2016 Schedule

Interactive: March 11–15  •  Film: March 11–19  •  Music: March 15–20

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Freedom Fry

Saturday, March 19
10:45PM - 11:25PM

The Sidewinder Outside
715 Red River St

Artist-4412

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In February 2015, Freedom Fry started the year at #1 on The Hype Machine with their first in a series of new singles, "Shaky Ground (Hey Na Na Na)." Just a few weeks later, Spotify included them in their rankings of "100 Emerging Artists From SXSW," where they met Belgian sensation Stromae and were asked to support his west coast tour. Freedom Fry ended the tour with the beginning of a weekly May residency in Los Angeles, then took off to well-received shows in London & Paris, and came back to tour the east coast with Communion Presents.

The French/American duo, whose stage name is a satire on US & French relations during the Iraq war, have been self-producing and releasing music since 2011 when they first met on the set of a music video. Their home base, Los Angeles, and all the warmth and sunshine of California tends to heavily bleed into their sound - which skirts the lines between pop, folk and indie-rock - always bl...

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Details

Access
Music Badge, Platinum Badge, Music Festival Wristband, Artist Wristband
Genre
Pop
Event Type
Showcase
From
Los Angeles, CA
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