Octopus Project Vid & Dates.

Sharpteeth from The Octopus Project on Vimeo.

 The track "Sharpteeth" appears on the Fever Forms full-length and on the Sparpteeth 7" single both out on the Peek-A-Boo label. Purchasing info HERE.

2013 Tour Scheduled:

8/6    New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks   
8/7    Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box   
8/9    Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn   
8/10    Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light   
8/11    Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506   
8/13    Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's   
8/14    Washington, DC @ DC9   
8/15    Cambridge, MA @ TT the Bears   
8/16    Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground   
8/17    New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge   
8/19    Columbus, OH @ Kobo   
8/20    Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room   
8/23    Chicago, IL @ The Subterranean   
8/24    Minneapolis, MN @ The 7th Street Entry   
8/25    Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar   
9/5    Bryan, TX @ Grand Stafford Theatre   
9/7    San Antonio, TX @ The Limelight   
9/11    Norman, OK @ Opolis   
9/13    Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge   
9/14    Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court   
9/16    Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey   
9/17    Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios   
9/20    San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord   
9/21    Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo   
9/22    San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar   
9/24    Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room   
10/7    London, UK @ The Garage w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/8    Sint-Niklas, BE @ De Casino w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/9    Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/10    Berlin, DE @ Lido w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/11    Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/12    Stockholm, SE @ Debaser w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/13    Copenhagen, DK @ Vega w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/15    Stuttgart, DE @ 1 2 1 0 w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/16    Steyr, AT @ Roeda w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/17    Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/18    Milan, IT @ Lo-Fi Club w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
10/19    Montpellier, FR @ Tout a Fond (Secret Place) w/ Man Or Astro-Man?

Octopus Project "Whitby" Video.

The Octopus Project - "Whitby" Video from stereogum on Vimeo.

The "Whitby" music video is a product of the The Octopus Project's collective consciousness. Created, shot and directed by the band, the stop-motion extravaganza was crafted entirely using die-cut colored card stock. Band members meticulously designed each shape in Photoshop then used a cutting machine generally reserved for scrapbooking to cut them out before photographing them in real world settings. The final video consists of over 4,000 separate images.

"Whitby" is the first single from a yet-untitled album of new material by The Octopus Project, planned for release in 2013. The "Whitby" digital single also features an additional, totally different remix of the song by the band.

Purchase MP3 download HERE.

Tour dates HERE.

Revolver Guide To SXSW 2012 - Wednesday March 14th.

MARCH 14TH
A STORM OF LIGHT  
Showcase - Tone Deaf Touring @ Dirty Dog Bar, set time 8:30 PM - 9:10 PM

ATLAS MOTH, THE  
Party - Pitchfork's Show No Mercy @ ND

AVA LUNA  
Party - KVRXplosion 2012 @ Spiderhouse - Outside Stage

CLOUDLAND CANYON  
Party - NiNXSxSWSxSXNiN: Escapes XIV @ Club 1808, set time 12:00 AM

COLEMAN, JOHN WESLEY  
Party - Burgerstock 2012 @ Trailer Space, set time 3:15 PM

COM TRUISE  
Showcase - Ghostly International @ Club de Ville, set time 1:15 AM - 1:50 AM

DASH RIP ROCK  
Party - The Guitartown/Conqueroo Kickoff Party @ The Dogwood, set time 8:15 PM

DEAR, MATTHEW  
Showcase - Ghostly International @ Club de Ville, set time 12:20 AM -12:55 AM

DROP THE LIME  
Showcase @ The Madison, set time 1:00 AM - 1:50 AM

FRESH & ONLYS  
Party - Force Field PR & Terrorbird Media 5th Annual SXSW Day Party @ Red 7

GANGLIANS  
Party - Lefse Records & Banter Media @ Skinny's Ballroom, set time 4:00 PM

GOLDEN BOYS, THE  
Showcase @ Valhalla, set time 10:50 PM -11:25 PM

KEN MODE  
Party - Pitchfork's Show No Mercy @ ND

KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS  
Party - DC Does TX @ Lovejoys, set time 5:20 PM

LOWER DENS  
Showcase - The Windish Agency @ ND, set time 12:00 AM - 12:40 AM

MISSING MONUMENTS  
Party - Get Bent presents, along with Southpaw, Oops Baby, Evil Weevil, and NRBW @ Spiderhouse

MUX MOOL
Showcase - Ghostly International @ Club de Ville, set time 8:40 PM - 9:15 PM

OCTOPUS PROJECT  
Showcase - Agency Group @ Mohawk - Patio, set time 12:30 AM - 1:30 AM

OH SEES, THEE      
Party - IODA Opening Day Bash @ Red Eyed Fly - outside, set time 4:30 PM
Showcase - Last Call with Carson Daly @ Red 7 Patio, set time 9:00 PM - 9:40 PM
Party - Burgerstock 2012 Trailer Space, set time 12:15 AM
Showcase - Panache Booking @ Beauty Bar - Backyard, set time 1:10 AM - 1:50 AM

PALLBEARER  
Party - Pitchfork's Show No Mercy @ ND

PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT  
Party - KVRXplosion 2012 @ Spiderhouse - inside Stage

PUFFY AREOLAS
Party - Get Bent presents / Southpaw / Oops Baby / Evil Weevil / NRBW @ Spiderhouse  
Party - Can't Stop the Bleeding @ Beerland , set time 5:00 PM
Showcase @ Valhalla, set time 1:20 AM - 1:55 PM

ROSE, FRANKIE

Party - Brooklyn Vegan @ Hotel Vegas - Stage 1 , set time 3:45 PM

ROYAL BATHS
Showcase - Panache Booking @ Beauty Bar - Inside Stage, set tine 11:20 PM

SHIGETO  
Showcase - Ghostly International @ Club de Ville, set time 10:30 PM -11:05 PM

SOLE  
Showcase - Fake Four @ 512 Rooftop, set time 10:30 PM -11:10 PM

SPECTRALS  
Party - KVRXplosion 2012 @ Spiderhouse - Outside Stage

TOMORROWS TULIPS  
Party - Burgerstock 2012 @ Trailer Space, set time 4:45 PM

TYCHO
Party - IODA Opening Day Bash @ Red Eyed Fly - outside, set time 3:00 PM  
Party - Force Field PR & Terrorbird Media 5th Annual SXSW Day Party @ Red 7
Showcase - Ghostly International @ Club de Ville, set time 11:25 PM -12:00 AM

VAN ETTEN, SHARON  
Showcase - NPR Music @ Stubb's, set time 9:00 PM - 9:40 PM

WHITE FENCE  
Party - KVRXplosion 2012 @ Spiderhouse - Outside Stage

WHITE MYSTERY  
Party @ Hotel Vegas
Party - Burgerstock 2012 @ Trailer Space, set time 2:30 PM

Octopus Project To Tour With Devo.

Big news folks, Octopus Project will be touring with Devo this March!

03/15    Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre    w/ Devo

03/16    Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom    w/ Devo (all ages)

03/18    San Francisco, CA @ Warfield  w/ Devo

03/19    Los Angeles, CA @ Club Nokia    w/ Devo

03/20    San Diego, CA @ Belly Up    w/ Devo

03/25    Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live    w/ Devo (all ages)

03/27    Austin, TX @ ACL Live    w/ Devo

Podcast #40 + #41 Doubleheader.

Revolver USA Podcast #41 with releases with a November 9th Street Date features: Hank IV, Parting Gifts, Tyvek, Saroos, Weekend, Woolfy, Phil Wilson, Dum Dum Girls, Fern Knight, Salome, Theologian, Ehnahre, Seti-X, Polar Bear with Jyager, and Justine and the Victorian Punks.  

Revolver USA Podcast #41 with releases with an October 26the Street Dates features: Octopus Project, Grayson Gilmour, Die Die Die, John Wesley Coleman, Tropics, Numan, Shit Robot, DJ Rashad, Wooden Wand, Purling Hiss, Excepter, Slough Feg, Crystal Stilts and Phil Wilson.

Download and streaming options for both Podcasts can be found at the usual destination:
REVOLVER POD PAGE.

Octopus Project Window Display At End Of An Ear.

Octopus Project's "Wet Gold" Video.

The Octopus Project's video for "Wet Gold" premiered on Stereogum today.

REVOLVER SXSW EVENTS - SATURDAY MARCH 21ST

SATURDAY MARCH 21ST
AKRON/FAMILY
3/21 Waterloo Park side stage - Mess With Texas 6:55 PM

BLACK LIPS
3/21 Waterloo Park main stage - Mess With Texas 8:20 PM

CAUSE CO-MOTION
3/21 Spider House Cafe: Courtyard Stage - SXSW party 3:00 PM
3/21 Waterloo Records - SXSW in-store 4:00 PM
3/21 Ms. Bea's - Woodsist Records party 7:30 PM

CHAP
3/21 Urban Outfitters - SXSW in-store 2:00 PM

CLIPD BEAKS
3/21 Mohawk SXSW Panache showcase 10:00 PM

CRYSTAL STILTS
3/21 Spider House Cafe: Main Stage - SXSW party 5:45 PM
3/21 Ms. Bea's - SXSW Woodsist Records party 10:30 PM

DASH RIP ROCK
3/21 Austin TX Continental Club - Mojo's Mayhem free show

DEATH SET, THE
3/21 Waterloo Park - Mess With Texas 2:30 PM

DMG$
3/21 Speakeasy - Turbo Crunk 11:00 PM

EAT SKULL
3/21 The Music Gym - Victim of Time.com showcase 5:45 PM
3/21 Ms. Bea's - Woodsist Records party 9:30 PM

EFTERKLANG
3/21 Emo's - The Agency Group showcase 10:00 PM

GOLDEN BOYS
3/21 Spider House Cafe: Courtyard Stage - SXSW party 4:00 PM
3/21 Beauty Bar Backyard - SXSW show 12:00 AM

HUNTER, JANA
3/21 Co-Lab - IndieHouston pary 12:40 AM
3/21 Beauty Bar Backyard - SXSW show 8:10 PM

INDIAN JEWELRY
3/21 The Independent Load / Dull Knife showcase 12:00 AM

INTELLIGENCE
3/21 Spider House Cafe: Courtyard Stage - SXSW party 6:30 PM
3/21 The Music Gym - Victim of Time.com showcase 5:00 PM

MATTHIAS, JOHN
3/21 Tap Room Cortical Songs 2:00 AM

OCTOPUS PROJECT
3/21 Emo's Main Room - The Agency Group SXSW Showcase

OH SEES, THEE
3/21 Beerland - SXSW party 5:00 PM
3/21 Ms. Bea’s - Woodsist Records party 9:00 PM

PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, THE
3/21 Waterloo Records - SXSW in-store 1:00 PM

PEEL
3/21 Okay Mountain Gallery - Autobus Records SXSW Party
3/21 Smokin Music - SXSW Showcase

PORT O'BRIEN
3/21 The PureVolume.com House - SXSW party 7:30

PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT
3/21 Spider House Cafe: Courtyard Stage - SXSW party 3:30 PM
3/21 The Music Gym - Victim of Time.com showcase 6:30 PM
3/21 Ms. Bea's - Woodsist Records Party 8:00 PM

PYGMY LUSH
3/21 The Radio Room (medium stage) - Slip Productions and Lovitt Records 2:15 PM

RUSTED SHUT
3/21 The Independent - Load / Dull Knife showcase 11:00 PM

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
3/21 Urban Outfitters - SXSW in-store 5:00 PM

SILVER SCOOTER
3/21 The Radio Room (main stage) - Slip Productions SXSW Party

STRANGE BOYS, THE
3/21 Beauty Bar Backyard - SXSW show 11:00 PM

THUNDERHEIST
3/21 El Soy Y La Luna - M for Montreal / T for Toronto 1:30 PM
3/21 1107 N. I-35 - Perez Hiton showcase 9:05 PM

TYVEK
3/21 Beerland - X! Records/Sweet Rot Records showcase

VETIVER
3/21 Waterloo Park - Mess With Texas 3 1:35 PM

VIVIAN GIRLS
3/21 Mohawk Patio - Hot Freaks party 2:00 PM
3/21 Waterloo Park main stage - Mess With Texas 3 4:35 PM

WOODS
3/21 Ms. Bea's - Woodsist Records Party 10:00 PM

Octopus Project Video Premiere On Pitch TV.

Pitchfork.tv: The Octopus Project: "I Saw the Bright Shinies" [Video Premiere]

Animated ghosts grace ghostly indietronics in the video for the Octopus Project's "I Saw the Bright Shinies". From the Austin band's fine Hello, Avalanche, the track is an "intricate electro-fugue," as Pitchfork contributor Adam Moerder put it, and it has just enough warm keyboards and fuzzy guitars to take the chill out of the eerie moan of what sounds like it might be a Theremin. Divya Srinivasan, who also directed Spoon's "Everything Hits at Once" video, here animates a charming, crayon-grained Halloween treat, in which a boy ghost unites with some friends and the woodland critters and local townsfolk all party on down.

Just in the nick of time for this tour:
10/17 Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
10/18 Birmingham, AL @ The Bottle Tree
10/19 Atlanta, GA @ E.A.R.L.
10/20 Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light
10/21 Baltimore, MD @ Talking Head
10/22 Washington, DC @ The Black Cat
10/23 Philadelphia, PA @ The M Room
10/25 New York, NY @ Blender Theater (CMJ showcase 11:20 PM)
10/26 Cambridge, MA @ TT the Bears
10/27 Montreal, QC @ Club Lambi
10/28 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
10/29 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
10/30 St. Louis, MO @ The Bluebird

Octopus Project KEXP's Song Of The Day

Song of the Day: The Octopus Project - I Saw the Bright Shinies Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s featured selection, chosen by Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole, is I Saw the Bright Shinies by The Octopus Project from the 2007 album Hello, Avalanche on Peek-A-Boo Records.

The Octopus Project - I Saw the Bright Shinies (MP3)

How many bands could or would dare to mix Nintendo-centric beats with grungy noise rock? This Austin quartet has damn near perfected it with Hello, Avalanche, their third proper album. Last year the band was thrown into the spotlight after their throng of MySpace fans won them a spot at Coachella. Since then they’ve toured and toured some more, captivating audiences at SXSW and capturing numerous prizes at the Austin Music Awards. This album is the first that the OP have not self-produced; this time around they entrusted their demos to Northwest producer Ryan Hadlock (Blonde Redhead, the Gossip) with additional mixing assistance from Erik Wofford (Explosions In The Sky, Voxtrot). The result is a jolting playground of toy keyboards, cymbals, and the much-dabbled-with theremin, enough to keep the greatest instrumental skeptics coming back for more. The album’s closer, Queen, does provide some unprecedented vocals that listeners may or may not be grateful for. Check it out for yourself and come back to tell us what you think. Meanwhile, the band’s MySpace page has a bunch of tracks to peak your interest, and if those don’t do it for you, perhaps this performance of Truck in Dallas, TX will:

Octopus Project Gets Some 7.5 Love From Pitchfork.

The Octopus Project
Hello, Avalanche
[Peek-A-Boo; 2007]
Rating: 7.5
Online review

Even before the MySpace community voted them their favorite band to open up Coachella last year, the Octopus Project showed real potential to connect with today's increasingly tech-happy music listeners. Unlike, say, Radiohead or Wolf Parade, bands with a bleak, often anti-technological stance despite their significant use of machine textures, this Austin instrumental act creates music sounding completely at peace with Earth 2.0. No wonder they've enchanted MySpace, the blogosphere, and any other demographic that communicates online much more frequently than in person-- they're cyberspace's ultimate guilt-free party band.

The album that netted them this buzz was their second, 2005's One Ten Hundred Thousand Million, which harnessed several indie idioms en vogue at the time without sounding derivative or self-conscious. Their sophomore effort calculated the least common denominator between disco-punk, laptop pop, and Nintendocore. At the drop of a dime, a stoic new wave drum'n'bass dirge could slouch into a Bubble Bobble jam, the electronic mêlée no more threatening than a pixilated Mario brother. Since then, the Project has directed their attention to the nooks and crannies instead of rummaging through more genres, their expansion more vertical than horizontal.

Opener "Snow Tip Cap Mountain" gently lays the groundwork, building over soothing xylophone and theremin parts until the next track, "Truck", explodes with the tectonic-moving force of a Broken Social Scene anthem. While One relied on superhuman displays of instrumental expertise (a tactic these virtuosos were totally up for), Hello, Avalanche never requires the players to carry too heavy a load. As a result, we get intricate electro-fugues like "Black Blizzard/Red Umbrella" or "I Saw the Bright Shinies", tracks that require multiple listens to parse and fully appreciate. This musical matrix avoids sounding painted by number, however, thanks in large part to changeups like the acoustic-tinged "Upmann" or fractured faux-Frog Eyes piano ballad "Vanishing Lessons", just two examples of Hello's willingness to drastically depart from the Project's default sound.

At times, the euphoria swells so suddenly you can't help but feel let down when no vocals enter to articulate the moment. Eventually, even the band can't hold back. Soothing closer "Queen" finds them breaking their vow of silence, cooing a beeping laptop lullaby that tucks the album in to bed. Despite its calm nature, the song only titillates the listener further, showing flashes of what this modest instrumental group could become. Miraculously, the Project's somehow managed to remain loyal to their digitized style (and fanbase) while also subtly growing into a more multi-faceted unit, not at all reliant on simple 8-bit or post-punk tropes, but mind-numbingly fun nonetheless.

-Adam Moerder, October 25, 2007

Octopus Pro are on the last leg of their massive three+ month North American tour. There are still plenty of opportunities to catch the fantastic live show.

10/25 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
10/26 Chicago, IL @ The Abbey
10/27 Chicago, IL @ The Abbey
10/29 Minneapolis, MN @ The 7th Street Entry
10/30 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
10/31 Norman, OK @ Opolis
11/02 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
11/03 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
11/05 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
11/06 Vancouver, BC @ The Media Club
11/07 Portland, OR @ Holocene
11/08 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
11/09 Visalia, CA @ Cellar Door
11/10 Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy Theater
11/11 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
11/12 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
11/13 Phoenix, AZ @ Modified
11/14 Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad
11/15 Lubbock, TX @ Jake's
11/16 Austin, TX @ Emo's

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