The good folks over at Republic of Austin created The Roaries Awards so Austinites could nominate and recognize their favorite local artists. This will come as no shock, but Austinites have seriously good taste! We are so proud that not one but TWO Artifact Workshop artists have been nominated for the Roaries . Neiliyo is up for Best Male Musician, and DJ Car Stereo (Wars) is up for Best DJ. Please cast your votes HERE before February 25th and help these AW guys walk away with the (internet) gold! Congratulations to these hard working musicians. We always knew you were the best; now we have proof.

Check out what the Austin Onion has to say about the big DJ Car Stereo (Wars) Valentine’s Day show this Saturday with SWISS (!!!!) and Til Were Blue or Destroy:

“Relationships are just so much extra baggage when you’re a pretty young thing. Better to spend Valentine’s Day with your true loves: swilling cheap booze and rubbing bony shoulders with fellow bo-hoes under the Beauty Bar disco ball. This Valentine’s, local supergroup Swiss seeks to reunite you with some old flames—specifically anoraks, Billy Corgan-fed angst, and other not-quite-forgotten gems from the ’90s like Semisonic’s “Closing Time.” Its covers could crash this hearts-and-chocolates shindig into wedding-band territory were it not for the combined talents of the musicians involved—past lineups have included members of Hum, The Poster Children, Mineral, and National Skyline. Mash-up cupid Car Stereo (Wars) trains his arrows on those and other bands that peaked before the dot-com bubble burst, while ‘Til We’re Blue Or Destroy wraps its broken heart in bright melodies and glittering synths.”

Read the whole thing HERE.

This is a GREAT show because anytime Swiss gets together from all corners of the country- it is a good time.  No doubt….. which, is a band they very well might do an amazing cover of…

Here are some pictures from the last DJ CS(W) show at Beauty Bar from Infamous Austin.

Happy Valentine’s Day yall!

Sure, the show has passed that Onion AV Club in New York was recommending, but that doesn’t mean we can’t brag about the kind things they said. Check it :

“Once a mainstay of the Austin club scene, Car Stereo (Wars)—né Chris Rose—went from blog favorite to festival-rocking phenomenon with a well-received album (2007’s The Bandit) and a slot on the 2009 Lollapalooza lineup, playing a round of Girl Talk-with-a-broader-musical-vocabulary mash-ups that value Three Dog Night as much as Three 6 Mafia.”

See for yourself HERE.

(The day-after-Christmas show was allegedly very fun and resulted in heavy drinking with a Russian guy.)

Stolen from PartyEnds.com … (which, just stole from the AV Club Austin):

The Onion AV Club Austin was kind enough to recommend tonight’s FREE PartyEnds Free Week Showcase that is going down for free at Beauty Bar.

Lookie:

“Tribute bands that pay tribute to still-active acts are a dubious enterprise, especially if those acts only have two albums and a handful of singles to pull from. Luckily for the members of Austin’s only LCD Soundsystem tribute act, All My Friends, James Murphy’s dance-rock collective hasn’t toured in a good long while, and there’s hardly a song in its small catalog that won’t keep the movement going. And who doesn’t want to see somebody who’s not Murphy (in this case, Super Lite Bike’s Chris Heckendorn) ramble his way through the hipster dick-measuring contest of “Losing My Edge”? Of course, having someone else on the bill playing nothing but the songs that taught a generation to uncross its arms robs Car Stereo (Wars) (a.k.a. Chris Rose) of one guaranteed party-starting source. Luckily there’s also Mothfight’s glitch-pop and The Laughing’s techno tribalism to keep things moving.”

Check it out with your own eyes HERE . Thanks for the apt description of the dancability and fun of tonight’s lineup!

The Austin AV Club Tweets HERE and keeps up to date with all things relevant, quirky and Austin-y HERE.

There is a great free week show this Saturday at the Beauty Bar featuring DJ Car Stereo (Wars), an LCD Soundsystem cover band called All MY Friends, Moth Fight and The Laughing. The shindig is sponsored by PartyEnds.com and is sure to be amazing, and at the very least free. You should go.

Free week is as good of a tradition in Austin as wearing a scarf, heavy coat and toboggan when it cracks 65 degrees outside. It is a holy time. A time of freeness and reflection on the past year. A time of peace. A time to laugh,  a time to weep.  A time to dance, a time to mourn. A time of checking out your favorite bands for free and a time of checking out bands you have never heard of … for free. God bless free week.

More from the “admittedly old news department,” but this is too good to pass up. One of the coolest blogs coming out of Austin or anywhere for that matter is Both Sides of the Mouth. The great thing about BSOTM is the extra touch they ALWAYS take in their photographs. Everything is drawn on to some degree and then scanned into a computer. Sometimes it is simple and others it is intricate.   You will never see a regular .jpg that in all likely hood also appears on 30 other websites. Taking that extra touch makes the site a special place that manages to create a tactile realness that otherwise is hard to come by on this world wide web of ours. BSOTM dug the DJ Car Stereo Wars and Neiliyo set over Fun Fun Fun Fest and were kind enough to write down their thoughts and post a few pictures! Check the whole thing out HERE.

“Car Stereo (Wars)’ set definitely kept things going and even made sure to kick it up a few more notches while they were at it. Who knew you could throw such good dance parties with a Macbook? Chris Rose definitely does, and he took this to his favor when he ushered and mixed one hell of a dance party at Fun Fun Fun. With another local Austinite, Neiliyo, at his side to MC the proceedings, the blue stage turned into a veritable mudfest with not a single person ever caught in a moment of stagnance. Everyone was moving as the beats were flowing from the speakers without break. Never a moment of silence to be had, it was a nonstop dance party from start to finish and Neiliyo took to the crowd to assure everyone kept dancing. Rose from behind the crowd that had now formed on stage to stretch the dance party even further, would occasionally join the banter of Neiliyo to make sure he was providing us with just what we needed to keep our joints greased. No matter where you looked everyone was dancing, and the people responsible for all of this were lost in the crowd making sure to keep everything going – Rose hidden amidst the crowd on the stage; Neiliyo partying incognito with the crowd in the mud pit below. With the rain still coming down, it was wet and dirty – those responsible for the tunage being mixed by Rose woulda been proud.“

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUTH!

So, this I admittedly old news, but we wanted to share some great press from Fun Fun Fun Fest regarding the DJ Car Stereo (Wars) set with Neiliyo acting as MC. Austin Sound had some nice things to say:

“Oh Chris Rose, how we’ve missed you down here in Austin since you decided to take off for the NYC. Our little burg just hasn’t rocked the dancefloors quite as hard after you left. So needless to say, having Car Stereo (Wars) mixup maelstrom sweep back into town was a welcome event, and his samples, as always, were heavy on the familiar hits expertly spun to send the crowd into maximum frenzy. The stage was packed with familiar Car Stereo (Wars) fans, though nothing quite as crazy as last year’s costumed turned. Rose was aided, however, by local MC Neiliyo, reppin’ it preppy on the mic despite the rain picking up harder and harder throughout the set. Till next time CS(W)!”

Thanks for the “shout out” Austin Sound! Click HERE for Austin Sound’s pictures from the fest!

BONUS! Check out this video snippet below…..

Neiliyo w/ Car Stereo (Wars) at FunFunFunFest from Mark Couvillion on Vimeo.

Kind words about BOTH DJ Car Stereo (Wars) AND Neiliyo today from the fine journalists at Austinist.com:

“Mash-up maestro Chris Rose, better known as DJ Car Stereo (Wars)*, has established himself as one of the Austin’s most popular disc jockeys over the course of the last few years, and lately, he’s been making some noise nationally as well. We’ve known him to regularly furnish the soundtrack to many a shindig around town, but earlier this year, he started spinning in Brooklyn periodically, and in August, he turned in a manic set at Lollapalooza ‘09. During that Chicago performance, Rose invited fellow Austinite Neil Petty (a.k.a. Neiliyo) on stage, leading to much pandemonium and one heck of a day time dance party. The two have forged a firm friendship ever since, and this Thursday, they combine forces yet again to present a Christmas Sweater Party at Emo’s.

Up-and-comer Beef Eigler (Hot Britches) kicks things off with pulsating beats galore, Neiliyo delivers funky electro-pop in typically robust fashion next, and Rose’s exhilarating mixes round off the scheduled entertainment for the evening. Rose is currently working on a follow-up to 2007’s The Bandit, which could see the light of day by March 2010. A contribution or two from Neiliyo is expected on that upcoming DJ CS(W) release, and Petty seems to be keeping pretty busy, informing us that, “The new LP is almost done, my EP with Artifact Workshop is awaiting its final touches, and I’m about to punch out my next Mixtape, the sequel to Copywriting 101.” As for this evening’s extravaganza, Neiliyo adds, “The Christmas Sweater Party is going to be all about people coming together for a niche fashion that HAS to be exposed. No runways, no drama, just reindeer and bells, baby!” To provider further inspiration, Rose has put together this montage and a “Christmas Sweater Song” to encourage attendees to flaunt that maligned beloved garment. Enter your information in the form below for a chance to win two free tickets to the festivities.

* As of December 7th, Rose has changed his moniker from Car Stereo (Wars) to DJ Car Stereo (Wars) due to a legal dispute with an Aussie band.”

ALRIGHT! Thanks for the support Austinist!

Taken from PartyEnds.com:

“Have a holly jolly Thursday over at the inside stage of Emo’s as you sweat thru your most terribly ironic Christmas sweater with DJ Car Stereo (Wars) and Neiliyo. Bring out the one with the bells sewn to it and that lights up when you throw the switch. If you don’t have hawt extras like that, some reindeer or a snowflake should suffice. Rest assured that the Emo’s bartenders will be rolling their eyes more than usual on Thursday and that is part of the spirit of this special time of year. Check out ‘Undone- the Sweater Song’ with a new twist to it in the youtube vid below. Take it easy bro!”

There was a nice interview with Chris/ DJ Car Stereo (Wars) on last week’s Austin American Statesman Blog that you can read HERE!

The Fun Fun Fun Fest set went great thanks in part to the help of Neiliyo who resumed his duties as DJ CS(W) MC after honing the craft in Chicago at Lollapolloza.  The Peen Scene was there to document the muddy and sweaty fans getting down.   Check out this picture and many more HERE!

There are still copies of the debut DJCS(W) album the Bandit complete with a one of a kind mustache on the cover available for purchase HERE.  Impress your friends.