Good Danny's Day Party
On Thursday, March 18, some of Austin's finest will be taking their turn on the stage at the Dart Music International House at Mi Casa as we welcome the Good Danny Studios in for a day party sure to set the tone for your entire Thursday SXSW music experience. You will want to get there early for this one.
DETAILS:
When:
Thursday, March 18 - 1:00PM
Where:
Dart Music International House at Mi Casa
(503 E. 6th Street
Map)
Bands:
1:00PM - Suzanna Choffel
2:00PM - Brass Bed
3:00PM - Low Line Caller
4:00PM - The Laughing
5:00PM - The Frontier Brothers
Cost: FREE!
The DMI House will be THE destination for top shelf indie bands from Austin and around the world, spanning the entire duration of the SXSW Conferences and Festivals - and all shows are FREE.
Suzanna Choffel
"Suzanna Choffel deserves a listen because she's among the most rare of artists, a performing songwriter who is based in Austin and was actually born
and raised there... Choffel stands out with a clever and imaginative mixture of smart words and music that brings together pop, rock, jazz and more."
- Jim Beal Jr., San Antonio Express-News
From: Austin, Texas
Genre: Indie, Soul, Pop
Touchstones: Patty Griffin, Ani Difranco, Mazzy Star
Home page: http://suzannachoffel.com/
Listen: "Hey Mister"
Watch: "Raincloud" (Live at ME-TV)
Brass Bed
"A winning confluence of effervescent indie rock, quirky psych-pop, country and even a couple of moments of noise. Imagine one of the Elephant 6
bands, only powered with more rock juice and draped in some pedal steel."
- Bao Le-Huu, Orlando Weekly
From: Austin, Texas
Genre: Indie, Pop, Psychedelic
Touchstones: Wilco, Big Star, The Flaming Lips
Home page: http://myspace.com/brassbed
Listen: "Miniature Day Parade"
Watch: "Shame of an Earache"
Low Line Caller
"Austin's long been on the verge of some sort of space-rock revival, and double-drumming its way to the top of the pile is Low Line Caller.
'Atmospheric' approaches the former all-instrumental act's layered, gauzy sound. Live, the dual drumming of Chronicle contributor Josh Rosenblatt
and Andrew Hamra hammers it flat, as bassist Jason Brint, guitarist Eddie Torres, and programmer Raz Khandpur kick up the sheets and video
projection triggers flashbacks."
- Audra Schroeder, The Austin Chronicle
From: Austin, Texas
Genre: Experimental, Hyph, Pop
Touchstones: The Lemurs, Black Before Red
Home page: http://myspace.com/lowlinecaller
Listen: "Over The Counter Kids"
Watch: "Built Over Gasoline"
The Laughing
"Time to take Svan, the Laughing's stuffed tiger mascot, out of retirement. After two promising EPs, the local art-rock outfit finally hones its Anglo safari
into something tangible and enjoyable on Fever, the band's full-length debut co-produced by Erik Wofford. Densely layering post-punk guitars, huge
Congo percussion, and various African accents, the LP alternately shakes Byrne & Eno's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts with the pop playfulness of
Paul Simon's Graceland."
- Austin Powell, The Austin Chronicle
From: Austin, Texas
Genre: Indie, Jungle, Tropical
Touchstones: Roxy Music, Love, Os Mutantes
Home page: http://www.myspace.com/thelaughingmusic
Listen: "Elevators"
The Frontier Brothers
"The songs are doggedly interesting time and again... The Frontier Brothers achieve something I've never quite heard before: a punky sort of rock that
isn't afraid to dress up with some Bacharachian fussiness."
- Music Staff, The Houston Chronicle
From: Austin, Texas
Genre: Post Punk, Indie, Glam
Touchstones: Syd Barrett, Randy Newman, Steven Malkmus
Home page: http://www.myspace.com/thefrontierbrothers
Listen: "Get Up Go"
Watch: "Everyone's A Neutron Bomb" (Live on ME-TV)
