IODA SXSW OPENING DAY BASH PERFORMERS:

5:15 PM: Easy Star All-Stars (Easy Star)
4:30 PM: Deer Tick (Partisan)
4:00 PM: J. Tillman (Western Vinyl)
3:30 PM: We Were Promised Jetpacks (Fat Cat)
3:00 PM: Blind Pilot (Expunged)
2:30 PM: maus haus (Pretty Blue Presents)
2:00 PM: The Phenomenal Handclap Bank (Friendly Fire Recordings)
1:30 PM: Deastro (Ghostly International)
1:00 PM: Marching Band (U&L)
12:30 PM: Theresa Andersson (Basin Street)
12:00 PM: Y La Bamba (Gypsy Pop)

Open to the Public • No Wristbands or badges required

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San Francisco, CA - February 19, 2009 - IODA, the global leader in digital distribution, marketing, and technology solutions for the independent music and film industry, today announced the details of its Annual IODA Opening Day Bash at the upcoming SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. The annual showcase, sponsored this year by LimeWire Store, features eleven fan-favorite bands, from Portland to Brooklyn to Sweden to Scotland at IODA’s highly anticipated music showcase. Since launching in 2003, IODA has helped transform the independent music industry, enabling thousands of independent labels and artists to benefit from the digital music revolution.

What: IODA’s Opening Day Bash at SXSW - sponsored by LimeWire Store

Where: Emo’s Annex, 603 Red River (corner of 6th & Red River), Austin, TX

When: Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Time: 12 – 6 PM

IODA Sampler: All bands are represented by IODA and will be part of IODA’s free SXSW music sampler. To hear this collection of music go here.

About IODA
IODA, the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, is the industry-leading digital distribution company for the global independent music community. IODA provides comprehensive services to record labels, physical distributors, and artists, including license negotiations; media encoding and metadata management; and royalty payment administration and reporting. The company also offers promotional support through a dedicated marketing division and through the IODA Promonet (www.iodapromonet.com), a promotional distribution network that provides qualified podcasts, blogs, and other promotional sites with access to pre-cleared, legal music and other promotional assets from IODA’s labels. Founded in 2003, IODA represents a rapidly expanding roster of over a million and a half tracks from artists around the globe. The company’s website is www.iodalliance.com.