This San Francisco trio have been playing together since 2006. Roland Curtis & Chris Crawford became friends when they were working in a record store together. They met singer Jason Heiselmann soon after and worked through a few setups before settling on playing together as a trio. All three guys have recording & engineering experience, but decided to hit the studio with Trans Am’s Phil Manley so that they could capture their live sound with a little outside input from someone who is genuinely a musical hero for the guys. Late last year those recordings became their self-titled debut cd and we fell in love with it immediately, giving it quite a bit of airplay here at the station.

The best thing about our yearly excursion to EAR Studios is the ability to meet up with bands that we really love who may not be stopping in Cincinnati anytime soon. We started inquiring about French Miami’s availability in Austin almost as soon as we started making plans for this year’s performances. Turns out that it was the first SXSW trip for the band and their stop at EAR was their first of many, many performances for the week. In the interview, they give us the heads up that they’ve already started working on a second album, so hopefully we won’t have to wait too long for some new music from the band.

In this performance you’ll hear several tunes from their debut record, most of which will be familiar to anyone who has regularly listened to WOXY over the last few months.

View the entire photoset here…

Tracklisting
Goddamn Best
SFO
Science Fiction
-interview-
Multi-Caliber Rifles
Lil’ Rabbits

French Miami – Science Fiction (Live On WOXY.com)
French Miami – Multi-Caliber Rifles (Live On WOXY.com)
French Miami – Lil’ Rabbits (Live on WOXY.com)
French Miami – Goddamn Best (Live On WOXY.com)
French Miami – SFO (Live On WOXY.com)

French Miami – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

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