Austin Sound Check

When Shane Lawlor (formerly of the IV Thieves) arrived in Austin, he teamed up with three tried and true Texans and Electric Touch was born. The band has strong ties to Texas, including a few Houston natives (everyone has relocated to Austin). They even share a label (Justice Records) with Carolyn Wonderland.
Electric Touch has already played SXSW, Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and V Festival and are scheduled for ACL and Monolith. As if that list alone wasn’t impressive enough, they’re currently on tour with The Fratellis and just released their self-titled debut album.
The Brit-rock quartet is reminiscent of The Killers, …read more

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The folks over at Guanabee think they heard Prince in the ACL Mashup. Now that Prince is a last minute addition to the line-up at Coachella, Guanabee is officially starting the rumor that he’ll also be playing ACL.
I didn’t hear any Prince in the mash-up and I’ve not seen him on anybody else’s lists, but let’s hope Guanabee is right!
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