Jim Ward at SSP

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Silver Side Productions was honored to have Jim Ward play an acoustic set on the back deck of the offices this past August to showcase his first solo album, entitled “Quiet In The Valley, On The Shores the End Begins”.

The album, self released on Tembloroso Recordings out of El Paso, TX, features a track with Tegan Quin (of Tegan & Sara) called “Broken Songs”. After the set SSP had the opportunity to catch up with Jim and discuss his storied past with the post-hardcore band, At The Drive-In, and what the future has to hold.

Born in El Paso,Texas, Jim Ward co-founded At The Drive-In when he was 17 years old. At The Drive-In began their career playing small venues throughout the southwest, gaining attention and fans through word of mouth and heavy touring schedules. The band played with the likes of Rage Against The Machine and The Get Up Kids.

Breaking up during constant touring to support their highly influential 2008 album “Relationships of Command”, members Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez went on to start the band The Mars Volta while Jim began Sparta and Sleepercar.

Sparta have released three records and toured the world, and Sleepercar, an alt-country project, released an album entitled “West Texas” in 2008 and opened up for Coldplay on tour. In addition to his work as a recording artist, Jim is running his record label collective, Tembloroso, and giving back to the El Paso music scene by managing a music theater to bring in touring bands to the city.

Jets Overhead land at SSP offices for visit

Jets Overhead's new tunes are SO GOOD! Adam and Antonia from the band, in town (from Victoria, Canada) for a video shoot and meetings, stopped by SSP on Tuesday.

Coachella dates: Jim Ward, The Growlers

Congratulations to SSP represented artists The Growlers and Jim Ward -- who’s reunited with At The Drive-In. Both are playing on Sunday’s bill at Coachella this year (April 15 and April 22).

Greyday / Latest Flame / SSP SXSW Day Party

Austin, SXSW 2012 – We’re thrilled to be linking up with labels, Greyday Records and Latest Flame -- each celebrating their 10th year anniversary -- to throw a day party from 12 - 7 pm on Friday, March 16.

We hope you can make it out to see fine talent on one of three stages (two main stages and an acoustic side stage), enjoy wine compliments of Uvaggio, and enter into several raffles for free giveaways.  Stay tuned for more information.

SSP partners with !K7

Silver Side Productions is proud to welcome its newest label signing: !K7 Label Group. 

We’re so excited to be representing -- for licensing -- the superb and vast catalog under this company, which is based in Germany,with offices also in NYC, London and Tokyo.

!K7 includes the labels Strut (funk/soul/disco), Gold Dust (hip hop) and Rapster (urban). Full album releases include Breakestra, Dennis Coffey, El-P, Stereo MCs, Goose, The Herbaliser, Zion I, Ebo Taylor, and much more. !K7's highly acclaimed DJ-Kicks compilation series features many name artists, especially in the electronic music space. More:   http://www.k7.com/

SSP welcomes The Autumn Film

Silver Side Productions is excited to now be working with Colorado-based band, The Autumn Film.  This female singer-fronted act has several beautiful releases under its belt and recently introduced its fantastic new record, “8 Track Tape,” on Feb. 7. 
 
The Autumn Film has a voice you’d swear you’ve heard before, although the band was voted “Best Band to Come out of Nowhere” by The Westword. Al-Attas’ voice is completely her own ... a huge voice, like an old friend, telling you secrets one minute, reassuring you the next. It’s spiritual, soothing, soft, but powerful enough to fill a room. It leaves goose bumps over and over again, each time the opening notes sound.

The record feels epic, and makes love sound as all-encompassing as it feels when you first find it. It’s at once intimate and larger than life, and utterly honest and confident.

Stay tuned for updates on the band: http://theautumnfilm.com/