ACL Fest Breakout Bands: Moon Duo & The Devil Makes Three
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One of the best parts of any festival is discovering new (or new to you) artists--instead of just hearing a song or seeing a video online, you can experience a their full personality, their sound, look and feel, and immediately answer that vital and ever-lingering question: "Well, are they any good live?"
Like its hometown counterpart SXSW, Austin City Limits (see live pics!) has a bounty of lesser-known artists in the fine-print on the bill. I checked out the buzziest and discovered a pair of awesome bands I'd never seen or heard of before, and now they both have a home on my iTunes playlists. Meet Moon Duo and the Devil Makes Three below!
Moon Duo:
This San Francisco-born duo, formed by Sanae Yamada and Wooden Shjips guitarist Erik "Ripley" Johnson, play sinister and psychedelic noise-pop that's darkly attractive, even on a blazing 90-degree day at 1:00 PM (it'd be much more at home in a dim club). Imagine the hard-pounding garage rock of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club paired with the punk fury and duo dynamic of the Kills--Yamada, in her skin-tight jeans, boots, jet-black hair and Ray-Bans, loose white tee and long necklace, even looks like a dead-ringer for Alison Mosshart. Their latest album, Circles, conceived and demoed at their new Colorado base, recorded in SF and mixed in Berlin, is a gem of fuzz-toned pop bliss. Simple, catchy melodies shine under a heap of feedback; bright, pulsing keyboards play rhythm along with laptop beats and deep bass throbs. At ACL, Moon Duo rattled my skull, had my foot tapping and brought the buzzing pop sounds. Get Circles now.Preview a few gems below.
1m
The Blue Devils Bring The Parade
1m
The Blue Devils Study Their Mistakes
20m
Making The Retrograde
46m
Making the Cut
22m
Three's Company
2m
311s Chad Sexton Pays The Blue Devils Drumline A Visit
1m
Blue Devils' Pre-show Frenzy
3m
Dwayne Johnson and The Blue Devils Break It Down In Hawaii
1m
Three City Montage
42m
Three Names Please
3m
The Making of Amber Rose's Puppet
1m
Former Cadet Bonds With Blue Devils Friends At Picnic
1m
Blue Devils' Javier Astorga & Friends Discuss Paths On Hiking Adventure
42m
Making Uniforms Unique
20m
24kGoldn Makes Meatloaf
20m
Freddie Gibbs Makes Pizza
20m
Make Room for Roomie
20m
Jesus Trejo Makes Enchiladas
6m
King Keraun Learns How To Make The Perfect At Home Pillow Fort
1m
Blue Devils' Lead Trumpet Player Toots His Own Horn at Harrelson Trumpet Shop
20m
James Davis Makes Pork Chops
20m
Flo Milli Makes Sloppy Joes
20m
Melii Make Rice and Beans
20m
Zainab Johnson Makes Fish Sticks
20m
Rubi Rose Makes Tuna Sandwiches
20m
Polo G Makes Mac-n-Cheese
44s
How to Make Ally Brooke's Enchiladas
42m
Ugly Sweaters Make for Beautiful Attire
1m
How to Make DaniLeigh's Pastelón
20m
Kev On Stage Makes Shrimp Fried Rice
1h 42m
Sam and Mattie Make a Zombie Movie
49s
How to make Dave East's Steak and Eggs
1m
Sam and Mattie Make a Zombie Movie - Trailer
1m
How to Make A$AP Ferg's Homemade Cookie Apple Pie
8m
King Keraun Learns To Make Bread From Scratch From A Baker
17m
Lena Waithe On Making What She Wants To See (Extended Cut)
1h 45m
The River and the Wall
1h 2m
The Beatles: In the Life
2m
The Best of The Best Clash
2m
Danny Trejo & His Son Discuss his Prison Past while Making Trejo’s Tacos
44m
The Decision
45m
The Reunion
20m
The Hustle
21m
The Pilot
The 212
1h 21m
The Feels
The Canvas
1h 27m
The Exchange
1h 20m
The FP
1h 34m
The Citizen
23m
The Motorcycle
1m
The Ladies Play "Fill In The Blanks"
21m
All the Focus is on the Diamonds
2m
The Hilarious Reality of the American Rat Race
20m
Out With The Old, In With The New
59s
The 212 - Trailer
1h 22m
The Right Girls
21m
Rock the Bells
23m
The Great Director
44m
The Winner Is…
48m
Meet The Jets
1h 36m
The All-Americans
22m
Behind The Snow
1h 3m
The Third Strike
20m
Rich The Kid
20m
The Vest Guest
21m
Enter the Metaverse
21m
Into The Woods
1h 22m
Between the Shades
1h 17m
The Revolution Generation
1h 30m
Crossed the Line
57m
Pink: The Truth
1h 7m
The Daphne Project
20m
Facing The Truth
1m
The Feels - Trailer
24m
Who's the Boss?
20m
Missy: The Icon
21m
Meet The Family
1h 23m
The Prison Within
57s
The Read - Trailer
1h 15m
Cassandro, The Exotico!
The Sex Clinic
22m
The North Shore
9m
Free The Robots
20m
The Glow Up
21m
Mind the Mints
22m
Surfing the Skies
20m
Create The Future
2m
The Grind Never Stops When for the Queen Diva
12m
Anthony Ramos On 'The Good & The Bad' (Extended Cut)
1h 27m
End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock
3m
The Clash of the Corps Cast Plays Would You Rather?
2m
The All-Americans - Trailer
2m
The Revolution Generation - Trailer
1m
The Third Strike - Trailer
19m
Revenge Of The Nerfs
22m
Freaky On The Floor
20m
Art of The Azz
20m
All in the Family
56m
