All-girl garage punk band Flying Ipis heading to Texas’ SXSW music fest 2016

Hindi na ito, Sssikreto! A Filipino band is heading to South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Texas, United States in 2016. 

 

Flying Ipis, an all-girl indie garage punk band, announced on their Facebook page that the SXSW organizers accepted their application and invited them to perform for the music conference and festival to be held on March 15-20, 2016 in Austin. 

 

 

SXSW is an annual set of film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences since 1987. It has been noted as a "destination for discovery" since it showcases fresh acts from all over the world. 

 

Flying Ipis' vocalist Deng Garcia told GMA News Online that she sent their application to the SXSW organizers in October after the group got "frustrated" for not getting a chance to play in any international festival. 

 

"I suddenly remembered SXSW, so I googled, and saw that their application was ending in two weeks! So, sakto! I thought that it was a sign," she said. 

 

On December 7, Flying Ipis received a email saying they bested other thousands of bands from all over the world to perform at SXSW. 

 

 

However, Garcia noted that the journey does not end there. She and her bandmates guitarist Ymi Sy, bassist Tanya Singh, and drummer Gaki still got a long way to go to make it to Texas and asked fans and supporters to help them raise funds. 

 

"We still have a lot of papers to submit, visas to file, and FUNDS TO RAISE, but, with your generous help and loving support, we are positive that we will achieve one of our band-dreams in performing at the SXSW next year," the band's Facebook post said. 

 

Flying Ipis is behind the hit songs "Past is Past!", "Lundagin Mo, Beybi!", and "Over and Over Again". The quartet's latest single is "This Song is Not About You". 

 

 

—KG, GMA News

 

For more details on Flying Ipis' journey to SXSW and ways to help the band, visit their Tumblr page.