Last Sunday was really great - you can go see my review of everything I watched here on the blog. I know the weather was miserable, and the ground was disgusting, but at the same time, I saw some really fun things and had a great time. Hope you do too.
I have tried to reduce some of the bloat in these schedule posts so that you can just get the goods. As usual, you can click the name link for each artist below to see my full post on them and find out more about each artist.
Here we go:
| BMI (12:45) | Marzz: Back to the classic and uninteresting style of R&B |
| Tito's (12:45) | The Huston-Tillotson University Jazz Collective: Same as each other year - the name says it all. |
| T-Mobile (1:15) | Thomas Day: The #37 placekicker in America in 2021, who sings forgettable pop now |
| AmEx (1:15) | Rum Jungle: Prime chillaxed GenAlpha indie rock |
I guess Rum Jungle, but I'm probably more likely to just stay at Billy's on Burnet eating overly large burgers, drinking pitchers that my wife wishes I had not ordered, and watching the NFL.
| Miller Lite (2:00) | Joshua Jensen: One song, but it is a good indie rock track |
| BMI (2:00) | Chelsea Jordan: A more organic sounds R&B style that I enjoyed |
| Beatbox (2:00) | Kevin Atwater: Falsetto-fied, deeply confessional, indie pop |
| Tito's (2:00) | Paloma Morphy: Spanish language indie pop with some groove |
| Snapchat (2:00) | Sunday (1994): Lovely and unremarkable dream pop |
I could hear Sunday (1994) from the bar last Sunday in between sets, and it was definitely unremarkable. I guess I'd go to Morphy and groove around? I wish I could just eat dinner at 2 and tell my body not to process it for four hours. Can we please invent that?
| T-Mobile (2:45) | Charlotte Lawrence: More pop schlock, this time with famous parents! |
| AmEx (2:45) | Ethan Regan: Folky, chill pop that feels like many things I have heard recently |
Nah, bruh. If forced to choose, I'll go with Regan. Someone sent me a funny chart the other day (you know you are old when a chart can be considered funny) that broke down the language barriers for the different generations, and the youngest generation's words being complete nonsense made me laugh out loud.
| BMI (3:30) | Vwillz: Freaking yuck, man |
| Beatbox (3:30) | Bad Nerves: Excellent power punk pop from England |
| Miller Lite (3:30) | Claire Rosinkranz: More bedroom pop with a big TikTok tune |
| Tito's (3:15) | Calder Allen: Poor man's Ryan Bingham with a good pedigree |
Bad Nerves for sure. Calder Allen was fine, but I'd try something else rather than see it again. I have no recollection at all of Vwillz, but my one liner up there speaks volumes about what I thought back in May.
| T-Mobile (4:30) | Audrey Hobert: Clever lyricist with a Swiftian vibe |
| Tito's (4:30) | Rio Kosta: Smooth, funky grooves |
| AmEx (4:30) | Max McNown: A measure of cheesy country and an equal measure of scrubbed-up folk |
Hobert was honestly great last weekend - very strange, purposefully odd - but I enjoyed myself. Kosta is probably pretty fun too.
| Miller Lite (5:30) | Saint Motel: Sunny pop rock purveyors who created "My Type" |
| BMI (6:00) | Sasha Keable: Perfectly fine London R&B singer |
| Beatbox (5:30) | Noga Erez: Dime store Billie Eilish (except better) |
| Snapchat (5:30) | Houndmouth: Shaggy southern rock goodness. |
Saint Motel was fun last weekend, but I would definitely choose Houndmouth when given that choice. I honestly think Erez might also be a good show, but she would still come third for me.
| T-Mobile (6:30) | Geese: Wild NYC art rock with a few too much dissonance for my taste |
| Tito's (6:30) | Fcukers: Sexy electronic dance party |
| AmEx (6:30) | Sofi Tukker: Electronic dance music for the dumbing down of America |
I saw two terrible songs by Tukker after I escaped the messed up weirdness of Geese. I guess I'd suggest Geese again, but don't be mad at me when they occasionally play things that make you wish music didn't exist.
| Miller Lite (7:30) | Parcels: 70's indebted funky dance pop, but sounds like the live show may just be EDM |
| Beatbox (7:30) | Blood Orange: Bummer R&B crooner over down-tempo synth beats |
| Snapchat (7:30) | The War on Drugs: Top notch indie rock band with a heavy touch of melancholy and classic rock flourishes |
War on Drugs is the easy call for me here.
| Tito's (8:00) | Silent Disco |
| T-Mobile (8:30) | The xx: Lovely indie pop that switches between groove and sorrow |
| AmEx (8:30) | Twenty One Pilots: Massive hits with a synth-heavy rap rock thing that seems to have gone out of style |
Twenty One Pilots put on an excellent show. I still don't really care for their blend of emotional poppy rock rap, but the show was a spectacle and the people around me made it very exciting.
