three Rivers area in the 1970/80's. Surrounded by photos of his dad on stage with Springsteen and B.B. King, Snyder was inevitably influenced by Blues and Motown as well. Drummer, Sickels, who himself has a diverse musical palette, has been playing with Snyder for over a decade. Josh confirms, “Nic listens to literally everything and I think you can hear that in our songs.” Being able to explore new musical directions without any existing boundaries has allowed the duo to experiment and create a handful of songs that are all remarkably different, yet complimentary to each other - the common thread being Snyder’s defiant, soulful vocals and a yearning nostalgia. Since November 2010, 1,2,3 has signed with Frenchkiss Records, released a second Chess Club UK single (“Little Cure” b/w “Big Beige”) and recorded their debut album New Heaven with Nicolas Vernhes (Bjork, Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective). The band will hit the road in February and March, including a number of showcases confirmed for SXSW. New Heaven is scheduled for release late Spring / early Summer 2011. Web: http://www.myspace.com/1comma2comma3
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Still Corners
28 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists Still Corners
event::about Listening to Still Corners' music, you could be forgiven for imagining them as quiet, serious types. Their songs are eerie and tremulous, like echoing caverns of sound, and yet also delicately precious, a combination that demands conscientious craftsmanship. Live, their music "rocks more", as one of the band puts it, and, coupled with the video projections, consistently casts spells on audiences. On stage, though, the band remain fairly static - focused, it seems, on the task at hand. Far from the outlook of introspective dullards, though, The Quietus find the three members of the five-piece we speak to - vocalist Tessa Murray, guitarist Leon Dufficy and principal songwriter Greg Hughes - to be warmly open, brimming with humour and playfulness. There's a remarkable, almost telepathic bond between them  a bond that they're willing to let you in on, like an old friend. In the last few months, Still Corners have put out two singles, 'Endless Summer' and 'Don't Fall In Love', as well as recently releasing a cover of 'Eyes' by Rogue Wave, all of which has begun to earn them some much-deserved attention. The band are due to make their US debut in March, including a headline show at Glasslands in Brooklyn, the SXSW festival, and a US tour with band The Papercuts. Taken from the Quietus - 2010
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Gram Rabbit
15 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists Gram Rabbit
event::about Gram Rabbit is a rock band based in Joshua Tree, California. The group consists of vocalist/keyboardist/bassist/guitarist Jesika von Rabbit, guitarist/bassist/programmer/vocalist Todd Rutherford, drummer Hayden Scott and guitarist/producer Ethan Allen. Their musical style has been described as an amalgamation of psych-rock and electropop. Their highly anticipated fourth record, Miracles & Metaphors, is now complete and plans for a spring release are underway.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Candy Golde
12 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists Candy Golde
event::about The Candy Golde line-up, down to the mastering and cover art, reads something like a cross between a Warhol Factory party and the sonic alternative music boom of the 90s with a generous serving of in your face rock 'n roll. It’s no wonder, given this lineage of top drawer artists, Candy Golde could be described as the best and baddest of musical collaborations Chicago has to offer. The men of Candy Golde are Nicholas Tremulis, Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) John Stiratt (Wilco) and Rick Rizzo (11th Dream Day), between them accumulating over 100 years of rock 'n roll history. The 5-song EP was mastered by Ivan Julian of Richard Hell and the Voidoids. The EP contains four originals and a cover of Paul Simon’s “Boy in the Bubble”, issued for limited edition 10” vinyl and download on Ten O Nine Records. The dark, authorative painting gracing the cover by renowned modern artist Wesley Kimler, hand-picked by Tremulis, Stirratt and Rizzo, all good friends with the painter. Together they deliver a seamless fusion of the best of what they bring to their bands. You get an idea of what’s coming the instant you hear the armageddon dance crazed opener, “The Hold Steady”. Carlos' pounding in the raucous swagger of “Boy in the Bubble, where you fully expect to see Captain Jack Sparrow leading the pirate brigade; the incandescent pop wonder that is “Trouble’s Coming Down”. Tremulis is the seasoned troubador, his lyrics, playing bursting with stories of the streets and soul who recently wrapped up co-writing a tune with long time friend Alejandro Escovedo for his current album. Nick’s hero Rick Danko contributed vocals for Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra’s “In Search Of Woodfoot” followed by NTO gigging with him during Danko's final days. In his 25+ years performing, Tremulis has shared the stage and studio with Keith Richards, Billy Corgan, Marianne Faithful, Mavis Staples, Ronnie Spector, Jeff Tweedy, Los Lobos, The Neville Brothers, Steve Earle, Bonnie Raitt, Ian Hunter, David Johansen and more. Carlos’ unmistakable robust, solid drumming provides the backbone. 35 years with the euphoric pop that is Cheap Trick, Candy Golde isn’t Carlos’ first time at the rodeo. He busies himself regularly with a myriad of projects from marching bands to the recent Tinted Windows, which featured Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), James Iha (of Smashing Pumpkins) and Taylor Hanson. He also guested at the smash Waltz charity concert series put on by Tremulis, backing up Jeff Tweedy and Gary Louris (Jayhawks). As Nick and the fellas point out, "he keeps time like a motherf**cker.' Stirratt weaves his bass into the sound with the dexterity of a needle and thread. Clocking 15 years with Wilco, he is the only founding member, alongside Jeff Tweedy, to contribute to all the band’s releases which have garnered 6 Grammy nominations in 4 different categories, and a Best Alternative win for A Ghost is Born in 2005. Stirratt, who also guested on a Waltz concert, spreads the sweet pop around in his other band, Autumn Defense (with fellow native New Orleansian/Wilco member Pat Sansone) and in recordings with his sister Laurie Stirratt. Rizzo, co-lead singer of Candy Golde along with Tremulis, is known for his signature dazzling notes and moves. Those moves in 11th Dream Day's second effort “Prairie School Freakout” - a wonderous fury of rock - solidified the band’s mission as super-distorted Crazy Horse disciples with an abundance of post-adolescent zeal. It is universally agreed upon by critics and fans alike that 11th Dream Day easily can be afforded the same esteem reserved for seminal bands such as Sonic Youth, the Replacements, Dinosaur, Jr. Rizzo delivers that and more with the shared Chicago home flavor of his Candy Golde bandmates.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
PS I Love You
104 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists PS I Love You
event::about Kingston, Ontario’s quick-rising duo, PS I Love You, unleashed their brilliant debut album on October 5th, 2010 on Paper Bag Records. The ten-track album titled, Meet Me At The Muster Station, is a relentless listen that grips and pulls the listener through just under thirty-minutes of squalling Marshall feedback, searing solos, soaring melodies and rock-steady beats and will surely be considered one of this year’s finest debuts. PS I Love You have been extremely busy over the past couple of years having already released two acclaimed 7″ singles. The first was a split 7″ with friend Diamond Rings in August of 2009. Earlier this year, the band released a 7″ for ‘Starfield’ before wowing audiences at their Canadian Music Week and NXNE showcases. Recently, the band has shared the stage with the hottest indie acts including label-mates Born Ruffians as well as Japandroids and Wavves. PS I Love You was originally the solo project for multi-instrumentalist Paul Saulnier who has performed in everything from a country-rock band to an improvised noise duo. PS I Love You was intended to be his experimental, pop music outlet using guitar looping pedals, keyboards with some gadgets and gimmicks. The addition of Benjamin Nelson on drums suddenly transformed PS I Love You’s little songs into mini, soaring rock anthems.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Men Without Hats
115 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Sean Nicholas Savage
13 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists Sean Nicholas Savage
event::about Sean Nicholas Savage has received wide-spread Canadian collage radio play, with every release remaining for weeks as number one in major Canadian cities. Savage lithely writes accessible pop hooks, while his lyrics reveal a complex inner mental-life where child-like fantasies are uncomfortably married with dark, mature longings. He continues the tradition of eccentric, charming pop music as pioneered by David Bowie, Bee Gees, and Arthur Russel. Savage's straightforward approach to classic pop sanctions a transparency to his songwriting, which grants his music a refreshing brilliance.
event::tags 21+
8:00 PM
to 2:00 AM
Pop Montreal Night Showcase
134 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
20h Sean Nicholas Savage
21h Grimes
22h Colin Stetson
23h BRAIDS
24h Pat Jordache
1h Gobble Gobble
event::about
A life-altering experience.
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Grimes
71 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists !!!
event::about Grimes is weird pop influenced by styles such as R&B, Industrial, goth, hip hop and Western medieval organum. She is noted for simple but strong percussion, vocal virtuosity, and addictive melodies. Despite having little acquaintance with music before the age of 18, Grimes (born 1988) has overcome this barrier and used it to her advantage, exploding onto the music scene with a sound that is that is far different from that of her peers, and extremely broad in it's references (Mariah Carey, Salem, Cocteau Twins, Gang Gang Dance, The Smiths, Prince). And yet, while all Grimes songs are different and genre-bending, there is a strong sound that is fully her own, characterized primarily by her chameleon-like voice. She cannot read music and has no understanding of theory or notation, so her attempts to imitate often fail. Rather, the result is particularly unique, strangely beautiful, sometimes scary, frequently melancholic and catchy as hell.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Colin Stetson
40 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists Colin Stetson
event::about Colin Stetson was born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI and earned a degree in music from his hometown school, the University of Michigan, in 1997. Six years in San Francisco followed, then another four in Brooklyn, NY. Over this time, he developed his unique solo voice on saxophones and clarinets, culminating in the release of the album New History Warfare Vol. 1″ on Agoo Records in 2008. Stetson now resides in Montreal, QC, and performs regularly on assorted saxohones, clarinets, cornet, french horn and flute. His latest solo record New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges' will be released Feb. 22, 2011 on Constellation. Aside from his work as a soloist, Stetson has brought his talents to the stage and studio with dozens of artists over the past decade, including Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, TV on the Radio, Feist, Bon Iver, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, David Byrne, Jolie Holland, Sinead O'Connor, LCD Soundsystem, The National, Angelique Kidjo, and Anthony Braxton. Colin is a regular member of the bands Sway Machinery and Bell Orchestre and will be a touring member of Bon Iver in support of their new record in 2011, on which he also appears.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Braids
195 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists Braids
event::about Braids was formed by four best friends in their last year of high school. Convincing one another to skip university, they stayed in the garage all year and practiced obsessively, even while their fingers froze during the cold prairie winters in Calgary, Alberta. Then the band –still in their teens– took the bold step of moving across the country together to Montreal, where they began crafting what would become their debut album Native Speaker. The band’s music reflects an extraordinary, deep-seated maturity originating from time spent playing and growing together in their formative years. With an unusually collaborative dynamic, the bond between the four friends (drummer/vocalist Austin Tufts, guitarist/vocalist Raphaelle Standell-Preston, multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Taylor Smith and keyboardist/vocalist Katie Lee) remains as impermeable – and remarkable – as ever.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
pat JORDACHE
7 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
eventtype Music
Artists pat JORDACHE
event::about "how about I drive", he said. pat locked the doors from the backseat and pulled his brim all the way down. massive pounding of blood in his ears were really seeds of phone exchange and a conference loop. karn took sticks and rattled the cages of every central office in the upper western plane, trying to find the source of the disruption. pulling fuses and cracking the whip to his own desire, a veritable child of bugs potter and kevin mitnick. winROR culled the fat and quelled the beast, crying into a gsm phone with passion and vigour about integrity and sympathy. he then used the phone as a slide and slid out of sight, conjuring gulls from the tall grass to inspect the damage.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Gobble Gobble
47 schedule::attendees
Location
Club de Ville
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