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By ED CONORAN CORRESPONDENT When showcasing at South By Southwest, it’s important to be adaptable and to make the best of a difficult situation. It wasn’t a horror show when Turnover played the Dirty Dog Bar last month in Austin but it was unusual, even by SXSW standards, where things can get a little strange. That makes sense since it’s all about keeping Austin weird. Just as Turnover was moments away from kick ing off their 40-minute set, the panned 1997 horror flick “Mimic” commenced on a screen just to the right of the stage. The creepy New York subway bugfest was dis tracting to the 700 in atten dance, as well as the Virginia Beach-based band. “I caught myself looking at that movie from time to time,” vocalist-guitarist Aus tin Getz said backstage after the show. “How could I not look at it?” South By Southwest isn’t easy for a number of rea sons but Turnover, which will perform tonight at the Theater of Living Arts, not only dealt with the adver sity every indie-rock band has to cope with during the massive festival, the quartet delivered a solid set at the Dirty Dog, which is one of the more challenging venues in Austin. The band, which also includes Getz’ brother Casey Getz on drums, guitar ist Eric Soucy and bassist Danny Dempsey, survived its first South By Southwest. “There were ups and downs,” Getz said. “It’s a cool opportunity to network at South By. But my prob lem is that they don’t accom modate the artists. They don’t pay any of the bands for official showcases. Park ing is a headache. They're making money hand over fist but it’s not easy for the bands coming in..” But Turnover perse vered and played three other showcases and won over some new fans with its atmospheric pop-rock. Give Getz credit for speaking out. Many of his peers accept the inherent problems of playing such a massive vent and keep their mouth shut. “I just can’t do that,” Getz said. “Someone has to say something.” Getz fronts a gritty band and the act is recording its next album at Studio 4 in Conshohocken with pro ducer Will Yip (Circa Sur vive, Keane). “Hopefully we'll take that next step with Will,” Getz said. “He’s amazing. This is a great time for us... We're working on songs but we’re also going from town to town. We've sold out a bunch of shows and had some great times in Pittsburgh and Cleveland.” After the American tour ends, Turnover will play Japan and Australia in May. “We just want to take this to another level,” Getz said. “I’m hoping Will will help us get there when we go there to record with him. We're excited about record ing there. Philadelphia is a great place to be. We'll play a show there and before you know it we'll be back to make the album.” Turnover will open for Citizen tonight at the Theater of Living Arts, 334 South St., Philadelphia. Sorority Noise and Milk Teeth are also on the bill. Show time: 7 p.m. Tickets: $16. information: 215-922-1011; www. tlaphilly.com CONTRIBUTED Turnover will open for Citizen tonight at the Theater of Living Arts.
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