![]() ![]() The next tropical storm forming in the Gulf? No, try Pleasure Venom. Texas twang strolls in "First Crossing," sloppy chords churn like a locomotive in "Walker Lake," and resonant folk evokes an empty cathedral hall in "Balmorhea." – Alejandra Ramirez Pleasure Venom Sunday, 11:45am, Barton Springs stageĬhurning. Still, the Austin singer is quick to lend a warm embrace: " I don't think they're evil, even when they're awful." While the hometown band's debut bears an emotive truth like a cold plunge bath – tackling the heavier subjects of green-greed capitalism in "21" or bootstrap influencer culture in "Vision Boards" – love unspools with doe-eyed charm in opener "Almost Automatic." With salt-of-the-earth sensibility and Tom Petty American simplicity, Bummer Year reads like a love letter to the daily doldrums that shape out the in-betweens of life's illuminating moments. " All my friends from high school, they all bought motorcycles/ Joined up with a bike gang, supported Donald Trump," deadpans Tyler Jordan to open the title track of April's Bummer Year. Good Looks (Photo by Lissyelle Laricchia) Good Looks Saturday, 1pm, Tito's stageĮmpathy is hard to come by nowadays, but Good Looks makes it look easy. ![]() The 4Life4Ever Entertainment founder's willingness to share the spotlight as a promoter rivals his exploits as an MC: His Pre-Roll showcase celebrated a year of open mics/networking last month, while his Smoke Out series returned as an official showcase at South by Southwest 2022. J Soulja's giving hands extend into multiple corners of Austin's scene, as detailed in a January Chronicle cover story on efforts "to progress his personal rap career while attempting to carve out opportunities for his peers in a music hub still lacking a solid hip-hop infrastructure." The Pflugerville MC rhymes with grit and hunger – with 2021's More Than Nothin' representing his most fine-tuned project yet thanks to potent rapping on tracks like Texas-freeze-influenced "Roof." Yet his newest, "Under the Sun," sees the artist reach a new wordplay pocket as opening heavy bars interweave the guidance of his late son and the light of his newborn daughter. The track finds him pining for a jagged love as he strangely, yet understandably, proclaims that he'll go as far as eating " all the charms out the lucky" and " all the turf out the rugby." Latest "Sweat" urges for some stress relief, beginning with an R&B sound over a funky beat before segueing into a brief rap verse, where he even tells the DJ to " run it back like Tony Dorsett." – Derek Udensi J Soulja Saturday, noon, Tito's stage Last year, single "Cold Summer" marked Lloyd's biggest to date, streamingwise and sonically. The dynamic Round Rock native follows the 2021 trail of his musical partner Deezie Brown, other half of high-impact duo Geto Gala, in making his ACL Fest debut. There's no singular way to describe Jake Lloyd's sound, a true fusion of R&B, rock, soul, and hip-hop. ![]() MasterChef.Jake Lloyd (Photo by Jake Rabin) Jake Lloyd Saturday, noon, T-Mobile stage ![]() It really got annoying, and so to get away from it all, he took a job working at the Cheesecake Factory or someplace like that.” McGuffey was a competitor on the fifth season of U.S. Below is a snippet from a thorough write-up on the video by Kerrang !ĭaniel Isaac McGuffey, who plays the groom here, was a former intern for director Shane Drake, who said, “I feel bad for Daniel, because now people are constantly stopping him and asking him if he’s in Panic! At The Disco, and he gets all this fan mail written by little girls who think he’s in the band. The video, maybe obviously, depicts a wedding, though the groom was not played by a member of the band. With an undeniable stickiness to its chorus, “I Write Sins” became the second single off “Fever” and allowed the band to bring some Las Vegas/Cirque du Soleil energy to the impending video. This was the year we both attended our freshman year of high school, and it also happened to be the year “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” and Fall Out Boy’s “From Under The Cork Tree” was released, two humongous albums often referred to by emo veterans during interviews (due to a mix of admiration and jealousy, perhaps). There was everything that came before, and there was everything that came after. Masterchef.įor the purposes of our show, 2005 was a watershed moment for emo. Now here’s something less obvious: one of the players in the video later appeared on U.S. Let’s start with an obvious statement: Brendon Urie is a theatrical son of a gun, a trait that often translates to highly entertaining Panic! At The Disco music videos. ![]()
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