Show Preview: The XX @ ACL Live (2/11-12)
| Date | 2/11-2/12 |
|---|---|
| Location | ACL Live |
| Doors | 6:30pm |
| Tickets | Tonight/Tomorrow |
Ticket Link Warning – If you don’t mind sitting behind a speaker, you can still get a ticket to either night’s show.
Indie darlings of moody sparseness, The XX are coming to town to play two nights and ACL Live. Austin Town Hall will be present tonight to give you all the lowdown on the show to see if you should sell your soul to go tomorrow night. A lot of people are way into Romy’s soft vocal, but the best song on the latest effort, IMHO, is the more upbeat, primarily Jamie XX-vocaled “Fiction”. Digress.
Now, The XX are cool and all, but to be honest, the openers Austra have spent more time on my playlists over the past couple years. I am looking forward to their set after having seen them at FFF6 in the broad daylight, not the best environment for their beauty-electro goodness. So here is a track to get you in the doors before their set starts at 8pm…
[audio:https://austintownhall.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Austra-The-Beat-and-the-Pulse.mp3]Download:Austra – The Beat and the Pulse [MP3]