Paper Sister Offer Run Home Single
There’s a lot going on in the Austin scene at the moment, with our own SXSW show on the horizon, but last week, this Paper Sister track caught my attention. The group swear an allegiance to the left-of-the-dial anthemic pop of the late 90s, which fits my listening habits of late, as I’ve oddly been on a Cranberries kick (ain’t no shame!). This track puts the pop focus in the verses, walking you into the tracks with a softness that seduces the listener at first. They don’t hang out there forever, however, as they’ve also got a penchant for noisy indie rock, which you can hear filling the backdrop of this tune when the chorus kicks in. Just another reason to keep an eye on the ATX scene this year!
One week away people. Just one more short week away from the chaos and joy that comes with the annual 
Welsh outfit 
We’ve long supported 
After a long absence from recording, Canadian lot Pike are back with a couple of new songs you should get into while you can. I like the straddling pop styles of the tune below; it kind of seems like it’s playing a musical hopscotch, bopping from side to side in the speakers. Erik Hamilton and Katie Laine trade vocal spars, often overlapping one another to build this textured melody that gets cut into pieces as the song takes on a more angular approach in the track’s latter half. If you’re looking for a solid vibe of cool, then you can’t get much better than pressing play on the new single below.
Through the years we’ve happily covered the work of Phil Sutton and 
Denver’s 
Perhaps it’s because we spent so much of our young adulthood listening to TV on the Radio singles, but any time I hear a song featuring 
The ATH team is still thrown off with how early 
It’s an interesting Friday of album releases, with some stark contrasts over here at ATH. We’ve got some heavy vibes from the new Men record, right along some contemplative pop from Andy Bell, a bit of pastoral folk from Constant Follower…then some faves like Austin’s Daily Worker mixed up in the middle. Think you’ll find some joy by clicking play on any number of the great records hanging down below.