8:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
DJ DNS
8 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Unofficial Music
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
8:00 pm- 12:00am DJ DNS
event::about
This Sunday March 13, the bar Friends will be transforming into the HeyWire House to promote the top rated app HeyWire during SXSW Interactive. The party is free and open to all. There will be free drinks with download of the app, as well as an Ipad 2 give away. They have even flown in the 3-time consecutive turntable Champion of Holland, DJ DNS, for his first U.S. appearance.
Sun, March 13 - 8-12AM
HeyWire House @ 208. E. 6th St
event::tags free booze, free show
Website http://heywire.eventbrite.com/
8:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
HeyWire House Party
59 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Unofficial Party
Speaker/Artist(s) Info
DJ DNS
event::about
This Sunday March 11th, Friends Bar will be transforming into the HeyWire House to promote the top rated social app HeyWire during SXSW Interactive. The party is free and open to all. There will be free drinks with download of the app, as well as an Ipad 2 give away. They have also flown in the 3-time consecutive turntable Champion of Holland, DJ DNS, for his first U.S. appearance.
event::tags free booze, free show
Website http://heywire.eventbrite.com/
8:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Open Beta
41 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Party, Interactive
event::about
Start the night with Open Beta, an event that brings together interactive professionals, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts. Afterwards, DJ Ostara entertains the crowd. Free food, drink, and wifi hotspot. www.oklahomafilm.org or 800-766-3456.
4:00 PM
to 5:00 PM
The Lounge
61 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Party, Interactive
event::about This party brings together interactive professionals, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts. Join us for free food, drink, wifi hotspot and music from DJ Ostara. www.oklahomafilm.org or 800-766-3456.
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Okie Soundcheck
35 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
event::about Celebrate the opening night of SXSW Music at Oklahoma’s Buffalo Lounge (located at Friends). Join some of Oklahoma’s best musicians including Brine Webb, Josh Roberts, Ryan Lawson, The SKYS, Jabee, Jacob Abello, Rainbows are Free, DEERPEOPLE and The Non for free food, drink, a wifi hotspot, pop up store, and more. Check us out: www.oklahomafilm.org or 800-766-FILM.
12:00 PM
to 1:00 PM
Sax, Clogs & Rock-n-Roll
39 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
event::about From Woody Guthrie to the Flaming Lips and Charlie Christian to Wanda Jackson, Oklahoma has always had a great music scene. Check out some of Oklahoma’s most talented up-and-coming musicians at the Buffalo Lounge (located at Friends). Enjoy free food and drink, while listening to John Fullbright, Sherree Chamberlin, Emory Grey, Ben Kilgore, Fiawna Forte, Kite Flying Robot and Audra Mae. Don’t forget to visit our swag booth, pop up store and free wifi. Check us out: www.oklahomafilm.org or 800-766-FILM.
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
BRONCHO
14 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists BRONCHO
event::about Harkening back to punk rocks glory days of the 70s, Oklahoma retro-punk outfit BRONCHO captures the aggression, DIY authenticity and youthful exhilaration of a bygone era with their exuberant ten song debut "Can't Get Past The Lips." With echoes of The Replacements, Iggy Pop, The Descendents and The Ramones, BRONCHO is a blisteringly cathartic flash of nostalgic punk rock.
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Colourmusic
35 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists Colourmusic
event::about “I don’t want to say too much about how we did it,” explains singer/guitarist Ryan Hendrix, “But we researched fornication tempos and started writing the music with these rhythms in mind.” Welcome to the beautifully strange world of Colourmusic, a place where concept albums—an LP named My _____ is Pink in this case—have nothing to do with structured narratives or loosely-linked lyrics. More like musical walls that must be climbed, whether that means shunning acoustic guitars or modeling the rhythm section of some songs after metronomic sex acts. Which isn’t as titillating as it sounds. The way Hendrix sees it, “We wanted to focus on human sexuality and reproduction. Not in terms of turning people on; from a point of view of fear and anxiety, and how it’s the prominent decision-making force in many people’s lives.” That explains a couple things, starting with My _____ is Pink’s actual sound. Rounded out by bassist Colin Fleishacker, drummer Nicholas Ley, and guitarist Nick Turner, Colourmusic’s new material amounts to an ever-evolving mass of melancholic melodies, gauzy vocals, shifty beats, and monophonic musical structures ( or something else I don't like connotation of powerchord). Not to mention glimpses of agnostic gospel grooves (“You For Leaving Me”), hip-shaking R&B (“Feels Good To Wear”), acid-drenched pop (“Tog”), and Bladerunner-inspired psych (“Pororoca,” which means—quite tellingly—“great destructive noise” in many parts of South America). And then there’s “The Little Death,” a five-part foray into the outer realm of sandblasted rock, subterranean drone tones, and the kind of headphone-ready hooks that cause weak-willed speakers to spontaneously combust. Like a yellow brick road to the second circle of hell (lust, if you haven’t visited Dante’s Inferno in a while), it’s a ten-minute guide to what makes Colourmusic tick. Well, sort of. Truth be told, the Oklahoma-based band isn’t spelling anything out. “If you write a song that’s too literal, it dates it,” explains Hendrix. “We’d rather make things a little more subconscious. It gives a song a longer life span because you never know what’s really going on.” “The music tells us what the song is going to be about,” says Hendrix. “Once we have a drum beat, it’s alive. And once we come back to it, it’s basically beckoning us to finish it.”
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
The Pretty Black Chains
14 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists The Pretty Black Chains
event::about Originally rising from the ashes of established local bands, and with a hefty buzz and press already generated before their first show, The Pretty Black Chains made their live debut in February 2009. The band quickly rose to the top of the heap locally, as word quickly spread of their infectious pop sensibilities combined with extremely energetic and sometimes even hazardous live shows. Combining a nostalgic vintage garage rock sound with classic rock undertones, punk rock energy, and topping it off with a heavy dose of pop, The foundational period of the band was marked by a mixture of bands such as The Strokes, Mondo Diao, Arctic Monkeys, The Cribs, and a bit of early Beatles and The Who. The band spent their first year and a half with this type of sound, steadily building a fan base, setting ablaze to many venues in the state, playing many headlining shows locally and regionally, and also made appearances at several large festivals such as SXSW, Norman Music Festival, and DFest, and secured opening appearances for bands such as Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Band of Skulls, all while slowly integrating more classic rock elements along the way. After wrapping up the recording of their debut album "Ceremonies" in November of 2009, the band took a long songwriting break, re-evaluated, and began writing songs again in the early summer of 2010. This songwriting period saw a drastic change in style, swapping The Stooges for Led Zeppelin per se', with a heavy emphasis on massive guitar riffs, a nod to the 60's and 70's sound, and even a little bit of 90's grunge, while still retaining the pop-oriented elements and energy the band is known for. Due to less than ideal circumstances, TPBC's debut album was not able to be released until the Fall of 2010. During the summer of 2010 while waiting for the release of "Ceremonies", the band recorded a new 5 song demo that better represented where they are currently at musically, and later included it freely with the purchase of "Ceremonies." TPBC recently completed the recording of their next album "Awakening" in December of 2010 in Oklahoma City, and will release it in the late Spring of 2011. Armed with a newer and more unique sound that better represents their influences, the new upcoming full length album, many larger shows now under their belt, (including sharing the stage with such bands as Smashing Pumpkins, and even...311?), and a slate of forthcoming festival appearances, The Pretty Black Chains have nowhere to go but up. While the band makes no promises on ever settling on a specific sound or genre, one thing will never change: their energy and innovation.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Ok Sweetheart
14 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Graham Colton
24 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists Graham Colton
event::about Don't call it a simple return. Call it a metamorphosis, a deep progression, an inspired evolution or - perhaps most fitting - a rewarding exercise in self-actualization. Stepping into his own in order to connect to his heart and artistic vision, Graham Colton has emerged with a stunning collection of pop-rock melodies, lyrics and emotions in 12 tracks that swing between love and heartbreak, trials and relief on his forthcoming CD, Here Right Now. Although it can be said that the power of the story is in the telling, it’s the tale itself that inspires the story to be told. Performance and delivery make up only one half of the equation; the other half is the feeling and emotion that inspires the creation of melodies and lyrics. That substance is the product of lessons learned over hundreds of shows and thousands of miles traveled, and the distance in between. Indeed, Colton admits the grassroots elements that run throughout his music harkens back to his humble beginnings in Oklahoma City, where he grew up absorbing tidbits of his dad’s record collection. "My dad was in a 60's cover band, I used to watch them rehearse songs by The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Beatles. I liked the music, but all I wanted to do was sing with the band," he recalls. He soon got his wish at age 7, when he stood on a chair and belted out “Oklahoma” in front of a packed house. After learning to play the guitar at 12, he started writing his own songs (Colton still considers himself a songwriter first and a singer second), which led to small Saturday night gigs at a local Mexican restaurant, where Colton continued to absorb musical influences such as Counting Crows, Oasis, The Lemonheads, The Wallflowers, and R.E.M. After moving to Dallas to attend Southern Methodist University, a few of the home-recorded tracks from CD’s he handed out at gigs turned up on the Internet via Napster and he started drawing a wider audience to his self-penned acoustic rock. He soon drew the attention of one of his biggest influences, Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz, who got wind of Colton's following and booked the emerging act to open on six weeks of the band's 2002 college tour. A record deal with Universal Republic followed and The Graham Colton Band quickly amped up their tour experience, joining the Crows several more times and hitting the road with the likes of John Mayer, Maroon 5, Train, Kelly Clarkson and Dave Matthews Band. After three years of constant touring, Colton separated from his band and moved to Los Angeles where he spent a year writing songs and recording with producer John Fields (Switchfoot, Rooney, Semisonic). In the end, he settled on what he feels are the perfect twelve. On going solo, Colton explains, "I just knew that in order for me to make the kind of album that I needed to make I needed to be one hundred percent on my own. That is why it is so emotional. Every one of these songs is gut wrenching for me.“ Although it took coming back to his roots in all senses, to go forward, he hopes his work on Here Right Now transcends the moments he used as inspiration and reflected upon.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
The Boom Bang
14 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists The Boom Bang
event::about The Boom Bang is a Garage/Surf/Punk band from Oklahoma City and have been munching on pizza and playing shows for over 2 years. Last September they released a nationally distributed 7" called "Bummer Camp" through Guestroom Records and this March they are releasing a full length album titled "World War Fun" through Nice People Records.
event::tags 21+
12:00 PM
to 1:00 PM
Tate Music Group
35 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
event::about Oklahoma’s Tate Music Group works with its artists to provide them with the production, manufacturing, distribution and promotion that they need in order to succeed in today's music industry. Regardless of the style of your music, we are interested in hearing from you. Please join us for free food, drinks, and music from Tate Music Group artists. Check us out: www.tatemusicgroup.com or (888) 361-9473.
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
R.S.A.G.
3 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists R.S.A.G.
event::about R.S.A.G R.S.A.G. (aka Rarely Seen Above Ground, aka Jeremy Hickey) is a multi-instrumentalist hailing from Kilkenny city who has been making waves since 2008 with his explosive live set and a double album release, Organic Sampler – the debut which received a 5 star review from the Irish Times as well as gaining a Choice Music Prize nomination in the same year. “If the winner of the Choice Music Prize were based solely on their performance tonight, no doubt Jeremy Hickey, or R.S.A.G., would have walked away with that €10,000. For one man with only a drum-kit and a backing track, he gave an utterly riveting and surely exhausting performance. The combinations of complex rhythms and the speed and accuracy with which he played clearly engrossed the audience and earned him the night's only clap-along.” Entertainment.ie, March 2009 R.S.A.G. ( Rarely Seen Above Ground ) is Jeremy Hickey. He is a multi-instrumentalist who records, performs and produces all his own material. Live R.S.A.G. plays drums / percussion and sings. The backing tracks are recorded in his studio. Visually, he has created a virtual band which is projected on a screen behind him. Think of Joy Division, Talking Heads, Fela Kuti, New York rockers, ESG with the visual impact of the Gorillaz. But rather than the use of animation, he aspires to a sort of shadowplay; a show of silhouettes of himself, which he utilises on disc. Think of what DJ Shadow done on his live tour of The Private Press. This is so much more than just music, it is a friendly, full-sensory virus with no known cure. Now back with his Leo Pearson produced follow-up album Be It Right Or Wrong. Be It Right Or Wrong was performed entirely by Hickey and was recorded in Leo’s studio in Thomastown, Kilkenny in August ’09. Leo Pearson is a leading remixer, programmer and producer, and has worked with many big names including U2, Elvis Costello and Howie B. “Recording Be It Right Or Wrong was a completely different experience to Organic Sampler. On Organic Sampler I more of less wrote and recorded everything at home. For Be It Right Or Wrong I chose to record with Leo Pearson in Thomastown, Kilkenny. Leo has a great set-up. It doesn’t have that claustrophobic feeling to it like a lot of studios. I had recorded a lot of the songs again at home and came to the studio with the demos. Straight away we clicked on the sounds and the different vibe I was going for. Leo convinced me to record everything from scratch, which at first I wasn’t into, but now I'm glad I listened. With this album I wanted more of a live feel, almost like a dysfunctional band who needed to get all of their influences out but of course, still being recorded by only one man. Working with Leo was great, he really has a talent of getting the right take from you. In it's feel and technical merit, I wanted this album to be different than my last. Change is something we cant control but we can write about it” - Jeremy Hickey May 2010 “There is a vibrancy and a freshness here and those elements, coupled with Hickey’s clear vision and single-minded approach, have combined to put together one of the best Irish albums you’ll hear in 2010.” – State.ie “Be It Right Or Wrong is innovative, carefully crafted, and often captivating.” – Entertainment.ie “Turning his radar back 50 years, R.S.A.G. (aka Jeremy Hickey) has once again delivered a record as fresh as it is exciting, a homage to the original rock’n’rollers brought bang up to date. Put this down as a Choice nomination shoo-in.” – Irish Times “Hear the drummer get wicked and sublime. No need to be alarmed. Jeremy Hickey knows exactly what he’s doing.” – Hotpress “It marks the arrival of a truly world-beating new talent. Utterly brilliant” – RTE Guide “A truly inventive work from a true original.” AU Magazine “Now more Picasso than Pollock” – Sunday Tribune
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Ham Sandwich
29 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
event::about Some rock bands fret too much about the successful fusion of commerce and creativity. Some rock bands think they can second-guess the music fan by blending strategies for world domination with mix-and-match, catch-all music. Ham Sandwich, however, instinctively react to rock music more than spending too much time thinking about it – which is nowhere near as bad as it might sound – and it is this that marks them out as one of the best Irish rock acts of recent years. Ham Sandwich have been around and about in one very interesting shape or another since 2003, but it wasn’t until the autumn of 2005 – with the release of their debut single, ‘Sad Songs’ – that they began to be known outside their home county of Meath. McNamee’s liking for juggling quirk, strangeness and charm, stability reigned supreme. “I’d always had an urge to be in a band,” says Podge, whose early ambitions lay in stand-up comedy, “and although up to that point I’d done nothing to show that I could be in a band, the lads thought there was something about me that made him think I could be. I think they liked the fact that I could be anything at all.” Alongside McNamee were co-vocalist Niamh Farrell (whose experience at the time amounted to little other than singing in a few bands in Glasgow), guitarist Darcy and drummer Ollie Murphy. Chemistry has a curious way of working, and within weeks the band clicked through a mixture of varying musical influences, a singular love of kitsch, and a healthy distaste for anything within an ass’s roar of mediocrity. “It was more the relief of being in a band than anything else,” says Podge of early ambitions. “I knew I wouldn’t have been able to learn for myself, so I had to have someone to get me involved. I mean, I literally didn’t know how to plug in a guitar. And for at least the first year of gigging, I had to borrow amps and a guitar. When we started the first rehearsals, we knew Niamh was going to be the singer, and not much else. You could say I showed up to be trained!” “It was great, though,” recalls Niamh. “We were in it for being in a band, but it got serious quite quickly. We were still in rehearsals when a major record label came to hear us, so we thought, well, we could be on to something here. ” “We were a total mess back then, though,” claims Podge, “and I think that was totally down to me because I was such a rookie. I wanted to go crazy on stage, but I didn’t have the skills to keep the music together at the same time. If I’d been boring I’d have concentrated on the music, but I didn’t want to be too po-faced on stage.” Inevitably, levels of ambition and confidence grew as the band became more proficient. Each subsequent single release (including ‘St Christopher’ and ‘Click…Click…Boom’) received more positive responses than the previous one. In early 2008, their debut album, ‘Carry The Meek’, was released. Within days, the band was a recipient of the Meteor Music Hope for 2008 Award. The remainder of 2008 was spent touring the album, getting to know the songs inside out, and being aware of the difference between entertainment and novelty value. “When I think about how I was at the start…” says Podge. “The band had such patience with me, because at least three out of five gigs would have been more or less shameful because of me. Yes, there would have been an element of entertainment at the same time, but now, personally, I’d rather be good musically and not shambolically entertaining. ” “With ‘Carry The Meek’,” says Podge, “some of the structures of the songs are fine, but there’s repetition there. With the songs for the new album we want to be more crafted, more influential, perhaps. The one thing I’m happy with already is that I don’t think the second album will be anywhere like our first. At the same time, it’ll be more grown up, with a little bit more sophistication. The first album was practically all electric guitar; the new album will be more musically varied – and not for the sake of it, either. It’s just that we’re getting our heads around different instruments. It’s a natural evolvement, and more texture is no harm.” “We’ve definitely grown up since ‘Carry The Meek’,” maintains Niamh. “In terms of all of us getting involved in the song writing process and, I suppose, just maturing as people. Making the song structures more interesting is crucial for both the listener and the band, because it holds the attention for longer.” Ham Sandwich are currently touring their new album 'white fox'.which has recieved much critical acclaim. 1One of the better Irish albums of 2008 was Carry the Meek, from this Kells band with the wonky name. It was good, but White Fox knocks six bells of crap out of it, such is the advance in songwriting, arranging and the general sense of achievement. Structurally, also, the album is leagues ahead. Coming in at 33 and a third minutes, which is a nice retro joke, White Fox’ s brevity is matched by a level of quality that breathes through songs such as The Naturist, title track Models , The Fog, In December, Animals and all the rest. In fact, there isn’t a duff tune here, which makes it that very rare thing: an album you can listen to all the way through without being tempted to press fastforward. See hamsandwichmusic.com' TONY CLAYTON-LEA The Irish Times Opener The Naturist is typical of their classic pop gifts. Farrell and Podge McNamara exchange vocals over a classic indie template. It reminds me of the undervalued pop of Engine Alley almost 20 years ago. Karl Odlum's production is typically clean and fat-free. He allows the band's best constituents to shine -- mainly Farrell's perky vocals and McNamee's chiming guitars. And while the band aren't reinventing the wheel, their smart tunes take some beating. In a just world, at least half the songs here would enjoy considerable airplay. Ham Sandwich will showcase songs from this album in Whelan's on October 9 as part of a benefit night for the family of much admired concert promoter Derek Nally, who died in July. Burn it: The Naturist; Ants John Meagher Irish Independent Their current single 'ants' is accompanied by a great start/stop animated video directed by marc corrigan.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Funeral Suits
23 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists Funeral Suits
event::about Funeral Suits are a three-piece alternative rock band from Ireland. Consisting of Brian James, Mik McKeogh and Greg McCarthy, the band formed in 2008. A shared love of epic, distorted guitars, blistering harmonius pop, art rock and electronica led to the band spending the best part of two years holed up in a disused office space in deepest North County Dublin, writing, rehearsing and at times venturing out to play as special guests for Franz Ferdinand, Passion Pit, The Maccabees, Local Natives amongst others. More recently they have just recorded and finished their debut album with acclaimed producer Stephen Street (Blur, The Smiths) which will see the light of day some time in 2011. These are Funeral Suits. Take them and break them. Let them into your world.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Halves
14 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists Halves
event::about One of Ireland's most intriguing acts, Halves blend a vast range of instruments, acoustic and electronic, and guarantee an evocative, cinematic live experience. Their debut album and previous releases have met with universal critical success, as well as earning them ardent fans from Tokyo to Seattle. Their eagerly awaited debut album 'It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever)' was released on 29th of October 2010, and has been nominated for the choice music prize (choicemusicprize.com). Recorded in Montréal with Efrim Menuck of “Godspeed You! Black Emperor”, through a mixture of organic samples, strings, brass and choir the album has a surreal and dark beauty. The record also contains guest vocalists Amy Millan (Stars/Broken Social Scene), Katie Kim & Philip Boughton (Subplots). "'It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever)' is one of the most daring, complete Irish albums of the past few years. Too often some Irish artists seem afraid to push the limits of their musical experiments; Halves are certainly not guilty of this." - state.ie (5/5) "Irish music doesn't come much more cinematic or widescreen than this ... This is not an immediate album, but it is the most rewarding kind of record - one that grows on you, drawing you deeper in with each listen." - Hotpress (4.5/5) "Every cinematic note sounds painstakingly crafted; every rich burst of strings, deep rumble of brass, or ominous piano coda finds its place amid the deliberate, stately pace of this album. A fine exercise in splendidly subdued grandeur – just remember to leave the lights on when you play it." - The Irish Times (4/5) Last Year Halves made their debut tv performance, topping the viewers choice poll on RTE's 'Other Voices' series in Spring ’09, (playing alongside the likes of Elbow and Lisa Hannigan). Halves have achieved a truly impressive resume since their debut gig in May '07. They have played all of Ireland's major music festivals, Oxegen'08, the Electric Picnic ('07 and '08), and the Hard Working Class Heroes festival ('07 and '08), sharing bills with Sigur Ros, Rage against the Machine, My Bloody Valentine and Bjork. They were also one of only 4 Irish acts selected to play the prestigious Eurosonic '08 festival in Holland (to a packed house), and since have also played festivals in the UK (London Calling June’08) and Canada (Canadian Music Week March’09). They have also supported the likes of British Sea Power, 65 Days Of Static, BellX1 and Cathy Davey, and were voted as having produced one of the finest Irish releases of 2007 with their first EP. (www.nialler9.com) In May of last year the band released their critically acclaimed record 'Haunt Me When I'm Drowsy'. This seven track EP displayed Halves' growing diversity of sound, and both eps were released across Europe and the US last Summer through Cargo. "There is a rare sense of equilibrium to this record; from the blood quickening title track to the bruised heard tenderness of 'Amberscene', all is lovingly thought out and executed. In fact, for all their celestial ambition, you'll be hard pressed to find a single superfluous note. " - AU magazine (re: Haunt Me When I'm Drowsy) "A work of brittle beauty" - Electric Picnic'08 preview booklet. "Genre fans won't want to miss out on this one" - Boomkat. "undeniably beautiful" - State magazine. Halves have developed their live show into something truly captivating; a mix of synched visuals, strings, brass, and electronics, anchored by soaring guitars and live drums. Broadly influenced, they craft intense, deeply resonant sound-scapes, blending a range of instruments – bells and glockenspiel one moment, the piano and accordion the next - over guitar crescendos, haunting strings and both acoustic and electronic drums. Theirs is a rich, multi-layered sound, ambitious, lush and cinematic. "Epically downbeat" - Irish independent, Oxegen '08 "recommended" preview "a gorgeous, tranquil wash of glazed ambience and dreamy guitar noise".......Onlookers will not forget that, for a stretch, this performance possessed a cosmic beauty that few others can reach" Hot Press magazine (HWCH live review)
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Sacred Animals
18 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists Sacred Animals
event::about The way from Sacred Animals' native Wexford to Dublin is straight enough, running through the edge of the Wicklow mountains south of Dublin. But you only have to veer a few miles off the main road and suddenly you're up in the mountains. From the Sally Gap you can look out across Lough Tay hundreds of metres below and see the wind carving its way through the hills. "The energy is incredible - so primal. Life is pretty fleeting. But that's also kind of precious in a weird way." And the music is precious too, something drawn from those hidden places. Sacred Animal's is not a calm oasis though, Darragh's mind is tumbling through ideas and spaces, drawing on the rich tapestry of styles and sounds that make this such a compelling time to make music. "It's about everything that makes artists we love, people like Thom Yorke, Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear) create and then go back and explore some more. I've written songs for years and have always loved doing it. But when the songs start coming out like this, from somewhere I couldn't always reach, that's something else. Exciting." Sacred Animals is about just that. Letting the music speak and breath, respecting its nature, and the result is both epic, but undoubtedly intimate at times. It's an unusual light across the Wicklow mountains in the May dusk, purple and orange and it's got Darragh thinking. "'m not so sure we have things figured out at all. That's what happens when you stop and find yourself staring out across a place like this." Sacred Animals look ahead and the road winds off through the hills and into the distance.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
James Vincent McMorrow
62 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
1:00 PM
to 2:00 PM
Berklee College of Music
52 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
event::about Berklee College of Music presents its 6th annual SXSW party featuring music by Berklee, Berkleemusic.com, and Heavy Rotation Records (HRR) alumni and students including Aloud, Art Decade, Julia Easterlin (HRR), Stereo Telescope, The Boston Boys (HRR), Emily Elbert (HRR), Audio Runner, Laura Jansen (Decca Records), Black Kettle (HRR) and more. Giveaways include a Berkleemusic online course. The party is 21+. Come early for a free drink. Show your SXSW badge for entry or RSVP to sxswrsvp@berklee.edu.
8:00 PM
to 9:00 PM
Dapuntobeat
3 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists Dapuntobeat
event::about DaPuntoBeat is a Mexico City based six piece band with eight years of history under their belt. Easy to digest but hard to forget. DPB is a high potency and explosive live act that combines rock, funk and electronic elements to unleash passions on the dance floor! DaPuntoBeat is the only Latin American act to have been invited to the Festival Internacional de Benicassim (FIB) in Spain, on two different occasions. This summer, DaPuntoBeat performed along artists such as Tricky, Sigur Rose, La Casa Azul, The Buzzcocks, The National and My Bloody Valentine—among many others—at the FIB and the Way Out West Music Festival in Göteborg, Sweden. DPB also performed in front of an ecstatic audience at a sold out Södra Teatern in Stockholm. Monoluna and the Celebrate Mexico Now! Festival teamed up to bring DaPuntoBeat with its high-potency electro-rasposon-dancefloor-ready sound to New York City, where they played at Joe's Pub on last September. Currently, the memebrs of DPB are hard at work, promoting their latest release. DPB just came back from the inSurgentes 2010 tour, and which inclded several of Mexico's most important independent bands. Tour included several European cities.
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
DVAS
10 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists DVAS
event::about DVAS has garnered the attention of electro dance devotees across the globe through their high quality/hi-NRG mixtapes, remixes and compilations. Originally forming in Edmonton, Jered Stuffco and collaborator Darren Veres released a series of tracks and EPs under the moniker Dietzche V. and the Abominable Snowman, before abbreviating the name to DVAS, making the move to Toronto and signing with Upper Class to release their full-length 'Society'. The first single and title track 'Society' became a summer anthem in North America earning DVAS iTunes 'Single of the Week.' The perfect kick off to the beat driven debut album that mixes disco, funk and soul with enthralling energy. The 'Society' video debuted worldwide on AOL's Spinner.com and gained Canada-wide airplay on national music television channels MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic, Aux-TV and BPM: TV, and has gone from 0 to 15000 views on youtube in a blink. The single peaked at #3 on CBC Radio 3/Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 86; and the album knocked Crystal Castles out of the #1 National RPM Chart. Since then the band has shared the stage across Canada and the USA with the likes of Xiu Xiu, Designer Drugs, The Hood Internet, and Diamond Rings as 'Society' entered the Top 10 on USA's CMJ RPM Chart. Special thanks to The Hood Internet for delivering a super-fly remix of 'Society' featuring Chicago MC Kid Static. DVAS may share some attributes with the space disco sounds of Daft Punk and pop legacy of Hall And Oates, but they bring intense originality and innovation to up the ante on the pop jams and the dance floor. Lyrically the album plays out like a story of a bad boy gone good; off the top we hear tales of hitting VIP clubs and young ladies on the tracks 'Society', 'Consenting Adults' and 'Watching You' but it isn't long before we're experiencing the ache of long-distance love in 'Back 2 Basix' and by the end you're ready for the philosophical reprise of 'Giving It All Away' and the epic instrumental closer 'Passionate Persuasion'. DVAS front man Jered Stuffco emits as much emotional persuasion in his performance as he reveals in the songs he's penned. Fabulous, glamorous, and banging enough to bring down the club; cerebral enough to stand up to the staunchest of critics.
event::tags 21+
10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
Los Impostors
2 schedule::attendees
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eventtype Music
Artists Los Impostors
event::about Impostors, project born in Guadalajara, Mex, created by Alvaro Arce and Picho Torres, both musicians and producers who start working in late 2008, the composition and production of an ambitious project, which involves translating a consistent album and a full lenght DVD the experience of recording a complete album live and energy by combining live music with the eye of a (filmmaker / photographer) with his eye lurking between cables, machines, synthesizers and drums. Dukes is the first U.S. audiovisual project proposal outlining its concept in music, art, design and video to create this collective show. The material contains 9 tracks captured live (Live to track) which follows the first single Affliction announces a part of this first concert with an almost immediate reaction, the project began to receive unexpected comments like that made by Henry describes the project as "thrilling beats, a barrage of Latin percussion and melodies surround make the music of The Impostors one of the most promising bets in the field of electronic fusion today. Alvaro Arce and" Picho "Torres put in academia and play street spirit to leave us great books in 'Somos Duques, their first experiment in sound. Alvaro is a graduate of Berklee and has collaborated with bands like Violet Blue, Radaid and Sussie 4 among others. The latter has made a name percussing drums in different projects of the vibrant music scene in Guadalajara with Azul Violeta, Nopal Beat & Sussie 4. Fate brought them together and now they find that their complicity and magic out the same in his mighty tribal landings (over Green), rhythmic routines in about a dance floor ("Hey") in its seductive nods to alternate-pop ("Affliction"). For 2010 The Impostors may be heard within the campaign of the sports brand 'Puma'. Also in January 2011, Los Impostors will be the very first latin act to be premiered at the 'Concert Channel' cable and on demand with their 'live to track' live recording of the album 'Somos Duques.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Class Actress
53 schedule::attendees
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eventtype Music
Artists Class Actress
event::about Class Actress is: "Guilty Pleasure dance music NSA Casual Encounters Stalker Pop« Depeche Mode meets early Madonna and Five Star played on KTU radio ... (More) of the leather back seat of a taxi "Class not Actress: Acting Class... Class Actress Announces Headlining Tour Through SXSW w/ MillionYoung, Journal of Ardency Extended EP Out Now “The great debut EP by Class Actress, ‘Journal of Ardency,’ is an alluringly precise recapturing of the winning chill of early ’80s electro-pop, with some light hauteur keeping the mood severe, never optimistic.” – New York Times “[Harper's] passion proves to be the same kind of compelling counterweight to frosty sonics that helped make the music of her influences so memorable.” – Pitchfork “Rising” Artist “[Class Actress'] super 80s vibe made the scene feel like the climax of a John Hughes movie, aka awesome. At the end of their set, I had hearts in my eyes.”- BUST Brooklyn’s Class Actress (Elizabeth Harper & co) has announced their spring headlining tour through SXSW in support of debut, Journal of Ardency EP, available now on Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear and Ethan Silverman’s Terrible Records. This tour follows Class Actress’ successful North American tour this past Fall with Small Black, Delorean, and Matthew Dear, among others. A special extended version of Journal of Ardency, featuring Class Actress’ cover of Neon Indian’s “Terminally Chill,” is now available on CD, and will be on sale at these shows. Don’t miss what New York Press dubbed “Brooklyn’s very own Madonna”!
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Penguin Prison
62 schedule::attendees
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Friends
eventtype Music
Artists Penguin Prison
event::about In addition to his expertly crafted songwriting and production, Penguin Prison has quickly become one of the most promising new live music acts around. Screaming guitar solos, James Brown-esque vocal riffs and some rather unusual dance moves are all staples of the live show, proving his talents are not just the product of studio wizardry. Dance parties break out inevitably at every performance as the band take the songs to new heights while also faithfully recreating the sounds of the recordings flawlessly.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
DATAROCK
146 schedule::attendees
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eventtype Music
event::about DATAROCK formed in Bergen (Norway) 10 years ago, and were straight off signed to indie label, Èllet / Tellé Records, pairing DATAROCK with a roster of local artists such as Røyksopp, Kings Of Convenience and Annie. DATAROCK went right out on an endless run of shows in underground clubs and festivals across Europe - a perfect breeding ground for alternative dance music, leading up to DATAROCK's current mix of dance music, new wave, Manchester rock, funk & punk. Four years later DATAROCK established their own label, YAP Records, internationally distributed through VME - infamous for representing black metal artists such as Burzum. And so, in 2005 their debut album "DATAROCK DATAROCK" was released with tracks such as "Computer Camp Love" & "FA FA FA" - taking DATAROCK's touring to a global level. So far DATAROCK's done more than 700 shows in 33 countries on 4 continents. DATAROCK has toured America alone 17 times, playing more than a 100 clubs and festivals like Coachella (CA), CMJ (NYC), WMC (Miami), SXSW '07 & SXSW '09 (Austin), Download (San Francisco), Detour (LA), Virgin (Toronto), Montreal Jazz Festival (Montreal), MX Beat (Mexico City), Planet Terra (Sao Paolo, Brazil) and Personal Fest (Buenos Aires, Argentina). These tours all vary but includes a 42 cities run across North America non stop the summer of 2008, and a 26 cities craze for the release of DATAROCK's second album, September '09. Thanks to the acclaim of both the albums DATAROCK's been fortunate enough to establish a world wide profile - even in a markets as tough as the US, where DATAROCK's appeared on a number at household TV shows like MTV's Jersey Shore, NCB's Chuck, AOL's Spinner, Yo Gabba Gabba (Nick Jr.), ABC News and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live (where DATAROCK's second appearance was on the outdoor stage for the very release date of their second album). DATAROCK is now signed to US booking agency, The Agency Group, and publishing company Artwerk - a joint venture between Nettwerk One Music and gaming giant EA (Electronic Arts). This alliance has in effect led to having tracks featured in an unprecedented number of video games such as Fifa '08, Fifa '09, Fifa '10, Fifa Street, Sims 2, Sims 3, Need For Speed, Madden NFL, and the iPad hit Tap Tap Radiation. In total 22 of the highest-grossing games on the planet features tracks by DATAROCK, reaching out to a credible estimate of 250 million gamers minimum. DATAROCK's tracks have also been featured in campaigns for brands such as Apple, Coca Cola, Samsung, FOX and RadioShack. In addition, their tracks have been featured in a number of adds, TV series and films across the world - including commissioned work for Disney. Since 2007 DATAROCK's career has been very much focused on North American grounds. Simultaneously DATAROCK's been touring the rest of the world both prior and parallel, playing clubs and festivals all across the planet: Summer Sonic in Tokyo & Osaka in Japan, Good Vibrations, Falls, Field Day, Southbound, Sunset Sounds, Come Together, Future Music and Meridith Music Festiva in Australia, Sonar and Benicassim in Spain, ArezzoWave in Italy, Sudoeste in Portugal, Stereoleto in Russia, Be2gether in Lithuania, Pohoda in Slovakia, Les Ardentes in Belgium, Transmusicales and Microcosm in France, Eurosonic and Metropolis in Netherlands, Berlin Festival, PopKomm, Hurricane and South Side in Germany, Koneisto in Finland, Airwaves at Island, Arvika and Hultsfred in Sweden, Roskilde '05 and '07 in Danmark, Reading, Leads, O2 Wireless, Camden Crawl, The Great Escape, Loop, Latitude, Lovebox, Dot To Dot, Orange Evolution, Eurocultured, In The City and Oxygen in the UK, and numerous festivals in Norway such as Øya, Quart, BergenFest, NattJazz, Lost Weekend, +47, EKKO, NuMusic, Midnattsrocken, Bygdalarm, Utkant, Pereferi, Storås, Pstereo, UKA, Stavernfestivalen, Månefestivalen, Malakoff, Oslo Live, Ekstremsportveko, BaleJazz, MaiJazz and by:Larm. DATAROCK's albums are both critically acclaim across the world, and even their debut album was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy. Later on it came in at 36 on NME's list of "best albums of 2006", and the same year (out of 660.000 registered votes) "Computer Camp Love" came in at number 12 on Australia's national radio's list of listeners favorite tracks - Triple J's Hottest 100. For the US release in 2007 Spin Magazine listed the track "See What I Care" as an "essential download of the summer", and "Computer Camp Love" came in at 88 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the best tracks of the year. DATRAOCK's second album "RED" was also nominate for a Norwegian Grammy, the album was "critics choice of the week" in New York Times, the singles ended up on heavy rotation on Norwegian national radio for seven months (NRK P3), and stateside MTV even headhunted a video for "True Stories" and put it in rotation - bizarrely as this single was never commercially released outside of Norway. DATAROCK is now pretty much a global name. A few indications are the number of listenings on DATAROCK's MySpace profile (3,200,000), the number of views on DATAROCK's YouTube clips, the number of fans on on DATAROCK's Facebook profile, the number of followers on DATAROCK's Twitter account, the way DATAROCK is able to tour globally, and the nature of their world wide distribution. Despite this fact the band is still very much DIY - exclusively signed to their own imprint and pretty much handling everything themselves. So far they've been licensing their releases to Nettwerk Records in Canada and Ministry Of Sound in Australia, but for the upcoming release of their new material DATAROCK breaks new ground by teaming up with San Francisco based designer toy company SUPER7. DATAROCK - LIMITED EDITION is an "urban vinyl" character designed by designer toys legend Brian Flynn and inside the character you'll find a USB stick featuring a brand new DATAROCK EP called "Catcher In The Rye", a brand new DATAROCK LP called "Music For Synchronization", a brand new DATAROCK concert film called "NEVER SAY DIE" and more than 1500 private photos. The release date? SXSW 2011! PRESS QUOTES ON DATAROCK'S SECOND ALBUM - "RED" New York Times - "a frothy elixir out of 1980s synth-pop, art-rock and new wave" Pitchfork - "this band can nail any sound they want, cheekiness be damned" NME - "Irresistibly slinky new wave" BBC - "a hefty percentage of top tunes" Uncut - "The ultimate 1980s homage" Mixmag - "As mischievous as a Scottish terrier trained to operate a spud gun" Clash Music - "the opening of this album is pure science fiction cinema" The Fly - "Still plundering the best of 80's pop as only they can" Artrocker - "Robo rock" Music Week - "High energy indie dance with a sense of the absurd" Metro - "Smart casual really doesn't get any funkier than this" Time Out - "Datarock are really, really good" Kruger - "Superb" Attitude - "The rock have mad one of the bolder 2nd albums of recent times" Teletext - "Cherry-picks the era's best and emerges fresh" Super Sweet - "Great album by one of the most exciting bands around" Glasswerks - "Exciting romp of dance-punk mentalist" Music-News - "Red is a confident statement of self assurance from the Bergen dance due" Female First - " 'Give it up' is the awesome comeback single. A brilliant slice of eighties pop" Ilikemusic - "Datarock's Red is no less than a masterpiece" Planet Notion - "With lyrics that make you smile and dance a happy dance" Efestival - "Red tracksuit wearing Danish electro-funk superstars" Spaceship for Sale - "Brilliant slice of eighties inspired pop" Nerdy-frames - " 'Give It Up' is an irresistible slice of electro euphoria" "No revenge of the nerds. They were champions from the start." Bergens Tidende 6/6 "This is a very clever mindfuck of an album" Dagbladet 5/6 "Warning! This album might lead to increased demand for red tracksuits..." Aftenposten 5/6 "Datarock has grown as a band and as songwriters..." NRK, Lydverket 5/6 "...Datarock is extremely varied, they try on a number of genres, and they master them all" musikknyheter.no 8/10 PRESS QUOTES ON DATAROCK'S DEBUT ALBUM - "DATAROCK DATAROCK" "Doubting Datarock is the future of indie dance? You're taking the pis…
event::tags 21+
8:15 PM
to 9:15 PM
SBTRKT
30 schedule::attendees
Location
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eventtype Music
Artists SBTRKT
event::about Design is at the heart of this project: first the instruments, then the songs and finally the masks. Whilst massively prolific, a minimalist ethos runs through the work and style of SBTRKT, not just in the name but in the precision of the sonics and arrangements. After dropping audacious white-label re-rubs of Goldie & Radiohead in 2009, SBTRKT has announced himself in 2010 with releases on dubstep stalwarts Ramp + Brainmath & eclectic indie label, Young Turks. Remixes for M.I.A., Modeselektor & Basement Jaxx have left the clubs wanting more and the masked man has obliged in the form of recent collaborative bangers w/ Sinden & Sampha. Whilst record heads and shop salesmen argue over whether SBTRKTs sound is more “techno”,“neo-garage” or “dubstep”, the forthcoming album plus releases on Tempa, Young Turks and Monkeytown place him comfortably in any category he wishes to occupy...
event::tags 21+
9:00 PM
to 10:00 PM
Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross
1 schedule::attendees
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10:00 PM
to 11:00 PM
POPO
13 schedule::attendees
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eventtype Music
event::about POPO are two brothers from Philadelphia - Zeb and Shoaib - who started showing up at the Mad Decent mausoleum for all night practice sessions, battling Diplo to see who could work the longest (I think POPO won).As a two man group they've been zeroing in on a sound that combines their live instrumentation with the electronic programming that they've been been cranking out on an old tower PC. They play a really dirty, reverb drenched, garagey brand of punk rock with songs that rarely break the 3 minute barrier. And while they have been compared to greats like the Germs and early Nirvana, we can assure you the POPO sound is all their own. The FADER says: Lately we’ve been listening to a whole bunch of bands that sound like they record all their music on a Talkboy in an alley behind a strip club, but so far only POPO have captured the elusive what-would-happen-if-we-made-music-from-the-bottom-of-a- trash-can sound.
event::tags 21+
10:20 PM
to 11:20 PM
Bosco Delrey
18 schedule::attendees
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eventtype Music
Artists Bosco Delrey
event::about Bosco Delrey is at once a thick combination of influences and a totally unique voice in current music. Diplo describes him as “a sort of garbage can Elvis from New Jersey… teaspoon craziness, a pinch of rockabilly, and full cup of soul dressed in a leather jacket. He can’t be topped as far as song writing… he’s doin the music I wish I could if I had bought a guitar”; The Fader called his song “Round N Round” “hillbillyhall”; and Bosco’s own MySpace says “Jerry Lee Lewis Carol King of pop”. But whatever you call him, Bosco Delrey is making music that is instantly accessible, totally cool, and unlike anything else on our wide-sweeping Mad Decent radar.
event::tags 21+
11:00 PM
to 12:00 AM
Toy Selectah
18 schedule::attendees
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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+
11:30 PM
to 12:30 AM
Schlachthofbronx (with Spoek Mathambo)
14 schedule::attendees
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eventtype Music
event::about Munich is more then Oktoberfest and - musically speakin - "Giorgio Moroder" Disco music. Few people know that the capital of Bavaria is not only a hot spot for beer but also for BASS music. Over the last few years the Munich scene development was quite healthy, with the two guys from Schlachthofbronx getting the most exposure, playing raves with the big names of the Global Bass scene, like Buraka Som Sistema, Major Lazer, etc... After an earlier blog buzz and due to the great media feedback on the launch of their selftitled full length debut-album (on Disko B) they toured all over Europe and even represented their airhorn-heavy sound in Southafrica in 2009. The album features guest singers from Costa Rica and Mali, joint work with brassbands from Bavaria, rappers from Southafrica as well as a ghettotek-collabo with german MC Ron Foto. Berlin based tropicalbasslabel Man Recordings released two EPs, including their smasher „Ayoba“ with Southafrican superstar-MC Spoek Mathambo and new swedish riot grrrl Gnucci Banana on vocal duties in 2010. With their album and the EPs (as well as countless hi-profile remixes, see list below) under their belt they played almost all important festivals across Europe - like Lowlands, Roskilde, Eurokennes, Frequency, Dour or Melt. They left crowd after crowd with happy sweaty smiles after a powerpack of schlachthofbronx´ takes on Rave, Dancehall, Dubstep, Baile Funk, Bounce, Cumbia, soca and Traditional bavarian music – always custommade and targeted on maximal dancefloor impact. After a busy years end of 2010, including being asked to support grammy/oscar-nominated pop princess M.I.A. on her Eurotour the guys from Schlachthofbronx are set to go even bigger in 2011, with strong new releases like their upcoming EP on Diplo's Mad Decent fuelling their constant touring through all clubs that are ready for some serious bass, sirens n airhorns -and which can spell their name correctly!
event::tags 21+
12:00 AM
to 1:00 AM
Dillon Francis
5 schedule::attendees
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12:30 AM
to 1:30 AM
Brodinski
11 schedule::attendees
Location
Friends
eventtype Music
Artists Brodinski
event::about Brodinski is the most exciting dj and producer to explode onto the scene in recent years. Yes, he may hail from France (Reims, Lille) but he is quite unlike any of his Parisian peers. His taste in music is broad and this is reflected in his own productions and dj sets which may encompass noisy techno, bass heavy house through to more melodic minimal. His programming is impeccable and he plays with such spirit that his 6'2' frame jerks and bounces when he gets excited by a track (yet he is never fuelled with anything more than Fanta Lemon!). The hot fuss started with his debut track Bad Runner which leaked onto blog sites months before it's release on Mental Groove in October 2007. Supported by everyone from Soulwax, Tiga, Chloe, Erol Alkan, A Trak, Busy P, Switch and Laurent Garnier the track peak time techno with Martian's yakking through it was one of the sleeper hits of the year. When it was eventually released the subject 'Bad Runner' had garnered over 3500 views on Erol Alkan's forum, people couldn't wait to get their hands on it. The flipside Solaris was a more subtle and seductive slice of techno. At the time Brodinski told FACT magazine that he would like to record for both Erol Alkan and Damian Lazarus' labels and this record seemed to sum up that ambition. Since Bad Runner Brodinski has remixed Bonde de Role, Klaxons, Das Pop, Shoes, D.I.M, Heart Revolutions and Adam Sky. Each remix has had a different approach, from the acidic (D.I.M), to vocal techno (Das Pop) to melancholic end-of-nighters (Klaxons). Brodinski has already been championed by Radio Soulwax, Tiga's Turbo and Bugged Out who have already offered him multiple gigs and festival slots for 2008. This May he has two releases readied to rock the summer. Goldfinger, a primitive house groove with ululating sirens and vocal grunts followed by an as yet untitled techno bomb.
event::tags 21+
1:00 AM
to 2:00 AM
Diplo
192 schedule::attendees
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eventtype Music
Artists Diplo
event::about One thing of which Diplo (aka Diplodocus, Wes Diplo, and Wes Gully) cannot be accused is being afraid to experiment with new music. With his mash-up mixtapes, he found and created a sound where his musical tastes -- '80s pop, electronica, Dirty South hip-hop, and his major influence, Miami bass music -- intersect. His attention-grabbing projects Hollertronix, with partner DJ Low Budget, and the Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1 mixtape, with elusive British-Sri Lankan MC M.I.A., made a heavy impact on the alternative electro-pop scene, amassing him rave reviews from music critics and indie kids alike, including Spin magazine, which named him DJ of the Year in 2005. Diplo was born Thomas Wesley Pentz in Tupelo, MS. Although he lived in a few different cities in the South, he mainly grew up in South Florida. He spent his youth in his father's bait shop, fixated on manatees, alligators, and dinosaurs with hopes of becoming a paleontologist. However, he wound up pursuing an education in film studies, starting at a couple Florida colleges but then finishing up his undergraduate degree in Philadelphia at Temple University in 2003. Before his move to Philadelphia, Pentz had moved temporarily to Japan to escape daily life in America. From Japan, he sent a demo tape of his beat concoctions to Will Ashon, founder of U.K. independent hip-hop label Big Dada Records, and once signed to the label, he relocated to Philadelphia. To support himself, during and after graduating from Temple, Pentz took on a few different jobs in Philadelphia: social worker, after-school mentor, movie theater employee, and gig-by-gig DJ. He was barely able to pay the rent, and the frustration was stunting his musical development (although he does credit one of his musical epiphanies to the after-school students who exposed him to crunk and Baltimore club music). Thus, Diplo and like-minded DJ Low Budget pooled their resources to start up their own club nights in Philadelphia, which they branded Hollertronix. It simply began as a fun night of genre-warping dance music, but it blossomed into an underground subculture drawing out crowds from all over the East Coast. Under the Hollertronix moniker, Diplo and Budget released the highly praised Never Scared mixtape; it was listed as one of The New York Times' top albums of 2003. The following year, Big Dada released Diplo's solo debut album, Florida, a more downtempo piece focusing on melody and instrumentals that was a departure from the melee of mashed-up vocals and beats. His unrelenting work ethic produced a considerable number of acclaimed mix CDs and 12" records; however, none of them accumulated more interest and Internet chatter than the 2004 Piracy Funds Terrorism, Vol. 1 mixtape that introduced M.I.A. outside of U.K. borders. Developing a yearning to produce more worldly music, he also began to throw his energy behind the Brazilian youth- and street-based music known as funk carioca (also referred to as baile funk), a derivation of Miami bass music. So, it was no surprise that when he established his own label, Mad Decent Records, around 2005, his first signee was the funk carioca group Bondo do Role. In 2009, the label signed a distribution deal with Fontana and Downtown Records. Their first collaborative release was by Major Lazer, a fictional Jamaican bounty hunter that was the brainchild of Diplo and DJ Switch. Major Lazer’s debut album, Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do, appeared in 2009, the same year as the Diplo remix collection Decent Work for Decent Pay: Selected Works, Vol. 1. In 2010, Mad Decent began their Blow Your Head compilation series with the unmixed collection Blow Your Head: Diplo Presents Dubstep. ~ Cyril Cordor, Rovi
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