Foals with Surfer Blood and Blondfire

Blondfire
Previously known as Astaire, the brother-and-sister duo changed their name to Blondfire mid-tour in order to avoid any potential legal hassles from the iconic actor's estate. Though their name had changed, Erica and Bruce Driscoll kept the band's sound the same, sticking with the dreamy and sweet electronic-tinged pop that had brought them to the attention of the mainstream....

Foals
Formed in Oxford, England, by longtime friends Yannis Philippakis (guitar) and Jack Bevan (drums), along with Andrew Mears on vocals, guitarist Jimmy Smith, and bassist Walter Gervers, Foals -- whose name is a play on the etymology of Philippakis' name -- began as a way to protest against the proggier sounds that were both popular in Oxford and in Philippakis and Bevan's former band, the Edmund Fitzgerald....

Surfer Blood
Though South Florida doesn't have the tides to shoot the curl, West Palm Beach's Surfer Blood fuse sunny surf rock charm with indie rock cool. Guitarist/vocalist John Paul Pitts and drummer Tyler Schwarz had known each other since high school; they started playing together and connected with guitarist Thomas Fekete, bassist Brian Black, and percussionist Marcos Marchesani at an Ultra Music Festival after-party, officially becoming Surfer Blood in spring 2009....