What Made These Austin Kids Famous

It was a long wait, but persistence paid off for What Made Milwaukee Famous – a sugary rock and roll outfit from Austin, who, after shopping their self-released Trying to Never Catch Up around since 2004, have finally landed a deal with Barsuk Records. Swapping out a handful of tracks and replacing them with newer material, leaving the treats from the debut, this re-release…debut…whatever will turn some heads – especially the indie folk.

Michael Kincaid’s vocals lure and lull like Buckley and the blissful jump stops and handclaps have The Cars written all over it. Mix in a little post-punk and Radiohead with Beatles and Kinks melodies, and we’re getting closer to completing the picture What Made Milwaukee Famous lays out in their music. Comparisons aside, the pop hooks and the shimmy-shake in heart halting tracks like “Hellodrama” are what brought these Texas kids all the way to Lollapalooza this year.

Two years is no wait at all when you find yourself in position to be the next indie darlings.

What Made Milwaukee Famous – Hellodrama

Go to their Myspace page to hear three other tracks.