I have tried to reduce some of the bloat in these schedule posts so that you can just get the goods. Once I have these schedules ready for weekend one, I'll try to type of a few posts about the food and the drinks and the map and logistics. 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.
would be very rad if the Wednesday singer showed up in Austin.
12:45/1:15/1:30 (feels like the start gets later and later)
T-Mobile (12:45) | Aiden Bissett: Earnest pop rock that I liked more than expected |
Miller Lite (1:30) | Spill Tab: Bedroom pop gal who can do lite rock, but seems to be heading back to the bedroom |
BMI (1:30) | Judy Blank: (just added) |
Tito's (1:15) | Farmer's Wife: Really tasty buzz bin offerings with a hint of shoegaze |
AmEx (1:15) | Johnny Stimson: What I imagine a Justin Beiber b-side would sound like |
My norm would be to go for the rock and roll goodness of Farmer's Wife, but right now I am trying out Judy Blank's top song for the first time - "Tangled Up In You" - and it is a purely beautiful acoustic little tune that has me sucked right in. Maybe a nice way to start your day!
2:00/ 2:15
T-Mobile (2:15) | Good Neighbours: Extra poppy indie rock with all of the falsettos and that "Home" song |
Beatbox (2) | Crowe Boys: Actual brothers making pretty fun folky rock |
Lady Bird (2) | Girl Tones: A White Stripes inspired rock duo of sisters jamming out |
Sibling party! If you go read my write-up of the Crowe Boys, you are going to get way more history about Casis Elementary than you ever wanted, so I expected they would be my choice, but I'd probably pick the crunch of Girl Tones since I already saw Good Neighbours. That being said, GN is really a fun band.
2:45/3:00 (they really don't line up the bands anymore...)
Miller Lite (3) | Jensen McRae: Fantastic folky pop with clever lyrics |
BMI (3) | Maggie Antone: Varied selection of cover tunes turned into a nice little country set |
Tito's (2:45) | Amble: Fresh and lovely Irish folk |
| American Express (2:45) | Tanner Usrey: Really great, low-key Americana guy in the vein of Zach Bryan with a lively show |
Great hour. McRae really seems like a future star, and Usrey puts on an excellent live show (that I just saw at Two Step Inn). But, we caught Amble in the tent last weekend and it is so nice. A less bombastic Mumford.
3:30/4:00
T-Mobile (4) | King Princess: Gritty pop music reminds me of cleaner Billie Eilish, dirtier Maggie Rogers |
Beatbox (3:30) | Panda Bear: Influential indie/chillwave piece of Animal Collective |
Lady Bird (3:30) | Bilmuri: Whack ass combination of metal, country, and emo |
I forgot about that Bilmuri mess... BTW, have you seen the new season of Nine Perfect Strangers? We were wrapping it up (fine, not great, uneven throughout) the other night when it dawned on me that the whiny piano prodigy girl in it is King Princess. Weird. Anyway, we say about two songs last weekend and then ran away. Nope. Panda Bear feels like the one I should like the most, but as you can read if you go check out the full preview, he also is very uneven between tracks. Good luck to you.
4:30/5:00
Miller Lite (5) | The Favors: Unknown band from Finneas and Ashe |
BMI (5) | Skrilla: Has a rap track named "blahdahdahdahdah." |
Tito's (4:30) | Vincent Lima: Bombastically large indie rock songs about loss and grief and Greek myths |
| American Express (4:30) | Dylan Gossett: Another Zach Bryan acolyte, from Austin, making good acoustic tunes |
Probably Dylan Gossett? Either way, I'm only going to any of these for a portion, as the 5:30 show has a 100% hit rate.
5:30/6:00
| T-Mobile (6) | Role Model: Mac Miller-ish rapper turned pop rock rocker |
Beatbox (5:30) | MJ Lenderman: One of my favorite albums of 2024 full of indie rock/alt country beauty |
Lady Bird (5:30) | Sam Barber: Funny to think that Zach Bryan has been around long enough to have artists following in his footsteps, but this guy is right there |
I pumped up MJL to anyone and everyone who would listen, and was profoundly disappointed last weekend. He just comes off as sloppy and sort of uninterested (which matches his slacker rock vibe but was less fun to watch live). Role Model will be a fun show (he brought out Hillary Duff last weekend to be his "Sally"), and Barber sounded good at Two Step. You can't go wrong here.
6:30/7:00/7:30
Miller Lite (7) | Empire of the Sun: Falsetto laced-synth pop behind that huge "Walking on a Dream" track |
Beatbox (7:30) | Rilo Kiley: Reunion show for a seminal indie rock band featuring Jenny Lewis |
Tito's (6:30) | Confidence Man: Techno stuff with tons of top end sounds and not enough bass for me |
| Lady Bird (7:30) | Dr. Dog: Very enjoyably shaggy indie rock |
American Express (6:30) | Cage the Elephant: Great, straight-forward rock and roll with some pop cross-over success and massive singles |
What a mess. Not sure that it makes sense to list these bands all together, but no start times line up anymore. I think my girls are most excited about Empire, but for me this hour is brutal! Rilo Kiley would be really fun to see now that they are back together. Cage is one of the best things on this whole poster (and were awesome last weekend). Dog is something I've wanted to see for a while and were super fun last weekend. Maybe the move is just a little sprinkling of each from a mile away.
HEADLINERS:
| T-Mobile (8:15) | Hozier: Massively popular Irish blues rock with "Take Me To Church" and "Too Sweet" |
Tito's | |
AmEx (8:30) | Luke Combs: Nashville country tropes but with some enjoyable tunes nonetheless |
Bummer of a headliner duo. Also, and I know I have already harped on this, but neither of these dudes can give us a full two hour headliner show? Really? Hozier's end time isn't marked, but it looks like he can't make it to ten. I know they close the pubs early over there, but you don't have to leave early, bud! If only Hozier hadn't been here 14 times in the last five years, this might seem more exciting...
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