Posts Tagged as ‘contest’
Born in Washington DC but claiming Phildelphia as their base, indie pop band Jukebox the Ghost has been going strong since 2003. Members Ben, Tommy and Jesse met while attending The George Washington University and quickly formed “The Sunday Mail.” With the band on hiatus, they quickly moved into new »
William Fitzsimmons is a folk rock, Illinois-based singer songwriter who got his start in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The youngest child born to two blind parents, Fitzsimmons received his music-making abilities from his family’s recreational love of music. After learning the piano and trombone in elementary school, he began to teach himself »
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are an indie rock band born and based in Portland, Oregon. The band was founded in 2000, almost immediately after Malkmus’ previous project—the influential 90s band Pavement—went on hiatus. The band’s first album, “Stephen Malkmus”, was released a year after, with Pavement band member Bob »
Based in the heart of Texas, indietronica band The Octopus Project has been reppin’ Austin since 1999. Known for their use of projectors and interchanging use of instruments on stage, the band has bringing their sound to all sorts of popular festivals, including Coachella, Lollapalooza and South by Southwest. Their »
Backed by only a drum machine, They Might Be Giants started their 29 year career in 1982 and with a quirky, out-of-the-box style. Best known for their experimental approach to alternative music, the band has released fifteen albums (their 1990 effort, Flood, went platinum and their children’s music album, Here »
Thanks to our good ole’ buds Transmission Entertainment and Fun Fun Fun Fest, we would like to giveaway 3 pairs of tickets to the upcoming 3 day long affair from Nov. 4-6 at Auditorium Shores in Austin, TX. Because we are here to please everyone, not just UTD students, we »
Gym Class Heroes are coming to the Granada Theater in Dallas on Saturday, September 10th, as part of the AT&T Music For You concert series. Thanks to AT&T, we will be giving away tickets to the show! The brain child of drummer Matt McGinley and rapper/frontman Travis McCoy, the “hip hop »
Walkmans by edvvcRemember the Walkman? This tiny device (well, large in retrospect…) freed music from the tyranny of Big Vinyl back in 1979 and remained in our hearts for 20-or-so years. The iRevolution may have killed off our analog friend and its digital descendants, but recently we’ve found ourselves in »
Here we go. Many of you probably heard the announcement yesterday on dysFUNction with Andrew, but for those of you who missed it here are the winners in the order they were announced: 4th Place / Honorary Mention: Evelyn Garza I don’t know what show she’s going to, but wherever »
Today we have a little inspiration for potential entrants in our Best X contest from our Music Director Leyla Aksu! I suspect one day you’ll find this fellow in a wonderful children’s book: There are some other great entries already up on our Facebook event page, so be sure to »
