ACL 2025: Know Before You Go

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While I am still recovering from Levitation face-melting and processing photos for the galleries (stay tuned), another festival weekend looms on the horizon. Austin City Limits Festival 2025 is this weekend and next and brings a few people to Zilker park for a pleasant picnic and drum circle.

I want to share some resources and tips in case you have decided to join your friends that love Sabrina Carpenter soooo much. We have some nostalgia and a few new indie darlings to check out. Click through…

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That Joyer Jam from Last Week

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Usually, our last week’s jams covers all the stuff we covered, but it was missing this sweet Joyer tune that dropped midweek, and I keep coming back to it, particularly as I’m quite in love with their vocal work here. To be honest, the musical stuff is consistently good, falling right alongside all the purveyors of great guitar pop, but on my end, I keep circling back to the way the voice seems to rise, if only for a few notes, then settles back down, giving the track this cyclical nature of subtle hooks that, like me, lead you right back to pressing play all over again. Their album, On the Other End of the Line is out on October 24th via Julia’s War Recordings.

Head Back to Too Bright Planet from Strange Pilgrim

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While I must confront my own sort of neurotic enjoyment this morning, I’ve moved from dark wave into this blissful excursion into the coolness of guitar pop from Strange Pilgrim. We’e already covered various tracks from the group’s Too Bright Planet LP, so since we were out covering Levitation, I wanted to circle back as a reminder to enjoy the whole LP. Below we’ve got the title track of the record, casually dropping in its charms by way of these tasty little overlapping vocals that are perfect morsels of joy for pop fans. The whole of the record seems to encompass this search continuous search for the brightness, and in that, I’m hoping we can all stumble upon that light by spending time with the LP; it’s out now courtesy of Royal Oakie.

Traitrs Drop Dark Wave Single

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Wanted to wake up this morning to a bit of brooding energy, and Traitr‘s latest single is doing the trick, and I’m hoping that it returns the favor to you. You’ll find a thunderous beat pounding on the floor, with a gothic vocal performance dominating the road ahead; I do think there are some slight little tonal twists too, altering the way the song is to be heard. When the chorus drops in, the background music opens up, throwing in the slightest hint of danceable hook into the mix, which is absolutely perfect for us all. This brand new single is ready for all of you choosing to live in the shadowy corners!

Greg Weeks Returns with If the Sun Dies

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After stepping away from the scene for nearly two decades, Greg Weeks has returned with news of a new record, thus the below single coming your way. The light strum of the guitar is what drew me into the songwriting; it’s got that powerful emotive quality that makes you feel alive, or at least aware of what’s around you. Weeks’ voice has this quiet beauty to it, careful not to push itself away from the central melody that moves the track along. Greg fleshes out the entire track with these light flourishes of added instrumentation, carefully lifting the tune to your ears. If the Sun Dies will be out December 12th.

Glaascats Ready Dust LP

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Over in Switzerland, Glaascats are preparing a dreamy bit of rock n’ roll, hoping to build upon a combination of drifting guitar chords and hazy vocals to grab the masses on their new Dust LP. The patience of the tune is perfect, carefully bounding upon the back of a heavy beat and twanging note that seems to keep the rhythm perfectly. In the vocals, you get this sort of sedate note up front, almost melancholy, but it moves into the ethereal world when the group allow the backing vocals to come into the fray, fluttering about behind the front of the mix, creating this angelic whisper. Look for Dust on October 16th.

The Goods Announce Debut LP

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It’s Friday, and the odds are you had a long weekend, good or bad or all of the above, so you need to breezy pop of the Goods in your life this morning. When the guitar came crashing into my speakers, I immediately felt the rays of sunshine looking in on me; the mood was enhanced by a stomping of classic pop drumming, pushing the pace and punch while driving home the harmonies. There’s an extra snappy bit popping off near the 1:30 mark that just crushes, so be sure you stick around for the whole tune if you want to max out your pop requirement for the day. Don’t Spoil the Fun is out on October 24th via Dandy Boy Records.

Last Week’s Jams (9.22. 9.26)

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It was a hectic week on my end, and RayRay up and left town (to travel to Detroit!), so I snuck in a bunch of gems I think you’ll really enjoy, all of them presented in a little playlist for your pleasure. I was stoked to see our friends in Pop Filter back with a new album and single, so be sure to listen to “Dirt Road Anthem.” Also in the unexpected great news realm, Tony Molina has a new LP on the way, and well, we’ve opted to include all 3 of the singles he released, as there’s never a bad time for Tony! We got UK stuff too, with new Pynch, Adults and Teenage Tom Petties, so that’s at least three continents represented in this 20 track collection for you all!

Show Review: Andrew Bird with the Central Texas Philharmonic @ Bass Concert Hall (9.17.25)

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You know that feeling like slipping into an old favorite pair of jeans after a wash, familiar, but just a little different. You know the fit, the feel, and the comfort. But there’s a stiffness and a strangeness. And then slowly the fabric gives, and you remember why you loved them in the first place. That’s what it felt like stepping into the cavernous Bass Concert Hall on the UT campus to see Andrew Bird perform his 2005 LP The Mysterious Production of Eggs with the Central Texas Philharmonic in its entirety. Read more

Day Collector Share Debut Single

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David Kitz and Luke McQueeny (Conflict at Serenity Pools) have long been friends and collaborators, but today they put that friendship together for their new project, Day Collector…with the name an homage to their late friend June Sanregert. Their goal was to create something that neared the perfect mixture of Arthur Russell and Wilco, so the warmth of the songwriting and spirit is almost immediate. The steadiness of the tune really allows the duo to build melodic moments that seem to float atop the strumming, finally cresting around the 2:20 mark when just the faintest hint of noise gets build in for structure and differentiation. Looking forward to where the group will go!

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