Bo Staloch (2026)

One Liner: Local kid doing some low key indie/folk that keeps bringing the Lumineers to my mind
Wikipedia Genre: No Wikipedia, but going Indie and Folk
Home: Austin!

Poster Position: Third Quarter - Line 13
Day: Friday at 3:15
Weekend One Only.

Tito's Tent

Thoughts:  Pretty sure a friend's kid is good friends with this guy.  Pretty sure I heard a long story about him heading off to Belmont University in Nashville and then checking out when his career started to move.  He came to Two Step Inn in 2023, but I don't think I caught the show.

His name reminds me of both the Dukes of Hazzard and Roger Staubach all at once.  Which is a fantastic combination for reminiscing about good Texas red-neckery.  Except, he says the name is pronounced stah-low, so it actually sounds nothing like Staubach.  Major miss for his potential future fame.  

No albums, just two EPs and a handful of singles.  "Springtime Red Tulips" is the big streamer with 5.9 million listens.  He kind of sounds like David Grey would if he refused to open his mouth all the way as he sang.  It is a pretty song, I just wish he would speak up and use his consonants.

It has that same sort of understated vibe that has propelled Zach Bryan into the stratosphere.  Just a dude and a guitar singing something vague and pretty.  He cranks it up at the end a little bit, which is nice.  I don't get the country vibe in here all that much, more like indie/ folk.  Like one of the slow Lumineers songs.

"Birds of San Francisco" sticks to the same vibe.  Slow and vibey at first, then the drums kick in and some background singers start harmonizing.  And then "Down the Line" is more of the same as well.  It is kind of fascinating how much these tunes sound like each other.  The more I listen to them, the more I hear the Lumineers slow songs.  

He was born and raised in Austin, which is cool.  Not a ton written about him, and the stuff that is, like this, is pointless drivel.  Coming for the throne my ass.  I assume this is also him, playing varsity basketball for St. Andrews.  Which is pretty funny.  Unless there is somehow a second guy with this same, strange name, also living in Austin?  BALLER!  A 5'10" Guard from the hard streets of private school!  Graduated in 2023.  Several years ago his friends apparently started a petition to get him Snapchat.  His parents sound very responsible for keeping it away from him until high school.  BUT, he didn't get the 25 signatures needed, so I guess he's still missing out.  And this appears to be a video of him uploaded by a Maureen Staloch of him playing an original song at a park before the Terry Nelson band came out.

Another song has gained some traction, with the same sort of vibe.  "Your Eyes Tell Stories" has just under 6 million streams.

Man, I hope you checked that forest, those leaves look like poison oak from here.  Pretty song though.

Good for him, man.  I hope he gets a crowd and wows them.  Hometown boy making good!