12PM: Withered Hand (Absolutely Kosher) - Edinburgh, Scotland
12:20PM: Geographer (Tricycle Records) - San Francisco, CA
12:45PM: Queen Sea Big Shark (Modern Sky) - Beijing, China
1:15PM: Fredrik (The Kora Records) - Malmö, Sweden
1:45PM: Weekend (Slumberland) - San Francisco, CA
2:30PM: Aphasia (White Wabbit) - Taipei, Taiwan
3:00PM: True Widow (End Sounds) - Austin, TX
3:30PM: The Bewitched Hands (Look Mum No Hands/Sony) - Paris, France
4:15PM: Typhoon (Tender Loving Empire) - Portland, OR
5PM: Beach Fossils (Captured Tracks) - Brooklyn, NY
5:30PM: Gold Panda (Ghostly International) - London, UK

Another SXSW Conference has passed and another IODA Opening Day Bash went off without a hitch! With 11 bands on 11 different labels hailing from 8 different countries it was one of our more ambitious bashes to date. From Withered Hand’s beautiful opening set to Gold Panda’s packed crowd shaking closer, this years Bash was [...]

We are brimming with excitement for our rapidly approaching annual Opening Day Bash in Austin during SXSW! With a line-up hailing from 8 different countries and 11 different independent labels this is gonna be one to remember. Apparently Pitchfork Media agrees as they have included our Bash in The Pitchfork Guide to SXSW 2011. An [...]

Typhoon “The Honest Truth” (mp3) from “A New Kind of House” (Tender Loving Empire) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album While Typhoon’s epic debut album Hunger and Thirst somehow managed to fly under the radar (it was even named #5 on Amazon MP3′s Outstanding 2010 Albums You Might Have Missed) their brand [...]

Loch Lomond “Elephants & Little Girls” (mp3) from “Little Me Will Start A Storm” (Tender Loving Empire) More On This Album After a string of head-turning, critically acclaimed releases on Hush Records, Portland’s Loch Lomond has brought their unique brand of raw symphonic chamber pop to Tender Loving Empire. Loch Lomond has slated their much [...]