Put Bishop Allen at the top of the list of buzz bands confirmed for SXSW.
Their new album, "Grr..." comes out March 10 on Dead Oceans, which will be followed a by a national tour that includes a releaste date in-store at New York's Other Music, a Troubadour concert on march 23, an April 4 gig at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg and an April 5 show at the Bowery Ballroom.
Bishop Allen, hip as they are, are following the path that is quickly becoming THE WAY to secure buzz:  a song featured in a major commercial ("Click Click Click Click" in a Sony digital camera spot), an onscreen performance in a movie ("Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist") and, of course, placement in that soundtrack. (It seems to not matter how well the movie performed; they were definitely a highlight of that playlist).
Add to that their interesting DIY effort of releasing  an EP a month every month in 2006.
The band recently performed a song from "Grrr ..." on Fuel TV¹s "The Daily Habit."