Maybe Mars at SXSW

UPDATE: a great little review of the actual showcase (which we missed) at our friends Layabozi HERE.

As reported HERE, Beijing based label Maybe Mars have been in Austin for the last week at the biggest festival for emerging artists, SXSW. Label stars PK14, Carsick Cars and AV Okubo played a bunch of day shows which culminated in a showcase at the Speakeasy on Saturday night, which attracted in excess of 300 people.  We caught tour manager, publicist and label jack-of-all-trades Nevin Domer very briefly after the Houston show last night (which was unfortunately less well attended at around 30 pax).  We will try and precis our scattered conversation and give you an insight to the tour so far:

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Converse x Maybe Mars x USA

Yes, we like our multiplication signs here at the Radar.  We also like to follow the fortunes of Beijing label Maybe Mars and sneaker brand Converse.

So, we were excited to learn that Converse are taking their relationship with Chinese indie music out of China, by supporting the bands PK14, CarsickCars and AV Okubo on their tour to SXSW and the surroundings this month. Dates still aren’t confirmed, and Youku might be covering it.  It’s going to be interesting to see how the US receives Maybe Mars for the second time. We wish them luck!

Maybe Mars China Invasion