Snowglobe will be headling the Scenestars showcase 6 Degrees of Memphis March 18th at Flamingo Cantina during SXSW.

I am super partial to these guys - so read what some other folks had to say:

Memphis’s Snowglobe plays an entrancing blend of cosmic American music that owes as much to pioneering psychedelic country/pop legends like the Byrds and Gram Parsons as it does to modern-day fellow travelers like the Flaming Lips. Having played together since high school, the members of snowglobe have a unique ability create complex songs with a rich pallet of sounds in a seemingly nonchalant way. The Memphis based band continues the long lasting tradition of playing honest music for the right reasons. Many comparisons to Neutral Milk Hotel, and Elephant 6 recording company have been made to Snowglobe, and as natural as that comparison seems, it seems to be an easy way out, but Snowglobe has advanced far beyond this. Snowglobe sounds like Mercury Rev, the piano balladry of Tim Hardin, early 70s Beach Boys, and the Kinks. Snowglobe is a band that takes from past genres and pushes those influences as step or two forward. This is a very song oriented band. The noises and kitchen sink extremities arent thrown in nonchalantly, they are precise and subtle flourishes that add texture.

Oxytocin (2006) The band has began a series of “solo” projects. Each of the next Snowglobe records will be “directed” by a different member of the band. The latest, Oxytocin, can be chalked up to Brad Postlethwaite. It was the 9th most added record to College radio during May of this year, and is currently charting in the CMJ top 100. Check out the track “Happy” and see why it comes with the warning that the horns at the beginning “Will Get Stuck In Your Head!”

Doing the Distance (2004) On Doing the Distance Snowglobe, (August 2nd, makeshift music) has made great steps forward since its debut Our Land Brains on Bardot Records. The sheer wealth of instruments the band uses creates moments as jam packed as rush hour. Principal songwriters Regan and Postlethwaite manage to keep the music unpretentious with a homey, lived-in quality and a gentle, unassuming lilt. Infectious songs like regime, changes, ms. June, Rock song , set the pace for an eclectic but cohesive mixture of pop gems. Memphis’s Snowglobe plays an entrancing blend of cosmic American music that owes as much to pioneering psychedelic country/pop legends like the Byrds and Gram Parsons as it does to modern-day fellow travelers like the Flaming Lips.

Our Land Brains(2002): Whenever a band starts an album with three near-perfect pop songs, it’s usually a good thing…Our Land Brains opens with “Waves Rolling,” a 60s throwback reminiscent of the Byrds and the Elephant 6 posse. Don’t think Beatles, though; their influence is present, but Snowglobe draw from a wider pool of resources, most of which are American. The 2nd number, “Beautiful,” opens with a simple, playful five-chord piano progression. Other pianos dot in and out of the composition, some pounding lower bass notes, others scampering down scales at the upper registers. Percussion is composed of sleigh bells, tambourine, xylophone and kettle drums. Then comes the voice: ladies and gentlemen, please say hello to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. I mean that in the least derogatory way possible; somehow, vocalist Brad Postlethwaite and his comrades in harmony manage to bottle up a candy-sweet Beach Boys melody, replete with letter-perfect vocal reproduction and reconstitute it here for your listening pleasure. Postlethwaite shares songwriting and lead-vocal duties with Tim Regan, who gets his first chance to display his wares on “Dreamworks,” the album’s third actual song. Regan’s voice tends more towards a Pete Townsend timbre, and his songwriting takes on a dramatic, serious mood. Prominent instrumentation on the track include a strong, uptempo minor-key bassline, a mournful piano vamp and horns, and a wah-wah’d guitar that’s afforded its own 35 second solo. The lyrics are nicely poetic: “Slip away from all you’ve known/ Swim out in the distance/ Catch a ride on the furthest star/ Colors bleed into your eyes, as you shoot through the distant skies of heaven.” The melody, ascending into the upper registers for the chorus, punctuates the emotion in the lyrics. - Pitchfork Media

Here is what some folks had to say about the live show: Snowglobe impressed. With their nonchalant stage presence and artistic pop sensibilities similar to that of Modest Mouse, a relaxed Snowglobe made it seem all too easy on stage. With Brad Postlethwaite and Tim Regan trading lead vocals and keyboards, Nahshon Benford kept the group upbeat with his trumpet and tuba playing. The band exuded a cool Elephant 6 collective-vibe ala Neutral Milk Hotel.

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