TV Girl and Dirty Gold hit the blogosphere around the same time last year, then they played a couple shows together, and now they've released a spilt 7 inch. Both fledgling bands covered each other's song for this digital release. Stream the two tracks below and bounce over to TV Girl's Facebook page to download both songs in exchange for an email address. TV Girl plays Soda Bar on Friday, April 15th and Dirty Gold plays The Loft at UCSD on Saturday, April 16th.
Posted By zack | 4/3/2011 | 11:42 PM | Add a Comment
Sezio sprouted from a white house on Ebers Street in Ocean Beach, California. At any given time there was someone screen printing in the garage, painting on the front porch and playing piano in living room or guitar on the roof. There was no lack of creative outlets or inspiration. The ring leader of this house was Andrew Heine, a multi-instrumental musician who also pursued fine art, sharpie tagging, and graphic design. When Andrew wasn't in band practice for Blackout Party or Irradio, he was writing his own songs on the house piano or his guitar under the moniker of Dogcatcher (Just so you have a reference, there's a mix tape I made for Set & Drift with a fine collection of these early house recordings).
Andrew has since relocated to the Bay Area, and has been dedicating time after work to log hours in the studio to release the long-awaited debut, KILR by Dogcatcher. Grab a few free tracks on their bandcamp page, and keep your eyes out for a follow up EP this summer.
All photos by Kyle Borges. View more from the early Sezio days here.
Posted By zack | 4/1/2011 | 6:38 AM | Add a Comment
We've been wanting to run a contest like this for a while, and we're thrilled to see so many great designs submitted! Below is a list of our ten winners, with the graphics they created. Some are clever, some are funny, and some will just make cool t-shirts. Pick out your favorite below, and come screen print a shirt with us at this Sunday's Thread Show at Horton Plaza in downtown San Diego.
"Japan Owl" by Nancy Ventura. Sezio will donate $10 dollars from every print of this shirt to the Japanese Red Cross.
"Create" by Brooks Sterling from We Love Creativity.
"Sasquatch and Saqueesha" by Casey Galanter.
"Lights" by Maie Webb of Noon Design Shop.
"Oil Is Over" by Dylan Ousley.
"Angry Bugs" by Kelly Vivanco.
A great way to get some band shirts printed... "Tape Deck Mountain" by Travis Trevisan.
"Best Shirt Ever" by Clarke Forrest of Yeller.
"QR Code" by Chadwick Gantes.
"Sezio" by Jona Tellez-Giron.
Thanks to everyone who submitted, come by and find us on Sunday!
Posted By zack | 3/31/2011 | 9:10 AM | View Comments (2)
Eric Wixon has been holed up at Habitat House for the past week, painting brightly colored blob bodies on the living room walls. His solo show, entitled "Strength For The Journey" opens this Wednesday from 6 to 10pm at the Golden Hill house venue / gallery. Cruise by and support a rising local artist!
Posted By zack | 3/29/2011 | 12:05 PM | View Comments (1)
Thread Show is coming up this Sunday, and this time were switching up our operation. At every live screen printing event we've done people ask if they can design something for us to print... well here's your chance. We're holding an open design contest for April 3rd's Thread Show, where you can submit any number of designs and we'll pick our 10 favorites. If your design is picked, admission to Thread is on us plus a free T-shirt bearing your design. Here's what you need to do:
Submit your design(s) by Wednesday night to info@sezio.org. All designs must be your original artwork and one layer / color only. Submit as many designs as you'd like. Please size your designs exactly how they should be printed on the shirt, no larger than 11 inches wide or 20 inches tall. Images should be black on a white background. We will announce the 10 winners Thursday morning, excited to see what you guys got!
Posted By zack | 3/27/2011 | 11:44 PM | View Comments (3)