We all know that Austin is one of the most active cities in the US rock culture, and that it hosts 2 big "band" festivals; ACL & SXSW.
I think we're all familiar with the ACL Music Festival; a 3-day event of concerts in the city´s "borders".
Far different from the SXSW, the ACL presents from mid-pop to mainstream artists. This year´s lineup includes bands like Beck, Manu Chao, David Byrne, The Mars Volta, Gnarls Barkley, N.E.R.D, Iron & Wine, Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend, the legendary Roky Erickson, CSS, Antibalas, etc.

What may not be equally known here is the fact that there's a chance for 1 "totally indie" band. This band is chosen from a 4-Round contest where every musician is wellcome to join and compete. The contest mixes fan support and expert musician judges to decide who makes it to the party.
The contest has filtered 20 bands out of hundreds of competitors around the world...and there's one mexican leading the battle; 60 TIGRES.


This Monterrey-based band is a funky-dance-punk mixture of sounds that's been growing big lately. They played in last year's SXSW and now with a full album and an energetic live show, they promise to deliver a "psychedelic Tito Puente with a mohwak" to Austin's big stages...and they're doing that through online fan-voting.

You can support the band by visiting their site and voting on DELL's contest. Listen to the album "Los Emigrantes", browse their myspace and if you like it, do it. To make things EASY, you can suscribe to the mail list and you'll be sent the vote link, they also send exclusive short stories, news and music previews. So, support your local movement and mexican indie musicians.

www.60tigres.com

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