CSS and Tilly and the Wall met during various performances on the European festival circuit.  Meeting out of an interest in each others music they became fast friends and soon after shared a tour bus on a European tour.  Having so much fun together on the road they vowed to do it again in the states, and the Fall of 2008 provided them such an opportunity.  Not wanting to miss out on such a fun and unique tour,  Rob Walters and his film crew approached the bands with the idea of filming.  CSS & Tilly and the Wall Appearing Live Tonight! Is the resulting document.   

APPEARING LIVE TONIGHT! is a 73 min concert documentary capturing these unique bands’ live show experience.  Containing live performances and all access backstage footage APPEARING LIVE TONIGHT! introduces the viewer to CSS and Tilly and the Wall in an intimate way never explored before with these musicians. Exclusive interviews with the bands supplement the footage, covering a range of topics, from each band’s beginnings to the current double billingand what may lie ahead of them in the future.

CSS Formed in 2003 in Soa Paulo Brazil, a group of friends with an unquenchable thirst for good times and indulgence in all things pop and art, CSS rose to notoriety with the help of a thriving creative community, underground club scene and a little thing called the internet. Pulling together their numerous talents, the band drew legions of international followers entranced by a universally accessible, albeit original and off the wall, look and style.
    Their debut album Cansei de Ser Sexy (Portuguese for “Tired of Being Sexy” – something Beyoncé Knowles once said she was) was released on Sub Pop in July of 2006, with their follow up record Donkey following in Nov 2007. 


Tilly & the Wall are five people from Omaha, NE who became friends exploring music. The band operates as a collective with five songwriters, each with their own distinct musical voice, whose talents come together to form something extraordinary.  They released their debut album, Wild Like Children, in June 2004 on Conor Oberst’s label, Team Love. As one of the first albums released on Team Love, Tilly and the Wall set a precedent for the label’s identity: original, smart, exuberant and, above all, easy to sing along to. Tilly and the Wall follwed up with two subsequent records, Bottoms of Barrels in 2006 and “o” in 2008. 


Rob Walters is a filmmaker from Omaha NE.  His first venture into documentary filmmaking was a co-directing effort on the film Spend An Evening with Saddle Creek. (Plexifilm)  This project led to many opportunities for Walters ranging from work with Current TV to various music video projects.  Generally focusing his camera on unique aspects of independent music Walters has had the opportunity to work with a growing list of bands on various film projects, icluding The Good Life, Neva Dinova, the Faint and previous projects with Tilly and the Wall.  This CSS/Tilly project marks Walters return to long form documentary.


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