New Jersey Stage March 2015 | Page 65

After several shows in Austin during the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival, Wyland will open for Everclear during the Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival on March 21. Then in April they have shows in Boston, Albany, and Asbury Park, NJ where they will perform during the first Asbury Park Music In Film Festival on April 10 at The Wonder Bar on a bill that includes The Creeptones, The Hive, and The Porchistas. The Atlantic City gig came as somewhat of a surprise. “We never expected a yes,” laughed Sloan. “Essentially, we had done the “Skate and Surf Music Festival” in Asbury Park, NJ and from there we were invited to do other festivals; we are heading to SXSW in Texas on our own and we’ll be gigging in the area of the festival. We reached out to the Atlantic City Beer Festival; we figured that we’d just take a shot at it and we’ve now got the opportunity to open for Everclear! We are definitely very excited by this.” The band name of Wyland itself is as dif fW&V