The streets are already filled with swarms of SXSW interactive and film people discussing their SEOs, favorite food blogs, and that weird Ed Norton movie where he plays his own twin or something… it is just going to get worst once all of the LA leather jackets and Brooklyn residents who used to live in Austin come back on their yearly SXSW pilgrimage. The sidewalks will be flooded with people looking at iphones to try and figure out if the guy in front of them is the bro from Toro Y Moi or not, (it is.) Thankfully the streets will literally be shut down.
We are the proud sponsors of a show that aims to provide a calm before the music industry storm dubbed Welcome to the Jungle at the newly overhauled Parish on Tuesday the 16th. There was an RSVP that is now closed but show up anyway and I’m sure you’ll get in. This year more and more people are RSVPing to any and everything thanks to the proliferation of twitter and whatnot. There are no more secret invites. Thanks to the internet, everyone knows everything. Reading the post itself is most likely redundant because most people already have an arsenal of options for their Tuesday night, but we happen to think that this one is a notch above the rest.
Check it out:
Doors at 6.
Melogrand: 6:30 (From the mean streets of Austin, this new band’s upcoming 7 inch is sure to impress)
Twin Tigers: 7:35 (Straight from Athens, GA this four piece walk and awesome line of noise, pop and shoegaze! I am so pumped that these guys and girl are on this bill! )
The Kissaway Trail: 8:40 (All the way from Denmark, these guys are a big deal and if you don’t know it now you will after SXSW…)
Turbo Fruits: 9:45 (An offshoot of Be Your Own Pet, this is straight up rock complete with all the riffs, licks and beer drinking you could want. Wait- are these guys of drinking age yet? )
The Black and White Years: 10:45 (SX is a special time for these guys who have been on a whirlwind of exposure and blurbs on Kanye’s blog since they were “found” at the festival back in 2007 by Modern Lover and Talking Head Jerry Harrison. What does 2010 hold for them?)
The Bright Light Social Hour: 11:50 (Bluesy rock from Austin. At a Halloween show they wore jean shorts and cat ears. That was cool.)
Solid Gold: 12:50 (It’s dance music, but not necessarily uplifting. The word “Moody” gets thrown around alot with these guys. This is a damn fine headliner that we are right proud to be aligned with.)
Oh, and add in the disco-funky fresh jams of the Learning Secrets DJs all throughout the night. Hard to beat.
Like any good show the week of SXSW, this is totally free and if you play your cards right and pretend to be and A&R guy from the big leagues you can trick the mustached guy in Bright Light Social Hour to buy you a Shiner.
MP3: The Kissaway Trail- SDP
MP3: Solid Gold-Synchronize
!!!big ups to Gina at the Parish, Soundcheck Magazine, DO512, and Chrontourage!!!