SXSW 2009: The Bay Area Takeover Party (3/19) :: RSVP Info

Mike Relm, Vetiver, The Morning Benders headline six hour unofficial day party during South by Southwest, featuring 13 of the San Francisco Bay Area’s hottest indie bands

Tricycle Records and The Bay Bridged are proud to announce the second annual Bay Area Takeover, a six hour unofficial day party during the 2009 South by Southwest Music Festival. Taking place on Thursday, March 19th, 2009 from 12pm to 6pm at Austin’s Beauty Bar (click here for directions), with performances by over a dozen of the San Francisco Bay Area’s hottest artists representing a broad cross-section of the Bay’s fertile and diverse music scene.

The show’s headliners–Sub Pop folk-rock masters Vetiver, acclaimed A/V DJ Mike Relm, and indie pop buzz band The Morning Benders–are leaders in forging the Bay Area’s cosmopolitan music identity.

We're definitely fans of Wallpaper, he was one of our "SXSW Spotlights" we featured last year.  He's one not to be missed!

[Bay Area Takeover Official Site]
[Bay Area Takeover Myspace]
[SXSW Music Official Site]

The full list of acts include: (w/ Set Time TBA)

Mike Relm

Vetiver

The Morning Benders

Sholi

Thee Oh Sees

The Heavenly States

Wallpaper.

The Frail

Two Sheds

The Union Trade

French Miami

Lilofee

The Red Verse

w/ DJ sets from Omar (Popscene), Miles (Popscene, Live 105), Elise (Indie Pop Rocks!) and Jacob Fury (Glamour)

Profiles of all of the artists and more information about the party can be found at the newly relaunched TheBayAreaTakeover.com. The party is FREE, but people should RSVP at the web site to receive priority admission. The web site’s blog will be regularly updated until SXSW with the latest music news about the Takeover bands and all party announcements.

[RSVP HERE]

The Bay Area Takeover is sponsored by Zannel and SomaFM.

New Music Release Tuesday : November 4, 2008

If your standing in line waiting to vote this afternoon you might as well have some new music to listen to while you brave the crowds. First off this weeks releases have a couple of very notable side projects. You have Little Joy (Fab Moretti of the The Strokes) and Megapuss (Devendra Banhart) both taking a break from their day "jobs" and trying out a little experimentation. Little Joy will also be stopping in Austin on the 29th of November. [Tickets]

It wasn't released today but it should be mentioned that Black Rebel Motorcycle Club released The Effects of 333 independently on November 1st. No lyrics but they are such phenomenal musicians I am sure it is worth the $6 dollar asking price. You can purchase that [here].

Here are the rest of this weeks notable releases...

Crystal Antlers: EP
CSS: Move
Future Clouds & Radar: Peoria
Illa J: Yancey Boys
Last Shadow Puppets: My Mistakes Were Made for You (single)
Little Joy: Little Joy
Megapuss: Surfing
One Day As A Lion: One Day As A Lion (vinyl)
Travis: Ode to J. smith
Wallpaper : On The Chewing Gum Ground

**SXSW Spotlight** Wallpaper

Raised on P-Funk and schooled in New Jack, Wallpaper mastermind Eric Frederic didn't always envision the project reflecting these influences. He initially conceived Wallpaper as an experiment in pop satire.

But at the height of Oakland's 'Hyphy Movement,' something changed. 'I saw musicians representing that Bay Area sound. That same psychadelic, drippy funk, and care free approach that had been around since Sly Stone all the way to Digital Underground was re-surfacing. I needed to pay tribute.'

'I got soul! I'm so wasted!'

Slinging CDRs, rocking house parties, and a deejay favorite, Wallpaper has become a gold plated name in the underground from Oakland to LA, New York to London. After two limited print EPs, the latest release, 2007's T REX, features a gold-on-gold album cover and a platinum meets polyester collection of music. The goliath title track gives nods to George Clinton and E-40 while other songs like 'Txt Me Yr Love' and 'Evrytm We Do It' reference everyone from Keith Sweat to Kraftwerk.

Wallpaper has shared the stage with Subtle, Sole, Darondo, LA Riots, and many more. He has also captured the attention of bloggers, college radio deejays, and showgoers alike with guerilla remixes of everyone from M.I.A. to Bel Biv Devoe, Souls of Mischief to Bobby Caldwell.

Tribute paid.

http://www.myspace.com/wallpaper
http://wallpaper.imeem.com
http://www.eeniemeenie.com/EvrytmWeDoIt.mp3