Tonight, March 5, at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City, Miss., PopWreckoning is pleased to present a Pre-SXSW battle of the bands. Winners of the evening’s showcase will be given the funds to go to the 2010 SXSW festival where they’ll perform at the ATN showcase. Jeff Tafolla of Saddle Creek Records will judge.
Olympic Size are playing tonight’s show at the Beaumont. They go on at 8 p.m.
The hautning melodies of this act blends folk with electronic. Olympic Size features Billy Smith (Guitar, Vocals), Wade Williamson (Guitar, Keys), Kirsten Paludan (Vocals, Keys), Chris Tolle (Bass, Keys, Guitar), Chris Metcalf (Drums) and Mike Walker (Trombone).
It’s finally here! A few weeks ago, PopWreckoning announced that we would be hosting a battle of the bands competition to help bring local Kansas acts to play at a national showcase at the 2010 SXSW. That showcase is happening TONIGHT!
These are the bands and set times of the bands playing tonight:
Whether you are in KC and planning on going to the show or elsewhere in the country, click on those links for the above ands. They are all fantastic and we’d bring them all to SXSW if we could.
However this is a competition and to keep things fair, we will have a special guest judge selecting the winner’s of the evenings events. Jeff Tafolla from Saddle Creek Records will have this honor.
The winners of the showcase will then play at SXSW during the ATN Showcase, the only showcase where bands can be sure their music will be heard by MTV. This showcase also helps the great Invisible Children organization.
There are still tickets will be $10 at the door. A $2 minors fee will be added to anyone 18 and above, but under the age of 21. Come on out and support a great night of local music at the Beaumont Club.
When I started PopWreckoning a little over two years ago, one of the main goals I set for the site was for it to be used as a tool to help bands succeed. It was very important to me to always remember what it felt like to play in a smaller do-it-yourself type band. Unlike web sites like Pitchfork and Absolute Punk, I wanted PopWreckoning to always keep a grasp on how thankless it can be to keep putting everything into music. I also wanted to reach a place with my project where I could take bands under my wing and offer them a larger stage than they otherwise might not have had. We wanted PopWreckoning to become a part of the Kansas City (and national) music scene, rather than just covering them.
I believe the 2010 PopWreckoning Pre-SXSW showcase, which will be held March 5, 2010 at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City, will help us take a major step towards that goal.
Tickets will be ten dollars at the door. A $2 minors fee will be added to anyone 18 and above, but under the age of 21.
Tickets can be collected in three locations. They are as follows:
1. They can be purchased at the door on the day of show.
2. They can be purchased on Ticketmaster here.
3. They can be purchased directly from PopWreckoning by email joshua@popwreckoning.com.
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