A Week of SXSW 2008: The Octopus Project

[March 14]
The Octopus Project
Sounds Like: Indie/Electronica
Drinking Buddies: Of Montreal, Xiu Xiu, Islands
Synopsis: Video games on steroids and cocaine.
Appearances at SXSW:

• Salvage Vanguard Theater [2:00 AM, Saturday]
• Porchlight Party (224 Lessin Lane) [11:00PM, Saturday]
  

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All this week, Voilà! is covering South By Southwest!
Day three isn't over yet! It's time for the fourth Voilà! featurette.
Tonight, the featured SXSW artist is The Octopus Project.



Yes, Voilà! returns for the graveyard shift! Now that The Weather Underground has come and gone, it's time to drink some coffee. No, no -- no need to shower yet you crazy SXSW'ers - it's late, but there is still fun and great music needed to be had and heard, respectively.

Tonight, the feature band is The Octopus Project, all of whom hail from the home of South By Southwest itself, Austin, Texas. These crazy indie rockers - rather, "indietronic" rockers - are breaking ground and a few dance floors with their wild, fast paced, dancey electronic songs. Every song is like a party, and the after-party. Constant fluidity, constant sound, constant motion, steady beat, and all of the above. But The Octopus Project never bores you with their novel sound, and are more than willing to have you pass out on the floor from exhaustion because you've danced far too much.

The Octopus Project has been awhile, releasing their first EP in 1999, called the Christmas On Mars EP. After the Y2K scare, they launched right into the release of all three of their LPs, Identification Parade, One Ten Hundred Thousand Million, and Hello, Avalanche. They're partying it up with SXSW right now, and soon will be joying the likes of Broken Social Scene, Stars, Explosions In The Sky, Of Montreal, and just about everyone else you can imagine at All Tomorrow's Parties.

Now the important stuff - SXSW performances. Well, I must admit the info is a bit sketchy, but from what I understand, The Octopus Project is finishing up their party in Austin for now. But never to fear, they have one more performance, at 2:00 AM, in the morning, on Saturday. AKA: Tonight, in a couple hours. They'll keep everyone awake with their beautiful pulsating electronica at the Salvage Vanguard Theater. Don't be square - be there!
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Those silly Octopus Project folks. New info - turns out that The Octopus Project is staying at SXSW a little longer. A previously canceled performance at The Porchlight Party has been officially uncanceled, and The Octopus Project will be attending, tonight, March 15th, at 11:00 PM.