See You In The Pit: The Octopus Project

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The Octopus Project

[We covered The Octopus Project last year, this expanded entry includes text from that original entry.]

Let's just be up front about this right off the bat: The Octopus Project puts on one hell of a live show (masks! lightshow! pinatas!), which is why we suspect they're playing massive music festival-as-heatstroke-induced-mirage Coachella in May, in case you can't make it down for SXSW but are making a foolhardy journey into the desert instead. Oh, and did I mention the time they had giant pinatas on stage at one recent Austin show?

The Octopus Project specialize in live-wire, anthemic instrumental electronic songs that skip and dance along on the shoulders of sturdy synths and rollicking percussion that are a far cry from the snoozy, dreamy results that are usually the results of the collison of analog and digital.

Two more things notable about the band : Yvonne plays the hell out of her theremin (it must be seen to be believed, but yes, you can indeed do such a thing) and the band's graphic/brand identity, which stars three adorably scary three maudlin little cartoon characters: Slampy, Roodee, and Rowl.

The Octopus Project - The Adjustor
The Octopus Project - Music is Happiness
The Octopus Project - The Way Things Go

The Octopus Project website. Buy their latest album, One Ten Hundred Thousand Million, from Amazon. The Octopus Project plays Emo's Jr (that's the front room -- now equiped with deliciously cold air conditiong) at midnight on March 15th. After searching for a new guitarst a few times in 2005, Brandan Durahm, from Palaxy Tracks, joined the band. As mentioned above, play Coachella in May and are touring with the previously profiled (scroll down a few entries) The Starlight Mints.

The Octopus Project

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