Wholihan Shares Dried Up Creek

I’ve been playing catch up this morning, as I took off immediately after SXSW to hit up a family vacation, so the emails are everywhere! Which is how I hit upon Wholihan, an artists new to me, but whose voice is certainly something I’ve been drawn to this morning. The artist has a slew of observational singles to his name, but his latest for some reason recalled Eef Barzelay, partly because the voice was distinctive, but also because there was this way with his wordplay that really highlighted the poetic craft. Musically, the song takes on a songwriter’s craft, albeit with a bit of a down-trodden nature due to the tones and self-deprecation. Try this one on for size.

Monnone Alone Preps Here Comes the Afternoon

As an avowed Mark Monnone fan, I feel obligated to make you aware that he’s got his fourth Monnone Alone LP ready to go; it’s titled Here Comes the Afternoon, and will be released by a trio of great indie labels. With said announcement, the record gets a new single too, which has a sunny little bounce to it, something that makes the track infinitely more playful. There’s all sorts of percussive elements included, kind of bringing out the old kitchen sink analogy, and in doing that, it forces Mark and company to kind of move and break down their boogie into something loaded with hooks and joy. This new LP is being released on May 2nd by Meritorio Records, Repeating Cloud and Lost/Lonesome…three of our favorites!

About Last Night – SXSW Friday

We are still standing after a full week of tunes with one, maybe two, more days left to go amongst the craziness in Austin. The ATH crew was once again spread out all over town yesterday and into the night, so expect a huge variety of bands on our highlight’s list. Hopefully we will catch ya’ll out there today if we’ve missed you so far! Full highlights, thoughts and fancy photos from Friday can be found after the jump.

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About Last Night – SXSW Thursday

We are still standing and still ready to rock. Most of us had a long one yesterday and into the evening, so yeah we saw a ton of bands on Thursday. We were mostly split up, all over town, and maybe hit a high note for the amount of unique bands our team saw during one day. It was a big one and we of course have some thoughts about what went down. After the jump, you can find our top bands of the day along with thoughts and of course, fancy photos.

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About Last Night – SXSW Wednesday

Yesterday was a long one folks, and felt like the first REAL day for SXSW to get going with all the crew out and about covering whatnot. We covered a lot of ground, mostly around Red River and on the east side, and of course we have some thoughts to share this morning. For any haters out there, go out and give it a shot, bands are still playing, hungry, and put on some great sets. If you’re out and about, some say hi to the crew and we’ll buy you a drink or give ya s sticker. After the jump we have some thoughts, photos and various other hot things.

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Another Jeffrey Lewis Single

Next Friday the new Jeffrey Lewis album will drop for the masses, and before it hits, the label’s shared one more single to entice us, by way of a lyric video. After spending a lot of time this week watching rock n’ roll, Lewis’ style has this warming simplicity; it’s mostly operating with a heavy strum and a light tambourine jangle. His lyricism and distinctive delivery are on full display, with the lyrics rushing through to match the formatting of the video’s lyrical work. The tune is a reminder that adoring fans will be quite pleased when The Even More Freewheelin’ Jeffrey Lewis drops March 21st via Don Giovanni.

About Last Night – SXSW (Saturday-Tuesday)

As you may have heard, SXSW kicked off this past weekend with some great local shows, especially our lil shindig over at Hotel Vegas with SOTO. Things continued into the early part of the week with most of us venturing out all over town to catch some bands before Austin gets truly wild closer to next weekend. We some bands, we took some photos, and as always, we have things to say. After the jump, you can check out some of our band highlights so far, along with fancy photos from our crew. Hit it.

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Night Beats Announce New 7″

Ya’ll know the ATH crew will always back some new music from the Night Beats. Danny Lee Blackwell has some masterful way of channeling all our favorites genres like old school R&B and psychedelia, then sprinkling it in with a bit of Texas flavor. This new single seems spot on for those descriptors, almost like it’s a channeling late-era Temptations, with the focus definitely revolving around the R&B realm; there’s this smoothness that I think Blackwell often doesn’t get credit for, at least in bringing it to his performances. Definitely a groovy number that reminds of his songwriting and continuous progression into all the things that make Night Beats great. A new limited 7″ is scheduled for release via Fuzz Club/Suicide Squeeze on April 11th.

Munan Share Fake Love Friday

South Korea is always churning out some incredible left of the dial sounds, and Munan is just another in a long line of artists that have caught our attention. On their latest single, there was an immediate familiarity to the guitar sounds, as it slides right alongside everything going on in the States today. Where they make it their own is turning inward with the vocals, sinking them a bit in the mix while the whole jam rolls over continuously; there’s something in their presence that feels like a little sparkling diamond in their textured sound. Propulsive, and yet, not. You’ll feel yourself lost in this one.

SXSW Interviews 2025 – Hachiku

Maybe you thought we were done previewing bands for SXSW this week? Well maybe you thought wrong! We were not quite finished with all of our previews and have one more for you today coming from Australian based upstarts Hachiku. These are some great and thoughtful responses, and we super appreciate these and all of the responses we’ve received so far. See ya out there! Hit the jump for interview from Hachiku along with tunes and set times.

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