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02 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in MY TOP 10 Tags: 101X, 2011, Austin, B-May, Boy + Kite, Cigarettes After Sex, Dallas, Day vs Night, El Paso, Extras Call, freddie beat, Freddie Rodriguez, Garland, GOBI, JADA, Neon Desert Music Festival, Pop Pistol, popolio, REAL popolio, Roach Gigz, Room to Read Austin Chapter, Room to Rock, SALVO, San Antonio, Sariah, Sophie B. Hawkins, Splendid Sun Productions, Stephanie Salvo, SXSW, The Blistering Speeds, The Lusitania, The Royalty, Zach Paul
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15. Boy + Kite 101X Win
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10. GOBI 5Q
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5. The Blistering Speeds LOTTO
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14. The Royalty 5Q
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9. JADA Call & B-May pop quiz
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4.The Lusitania 5Q
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13. Sariah 10Q
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8. Zach Paul 5Q
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3. Roach Gigz pop quiz
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12. SALVO LOTTO
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7. Cigarettes After Sex 5Q
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2. Sophie B. Hawkins 20Q Part 1
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11. Day vs. Night LOTTO
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6. Pop Pistol pop quiz
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1. Sophie B. Hawkins 20Q Part 2
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28 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
in MY TOP 10 Tags: "Hold Up", "Street Dreams", Audible Treats, Austin, Casino, hip hop, J Stalin, Mac Dre, Martin Scorsese, MTV, MTV2, Nas, Nuvola, rap, Roach Gigz, Roachy Balboa, Roachy Balboa 1 Mixtape, Roachy Balboa 2 Mixtape, Scoot Inn, Suck Free Sundays, Sucker Free Countdown, SXSW, SXSW 2011, Thizz City
MY TOP 30: Year 3 Posts of ALL-TIME!
3. Roach Gigz pop quiz
The SXSW 2011 popolio pop quiz interview domination on this countdown concludes. San Francisco-based hip hopper, Roach Gigz, takes the Year 3 Number 3 spot with his SXSW pop quiz. This is the sixth overall and now highest and final SXSW 2011 pop quiz entry on this countdown. Roach Gigz joins Canada’s BRAIDS at Number 30, Australia’s the Jezabels at Number 23, Japan’s Peelander-Z at Number 21, ATX’s own, Quiet Company, at Number 20, and Mexico’s She’s a Tease at Number 19 .
See the original Monday, March 7, 2011 post here — Roach Gigz pop quiz interview – SXSW Artist. It includes his song “Hold Up” featuring J Stalin and Nas’ video for “Street Dreams.”
See all 10 2011 SXSW pop quiz interviews here.
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13 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in Music Video Tags: "The Dopest 2", hip hop, rap, Roach Gigz, Roachy Balboa, Roachy Balboa 2, Roachy Balboa 2 Mixtape
17 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
in pop quiz interview Tags: 8bit, actor, Austin, Austin Convention Center, Beauty Bar, Braids, Club de Ville, DJ, Flamingo Cantina, Headhunters, hip hop, indie, Japanese Action Comic Punk, Jazz One, Maggie Mae's, Maggie Mae's Rooftop, Nuvola, Palm Door, Peelander-Z, pop, pop quiz, popolio, power pop, Quiet Company, Radio Day Stage, rap, Roach Gigz, rock, rock n roll, Rusty Spurs, Scoot Inn, She's a Tease, Speakeasy, Speakeasy Kabaret, spoken word, Spoken Word Artist, SXSW, SXSW 2011, Tapes 'n Tapes, The Jezebels, The Marq, The Niceguys, The Phoenix, THE REAL popolio, The Rusty Spurs, Unicorn Kid
Last Monday I kicked off a series of special daily SXSW pop quizzes. There were no less than 10 posted between last week and yesterday. Here’s the complete list of our REAL popolio SXSW 2011 Artists including their genres, links to each of their pop quizzes, and a listing of their official SXSW Showcases in date and time order.
Make it fun, follow these shows like a road map and see if you can make it from one to the next. The majority are tonight and on Saturday at 11:00 PM you’ll have to choose between BRAIDS and the Jezabels. Tough choice! Enjoy SXSW, y’all!!!
Jazz One
Genre: DJ/Spoken Word Artist/Actor
pop quiz
21+ show at Speakeasy Kabaret (412 Congress Avenue) TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, starting at 8:45 PM
The Niceguys
Genre: Hip-Hop
pop quiz
21+ show at the Scoot Inn (1308 E. 4th Street) TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, starting at 8:50 PM
She’s a Tease
Genre: Rock
pop quiz
21+ show at Flamingo Cantina (515 E. 6th Street) TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, starting at 9:00 PM
Roach Gigz
Genre: Rap
pop quiz
21+ shows at the Scoot Inn (1308 E. 4th Street) TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, and Nuvola (105 E. 5th Street) TOMORROW, March 18, 2011, both starting at 9:50 PM
Unicorn Kid
Genre: Pop/8bit
pop quiz
21+ show at the Phoenix (409 Colorado Street) TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, starting at 10:00 PM
Quiet Company
Genre: Indie Rock/Power Pop
pop quiz
21+ show at the Marq (422 N. Congress Avenue) next TONIGHT, March 17, 2011, starting at 11:00 PM
Tapes ‘n Tapes
Genre: Rock ‘n Roll
pop quiz
Show at the Rusty Spurs (405 E. 7th Street) Friday, March 18, 2011, at 11:00 PM and an ALL AGES show Radio Day Stage Austin Convention Center (500 E. Cesar Chavez Street) next Saturday, March 19, 2011, at 2:00 PM
BRAIDS*
Genre: Experimental Pop
pop quiz
21+ show at Club de Ville (900 Red River Street) Saturday, March 19, 2011, both starting at 11:00 PM.
*played 21+ show at the Beauty Bar/Palm Door (401 Sabine Street) yesterday, March 16, 2011, at 11:00 PM
The Jezabels
Genre: Pop? Indie?
pop quiz
21+ show at the Maggie Mae’s Rooftop (323 E. 6th Street) Saturday, March 19, 2011, starting at 11:00 PM
Peelander-Z
Genre: Japanese Action Comic Punk
pop quiz
18+ show at Headhunters (720 Red River Street) Saturday, March 19, 2011, starting at 1:05 AM
07 Mar 2011 3 Comments
in pop quiz interview Tags: "Hold Up", "Street Dreams", Audible Treats, Austin, Casino, hip hop, J Stalin, Mac Dre, Martin Scorsese, MTV, MTV2, Nas, Nuvola, rap, Roach Gigz, Roachy Balboa, Roachy Balboa 1 Mixtape, Roachy Balboa 2 Mixtape, Scoot Inn, Suck Free Sundays, Sucker Free Countdown, SXSW, SXSW 2011, Thizz City
Like the Joker, San Francisco-based rapper, Roach Gigz, is a master madcap, harboring a sardonic mind and killing it with his skills.
Roach Gigz plays 21+ shows at the Scoot Inn (1308 E. 4th Street) next Thursday, March 17, 2011, and Nuvola (105 E. 5th Street) next Friday, March 18, 2011, both starting at 9:50PM.
March 8, 2011 UPDATE: Coincidentally, MTV featured Roach Gigz with an interview on their MTV2 Sucker Free Countdown on Sunday and, yesterday, we kicked off our SXSW pop quizzes with Roach Gigz! Watch the Sucker Free video. If THE REAL popolio was Twitter, we’d be trending.
March 7, 2011 
Name: Roach Gigz
Genre: Rap
Latest Release: Roachy Balboa 2 Mixtape (Thizz City)
Release Date: January 4, 2011
This, That, or the Other
1. Underground OR Mainstream? Understream
2. Maintain Artistic Integrity and Vision OR Make a lot of Money? (OR Both)??? Both, I wanna’ make money of my visions.
3. Studio OR Stage? Studio
4. Spirituality OR Hedonism? Spirituality
5. Make Love, Have Sex, OR %$*!? All three at the same time…If I had to pick one it would be make love.
Fill in the Blank
6. Music is my wife.
7. I’m musically inspired by my thoughts and Mac Dre.
8. If I could have made any music video it would have been a tale of drugs and growing up by Roachy Scorzaazii.
9. If I was a super hero I’d be your daddy.
10. Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll should change to __________________, __________________, and __________________. (OR Not) That will never change.
Short Answer
11. I make music because: I love to hear my voice coming out of other people’s cars.
12. I want my fans to: Love my music and understand how thankful I am for them.
13. If I could only share one thing about myself it would be: Left Blank
14. Wild Card! I’m addicted to the taco truck by my house.
15. I want my musical legacy to be: I want to be great.
Editor’s Note: I appreciate Roach Gigz creativity and humor, but since he did not choose an actual music video for Number 5, I chose one. Because of his appreciation for Scorsese, here’s Nas’ “Street Dreams,” which pays homage to Casino.
Listen to “Hold Up” featuring J Stalin from Roach Gigz’ latest release, Roachy Balboa 2 Mixtape. Click on the cover to go to his official site.
