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) | FIGHTMASTER: Cool, chill indie rock vibes from an ex-Gray's Anatomy (minor) actor |
| Tito's (12:45) | Left Lucid: More EDM stuff! Woohoo! |
| T-Mobile (1:00) | Night Tapes: Whispery and Falsetto dream pop that is making me insane |
| AmEx (1:15) | Annie DiRusso: The sweet swagger of catchy rock and roll |
Straight up, I like Fightmaster a lot. Their tunes have popped back up in my algorithm since I listened for this project, and they sound really good. But, also, Annie DiRusso jams. If I were in the house that early on Sat., then either of those would be really good. I think DiRusso will be heavier, but both are good.
| Miller Lite (1:45) | Temper City: One generic indie pop song, and yet on the 12th line. |
| BMI (1:45) | Emma Ogier: Really nice Americana-ish tunes |
| Beatbox (2:00) | Cure for Paranoia: Up and coming rapper who won the Tiny Desk contest this year |
| Tito's (2:00) | DJ Cassandra: Remixes of other people's music |
| Snapchat (2:00) | Rochelle Jordan: Another R&B singer lady |
I would have said Emma Ogier after listening to her, but I have heard that Cure for Paranoia track a few more times on the radio since writing about it, and that dude is catchy as hell. Either one will be good, if you came to the fest for rap, then you got screwed.
| T-Mobile (2:30) | Balu Brigada: Kiwi rockers with a little pop swagger |
| AmEx (2:45) | Finn Wolfhard: Another Stranger Things alum coming to the Fest |
Balu is the right choice here. Finn is fine, but if he wasn't already famous I wouldn't have noticed him.
| Miller Lite (3:15) | Arcy Drive: Attic Rock is just another name for garage rock |
| BMI (3:30) | Coleman Jennings: Old school classic country by a young UT student |
| Beatbox (3:30) | Ryan Beatty: A BROCKHAMPTON collaborator making truly pretty indie folk and pop |
| Tito's (3:15) | Don West: Throwback soul from another Aussie |
| Snapchat (3:30) | Skye Newman: Brit R&B Belter following the Winehouse model |
Arcy Drive is the buzzy one in this group, that is what I would go see.
| T-Mobile (4:15) | Suki Waterhouse: Model and actress who went from forgettable bedroom pop to kinda funky indie pop |
| Tito's (4:30) | Rodrigo y Gabriela: Kings of the flamenco guitar do excellent instrumentals and covers |
| AmEx (4:30) | Young Miko: Puerto Rican reggaeton lady with lots of famous collabs |
I think that Suki will draw the bigger crowd, but I think RyG in the Tito's tent sounds like a magical experience.
| Miller Lite (5:15) | Snow Strippers: More regular ass EDM |
| BMI (5:15) | Fai Laci: Solid Boston rock band now working with Dan Auerbach |
| Beatbox (5:30) | Palace: Pretty chilled out alt rock that works |
| Snapchat (5:30) | It's Murph: Just in case you wanted more generic EDM, you are in luck! |
They have so much EDM that they have to pit them against each other! Palace is probably the more popular of these two rock bands, but I really liked the Fai Laci sound and would go to hear them do the "Elephant" song.
| T-Mobile (6:15) | Bleachers: Pop mastermind churning out eighties inspired pop bangers and some filler |
| Beatbox (6:30) | YØU$UK€ YUK1MAT$U: As far as I can tell, just a mixtape of other people's tunes |
| AmEx (6:30) | Lola Young: Strong voiced Brit singing hard-edged and confessional pop |
This is a rude conflict. Move Bleachers to the next hour so that everyone can see both Lola Young and Bleachers! That is how this should work. Because the next hour is a wasteland. Forced to choose, I'm going Bleachers, but I think Young is going to be a great show.
| Miller Lite (7:15) | Levity: More dubstep EDM smush |
| Beatbox (7:30) | fakemink: Very bad rap over EDM-ish beats |
| Snapchat (7:30) | Lykke Li: An under-the-radar-feeling pop artist with some downbeat tunes |
[shudders] uh, yeah, ummmmm, I guess I'd go to Levity and drop a bunch of acid and tear my Achilles by jumping over people and ruining everyone else's time by yelling about them being industry plants? I sure sound like fun, don't I?
| Tito's (8:00) | Silent Disco |
| T-Mobile (8:15) | Lorde: "Royals" and all downhill from there... |
| AmEx (8:30) | RÜFÜS DU SOL: Good dance house tunes from Sydney |
Yeah, it's Rufus for me, but that is like if you asked me whether I would like to break my thumb or my nose. But at least I could stay way in the back of Rufus and chat with friends while we vaguely bob our heads to the sweet beats.
