Live Music: Family of the Year with Kaleo
Date/Time: | Saturday, 07 Nov 2015 at 9:00 pm |
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Location: | The Maintenance Shop, Memorial Union |
Cost: | $12 Students / $18 Public |
URL: | http://www.sub.iastate.edu/index.cfm/197...ar_w_kaleo |
Contact: | Student Union Board |
Phone: | 515-294-2772 |
Channel: | Student Union Board |
Categories: | Arts, performances Student activities |
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The band has already played sold-out shows in England and across Europe, including a triumphant set at France's largest music festival Les Vieilles Charrues, & garnered support stints with Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Mumford & Sons, Grouplove, Milo Greene & most recently with Belle Brigade & Good Old War. Early supporters have included NPR, Guardian UK, NME, CMJ & the BBC to name a few.
With their hit single, "Hero", Family of the Year has made a run of late-night TV appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan, and two episodes of Last Call with Carson Daly. The single peaked at #12 on the Billboard Alternative Songs Chart. On the radio, "Hero" reached #1 on the Triple A Top 30 Radio Chart and Top 15 at Alternative Radio. The song was also prominently used in Richard Linklater's 2014 film Boyhood.