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March News

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Hey folks, here’s the good word for March as you may have read in our newsletter… If your not signed up, read on… then sign up and stay in the loop.

Wallpaper. will be making five, count ‘em, 5! SXSW appearances this year. Among the other gigs, they will be part of the Bay Area Takeover show at the Beauty Bar on March 18, playing with a slew of notable Bay Area bands from all styles and flavors. Click that link above for a long list of the bands that will be there, bringing their Bay Area spirit to the streets of Austin.

After SXSW, they’ll be back in California, playing at The Casbah in San Diego on March 21, then at The Echo in Los Angeles on March 23. Here are all the dates:

3/18 Austin, TX @ Beauty Bar

3/18 Austin, TX @ Vice (Lose Control 2 party)

3/18 Austin, TX @ Purevolume House (Feed the Beat)

3/19 Austin, TX @ The Music Gym

3/20 Austin, TX @ Beauty Bar

3/21 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah

3/23 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

While we’re on the topic…if you haven’t seen Wallpaper.’s latest VIDEO BLOG, check out the clip below and see what happens when Ricky and Arjun get stuck at Philadelphia International Airport with nothing but some cheese crackers, carry-on blankets and Grey Goose….

btw, the new Wallpaper. mixtape is up for download featuring 13 songs, all for the economic price of FREE. You can grab that here.

And for all the athletes out there, Wallpaper.’s “It’s My Birthday” is featured on the LA Marathon training mix. Download it here.


Great Northern Acoustic show at Bootleg Theatre on 3/13

While they won’t be at South by Southwest, there is a lot going on in the world of Great Northern too. The band will play their first acoustic show on March 13 at Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. The info:

March 13th @ 8pm (Great Northern on at 10:30pm)
Bootleg Theater
2220 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90057

This is a special show, as Great Northern hasn’t done an acoustic performance like this ever before. You won’t want to miss out on this show. Tickets here.

In other Great Northern news, their album Remind Me Where The Light Is will be released in Japan on March 24 on Moorworks Records.

This special Japanese version will feature two bonus tracks: the Radio Mix of “Story” and the song ‘For Weeks’.

Wallpaper. + Great Northern now on Tap Tap Revenge 3!!

To the lovely iPhone users of the world, don’t forget that Wallpaper. and Great Northern are both featured on the new Tap Tap Revenge 3. You can get the game here.

Oh and btw kids, we’ve still got some 10 year anniversary t-shirts left. Shirts come with a download code to unreleased tracks by Eenie Meenie Artists. Get it all here.

Wallpaper. @ AM Only SXSW Showcase

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Am Only Sxsw Showcase
Saturday, Mar 20 8:00p
at Beauty Bar, Austin, TX

Wallpaper. @ Lose Control 2 SXSW

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

RSVP
The Hype Machine’s Lose Control 2
WHAT: 56 hours of music and friends with 3 floors.
WHEN: March 17, 18, 19, 20 (12PM – 2AM everyday)
WHERE: Vice (6th Street + San Jacinto, Austin Texas)
LINEUP:
12th Planet
Acrylics
Admiral Radley
Asteroids Galaxy Tour
Autobody
Baby Monster
Bachelorette
Bang Bang Eche
Baron Van Luxxury
Black Box Revue
Body Language
Casiokids
CFCF
Chiddy Bang
Class Actress
Crystal Fighters
The Crystal Method
Crystal Vision
Dances With White Girls
Database
Delorean
Eli Smith
Everything, Everything
Fenech-Soler
First Aid Kit
Free Magic
French Horn Rebellion
Grrrl Parts
Grammatics
Hey Champ
Hollywood Holt
Holy Ghost
Home Video
Hottub
Hussle Club
Javelin
Jen Lasher
Keenhouse
Keepaway
Kids At The Bar
Kill The Noise
Lemonade
Lexicon Don
Light Pollution
Lucy and the Popsonics
Male Bonding
Megaphonic Thrift
MeLo- X
Michael Parallax
Midnight Conspiracy
MillionYoung
Nice Nice
Nick Catchdubs
Nomathmatics
OK Deejays
Rafter
Royal Bangs
Rural Alberta Advantage
Samuel
Small Black
Solid Gold
Spleen United
Star Eyes
Steed Lord
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt
The Death Set
The Hood Internet
The Invisible
Tobacco
Tommie Sunshine
Toro Y Moi
Trash Yourself
Treasure Fingers
Two Fresh
Uffie
VDRK
Wallpaper
We Are Like The Spider
WhoMadeWho
Woodhands
Yacht
Yes Giantess
You Say Party! We Say Die!

Bay Area Takeover 2010: Full Lineup Announced!

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

San Francisco’s premier indie music source The Bay Bridged is proud to announce the details for the 2010 Bay Area Takeover, our third annual free day party during the 2010 South by Southwest Music Festival. The party’s happening on Thursday, March 18th, 2010 from 11:30am to 6pm at Austin’s Beauty Bar.

Following in the tradition of two years of acclaimed events, BATO 2010 features our best lineup yet, with performances by fifteen of the San Francisco Bay Area’s hottest artists, who represent a broad cross-section of the Bay’s fertile indie music scene. Highlights include psych-rockers Sleepy Sun (ATP Recordings), the raw rock and roll of Ty Segall (Goner Records), and, back by popular demand, a set of magnetic electro-R&B from Wallpaper. (Eenie Meenie).

The full list of terrific acts includes:

Wallpaper.
Sleepy Sun
Ty Segall
Or, the Whale
Still Flyin’
Birds & Batteries
The Sandwitches
Young Prisms
Man/Miracle
Tempo No Tempo
Geographer
The Ferocious Few
Sonny and the Sunsets
Leopold and his Fiction
Hottub

With DJ sets from Bagel Ted (Bagel Radio) throughout the day.

More information about the party can be found at TheBayAreaTakeover.com. The party is FREE, but you should RSVP at our web site to receive priority admission. Profiles of all bands and additional details will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Bay Area Takeover is sponsored by Site and Sound, BAGeL Radio, and Tricycle Records. Affordable sponsorship opportunities for the event are still available. Please contact christian@thebaybridged.com for more information. Media inquiries about the event should be directed to thebaybridged@gmail.com.



SXSW 2010

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Wallpaper. SXSW 2010
18 / 17:00 Beauty Bar – Bay Area Takeover
18 / 20:00 Vice – Lose Control
20 / 20:00 Beauty Bar – AM Only Showcase