For KC transplants to the Lone Star State, SXSW has the potential this year to seem like a homecoming. The Midwasteland Takeover takes over Austin's Canvas Bar & Gallery from March 18-20, bringing a slew of Kansas City's best and brightest. The website has the full lineup and schedule.
As if that wasn't enough, there'll be beer and CDs for the taking. The website will soon have music from every artist available for download, but to get you all hyped, you can take a look at the comp's track listing below. The whole thing was curated by Sonic Spectrum's Robert Moore and mastered by Duane Trower, and the line-up is diverse, yet quite representative of what Kansas City has to offer the music world at large.
Track listing:
1. Steddy P - Won't Lay Down
2. Roman Numerals - Go No Go
3. The Brannock Device - Into The Witness Chamber
4. Cherry Tree Parade - Perfectly Polyphonic
5. Olympic Size - Whatever Drops, Disappears
6. The Grisly Hand - Paris Of The Plains
7. Expassionates - Big Blue Town
8. HotDog Skeletons - Uncomfortable
9. Cowboy Indian Bear - Mathematicians/Colour
10. James Christos - Kill the Radio
11. Hammerlord - Lordess
12. Margo May - Wake
13. Capybara - The Wimp
14. Soft Reeds - The City & The Stars
15. Mother Culture - Sold Your Voice
16. THIEVES - Swan Song
17. Thee Water Moccasins - In Bed
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Robert, sorry that term came from the press release we sent out.
And yeah, Abe, what Robert says!
More tracks from more of the artist will soon be available on www.midwestmusicfound.org
If you are headed to Austin, please check out this showcase and tell everyone you know. Everyone involved has worked incredibly hard to give Kansas City artists a chance to show their music at SXSW.
"Curating" the sampler isn't the proper term. I chose from the bands that are playing the showcase and did the sequencing. The showcase was curated by Steve Tulipana and Billy Smith. And, Abe... This is good for the scene regardless if you're a fan of some of the artists invloved. Don't be such a dick.
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