The Naked and Famous
Auckland, New Zealand
Alternative / Electropop
www.myspace.com/thenakedandfamous
thenakedandfamous.com
The Naked and Famous are set to explode and SXSWers are perfectly poised to see this band in some intimate settings before they really take off.
Just this week, The Naked and the Famous was awarded the Philip Hall Radar Award–an award for the band most worth to graduate from NME’s Radar pages–at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2011. Their single “Young Blood,” which you can watch below, is just starting to make impressions on US alternative radio stations. It’s kind of how I picture what Passion Pit would have sounded like with some female members in the band instead of all guys. It’s a catchy dance jam.
They’re playing several sets in Austin amid their European tour. I plan on catching them at the Windish Agency’s Party on Friday, March 18 at Emo’s.
They’ll be back to the US to tour more fully in April and May.
