Austinist DOUBLE Giveaway: Belaire + Loxsly This Weekend!

In conjunction with Belaire's 7-inch EP release and their horror themed dance party with Loxsly and sets by DJ Ian Orth at The Parish Room tomorrow night, we're giving away not one but two prize packs:

* 1 Ticket + Belaire EP
* 1 Ticket + Loxsly Tshirt

To enter either contest, send us an email with names of the respective band's members (Belaire or Losxly). Read on to find out more about these guys!

(This originally posted back in September when Belaire played our Local Music is Sexy ACL after-party)

In the Discerning Confectioner's Cookbook for Delectable Indie Pop, the recipe for Austin's Belaire might read something like this: combine one part Parisian lounge act, two parts low-key drum backings, a drizzle of guitar intonations, and a generous dollop of ever-so-refined synth grooves, and flambé! In their case, the food analogy seems perfectly apt - one can't help but want to eat their music up.

Their recordings are a delicious mélange of tandem synthesizers and delicate guitar riffs, anchored by subdued drum beats and airy harmonies - exactly the sort of pop music meant to accompany a summer's evening spent with friends on one's balcony. Seeing them play live, one can't help but detect the subtlest nuance of sexual tension, both in their songs and the way they sway, oh-so-lithely. At least that's what our, uhm, friends observe.

Unconscionable Freudian fantasies aside, this waifish quartet - don't be fooled by their gentle frames and altogether unassuming demeanors - possess the uncanny ability to wholly absorb both the stage and their audience during their spirited sets. They radiate the sort of nouvelle chic pop energy that just might compel even the most stalwart of hipster snobs to tap their Puma-sheathed toes.

Were those your buttocks we just saw shift in rhythmic unison? We thought as much.

And from Loxsly's MySpace page, snippets of a review by Monte Holman:

Leaps and bounds in maturity from Cody Ground’s first recording under the moniker Loxsly, Maps and Organs luckily retains the atmosphere of the interior of a happy glass sphere of pure energy. Ground is no longer solo, and this album injects complex synthesizers, guitars, bass, drums, loops and an effects-laden pedal steel—only in Texas?—into accessible, tightly woven pop. Though decidedly indie-pop-tacular, Loxsly distinguishes itself as being much smarter than most of the cutesy stuff out there. Hittin’ it in the classroom and on the dance floor...

Belaire and Loxsly
The Horror Dance Party!
The Parish Room
Saturday, February 3rd
10pm