Tigercity, in the purest sense of their name, are Tigerawesome. We are so psyched that they have joined the lineup.
‘SUP Stats
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Bandmembers: Bill, Joel and Andrew
Website: Myspace.com/Tigercity
Record Label: Unsigned
‘SUP Relation: Check our feature on Tigercity in ‘SUP Issue #18!
Efterklang‘s new album Magic Chairs has elevated the Danish collective from best-kept-secret to next-big-thing. They’ve worked with chamber choirs and children’s orchestras, and this year will see them skyrocket into the ranks of the indie elite. A surefire win for the end of SXSW.
‘SUP Stats
Hometown: Copenhagen, Denmark
Bandmembers: Mads, Casper, Thomas, Kirirath, Rasmus
Live Bandmembers: Peter, Frederik, Heather, Daniel, and Niklas
Website: Efterklang.net
Record Label: 4AD
Random Fact: Efterklang is Danish for ‘remembrance’
‘SUP Relation: Keep an eye out for Efterklang in ‘SUP Issue #22!
Songs possess one of the most difficult band names to google (like of all time), but they’re entirely worth the effort. Our friend Pat gushes “Their songs a practically perfect, straddling the line between lo-fi, garage rock, and more polished, arena worthy pop rock.” We think 2010 is going to be huge for Songs.
SUP Stats
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Bandmembers: Ela, Jeff, Max and Steve
Website: SongsSongs.net
Record Label: Pop Frenzy
Random Fact: They win the prize for traveling the furthest to play!
‘SUP Relation: Check out our feature on the band here.
Peggy Wang is the cute keyboardist from Pains of Being Pure at Heart and Shirley Braha is the cute producer behind stalwart NYC public access music program New York Noise (as well as Party a Day). They are the forces behind a monthly ’90s nostalgia party called All That in Brooklyn. These ladies will keep the jams pumping.
The Growlers are noise bandits who travel the country in a patched-together schoolbus–if that’s not enough of an easy sell, their explosive live performances will definitely do the trick. They’re basically the audio equivalent of sneaking out of your parents house as a teenager, hijacking a motorcycle, and racing to a house party in the middle of nowhere.
SUP Stats
Hometown: Costa Mesa, California
Bandmembers: Brooks, Matt, Scott, Warren, Kyle and Brian
Website: Myspace.com/LBCGrowlers
Record Label: Everloving
Random Fact: In their spare time they read to the elderly and wrestle sharks (yeah Dana Point!)
‘SUP Relation: We found out about the Growlers while interviewing the Entrance Band- sometimes stuff just drops in our lap.
Slow Club‘s rambled-up Americana folk isn’t what you’d expect from a couple of kids straight outta the UK, but as the Moshi Moshi-signees have attested with various kinetic live shows, you should never judge a book by its cover. Their album Yeah So makes its US debut at the end of March.
SUP Stats
Hometown: Sheffield, UK
Bandmembers: Charles and Becky
Website: Myspace.com/SlowClub
Record Label: Moshi Moshi
Random Fact: Their band name is taken from a club in the David Lynch film Blue Velvet
‘SUP Relation: We saw them play the Seaport festival in NYC this summer and it was love at first chord.
The Growlers play at 2 PM – one of the best new live bands we’ve seen in ages! Complete strangers start to dance with each other. It’s serious fun.
The Burning Hotels bring the power pop like the old school cats used to in the ’80s and ’90s: guitar hooks that mutate from lil’ rock pupae to full grown earworms directly in the folds of your brain. Their set should cement what the Lone Star State has known for a while: the Hotels are a force to be reckoned with.
‘SUP Stats
Hometown: Forth Worth, Texas
Bandmembers: Chance, Matt, Marley and Wyatt
Website: TheBurningHotels.net
Record Label: Miss Press Records
Random Fact: These southern boys have successfully opened for some of our fave UK bands- the Cribs & We Were Promised Jetpacks.
‘SUP Relation: New friends that we are psyched to see live!
