Giveaway: Friendly Fires + The XX At A Sold Out Mohawk Tonight

Friendly Fires are one of the most fun dance-rock bands we've heard in recent years, despite there being a myriad of purveyors of that genre. The band throw copious percussion, pretty synths, and choruses full of harmony into a sound equal parts Cut Copy and Franz Ferdinand, which implies that they're on the more interesting side of the indie dance-pop fence. In recent months, the group have been nominated for a Mercury Music Prize, toured with Interpol, and (perhaps most importantly) have had their single "Jump In The Pool" chosen as the theme for BBC's football highlight show! After a trip to SXSW 2009 was canceled due to the chance to play some big European dates, Friendly Fires finally arrive on Red River tonight, and we suspect there will be a lot of dancing.

Opening tonight's show are a second act that could easily be headlining. Officially the next big thing, London's The XX are a minimalist band who combine male and female vocals with such sparse arrangements that they might even best Britt Daniel's tunes at times. The band hail from the same London art school as Hot Chip and Four Tet, and you can tell. The songs on their self-titled debut are so subtle that it takes a few listens before one realizes that rather than being slight, they're actually understated works full of hooks and wildly catchy bridges and choruses. The potential of the album coupled with the band's youth (they're only 20) had audiences at New York's CMJ fighting for show admission, and we suspect there will be a lot of folks turning up tonight without tickets hoping to grab one from a scalper. Thankfully, we have one lucky reader covered, as we have a pair of tickets for the show to give away. Enter your details below for a chance to win. If you miss tonight's show, fear not: The XX are slated to open on Hot Chip's 2010 North American tour next spring and summer.