Austin Texas outfit The Black & White Years will be playing two sets at Wireless in Hyde Park this coming weekend.
They recently picked up 5 Austin Music Awards at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival including Best New Band and Best Song and were asked to open for Basement Jaxx and for KanYe West.
The Austin, Texas four-piece were presented with SXSW trophies for Best New Band and Best Song for their single, Power to Change, Best Performing Band - Rock and Best Bass Player (John Aldridge). In addition, Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads, Modern Lovers) won the award for Best Producer of the Year for his work on The Black And White Years' eponymous debut album.
The album is available on Itunes - and they are recording 5 new tracks to go with the UK release of the album early next year.
Following the festival they were Blogged by KanYe West
http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3161=0_-1__-1_~0_-1_5_2009_0_50&em3106=227722_-1__0_~0_-1_5_2008_0_0&em3281=&em3298=&em3282=
Power to Change (video) – http://www.rainmakerartists.com/bwy/video/
