8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
The ThoughtCriminals
15 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists The ThoughtCriminals
event::about Somewhere at the intersection of indie hip hop, rock and nerdcore culture you will find Charlotte's premiere live hip hop band, The ThoughtCriminals. Having opened for indie stalwarts Mr. Dibbs, Ceschi, Astronautalis and Bleubird their indie hip hop credibility is firmly intact - yet they also feel comfortable effortlessly blazing stages with nerdcore heroes MC Frontalot, Random (AKA Mega Ran) and Dual Core. Their lead MC, Mikal kHill, often uses an 8-bit NES system in live performances, and has also been credited with contributions on Sage Francis' live album, "Road Tested". Never content with stagnation, they've also shared the stage wth Prayers for Atheists, an activist punk band, as well as many other local and national bands of wildly varying genres. Inspired by everything from George Orwell and Public Enemy to 8-bit video game soundtracks and Elliott Smith, The ThoughtCriminals provide a wide musical landscape through which to journey on their current EP "Still Standing". Featuring tracks that range from contemporary hip hip to nerdcore, with an emphasis on melody and hard drums, "Still Standing" is a must-have for anyone with an eye towards creative music with no boundaries.
event::tags 21+
8:30 PM
to 9:30 PM
Dual Core
16 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Dual Core
event::about Brought together by the power of the internet (and perhaps a touch of musical providence), Cincinnati-based computer programmer int eighty and Manchester-area graphic designer c64 have been rocking the more studious side of the hip-hop underground since 2007. Their debut release Zero One – featuring Counter-Strike anthem “Hostage Down” and club banger “Give Me Wings” – was summarily embraced by the tech set as a welcome shift in the contemporary hip-hop paradigm. It’s somehow only fitting that it wasn’t until after the success of this musical social experiment that the members of Dual Core finally met face-to-face, further cementing both their unique friendship and the strength of their artistic collaboration. The group’s follow-up, the Super Powers mixtape, combined eighty’s skillful storytelling and 64′s frenetic beats with additional contributions from nerdcore heavy-hitters YTCracker, ZeaLouS1, Beefy and MC Wreckshin, and precipitated a veritable flurry of major concert opportunities. In the aftermath of Super Powers, Dual Core became the first nerdcore group to play both the main stages at Las Vegas’s DEFCON, the world’s largest hacker convention, and the CCC Camp hacker conference in Germany. The crush of gigs and the rabid response of new fans led to quick sell-outs of both albums. Thankfully, in 2008 Dual Core released their second full-length Lost Reality – boasting hacker love song “My GF Is…” and blistering posse cut “Fantastic Four” – at Notacon in Cleveland, Ohio. The duo continued to support the artistic triumph that was Lost Reality by gigging coast-to-coast at hacker conventions, technology conferences and even Orlando’s Nerdapalooza, the world’s only festival dedicated solely to the music of geeks and technophiles. By the release of 2009′s epic follow-up Next Level, these venues, as well as media outlets like Wired.com and internet television network Revision3, had become old haunts to the duo and their unique sound. With this fourth release, a collection of musings about the joys of music, the banality of the daily grind and the miracles of modern technology, Dual Core continue to exhibit the kind of artistic growth that is the very bedrock of all quality music. With sharper production and more cleverly calculated flows, it is a fitting soundtrack to the 21st century. In a world where the underground cultures of hip-hop and computer tech have leapt stylistic and scholarly boundaries to become the accepted parlance, their amalgamation is nothing short of expected. Yet somehow, Dual Core is scarcely what one would call predictable.
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Mega Ran and K-Murdock
17 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Mega Ran and K-Murdock
event::about Random, aka Mega Ran. Teacher, Rapper, Hero. Random manages the unthinkable by dazzling retro gamers while garnering respect from Hip-Hop's harshest critics. Random's unique "Mega Ran" persona was born in 2007 when he was approached by representatives at Capcom and offered an exclusive partnership agreement. Random has placed music in video games, television programming, and even college coursework. By day, he is a middle school English teacher in Phoenix, AZ. K-Murdock is a music producer and radio show host from Washington, DC. His primary group, Panacea, remains one of the most critically acclaimed underground hip-hop acts of this decade. K is known for adding lush soundscapes that have gone on to redefine progressive hip-hop and soul music. He ran the longest running hip-hop show on XM satellite radio, SubSoniq, and has mixed, mastered and produced for some of today's best major and indie talent. Ran and K linked over a shared love for video games and hip-hop, and released the landmark album "Forever Famicom" in 2010, and just wrapped up their first full tour, "The Bits and Rhymes Tour."
event::tags 21+
9:30 PM
to 10:30 PM
Wordburglar
18 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Wordburglar
event::about Wordburglar breezes over banging beats and soulful medleys with an emphasis on wordplay, humor and good times. Influenced heavily by Hip-hop's golden era of creative, braggadocious MCs, his unique approach to music is a combination of classic Boom-Bap rap, stand-up comedy and slam poetry. A seasoned crowd pleaser and mic-wrecker, Wordburglar was listed as Earshot’s #3 most played Hip-Hop Artist on Canadian College radio, has won a CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award for Best Lyrics and was nominated for a Canadian Music Week Indie Award for Best Urban Artist and made URB Magazine’s NEXT 1000 and NEXT 100. Wordburglar was also chosen as one of Stealth Magazine’s (Australia’s #1 Rap Magazine) STEALTH SEVEN. On top of enjoying daily traffic from thousands of fans on MySpace and charting on international radio Wordburglar has been a featured artist online on HiphopCanada, NewMusicCanada, CBCRadio3, ChartAttack, PulseRadio, FirmMag,TheCoast, TheAwfulShow, CDBaby, UGSMag, HeroHill and countless other sites in and outside of Canada. After amazing live performances at the East Coast Music Awards, Canadian Music Week and North By Northeast, Wordburglar has spent the last two years writing new music, playing gigs and touring across Canada and parts of the United States. He currently has VideoFact funded videos which have been featured on Muchmusic & online for the hit underground singles “Cream of Wheat” & “The Route”, as well as the animated video "The Wordburglar” which was featured alongside videos by Rap All-Stars Guru, Atmosphere and the Living Legends on the Internationally released Preserving Efforts #1 DVD. He also appeared in Rhythmicru's underground possecut video "We Have Come for Your Children" which was featured heavily on MuchVibe. On top of that Wordburglar has been caught making appearances on numerous compilations and guest-spots and even a comic book or two. His latest release on Urbnet Records "BURGIE'S BASEMENT", a follow up to the critically acclaimed "BURGLARITIS" features new singles, remixes, B-sides and rarities and features production from Burg's main collaborators Beatmason, Fresh Kils & Young Fes as well as fellow Backburner Crew members Toolshed, Ghettosocks, More Or Les, Thesis Sahib, Jesse Dangerously and more. His next album “3rdburglar” will be released in 2011. For more information please visit www.wordburglar.com
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Ghettosocks
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Ghettosocks
event::about Ghettosocks (or just Socks) is a Hip Hop Producer and MC born in Ottawa and living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. After producing two demos Ghettosocks released his debut LP, 'Get Some Friends' (GSF) in November of 2006. GSF debuted at #1 on both Chartattack and !Earshot college radio charts for 2007. The single 'Step to a T-Rex' was nominated for an East Coast Music Award. In 2007, he released his follow-up, 'I Can Make Your Dog Famous' Mixtape (ICMYDFM), with DJ Jorun Bombay. ICMYDF charted well on campus radio and was also awarded a Nova Scotia Music Award for Hip Hop Recording of the Year. Socks’ latest and best work to date is entitled 'Treat of the Day' (TOTD). TOTD boasts 16 brand-new, high-cholesterol songs, featuring guest appearances from El da Sensei, Pumpkinhead, Edgar Allen Floe, Cesar Comanche, D-Sisive, Muneshine, Apt, and Timbuktu. TOTD hit #1 for hip hop on !Earshot college radio charts almost immediately, and ranked at #36 in the Top 200 overall for January 2010. Socks’ videos appear regularly on MuchMusic, Canada’s #1 music TV station. Since his debut on J-Bru’s “Help I've Been Robbed!” Socks has appeared in rotation in videos such as Rhythmicru’s “We Have Come for you Children”, and for his songs “Step to a T-Rex”, “Don’t Turn Around featuring Edgar Allen Floe”, and his most recent hit “Out For Treats”. Ghettosocks has been touring extensively since around 2006. Since then, he's been across Canada, to parts of the U.S., Europe (including U.K., Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary), and most recently Japan.
event::tags 21+
10:30 PM
to 11:30 PM
Timbuktu
13 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Timbuktu
event::about Toronto Ontario's unassuming crown prince of raucous debauchery has been unleashing rhymes, cranking beats & rocking shows for 13 years. As part of the London based mic-smashing crew Toolshed, Timbuktu has contributed lyrics and production to countless albums, collaborations and possecuts and now he's finally ready to shatter society as we know it with his solo-debut “Stranger Danger”. From collaborating with his rap family as part of Canada's Backburner Collective to touring with Hip-Hop legend El Da Sensei and appearing in the hit videos “Pop And Chips” & “Ballz In Yo Stomach” Timbuktu has been grinding hard and “Stranger Danger” is the perfect introduction to catapult 'Buktu into the ears and minds of music fans everywhere.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Jesse Dangerously
10 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Jesse Dangerously
event::about Jesse D grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada, loving rap more than anything. Having been turned on to the lighter side of it in 1989, delving into the hardcore in the early 90s, and assiduously studying the independent rap revolution of the late 90s, he developed his own style, ethics and swagger with a distinctly Haligonian hip-hop identity. He put out his first solo tape, BREAK, in 1997 and has since released four CDs of material, frequently collaborating with other members of the Backburner crew. He's toured across Canada and into the USA, sold music across the world and won the occasional award here and there for being awesome. He will be the first, and perhaps the last, to tell you that he is a Genuine Independent Rap Legend (G.I.R.L.)! You don't have to believe it, but what's the worst that could happen if you do? He'll be showing up to SXSW with the first copies of his sixth album, "Humble & Brilliant." The first run will be available only as vinyl or as handmade chapbook, both accompanied by complementary MP3 download. The album's entirely self-produced from painstakingly layered samples of old vinyl, except for one ukulele driven spiritual number about killing God once and for all, and not being sorry, either. Personal and political themes pop out like beads of sweat on a brow of charming and clever raps about being charming and clever for the duration of the album's first side/movement, and then the polarity reverses, and the witty, unpredictable pop culture whirlwind becomes punctuation for heavier material. It's a really fun, devastating, thought-provoking, feminist and approachable rap record and all of those adjectives also apply to Jesse himself, whom you will love a million times a million times.
event::tags 21+
11:30 PM
to 12:30 AM
More Or Les
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists More Or Les
event::about With two critically-acclaimed albums, North American and European touring under his belt, and a feature on the latest album of UK Hip Hop band The Herbaliser, MC, Producer and DJ More Or Les is a Hip Hop triple threat. Building on the success of his hilarious ode to Middle School Rap with the music video single Pop N Chips - featuring Fresh Kils, Ghettosocks and Timbuktu and screened on MuchMusic and YouTube – More Or Les is releasing his 3rd full-length project "Brunch With A Vengeance" on fuzzy logic recordings. Album features include Canadian Artists and Producers Mantis, Peter Project, Stacey Kaniuk, Latté D. Kyd, and the return of UK Hip Hop band The Herbaliser. More Or Les’ over a decade-long performance career includes such highlights as 2010 and '09 SxSW showcases, 2008 Halifax Pop Explosion, Pop Montréal Festival in ’10, ’08 and ’07, ManifesTO Cultural Arts Festival, 2008 Under Pressure Festival, the Luminato Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Wavelength’s 7th Anniversary, Canadian appearances on the Vans Warped Tour, opening for Eyedea & Abilities, a tour of Eastern Canada with the Wordburglar, appearances at The Second City, Style In Progress, a trip to each coast with the Perpetual Motion Roadshow, many local clubs around Toronto, Government of Canada Pavilions at the 2003 World Cycling Championships and the Canadian National Exhibition, as well as busking on the streets. Music releases for More Or Les include his debut and sophomore albums I only stop for the Red Ants and The Truth About Rap respectively, 2009’s collaboration with TO Producer Fresh Kils The Les-Kils EP, and appearances on the latest release of The Herbaliser. Appearing on their 2008 album "Same As It Never Was", More or Les connected with the group over three shows (Toronto, Ottawa & Montreal) on their 2005 Canadian tour, a week-long gig in London, UK in November 05 and European & Canadian tours in 2006 and 2008. With "crates steeped deep in hip hop history," Les is a DJ/co-host at the monthly Toronto Hip Hop showcase 5 Dollar Rap Show with the Wordburglar, host at Toronto's monthly classic Hip Hop celebration, Never Forgive Action and co-host/DJ of the media-attention-grabbing Hip Hop Karaoke. He was also the resident DJ at Toronto's most influential underground hip hop showcase, In Divine Style, which ran weekly from 2001-2006
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Schaffer the Darklord
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Schaffer the Darklord
event::about Schaffer the Darklord (or STD) is a New York City-based rapper and comedian with material best-suited for brainy and/or drug-addled audiences. With manic energy, verbose vocabulary and cartoonishly commanding stage presence, STD skewers such topics as religious zombies, sci-fi sex fantasies, grammar snobbery and obsessive cat-enthusiasts. Imagine a Frankenstein-esque monster assembled from equal parts Bill Hicks, Eminem, Prince, Ozzy Osbourne and Darth Vader, stitched together inside the shell of a maniacal heavy metal ex-patriot. STD has released three full-length albums and toured the country with mc chris, MC Frontalot and MC Lars. When he's not on the road, he guest hosts countless burlesque events. He also co-produces and co-hosts his own nerdy, themed production, EPIC WIN Burlesque. You are advised to witness his damned act before his hedonistic rock-n-roll lifestyle destroys him.
event::tags 21+
12:30 AM
to 1:30 AM
MC Frontalot
45 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists MC Frontalot
event::about Brooklyn rapper MC Frontalot is the progenitor of nerdcore hip-hop and still its final boss. He is the subject of Nerdcore Rising, a feature doc that premiered at SXSW in 2008. His fifth full-length album, 'Solved,' is due this August. He headlines the official SXSW Nerdcore Showcase for the third time in 2011.
event::tags 21+
1:15 AM
to 2:15 AM
YTCracker
11 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Lazerbeak & Paper Tiger
26 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
8:45 PM
to 9:45 PM
Four Fists (P.O.S & Astronautilus)
60 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
9:30 PM
to 10:30 PM
Mike Mictlan
13 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
10:15 PM
to 11:15 PM
Cecil Otter
17 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Dessa
47 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Dessa
event::about Dessa is an essayist, a rapper, and a proud member of Doomtree, Minneapolis' ascendant hip-hop collective. Her most recent album, A Badly Broken Code, was enthusiastically received by NPR, the Chicago Tribune, and URB. After her last North American tour, the Utne Reader called her “a one-woman powerhouse.” Dessa’s first book was published on Doomtree Press under the title Spiral Bound. The slim volume of poetry and essays was received as a “dazzling literary debut” by City Pages. Candid, but not confessional, Dessa manages to extract moments of profundity from the most mundane circumstances, and offers full access to the workings of her active mind. In her lyrics and her writing, Dessa’s style is defined by precision—the exactness with which she crafts her characters and her metaphors. She often alternates between wry narrator and tender protagonist. She exercises her wit without forfeiting her sympathies or her earnestness. She’s an artist with a dark, fertile imagination, an agile sense of humor, and very keen aim. Recently, Dessa was named Artist in Residence at the McNally Smith College of Music.
event::tags 21+
11:45 PM
to 12:45 AM
Sims
26 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Sims
event::about Restless and passionate but with an unflinching realism at his core, Sims has seen enough of life to know there are no easy answers. His second full-length release, Bad Time Zoo, out February 15th on Doomtree Records, reflects this rapper’s ongoing quest for solid understanding in a society on the brink of dystopia. For Sims, it’s been a long road. Andrew Sims grew up in the working-class Minneapolis suburb of Hopkins, Minnesota. His parents were both musicians with problems of their own, and Sims often had to look out for himself and his younger brother. “I was super short-fused,” he remembers. “I got in fights almost every day until I was about 13.” He found solace in rap and R&B music, nurturing a love for mainstream hits as well as then-underground artists such as the Wu-Tang Clan. His parents didn’t approve of his new love, however, so he built a secret stash of cassette mixtapes that he traded to kids at school. He soon found a gift for rhyme and begin channeling his aggression into feisty, kinetic wordplay. His rap habit quickly grew from playground cyphers to recorded projects. In high school, he met a local producer and rapper named P.O.S. who would sell him beats for $30 a pop and let him record at his house for free. Eventually, their home-recording experiment blossomed into a full-on musical enterprise that would pull in other aspiring artists and help put Minneapolis hip-hop on the map. Enter Doomtree. Hailing from the same untamed Minneapolis indie music scene that spawned both punk legends the Replacements and, 20 years later, hip-hop powerhouse Rhymesayers, Doomtree has become one of the most trusted and influential names in grassroots hip-hop. Since its birth in 2002, Doomtree has grown from a CD-R-slinging, fast-food-fueled DIY collective into a tightly knit, business-savvy operation. In addition to Sims and P.O.S., Doomtree’s roster includes some of the most daring artists working in hip-hop today: Lazerbeak, Dessa, Mike Mictlan, Paper Tiger, and Cecil Otter. In a genre that all too often rewards imitation over innovation, Doomtree’s artists strive for originality without sacrificing mass appeal. As a result, fans of Doomtree have come to expect uncommon hip-hop delivered in clever, club-rocking doses, and Bad Time Zoo will not disappoint. Setting himself as spokesman for a generation fraught by vapid commercialism, political cynicism, and the paradoxical power of technology to both connect us and drive us apart, Sims seeks a path out of the disappointment that plagues modern life. The time of plenty, inbox full / So why do I feel so goddamn empty? he demands on opening track “Future Shock.” But while he casts himself as an alienated prophet, make no mistake: Sims’ message is of empowerment, hope, and badass beats. The results are epically infectious. Over the pulse and sway of Lazerbeak’s urgent, expansive production, Sims raises 50-story verses and swings wrecking-ball choruses. With scenes straight from Darwin’s nightmares – people as animals gorging in the streets (“The Veldt”) – Bad Time Zoo is not so much a hip-hop album as a teeming, beat-driven urban wilderness. On the horn-sample-driven first single, “Burn It Down,” Sims raps like a red-eyed city planner who just downed his eighth Red Bull and Adderall cocktail and is on the street corner calling for destruction before renewal. Or take the thumping, wickedly funny “One Dimensional Man,” an indictment of complacent liberals: You did your part, you gave your hundred bucks to NPR / You joined a co-op now, bought the hybrid car. (For the record, Sims votes Democrat and drives a hybrid.) But lest you think you need an advanced degree and a machete to enter Bad Time Zoo, Sims keeps his narratives grounded and real, and Lazerbeak’s musical compositions would sound just as good on a club PA as headphones. Just spin “Love My Girl,” a pop confection that juxtaposes dark observations on the dating life with a surprisingly sweet candy center. A pop-culture omnivore, Sims cites influences that range from the sci-fi of Ray Bradbury, to the films of David Lynch, to the 1940s graphic novels of Will Eisner. But most of all, Sims listens to the world around him. “I draw a lot more from human interaction than I do from music,” he says. “I listen and try to understand how people function.” Like all good writers, Sims has an ear for what makes us human. “What are your soft spots? When are you at your most defensive, your most unabashedly happy or proud?” he elaborates. “Or when I see someone try to cobble a defense together when they're hurting. Those moments are noteworthy to me. I try to pay attention to them.” Pay attention to Sims, and you’ll be better for it.
event::tags 21+
12:30 AM
to 1:30 AM
1:15 AM
to 2:15 AM
Doomtree
61 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Doomtree
event::about Doomtree is a collective of seven friends who live in Minneapolis and make music together. They've scored national acclaim for genre-defying recordings, explosive live performances, and their fierce loyalty to one another. Members include: P.O.S, Dessa, Sims, Cecil Otter, Mike Mictlan, Lazerbeak, and Paper Tiger.
event::tags 21+
12:00 PM
to 12:45 PM
Violens
81 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Violens
12:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
JanSport Presents the Under the Radar SXSW Party 2011
392 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
5:00 PM: Atlas Sound (deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com)
4:05 PM: The Dears (www.thedears.org)
3:15 PM: Lord Huron (www.lordhuron.com)
2:25 PM: Anna Calvi (www.annacalvi.com)
1:35 PM: Yuck (yuckband.blogspot.com)
12:45 PM: The Dodos (www.dodosmusic.net)
12:00 PM: Violens (www.violens.net)
12:45 PM
to 1:30 PM
The Dodos
341 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Dodos
1:35 PM
to 2:20 PM
Yuck
380 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Yuck
2:25 PM
to 3:10 PM
Anna Calvi
70 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Anna Calvi
3:15 PM
to 4:00 PM
Lord Huron
92 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Lord Huron
4:05 PM
to 4:50 PM
The Dears
192 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
The Dears
5:00 PM
to 5:45 PM
Atlas Sound
313 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Atlas Sound
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Carla Morrison
28 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Carla Morrison
event::about Carla Morrison hails from Tecate, Baja California Mexico. She creates music with pedals, sequences, and loops, keyboards and guitar. Simple? Morrison constructs all of this on the spot during her live shows. Layers of ethereal, beautiful sounds building along with second, third and fourth voices all of which are Carla’s. Much like Hope Sandoval or Feist- melancholy never sounded so beautiful and attractive. Carla’s newest EP Mientras Tú Dormías will be released on Oct 26th on Carla Morrison Musica/Cosmica Records. Back in 2006 Carla was residing in Phoenix, AZ attending school. She attracted the attention of some local acts on the scene- later becaming a member of the trio Babaluca. They were the indie bilingual band hailed as a fresh breath of air emanating from the scorched Sonoran desert. In a quick amount of time they were named “Best Indie Band from Arizona” by Stylo. Carla and company made a splash in Los Angeles when they performed at Mucho Wednesdays in downtown Los Angeles. This also led to performance at So Cal Latin Tastemakers AlBorde to spotlight them in their quarterly Acoustic Sessions. Emerging Latin- pop blog ClubFonograma.com jumped on board by singing some of the group’s highest praises. Soon thereafter the call of her native Mexico came calling. Carla moved back to her beloved Tecate, Baja California Mexico to immerse herself in the very life and culture she found herself longing for. As a result Carla launched herself as a solo act. The change of scenery also delivered the critically acclaimed 6- Song EP entitled Aprendiendo A Aprender (Learning To Learn) (Carla Morrison Musica/Cosmica Records) In a relatively short time Carla has garnered the attention of such heavyweights as Julieta Venegas and Natalia LaFourcade, the latter of which insisted on producing Morrison’s forthcoming EP Mientras Tú Dormías. Upon hearing her previous EP coupled with Carla performing live in Mexico City- tastemaker radio station Reactor added Carla to their playlist and invited her to be interviewed by popluar DJ/Programer RULO- truly punctuating the grassroots/organic vision Morrison has simply employed for her career trajectory. As previously mentioned- Carla constructs her sound live similar to a one man band. These shows that have garnered high praises from tastemakers in both Mexico and the U.S.- includes covers of the classic Ramon Ayala ranchera lament “Tragos Amargo Licor” and the tragic ballad “Paloma Negra”. Morrison surrounding herself with a keyboard, guitar, effects pedals and a microphone- manages to concoct an ethereal symphony of oohs, ahhs, and handclaps all sitting side by side with a voice that is as delicate as it is devastatingly beautiful. Carla Morrison’s music is poised to make you notice, but rather than hit you over the head with hype, she’s putting in the time and effort to create music that you won’t soon forget. Mientras Tú Dormías is out October 26th on Carla Morrison Musica/Cosmica Records.
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
She's a Tease
6 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists She's a Tease
event::about From the beginning the band gain prominence in the Mexican alternative rock scene and for 2004 recorded their first EP album for the independent record label “Happy-Fi”, "Long Time Rolled" is the name of this EP with which the band wins the recognition of the music experts and national media. They started to play in important gigs around the country and became part of the International Music Fest MXBeat with bands like Soulwax, Chromeo, The Faint, Jarvis Cocker, Santogold, Radio 4, etc. In 2009 they release “Datos Intimos” single that reaches the top 10 count down best songs of the year of Reactor 105.7 radio station. In this 2010 they finished “Millonaria” their first LP Album which count with special collaborations like Milkman, Disco Ruido, Toy Selectah. This year they played at the Vive Latino one of the most important festivals in Latin America with a total success.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Le Butcherettes
36 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Rey Pila
5 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Rey Pila
event::about In 2006 Diego composed and co-produced the critically acclaimed “Greatest Hits” with Los Dynamite, an album that allowed them to play for 4 years all over Mexico and the US, touring with Zoe in the Rockampeonato Telcel Tour as well as to share stages with the likes of Interpol, Bloc Party, The Killers and Fat Boy Slim. After ending his cycle with Los Dynamite Diego started writing the songs that would end up creating Rey Pila, the self-titled, solo album recorded in October 2009 at the New York studio of producer/engineer Paul Majahan (TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars). Ranging from psychedelia to Detroit's old sound of Motown Rey Pila holds 10 precious tracks (6 of them in English, 4 of them in Spanish) with huge choruses, squalling dissonance and sheets of twinkling electronic ambience all of them composed and co-produced by Diego.
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Adanowsky
10 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Adanowsky
event::about • The Hellboys, was his first punk rock band, (Album "Mutant Love" Bonus Track Records) they played more than 150 shows. • The European release of his debut album named "Etoile Eternelle" (Dreyfus Music), featuring the famous Arthur H and Giovanni Mirabais, Adanowsky, played over 200 shows in just 1 year. • In 2008, Adanowsky released his first solo album titled: "El Idolo" in countries such as Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Spain and Mexico, were he also toured. • On December 2008, "El Ídolo" came to Mexico, offering his first show at El Lunario del Auditorio Nacional. Considering it was his first performance, having great success and a significant attendance. • In 2009, Adanowsky performed at the Vive Latino Festival and for the second time at El Lunario del Auditorio Nacional. The show "La Muerte del Ídolo" was sold-out, leaving quite a lot of concertgoers outside the venue. This performance is considered one of the best shows in Latin America ever. • His show, "La Muerte Del Ìdolo" received a nomination for Best Live Show at the Indie Music Awards 2010. • After the show "La Muerte del Idolo" (the first character of the Adanowsky trilogy) "Amador” is born, being the name and character of his second solo album. • "Amador" was co produced by Rob (Phoenix keyboardist and composer) and mixed by Noah Georgeson (guitarist and producer of Devendra Banhart, Little Joy and Adam Green). • “Amador” was presented with great success in a full Lunario of National Auditory, in front of an astonished and grateful public for the new and spectacular theatricality of the new character. • Adanowsky was the special guest of Phoenix at the Sport Palace show in September 2010, he played in front of more than 10,000 people, who received him very warmly in the expectation of being the concert of the year. (In their own words, Phoenix said this show is on the Top 3 of their entire career). • Adanowsky has performed in the most important festivals in Mexico, such as Hellow fest, in Monterrey with Zoè and Devendra Banhart, also at Corona Capital Fest, featuring James, Interpol and Pixies. • Adanowsky's musical talent, coupled with his pleasant personality and excellent staging, are the elements that lead to the success of their live performances. • He was invited by huge Spanish star, Enrique Bunbury to close the final show of a series of presentations held at the National Auditorium in Mexico City. Both artists performed to an audience estimated at more than 10,000 people. • “Amador” was released in Spain, where Adanowsky did a serie of specials presentations, which reaffirmed his position as one of the most important emerging artist of the decade. • Adanowsky is releasing his third single in the coming days, entitled “Un Sol Con Corazón”, whose video directed himself and soon will reach the specialized television channels. • The musician prepared big surprises for 2011, with full shows in Spain, Argentina, Chile and USA. Discography: -“Étoile Éternelle” (2006) -“El Ìdolo” (December, 2008) -“Amador” (June, 2010)
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Toy Selectah
19 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Toy Selectah
event::about The mix-master wizard for Monterrey Mexico's Hip Hop en Español Pioneers Control Machete, created a whole new hybrid by mixing mexican soundscapes with contemporary urban riddims. As a Music Producer and Remixer, Toy Hernández has been working with a long list of artist, bands and comtemporary music friends as: Calle 13, M.I.A., Morrisey, Manu Chao, Diplo, Sinden, Eminem, Thievery Corporation, Cypress Hill, Nortec Collective, Kinky, Plastilina Mosh, Paulina Rubio, Federico Aubele, Café Tacvba, Sergent García, Don Omar, Gustavo Cerati, Celso Piña, Notch, Juanes, Julieta Venegas, Alejandro Sanz, Molotov, Babasónicos, Dj Blass, Los Tetas, División Minúscula and many others. Lately he has been galloping rural rhythms of Colombian-Mexican Cumbias, Reggae, and other urban and caribbean styles creating his own trademark sound and collective called Sonidero Nacional. During 2008 and after a collaborative relationship with Diplo, MAD DECENT, the label and crew announced the incorporation of Toy Selectah to their international Urban Global roster. He now lives in Monterrey, Mexico and resides as Creative Director, A&R and CEO of Sones del Mexside his own production company and boutique label, home of recently top ranked Mexican rock band División Minúscula.
event::tags 21+
12:00 PM
to 12:45 PM
Porcelain Raft
38 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Porcelain Raft
12:00 PM
to 7:00 PM
Shure Presents the Under the Radar SXSW Party 201
416 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
5:00 PM: Okkervil River (www.okkervilriver.com)
4:05 PM: Menomena (www.menomena.com)
3:15 PM: Telekinesis (www.telekinesismusic.com)
2:25 PM: Surfer Blood (www.surferblood.com)
1:35 PM: Owen Pallett (www.owenpalletteternal.com)
12:45 PM: Hooray for Earth (www.hoorayforearth.net)
12:00 PM: Porcelain Raft (www.porcelainraft.com)
12:45 PM
to 1:30 PM
Hooray for Earth
56 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Hooray for Earth
1:35 PM
to 2:15 PM
Owen Pallett
216 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Owen Pallett
2:25 PM
to 3:00 PM
Surfer Blood
534 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Surfer Blood
3:15 PM
to 4:00 PM
Telekinesis
171 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Telekinesis
4:05 PM
to 5:00 PM
Menomena
297 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Menomena
5:00 PM
to 6:00 PM
Okkervil River
475 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
Okkervil River
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Erin Ivey & The Finest Kind
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Erin Ivey & The Finest Kind
event::about Erin Ivey is Austin's urban folk darling. Her brand new album, Broken Gold, is a unique and critically-acclaimed collaboration with R&B/dub organ trio The Finest Kind. In a few short years, Erin has played over 300 live shows nationwide, garnered a shoutout from Hollywood gossip maven Perez Hilton, and been named one of Austin's top unsigned artists. Locals will also recognize her from the infectious "Take Me to Reids" TV and radio ad campaign, the cover of Austin Monthly magazine's "Most Beautiful Women" issue, and her "Live at The Long Center" performance broadcast on Music Entertainment TV. "Broken Gold is my favorite new album." -Kevin Connor, KUT 90.5FM "5 Stars" -Austin Monthly
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
McPullish
1 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists McPullish
event::about "McPullish has managed to create an intriguing, original reggae sound, which truly differs from the commonly known modern roots reggae." -Reggae Vibes Sept. 2008 McPULLISH is musician/producer Carson Hoovestol, who realized his sound after years of musical exploration, study, and practice in the art of Live Dub. Now based in Buda, Texas, McPullish operates a specialized music laboratory called Dub Cove Studio, where he plays guitar, bass, drums, piano, organ, percussion, 909 drum machine, synths and other random things that make sound and can be recorded. McPullish mixes his tunes live and direct, using an Allen and Heath board, laptop, and a table full of mostly analog gear. Luciano, Sylford Walker, General Smiley, Fantan Mojah, Mark Wonder, Ginjah, Lutan Fyah and Chezidek are just some of the vocalists who have worked with McPullish in the studio and can be heard in his live dub sets. McPullish mixes his own songs live, with vocal and dub cuts on his riddims, as well as occasional cover versions of classic reggae tunes that he has re-built from scratch. The McPullish sound is 100% live instrument tracks, mixed and re-mixed live. Spontaneous and engaging, McPullish operates with his own distinctive sound and boatloads of original music, sounds for deep listeners, reggae fanatics, and anyone ready to shake, move and rock in the dancehall.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Lamin Fofana
4 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Lamin Fofana
event::about Lamin Fofana was born in the West African country of Guinea. When the political situation got bumpy, he moved to Freetown, Sierra Leone, where his routine involved listening to Goodie Mob and Organized Konfusion as well as attending Quranic schools/mosques. In 1997 Lamin's family had to flee worsening conditions in Sierra Leone - losing friends, belongings, documents, a home. They spent several days crossing roads and bridges destroyed by rebels to prevent people from escaping. At the end of the year, Fofana found a new home in Harlem, New York, where he lives today. What Elijah Said is his debut release. This is lucid, detailed dance music. Three tunes are uptempo: a squiggling infectious electro riddim (either 85 or 170bpm), the slinky 125bpm 4x4 bonus track, and an exquisite piece of instrumental beatwork that sounds like a sober Flying Lotus. The title song bides its time with a well-paced electronic skank. Mysterious samples throughout suggest Lamin's background in political strife and social upheaval.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Chief Boima
8 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Chief Boima
event::about A global citizen with a globally minded focus, Chief Boima is an electronic musician/DJ and cultural activist currently based in Brooklyn, New York. He started his international career traveling the world recreating the African house parties he knew growing up for new and willing audiences. As a resident of Little Baobab in San Francisco and as a touring club DJ has played in Europe, Africa, North America, and Australia becoming an respected figure in the promotion of various local styles from around the globe such as Coupe Decale, Cumbia, Kuduro, and Champeta. The past few years Boima has immersed in the world of music production, and has released original tracks and remixes alone as well as part of Banana Clipz with DJ Oro 11. He's also done numerous collaborations with folks like DJ Orion, Lamin Fofana, DJ Rupture, Matt Shadetek, and Uproot Andy, as well as producing tracks for international singers and rappers such as Los Rakas, Black Nature of the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, and Khady Black. Chief Boima is at home on the stage as much as in the studio, so come to his shows expecting to dance, interact, and have fun!
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Geko Jones
7 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Geko Jones
event::about Geko Jones is a Brooklyn-based Puerto-Colombian DJ/Producer and an authority on global underground. He is a founding member of both the New York Tropical and Que Bajo?! party franchises in New York and a partner and co-owner of the Dutty Artz record label with producer Matt Shadetek and DJ /Rupture. His mixes span the tropical hemispheres and collage together globally sonic hours of dancefloor mayhem. Renowned by top DJ's and producers of the digital cumbia scene in Latin America and European bass-pundits alike, Jones is one of the select few DJ's pushing forward the Latin agenda in a world wide tropical bass scene. The past five years have found him sharing a booth or collaborating with a long roster of A-list globalistas like Buraka Som Systema, Bomba Estereo, Systema Solar, Very Be Careful, Maluca, Los Amigos Invisibles, Choquibtown, Toy Selectah and more. Whether it's tearing the roof off an outdoor festival, getting the crowd bubbling on an illegal boat party in Bushwick, conjuring up the next great underground sound, or racking up airmiles from Brooklyn to Bogota, Geko Jones commands the dancefloor.... a Guarachar!
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Matt Shadetek
14 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Matt Shadetek
event::about Matt Shadetek is one of New York City’s most exciting producers. His live sets encompass contemporary dancehall, UK funky, and dubstep, all delivered with Shadetek’s unique production voice which bridges the underground-mainstream divide. He’s one of the rare DJs who can rock a crowd with sets composed solely of his own dancefloor bangers and remixes. Matt’s early love for hiphop and dancehall along with edgy electronic sounds led to his Warp Records debut album Burnerism as part of the duo Team Shadetek. While Matt was living in Berlin and touring Europe, the followup LP Pale Fire was released, featuring the underground hit “Brooklyn Anthem”. The hit song kick-started a dance craze in the Brooklyn reggae scene (leading to over 100 fan videos of kids dancing to it). Returning to NYC, Matt founded the Dutty Artz label/production crew with DJ /Rupture. Shadetek produced Jahdan Blakkamoore’s debut album, Buzzrock Warrior (!K7), pioneering its signature reggae-dubstep-rap sound. In 2009 he also teamed up with Rupture to release the mix album Solar Life Raft (The Agriculture). His latest release, on Dutty Artz, is Flowers, an effervescent solo instrumental effort that references dubstep, uk funky and garage. He has toured internationally both solo and accompanied by Jahdan as vocalist. Matt Shadetek
event::tags 21+
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Mau Mau Chaplains
2 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Mau Mau Chaplains
event::about Wikked roots reggae . . . five part harmonies . . .heavy bass n' drum . . . backed by 150 man-years of stage experience. The Mau Mau Chaplains include veteran musicians from the 80's reggae group The Lotions, as well as country/reggae phenomenon "I-Tex", the Killer Bees and Pressure amongst some of their past acts. The Mau Maus sound like our favorite roots reggae artists . . . from Toots' to Pluto Shervington to the Melodians . . . Desmond Dekker and more . . . at times their country roots shine through . . . The Mau Mau Chaplain's country alter-ego is the Texas band, "Stop the Truck". Lineup includes Moe Monsarrat - lead vocals, bass guitar, Miguel Pankratz on Drums, Steve Carter - rhythm guitar, Ed Ferguson on lead, Matt Jacobs on keys, Mark Wilson and Donnie Silvermann on sax/horns plus Pat McCann on guitar. They have opened for many of the original reggae stars including Third World, Morgan Heritage, the Skatalites, the Meditations, Yellowman and the Sagittarius Band, the Itals, amongst others. Just close your eyes and listen and you'll be transported to Jamaica on their magical wave of riddems . . . Dancin' shoes required!
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Lynval Golding and Contra Coup
9 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Lynval Golding and Contra Coup
event::about Lynval Golding (born 24 July 1951, Saint Catherine, Jamaica) is best known as a rhythm guitarist and vocalist with the British 2 Tone Records band, The Specials. He went on to co-found Fun Boy Three with Terry Hall and Neville Staples. Recently he was touring with the English Beat, a reunion version of another second wave ska band, and played with a newer band, Stiff Upper Lips, in the Seatlle, Washington area. In 2007, he appeared at the Glastonbury Festival, on the Pyramid Stage, with Lily Allen. He also appeared on the Park Stage with Terry Hall, Damon Albarn and Shlomo. Later that year he appeared with Pama International, at the Dunstaffnage music festival near Oban, Scotland, as well as many other European dates. IN 2009, The Specials reunited and have since been playing to huge sold out venues. In May of 2010, Lynval played a string of shows with Billy Geoghegan and Mark Wilson, of the band Contra Coup. It worked well and plans were made to work on Lynval's new record together, along with Lynval's long time friend, Andy Sodt. A Lynval Golding European tour is being planned for summer 2011. Contra Coup - The Foundation of this eight-piece group is heavy drum and bass rhythms topped with sweet melodies and harmonies, all fusing with the same bold originality that defined the 1977 punk scene. Contra Coup formed as a band in November 2006 after several members of a temporary backing band, The Lonestar Rockers, completed a tour of the Southern United States with reggae legend Clinton Fearon (Studio One, The Gladiators, Black Ark Studio). Inspired by Fearon's authentic and original style, these musicians - former members of The Stingers ATX, Five Ton Chicken, Burning Spear's Burning Band, DJ Kane of the Kumbia Kings and many others- gathered in a recording studio three months later to record On Time, their first full-length album, which was produced by Fearon, and included four dub versions mixed by Victor Rice, who has produced records for such acts as The SLackers, The Toasters, Rocker-T and many more. While being a very cohesive unit in the studio, Contra Coup has evolved into a very dynamic live act as well. Contra Coup is featured on the "Love I Can Feel - A Groove For The Cure" benefit record along with such artists as Doreen Shaffer, Clinton Fearon, General Smiley and many more. Contra Coup played the backing tracks for the record as well as performed the title track. A second European tour proved successful, in May 2009, taking the band to more than a dozen more cities than the previous tour of Europe in 2006-2007. IN early 2010, the band released their sophomore record, a double L.P. titled "Run For The Moon". This record featured many guest artists that the band has worked with from all over the world. After a fairly quiet release of the record, dur to health issues experienced by one of the band, they immediately started work on the next one, due to be released in July 2011. Though there were limited live performances in 2010, Contra Coup has teamed up with Lynval Golding (The Specials, Fun Boy Three) to work on two new records and to perform together in Spring/Summer of 2011. A summer European tour is being planned to promote the new records by both Lynval Golding and Contra Coup.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Black Gandhi
8 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Black Gandhi
event::about Being the opening act for 2010's Rototom Sunsplash "Lion Stage", for Youssou N´dour or The Wailers in Spain, sharing stage with Kymani Marley in Belgium, Concha Buika or Ojos de Brujo in France, Black Gandhi keeps on adding traces to the book of its developing career. The Barcelona based band is developing a solid fan base in Europe and starting to create a landmark on today's indepent artist's field. "Into Light", the follow up album to "Joy", their debut, is now on the vaults to be presented to the public around Christmas 2010. "Joy" has been welcomed by european critics and media as "fresh air" into the music scene. Black Gandhi has started to spread its music around Europe since they've been invited to play Popkomm Reggae Festival '08 in Berlin, Auditorium de Lyon, l'Auditori de Barcelona, Barden Treffen at Nürnberg, Afro Latino Festival in Belgium, Womex at Seville or recently at Rototom Sunsplash Festival in its first edition in Benicassim, Spain. Black Gandhi is also distributing "Joy" in Japan and has sold more then 3000 album copies online through its own online Black Gandhi Store (http://onedrop-music.com/blackgandhistore/). The band was born a few years ago since five friends got together every now and then to just jam and enjoy while developing their individual career in the professional music scene. Musical ideas and ideologies had so much in common it ended up becoming a project not just to have fun but also to comunicate the spirit and the way of thinking of the group. The last member naturally came in when the band started to develop a sound of its own and needed to keep up with the technical side. The sound ingeneer became a part of the band and had led them into a superior stage sound. Inspired by pacifist leader Mahatma Gandhi and influenced by the traditions of black music, Black Gandhi's music is compromised with a message: let's live a joyful life, let's be aware of what we do. "These are times of changes. times of spiritual "crisis", times of thinking on a global scale. But we can only change what we can reach. So we like the idea of starting a butterfly effect of positiveness, compromise, peace and enjoyment by playing our music and spreading the word of mouth".
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Tidal Waves
6 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Tidal Waves
event::about The crowd is skanking in unison, bouncing up and down like an irie earthquake of rhythm. The maestro with the guitar stops blowing his harmonica and leans into the microphone and shouts: 'Original Music! For Original People!' The crowd screams back in togetherness. The maestro smiles and hits them with another song. Tidal Waves are widely regarded as the hardest working reggae band in South Africa, playing gigs from Oppikoppi to Pretoria, Cape Town to Potchefstroom. Originally from Klerksdorp, a small dustbowl gold mining town about two hours South of Jozi, the band is now based in Yeoville, Johannesburg. The band is made up of five very gifted musicians, the core of the group is held together by Jacob 'Zakes' Wulana on guitar, harmonica and vocals and Sam 'Drumbo' Shoai on drums and vocals. Shadrack “Charlie” Mathopa is on the bass and Abraham “Abrie” Mmakola plays the keys, while Jaco “Mr.” Mans wields the lead guitar. Tidal Waves write and perform original reggae music with traditional African music influences like maskandi and mbaqanga. The sound is original roots reggae with strong rock, ska and blues influences. The band is renowned for performing music in more than 3 languages. Like all good reggae, their lyrics are socially conscious and uplifting, railing against the government for not respecting the Rainbow Nation and imploring their fans to stand up for integration and one love. Other songs have deeply rooted anti war sentiments, while others lament the sad tales of urban South African poverty and the struggle to survive as musicians in the global capitalist economy. Their performances are always high energy and the band plays regularly in Johannesburg and Pretoria as well as touring and gigging nationwide, especially the mother city of Cape Town. Tidal Waves have taken their original music tours to Mozambique, Swaziland and as far abroad as New Zealand and the Seychelles. They also have several successful tours of Europe under their belts, where they performed at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium and the Mano Mundo festival in the Netherlands, as well as a packed schedule of medium size venues across Belgium and Italy. Tidal Waves are widely respected in South African music circles as an honest, hard working band with an original sound and irie vibes. Because of this they have some of the most ardent, die-hard fans and supporters in the SA music industry. The band was recently featured in the local documentary South Africa Live – a Musical Affair (aired on MTV Base in September) alongside artists such as Freshlyground, Simphiwe Dana and the Parlotones. 2009 marks the 10-year anniversary of Tidal Waves – a decade of original music for original people! The band has just finished recording their latest album “Manifesto” which is due for independent release in November / December 2009. Discography 1999 - Hard Work (Jozi Vibes / BMG) 2002 - Harmonijah (Independent Release) 2005 - Muzik an da Method (Independent Release) 2007 – Afrika (Sheer Sound with Oppikoppi Productions) 2009 – Manifesto (Independent Release) Tidal Waves played a steaming and catching reggae set at the 2005 Pukkelpop festival in Belgium. It was amazing to see how they pulled a fully crowded tent at an alternative festival at the same time as Nick Cave was playing, and got all the people to dance. They really represented the good and bad sides of South Africa with their warm and sunny - but also political - music. Off stage we also greatly appreciated these 100% pure people. Chokri Mahassine, Pukkelpop ‘I've seen Tidal Waves play in a lot of different places already. From a youth house to a casino, from a pub to the famous Pukkelpop festival and I must say, they impress every audience. Definitely one of the best live bands that I have had the pleasure to work with.’ Hans De Reydt, Blafhik Productions This band should raise the South African reggae flag worldwide. They will surely follow in the late South African Reggae father Lucky Dube’s footsteps with their uniquely African Reggae sound. Kwelagobe Sekele, Music Industry Online Though reggae, especially in South Africa, is seen by many as a somewhat limited genre with a loyal but relatively small following, Tidal Waves long ago transcended such stylistic limitations, appealing to all sorts with their clarion call of “original music for original people.” And it’s not just a catchy phrase but a philosophy they follow rigorously, garlanding their basic reggae vibes with a polyglot of influences, creating in the process a sound unlike that of any other reggae band on the planet. JHB Live Tidal Waves are possibly South Africa’s most fearless reggae band. They consistently produce some of the bravest and most hard hitting social commentary in their music. They have found the perfect balance between getting your groove on, and making valid and inspiring social commentary. And music with a message just seems so much more valuable. The music off their new album, Africa, refuses to step back from that incisive cutting social commentary and innovative blending of sounds. Levi’s Original Music Magazine Just as one has not lived the full gamut of South African music until you've heard, say, Natascha Roth perform Busi Mhlongo's Yisa Wabant'a Bami, so too, it is an Mzansi must to catch Tidal Waves playing Lekker Dans, their take on sakkie-sakkie, to a predominantly white Afrikaans audience at an Oppikoppi Festival main stage. Evan Milton, Cape Argus Tidal Waves. Epic name. And it suits their sound – a swell and crash of roots rock reggae with a slow, seductive undertow and a spray of intense energy. They’re humble, hard working, and happy souls. They’ve made challenging life choices and they carry their message with pride. Songs of global domination, the evils of an economy out of balance, spiritual insights and lekker lekker dans are run through with energy and positive intention. And with years of experience, they are equally enthusiastic about emerging talent trailing the country and what it means to the morale of the motherland. Levi's Original Music Magazine
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Taj Weekes & Adowa
2 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Taj Weekes & Adowa
event::about Taj Weekes is an enigma… on the one hand deeply serious and intensely passionate about his worldviews and on the other hand a gentle and humble man with a quick and easy smile. Driven to inspire conscious thought and provoke discussion through his poignant poetry and lyrics, Weekes says, "I write from the heart and I speak about issues that move me. I believe that’s what really matters." Born and raised on the island of St. Lucia, Weekes grew up the youngest of ten children in a family where music was ever present. "We were always singing and playing in my house. My father was an incredible singer... we took that from him." By age five, Weekes was singing in church and by the age of nine, he and his brothers had formed a band, playing in local talent shows, the town hall or parish centers around the island. Weekes would painstakingly write down the lyrics from songs he heard, often tinkering with the words in a song to make them his own creation. "From the time I started writing," he said, "I did my own thing. I was always attracted to the lyrics in the songs and would listen to people like Lord Kitchener and the Mighty Sparrow. They were like town criers telling the stories of the day. Reggae is what you call the poor man's cry. It's music you can sit and listen to. It's listening music." Weekes grew up blissfully unaware of category or genre - to him, great music was, and still is, great music no matter what the style. "My musical influences were quite varied, 'cause the radio stations played all kinds of music. There were no formats, so we grew up listening to everything from reggae to calypso to classic rock and classical music." Weekes soon felt confined by the borders of St. Lucia and left home to fulfill his musical ambitions in North America. There he formed his band Taj Weekes and Adowa and label Jatta Records. Weekes and his band Adowa unite a true social consciousness with an unforgettable reggae groove. Blending in elements of acoustic roots rock and afro-folk simplicity, the band’s vibrant sound defies genre and has garnered critical acclaim and a wide audience across the globe. The group's first two full-length albums are Hope and Doubt and Deidem, which won "Best Reggae Album" at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards and was shortlisted for a Grammy Award. The band released their much-anticipated third CD, A Waterlogged Soul Kitchen, in October 2010. AWSK presents a set of fresh reggae songs laced with acoustic strings, guitar, violin and cello, and splashes of soulful harmonica for an album that challenges listeners to redefine common perceptions of reggae and where it's heading as a genre. Always striving to bring awareness to the issues he is passionate about, Weekes founded his charity, They Often Cry Outreach (TOCO), in 2007 to improve the lives of underprivileged children in the Caribbean through sports, health and enrichment programs. Named a Goodwill Ambassador by the International Consortium of Caribbean Professionals and recognized by a division of the United Nations, Weekes addresses issues such as global warming, casualties of war, domestic and youth violence, diabetes and health, poverty and the welfare of children through both his music and his charity.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Collie Buddz
18 schedule::attendees
Location
Flamingo Cantina
eventtype Music
Artists Collie Buddz
event::about Collie Buddz, from the isle of Bermuda, has done something not impossible but something once seemingly very implausible. He’s become the most buzz-worthy current Reggae artist over the past few years. In the summer, 2007, Collie Buddz’ Columbia Records self-titled debut album stormed the charts entering the Billboard Reggae Chart at first position. The Reggae singjay became an international star when this album then went on to debut across the world at the top of every chart from Japan to Germany. With much of the production coming from Collie himself, he delivered a solid debut with contributions from Supa Dups, Shea Taylor, Bang Out, Screwface, Bobby Konders and Crown N Kah-So-Real to name just a few. Released just a day before US Independence Day, Collie’s debut album could be heard blasting out of car windows from Brooklyn to Kingston all summer long. Critically speaking, Collie’s debut was a monster. Speaking of his first single, an undeniable summer anthem titled, “Come Around,” Source Magazine proclaimed, “This 24 year old shotta has got an anthem spreading across the seas.” “The song is a monster,” claimed Miami New Times. And, Hip Hop Weekly said, “Collie Buddz is one of the most firmly grounded voices you may ever encounter.” The industry excitement about this new voice in music manifested in many ways namely by inspiring Collie’s musical peers to either create their own remixes of “Come Around,” or join Collie on the official remix of the single. Everyone from Busta Rhymes, Cypress Hill and Paul Wall to G-Unit and Shaggy contributed to the anthem. Incorporating influences from Hip-Hop to Soca, Collie’s music nevertheless has a rock-solid foundation in Reggae - and its power to connect ghetto reality with the highest heights of human aspiration - that is a rarity even in Jamaica. But, to say he’s connected to the Caribbean community would be an understatement. Collie Buddz, born Colin Harper, has become the Caribbean culture’s resident ambassador. Touring extensively, Collie’s passport stamps are a relative reflection of the worldwide love for Reggae and Caribbean culture. From Madison Square Garden to Dubai, Collie Buddz is the definition of an international recording artist. “It was crazy performing in the Middle East. Who would have guessed how big reggae music is there? They knew all my songs,” a jubilant Collie Buddz explains. He has toured throughout Germany, France, England, Japan, North and South America and the Caribbean. His unique blend of Hip-Hop, Soca and Dancehall underlined with his ever-present passion for the modern Roots Reggae sound has attracted tastemaker supporters all over the world. Reggae pioneer David Rodigan [London] and New York Reggae stalwarts at legendary radio station, Hot 97, Massive B and Short-Man [Heavy Hitters] are just some of his most ardent supporters. Now on the verge of Collie’s sophomore album release, the anticipation is palpable. In spite of averaging an eleven month yearly touring schedule since 2007, Collie Buddz is prepared to release a sophomore album that promises an even greater insight into the multi-talented, producer/singer-songwriter/performer. He’s also made time to work with some of the most respected producers and artists in the industry while also making beautiful music with the production team that made his debut album an overnight success. “We don’t have a title for the new album just yet but whatever we call it, the album will be mad,” Collie excitedly explains. With production by Supa Dups, Massive B and Seanie B among other contributors, Collie’s fans can anticipate Collie’s unique twist on popular music. Tony Kelly [K-Licious], producer of more crossover hits than any other producer in the genre [Sean Paul, Patra, Supercat, Wayne Wonder, Shaggy] and TJ Records [Beenie Man] return with production for this album as well. Among friends, Collie is known as a “studio rat,” as given any sort of free time in the schedule, Collie is hunkered down behind the boards of a recording studio. So it comes to no surprise to anyone that Collie is also ready to release a brand new mixtape. “I was just in Los Angeles finishing a song with Sugar Ray, and I love the vibe on that track,” says Collie of the new mixtape. Also with verses on hit songs by Beyonce, Rihanna and Kid Cudi, the mixtape is sure to give Collie’s fans an appetizer to the entrée of the sophomore album. “I always want to give all the sound-systems and DJs something to rock the clubs with while I work on releasing my new material,” Collie says. It is this love for constantly creating that drives Collie Buddz. Wanting to release music more frequently and with fewer restrictions, Collie’s affiliation with Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment, Inc ended in 2008. He has since founded his own independent record label, Harper Digital alongside his brother [Smokey] and DJ [DJ Genie] while working with his longtime management group, Mojiza Management. The Harper Digital team is already grooming the label into a full production house and artist development business. Humble as always, Collie simply says, “I’m just excited to be putting out another album. I love to make music and the satisfaction is in having other people from all over the world enjoy it. I live out of a suitcase and I wouldn’t have it any other way.” And Collie means just what he says. With a nonstop touring schedule with his band The New Kingston Band and his longtime compatriot and hype man, Pee Wee, Collie just has one quick stop before hitting the road yet again. He’s got to stop by the embassy and pick up more page inserts for his passport.
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