Super Happy SXSW Overflow Fest 2010
When:
Thursday, March 11, 2010 – March 24th
Super Happy Fun LandSuper Happy Fun Land
Description

Howdy folks! Hope you are as excited about SXSW Overflow Fest as we are! There have been lots of add ons and changes since my last email, so check the calendar below and come on out to some shows! We’ve got some really amazing performers this year including a very naughty evening this Friday with the naked bike ride rally at 8pm, Bike Porn 3 at 11pm and the legendary Blowfly the original dirty rapper at midnight. There are far too many bands (110 performers at last count) for me to go through and tell you the highlights (like having a performer from Ireland on St. Pat’s day for example!), I’ve tried to list the genres of most of the bands (or at least what they put down as their genres on MySpace), but the best thing to do is go through and listen to the band’s websites and make a detailed checklist of the ones you really like! Its $8 for one night or an amazing $25 for the whole 14 day festival (which by the way runs March 11th through 24th). and here is the story of the festival: Every year thousands of bands from all over the world come into Texas for the South By Southwest music conference in Austin during mid-March. Many of those bands are looking for shows in nearby cities to fill out their tours, and competition for gigs is fierce! Super Happy Fun Land happily crams as many traveling performers as possible into our annual festival, bringing many performers to Houston that might not otherwise have a place to play, so come out and support up and coming new talent! There are also lots of other great events on the horizon, so scroll down and get the scoop!

March 11th-24th!
($8 for one night or an amazing $25 for the whole 14 day festival)

March 11th:
The Mint 9:00pm
Alternative / Rock / Other

http://www.myspace.com/satetx

XPPR5-9 (North Carolina) 9:45pm
Roots Music / Chinese Pop / Tango
www.myspace.com/xppr5dash9
A Better Hope Foundation (California) 10:30pm
Screamo / Rock

http://www.myspace.com/abhfhxc

Jungle Noise (San Antonio) 11:15pm
Experimental / Rock / Fusion

http://www.myspace.com/junglenoize

Jody Seabody and the Whirls 12am
Rock / Experimental / Other

http://www.myspace.com/jodyseabodyandthewhirls

March 12th:
Houston Organizational Rally for World Naked Bike Ride Day 8pm

http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org

Joe Firstman (Los Angeles) 8:45pm
www.myspace.com/joefirstman
Rock / Acoustic / Alternative
Midtown Dickens (North Carolina) 9:30pm
www.myspace.com/midtowndickens
Folk / Punk / Bluegrass
Beloved Binge (North Carolina) 10:15pm

http://www.myspace.com/belovedbinge

Indie / Pop / Alternative
Bike Porn 3: Cycle Bound – Film Screening 11pm – (no one under 17 admitted)
www.BikeSmut.com
Blowfly (Miami) 12am

http://www.myspace.com/blowfly

Legendary Funk / Rap / Comedy

March 13th:
Parallax (Minnesota) 7:45pm

http://www.myspace.com/parallaxmusic

Indie
Bamboo Shoots (Brooklyn) 8:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/bambooshoots

Indie Techno Rock
Dinosaur Feathers (Brooklyn)9:15pm

http://www.myspace.com/dinosaurfeathers

Tropical / Surf / Pop
Grey Market (Florida) 10pm
Rock / Alternative / Electronica

http://www.myspace.com/GreyMarket

Icarus Himself (Wisconsin) 10:45pm
Tropical / Electro / Folk Rock
www.myspace.com/icarushimself
My Milky Way Arms (Austin) 11:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/mymilkywayarms

Bossa Nova / Electro / Pop
Evolucid (Louisiana) 12:15am
www.myspace.com/evolucid
Experimental / Hip Hop / Fusion

March 14th:
Cavashawn (Chicago) 6:15pm

http://www.myspace.com/cavashawn

Pop Rock
The Heyday (Denver) 7:00pm

http://www.myspace.com/theheyday

Indie Rock
State and Madison (Chicago) 7:45pm

http://www.myspace.com/stateandmadison

Rock / Rock / Rock
Floating Action (North Carolina) 8:30pm
Indie / Folk / Rock
www.myspace.com/floatingaction
Other
Girls At Dawn (Brooklyn) 9:15pm
Psychedelic / Indie / Pop
www.myspace.com/thegirlsatdawn
Predator (Atlanta) 10pm
www.myspace.com/atlpredator
Wizzard Sleeve (Alabama) 10:45pm
www.myspace.com/wizzardsleeve
Punk / Psychedelic / Black Metal
Spells (Austin) 11:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/mothfight

Gift Horse (Athens) 12:15am
www.myspace.com/gifthorsetheband
Rock / Grime / Lyrical
New Familiars (North Carolina) 1am
Acoustic / Folk Rock / Thrash
www.myspace.com/thenewfamiliars

March 15th:
Bird by Bird with Jonathan from the Matches (California) 7:45pm
www.myspace.com/birdbybird
Las Charades (Spain) 8:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/lascharades

Pop / Psychedelic / Roots Music
Street Eaters (California) 9:15pm
Melodramatic Popular Song

http://www.myspace.com/streeteaters

Shellshag (Brooklyn) 10pm
Punk / Rock

http://www.myspace.com/Shellshag

Light Pollution (Chicago) 10:45pm

http://www.myspace.com/lightpollution

Religious / Psychedelic / Healing & EasyListening
Abominable Futuro (Spain) 11:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/abominablefuturo

Guystorm (Minneapolis) 12:15am

http://www.myspace.com/theguystorm

Death Metal / Disco House / Grime

March 16th:
Venus Flytrap (The Netherlands) 4:30pm
www.myspace.com/venusflytrap2007
Indie / Rock / Alternative
Anamieke Quinn (Phoenix) 5:15pm

http://www.anamieke.com

Indie-Folk-Rocker
Cristian Subirà – Summer Recreation Camp (Spain) 6pm

http://myspace.com/summerrecreationcamp

Trance
Busman’s Holiday (Indiana) 6:15pm

http://myspace.com/busmansholiday

Rock / Other / Folk Rock
Alanna Fugate (Kentucky) 7pm
www.myspace.com/alannafugate
Folk Rock / Americana / Lyrical
Robbie Hazen & The Riot (Florida) 7:45pm
www.myspace.com/robbiehazen
Indie / Acoustic / Pop
Ryat (Philadelphia) 8:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/ryat

Live Electronics / Indie / Jungle
The Extraordinaires (Philadelphia) 9:15pm
www.myspace.com/theextraordinaires
The Octagon (New York) 10 pm

http://myspace.com/theoctagon

Rock / Indie / Jam Band
East Of The Wall (New Jersey) 10:45pm

http://www.myspace.com/EastOfTheWall

Experimental / Rock / Progressive
Rezarekt (Philadelphia) 11:30
www.myspace.com/darezarektband
Hip Hop / Funk / Jam Band
Goes Cube (Brooklyn) 12:15am
Rock / Punk / Metal

http://www.myspace.com/GoesCube

Shining Path (Alabama) 1am
Grime

http://www.myspace.com/shiningpath334

March 17th:
Aa 7pm (Brooklyn)
Visual / Idol

http://www.myspace.com/alittlea

Liz Isenberg (Providence) 7:45pm
Folk / Soul / Happy Hardcore

http://www.myspace.com/lizisenberg

Vio/Miré (Providence) 8:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/viomire

Holy Liars (Athens) 9:15pm
Southern Rock / Americana / Garage
www.myspace.com/holyliars
At Versaris (Spain) 10pm
Hip Hop

http://www.myspace.com/atversaris

Blissed Out (NYC) 10:45pm

http://www.myspace.com/blissedoutnyc

Born Empty (Nashville) 11:30pm
Rock / Progressive / Pop

http://www.myspace.com/bornempty

The Zut Alors (Nashville) 12:15am
Bedroom Pop

http://www.myspace.com/thezutalors

Maud in Cahoots (New York/Ireland) 1am
Irish / Indie / Folk

http://www.myspace.com/maudincahoots

March 18th:
Revolt Revolt (Idaho) 6:15pm
Other / Punk / Other

http://myspace.com/revoltrevoltmusic

Suns (Chicago) 7pm

http://www.myspace.com/sunsband

Boy Eats Drum Machine (Oregon) 7:45pm
Big Beat / Turntablism / Pop

http://www.myspace.com/boyeatsdrummachine

Finn Riggins (Idaho) 8:30pm
Experimental / Indie / Post punk
www.myspace.com/finnriggins
Jared Mees & The Grown Children (Oregon) 9:15pm
Neo-soul / Breakcore / Idol

http://www.myspace.com/jaredmees

Dangerous Ponies (Philadelphia) 10pm
Rock / Afro-beat / Indie
www.myspace.com/dangerousponies
The Constellation Branch (Phoenix) 10:45pm
Experimental / Indie / Rock

http://www.myspace.com/theconstellationbranch

Felix Culpa (Illinois) 11:30pm
Progressive / Indie / Post Hardcore

http://www.myspace.com/thefelixculpa

Candy Claws (Colorado) 12:15am

http://www.myspace.com/candyclaws

Mehko & Ocean Birds (Colorado) 1am

http://www.myspace.com/warmumbrellas

March 19th:
True Womanhood (Washington DC) 7:45pm
Pop / Dub / Metal

http://www.myspace.com/truewomanhood

The New Familiars (North Carolina) 8:30pm
Acoustic / Folk Rock / Thrash

http://www.myspace.com/thenewfamiliars

Mouse Fire (Florida) 9:15pm
Indie / Pop

http://www.myspace.com/mousefire

Pharmacy (New Orleans) 10pm
Psychedelic / Thrash / Classical

http://www.myspace.com/pharmacy

Damn Bullets (Little Rock) 10:45pm
Rock / Pop / Rockabilly

http://www.myspace.com/thosedamnbullets

Beach Party Slaughter (Arkansas) 11:30pm
Experimental / Grindcore / Crunk
www.myspace.com/beachpartyslaughter
Experiment Haywire (New York) 12:15am
Electro / Punk / Industrial

http://www.myspace.com/experimenthaywire

March 20th:
Br’er (North Carolina) 8:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/brrer

Crown Point (Portland) 9:15pm
Pop / Rock

http://www.myspace.com/crownpointmusic

The Slants (Portland) 10pm
Electro / Rock / Punk

http://www.myspace.com/theslants

Ayurveda (New York) 10:45pm
Rock
www.myspace.com/ayurveda
Bucket Flush (Philadelphia) 11:30pm
Punk / Crunk / Visual

http://www.myspace.com/bucketflush

Aloft in the Sundry (Colorado) 12:15am

http://www.myspace.com/aloftinthesundrymusic

March 21st:
I Am The Dot (Denver) 5:45pm
www.myspace.com/iamthedotmusic
Yula Beeri (Brooklyn) 6:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/yulabeeri

Idiot Glee (Kentucky) 7:15pm
www.myspace.com/idiotglee
Pablo Trucker (Seattle) 8pm
Minimalist / Americana / Rock
www.myspace.com/pablotrucker
Cameron Hull (Brooklyn) 8:45pm
Concrete
www.myspace.com/cameronhull
Quilt (Boston) 9:30pm
Garage / Visual / Soul
www.myspace.com/quilt
Many Mansions (Boston) 10:15pm
Psychedelic / Religious / Trance
www.myspace.com/manymansions
The Big Big Bucks (Massachusetts) 11pm
Rock

http://www.myspace.com/thebigbigbucks

Coleen Green (Los Angeles) 11:45pm
Melodramatic Popular Song

http://www.myspace.com/c0lleen1

Bad Credit No Credit (Brooklyn) 12:30am
Punk / Jazz / Experimental

http://www.myspace.com/bathtimemusic

March 22nd:
Funk Dose 8pm
Funk / Grindcore / Jazz

http://www.myspace.com/funkdose02

MC Router 8:30pm
IDM / Ghettotech / Electronica

http://www.myspace.com/mcrouternerdcore

Laser Zeppelin (Washington) 9pm

http://myspace.com/lazerzeppelin

William Sides Atari Party (Chicago) 9:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/williamsidesatariparty

Crunk / Electro / Ghettotech
Bit Mummy (Pittsburg) 10:00pm
Ghettotech / IDM / Ambient

http://www.myspace.com/8bitmummy

Battlefields (North Dakota) 10:30pm

http://www.myspace.com/battlefieldsdoom

Junius (Boston) 11:15pm

http://www.myspace.com/junius

Giant Battle Monster 12am
Crunk / Punk / Funk

http://www.myspace.com/GiantBattleMonster

Yatagarasu 12:30am
Electronica / Hardcore
www.myspace.com/yatagarasu

March 23rd:
Falling Lisa (San Antonio) 8pm

http://www.myspace.com/fallinglisa

Kiernan McMullan (Ireland) 8:45pm
Acoustic / Rock / Other

http://www.myspace.com/kiernanm

Peasant (Pennsylvania) 9:30pm
Indie / Folk / Alternative

http://www.myspace.com/peasant

The Seedy Seeds (Cincinnati) 10:45pm
www.myspace.com/theseedyseeds
Electro / Indie / Pop
Mondo Drag (Iowa) 11:30pm
Psychedelic / Garage / Rock

http://www.myspace.com/holyrocks

March 24th:
Jennifer Kay 7:15pm
Indie / Acoustic
www.myspace.com/crazy_beautiful281
MaryAnne Marino (New York) 8pm
Acoustic / Pop / Folk Rock

http://www.myspace.com/maryannemarino

Sleep ∞ Over (Austin) 8:45pm
ambient

http://www.myspace.com/sleepoverforever

Silent Diane (Austin) 9:15pm
Electro / New Wave / Melodramatic Popular Song

http://www.myspace.com/silentdiane

Carsick Cars (China) 10pm
Rock / Indie / Experimental

http://www.myspace.com/carsickcars

P.K.14 (China) 10:45pm
Rock / Indie / Experimental

http://www.myspace.com/pk14

AV Okubo (China) 11:30pm
Hong Kong Experimental Cinema

http://maybemars.org/index.php/artists/av-okubo

Agent Ribbons (California) 12:15am
Lyrical / Concrete / Minimalist
www.myspace.com/agentribbons

SHFL is located @ 3801 Polk Street
Houston, Texas 77003

http://www.superhappyfunland.com

Houston’s Best St. Patrick’s Day Parties with Murder the Stout

Come out St.Patrick’s Day to Houston’s biggest & best party
at Brian O’Neill’s at 5555 Morningside Dr in Rice Village!
Celtic Rockers “Murder the Stout” take the stage from 1-5pm.
In the evening they’ll be playing The Bull & Bear Tavern @ 11980 Westheimer Road, from 8pm-midnight.

RODDY MCCORLEY – MURDER THE STOUT.mp3 (6 MB)

This post was submitted by Hugh Morrison.

Rudyard’s – 2010 Waugh
9PM, $8, 21+

ChaseHamblin – Mar25Rudz – 11X17PRINT.pdf

This post was submitted by Chase Hamblin.

“Amazing Firstman’s bluesy voice worked perfectly with the roots rocker numbers, and, when he shifted to piano, the band sounded like a mix between Lowell George-era Little Feat with a dash of The Band and a touch of the Black Crowes.” -Ft. Myers News-Press

“Lucky for them they showed up for Joe Firstman. The multi-talented barefoot musician stomped the ground and his piano keys through a set that had echoes of Bruce Hornsby & the Range or The Band.” -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Super Happy Fun Land at 8:45pm
http://www.superhappyfunland.com/super_happy_calendar.htm

This post was submitted by Kate Haberbusch.

March 11th- Doors at 6:15pm
Warehouse Live Studio -813 Saint Emanuel Street
Tickets $10 and can only be bought online

https://tickets.aftonshows.com/2DollarSound

This post was submitted by Moji abiola.

B L A C K I E – Live in New orleans at The Dragons Den from Christopher Patterson on Vimeo.

The album was recorded and produced by the band and mastered at ES Mastering located in SugarHill Studios. On this album the band expanded it’s instrumental line-up adding sitar, tabla, doumbek, tin whistle, and more. Among the guest artists on the album are Houston’s own Aric Alan (formerly of Awaken From Falling) playing guitar on three tracks.

One song will be released digitally in multiple-languages and another will be breaking ground with a newly-invented musical genre. More details for those to come.

Track listing:
1. Last Dream I Remember
2. The Other Side
3. I Will Rise Above The World
4. Forgetting
5. I Don’t Belong Here
6. Revolver 9
7. Static Attraction
8. The Great Divide
9. Listen To What’s Missing
10. Just 5 Minutes More
11. The Best Part of Me
12. The Final Exit

This announcement is available on our website at:
http://waysidedrive.com/blog1/2010/03/01/welcome-to-the-other-side/

This post was submitted by Jeremy Osborn.

video courtesy of Joel Vidz. s1rrah’s Channel

Muhammad Ali
http://www.myspace.com/muhhamid

Giant Princess
http://giantprincess.com/
http://www.myspace.com/giantprincess

Ghormeh Sabzi
http://www.myspace.com/ghormehsabzi4
Also performing

Cop Warmth
http://www.myspace.com/copwarmth

Rape Worm
http://www.myspace.com/creutzfeldtjakobdisease

BAMBARA
http://www.myspace.com/bambaraband

$5

Proceeds support Sweat Free Houston!

sweatfreehouston (at) gmail (dot) com
http://sweatfreehouston.wordpress.com/

Sweat Free Houston is a coalition of labor, religious, and other civic organizations that want the City of Houston to pass a sweat free ordinance. The objective of the ordinance is to ensure low-bid garment contracts do not encourage manufacturing in sweatshop conditions, and to level the playing field for public contracts by eliminating sweatshop exploitation as a competitive advantage.

Where: Live Oak Friends Meeting, 1318 West 26th St., Houston, Texas
When: 1:00PM – 8:00PM

A day of celebration, party and networking with all the nuts, freaks, peaceniks, tree huggers, activist, hippies, rockers, woodstockers, generation X’ers, Y’ers, Z’ers, scenesters, vegeterians, animal lovers, meat lovers, people lovers, peace lovers, earth lovers, rebel rockers, zen marxist, budhist, christians, jews and muslims too.

Live Music by:
Macy McKinzie, Meghan Miller, Jordan Cervantez, and Micah Lamb
Zachary Ford -http://www.myspace.com/featuresyndicate
Tygaraja – http://www.myspace.com/tyagarajasong
Much Love -http://www.myspace.com/muchlovemusac
Spain Colored Orange – http://www.myspace.com/spaincolouredorange
listenlisten – http://www.myspace.com/listenlisten
Electric Attitude – http://www.myspace.com/electricattitude

Dance performance by:
Dancepatheatre – http://www.dancepath.com
The Brazilian Arts Foundation – http://www.brazilianarts.org & http://www.houstonbrazilianfest.org

Variety of food and kids activities.

For more information go to: http://www.friendshouston.org/announcements/peace-festival-march-6-2010

This post was submitted by Lidney Molnari.

Do yourself a favor and check out The Passengers myspace tunes at  http://www.myspace.com/texaspassengers. Then check out their live show!

This post was submitted by Travis.

Vs.

You Decide.

WHO: Cadillac Sky

WHERE: McGonigel’s Mucky Duck

WHEN: Tuesday, March 2nd

Start Time 7:30 / Ticket Price $20

Website: http://www.mcgonigels.com/

The new album Letters in the Deep, produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, is anything but traditional and marks the metamorphosis of Cadillac Sky from a critically-acclaimed Bluegrass band to a band without boundaries. Over the past year, Cadillac Sky has explored a lot of new terrain live on stage and with the recent addition of David Mayfield on guitar the band has developed into one of the most exciting rock-shows around. That new energy also translated into the studio as Cadillac Sky began recording the new album in Auerbach’s studio, Akron Analog. The Akron sessions proved to be a pivotal moment for the band and Auerbach played an instrumental role with a hands-off production approach, totally concentrating on shaping the sound of the record. The result is an honest, breathing piece of art that is amazingly authentic and gut-wrenchingly real.

Letters in the Deep is scheduled for release nationally in June.

03 Video Killed The Radio Star.mp3 (7 MB)

This post was submitted by Lori Kampa.

A young Producer/ DJ thats fuses many styles like hiphop, electro, baltimore club, rave, rock and more into his music. His main styles are based in the town he is mostly known in, Baltimore, MD.

Hi$TORY will be releasing a CD called “Deep Space” later in the year. And he has a remix being featured on Baltimore artist, Thunderbird Juicebox’s, EP which will be coming out within the next few months.

To listen to free music from Hi$TORY and to stay updated, please visit

http://www.djhistorymusic.wordpress.com

http://www.facebook.com/clubhead4life

http://twitter.com/history1128

http://www.myspace.com/h1story

to book Hi$TORY, email him at history1128@gmail.com

DOWNLOAD “DEEP SPACE” [the single] BELOW!!

04 Deep Space.mp3 (2 MB)

This post was submitted by DJ Hi$TORY.

Click here to nominate your band to play a show during SXSW2010

This month’s Bandcampus is focused on preparing bands for SXSW, regardless whether they have an official showcase. Including building/checking their existing online presence and making sure they have physical press materials available. Industry professionals in the fields of PR, marketing, web design and copywriting will be on hand to work one-on-one with bands to get this done.

We will do the following on Sunday:
1. Prepare band’s online presence, physical press kits
2. Announce who will be playing the Houston@SXSW party this year (check the link for full information)
3. Provide ideas designed to cut through the noise of SXSW and get bands the visibility they deserve.

In lieu of a long email, please visit the whole post to nominate yourself or a band to play at SXSW and then attend Bandcampus: SXSW PREP to prepare yourself to make an impact:
http://matthewwettergreen.com/2010/02/22/bandcampus-sxsw-prep/

WHAT: Bandcamp: SXSW PREP
WHEN: February 28th, 2-4pm
WHERE: Caroline Collective, 4820 Caroline Houston, TX
WHY: Prepare for SXSW, find out who’s playing Houston@SXSW; a free showcase of Houston creative professionals

I ran into Scott D. recently whom I had the pleasure of helping to interview T-Pain a few months ago.   Anyways, after talking to him I went to check out updates on his website and noticed he had an interview with Jay Reatard who recently died from a drug overdose.  Before theis occurred Scott D. caught a few minutes of his time to ask him some questions.  Scott also has alot of other really cool interviews with regional and touring bands taken at a variety of shows in and around Houston.  Check it out at Too Bored Productions.

WHAT: Dean’s Credit Clothing and Red Devil Promotions present Keaton Branch & The Figure Eight, Prairie Cadets and Jacob Trevino

WHO: Dean’s Credit Clothing is in one of the oldest buildings in Houston, great sound, fun atmosphere and full of awesome people. Keaton Branch & The Figure Eight return bringing their brand of Indie Rock transforming Keaton’s acoustic rock into a full band experience. Prairie Cadets meld Folk with Indie Rock with catchy pop hooks. Currently working on a new album, check out the new songs live. Jacob Trevino is the front man of alternative rock band Five Dollar Friend and will be jamming acoustically all their hits.

WHEN: Saturday, February 27th 2010
Show at 8PM

WHERE: Dean’s Credit Clothing
316 Main St
Houston, Texas 77002

TICKETS: $5 day of show

This post was submitted by Shane Burke.

Also, add us on Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace.

Thanks!

Direct link to album with free download and listen:
http://featherface.bandcamp.com/

This post was submitted by Featherface.

I hope so, because it only makes sense that when people begin to see a moderate amounts of success from these types of festivals – That more will come? Or someone is going to see that there is money in our scene and if so is that a good thing? Who knows, maybe we’ll start to hear Do You Realize on the Buzz, or get a few more venues opened up that aren’t doing covers of  Papa Roach songs. I mean I heard the Pixies at Home Depot and everyone was still shopping the same.  There’s a hell of a lot of uncertainty in this post. Obama Change? -Naaaah – This festival will do just fine.

And 4 months should be enough time for all Houston bands to start their screen printing, CD burning, Posters, Videos, websites, etc., if they haven’t already done so for SXSW. Also, by way of email -we got the news to spread the word For a limited time the first 500 passes for the weekend are ONLY $15 if you go to pegstar.net and buy your tickets now! This is a good deal as the price is sure to double- Anyone who stood in line last year should remember what a pain in the ass it was.

Hollywood Floss – She Said… http://usershare.net/iDopeBoy/6tlh7p9594bb

www.thehiphopeffect.com
www.twitter.com/thehiphopeffect
www.twitter.com/ibehroxx

This post was submitted by Hollywood FLOSS.