CarolSei's SXSW Journey: Typhoon

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Typhoon

Typhoon at The Stage on Sixth at Paste Magazine's showcase at SXSW 2012

Large bands that look more like orchestras are becoming a very popular trend for bands. However it's hard to find large bands that are polished and aren't jam bands. Typhoon isn't another jam band. They're more polished than a jam band.

Typhoon a twelve piece band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2005. In 2008 and 2009 the band took a hiatus, but reformed and released Hunger & Thirst in 2010. The band has release five albums with their first three releases on their own Boy Gorilla Records.

I saw Typhoon perform during SXSW 2012 at The Stage on Sixth during Paste Magazine's showcase on Wednesday, March 14. Typhoon was loud and all the members sang vocals. They were definitely in sync with one another and they harmonized very well.

After their show I got a chance to interview a few members from Typhoon. I actually interviewed a portion of their percussion section of the band. Alex Fitch on drums, Pieter Hilton on drums and Devin Gallagher on electric ukulele.

The fellas described their band's sound as "Post Rock and Punk" and "Apocalypse".

They said they had no influences, but each other.

They all grew up in high school bands together and "kept at it", they told me when I asked them how they started as a band.

I asked them if this was there first SXSW and they said that this was their second SXSW and that they were in Austin last year.

I asked what the connection was with Paste magazine and they said, "They like us." and "Paste was the first magazine to write about us."

Typhoon...a large band that is making big waves and keeping at it as they are getting some national attention.

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Long story, short...I love Texas music and Texas in general. A friend/co-worker of mine told me about SXSW and suggested that I look into getting a press pass to write news articles. I'm a DJ and the office manager at WRFL, 88.1 FM, and through WRFL, along with the WRFL concert director we're going to SXSW on press passes. YEAH :-) (Thanks to the help of many cool people and especially our awesome WRFL media adviser.) This will be my first time to SXSW, my first time out west, my first time to Texas, my first time flying on an airplane, my first time attending a music festival and many more first time anything and everything to come. Track my blog and you can keep track of my majestic journey to SXSW.

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South by Southwest (SXSW) is a music conference and festival. It was first held in 1987 in Austin, Texas. Austin has an eclectic music scene that includes blues, country, folk, jazz and rock. Central Austin claims to have more original music nightclubs in a concentrated area than any other city in the world. SXSW was created because even though Austin was a diverse and thriving music city, Austin musicians still struggled due to being isolated in the middle of Texas. SXSW was a way for musicians to reach out and bring people together to do business. National and international interest from music businesses began in the first two years of SXSW's creation. In 1994, SXSW added a film and interactive component. SXSW's goal is to crate an event that acts as tool for creative people and the companies they work with to develop careers to bring together people from a wide area to meet and share ideas, whether it's in music, film or internet.