Words and Photography by Kyle Rother

On an outside stage
Brazos and White Denim, too
Better bands than you.

White Denim

Because we’ve been swooning over the folk explosions of Austin’s Brazos for a minute now, it’s with great, unbridled pleasure that we share “Day Glo” with you today. It’s an aired out, ridiculously melodic strummer off their soon-to-drop LP, Phosphorescent Blues. They’ll be steamrolling the Eastern half of this country with fellow Austinites White Denim in the next few weeks, dates for which you can check just below the spot where you click/procure a slice of peace to take with you into the WEEKEND.

Brazos, Day Glo

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10.24 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
10.31 Dallas, TX @ Grenada Theater
11.02 St Louis, MO @ Firebird
11.03 Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot
11.04 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar
11.05 Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
11.06 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
11.07 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
11.09 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
11.10 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
11.11 Cambridge, MA @ TT the Bears
11.12 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
11.13 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
11.14 Washington, DC @ Rock ‘n Roll Hotel
11.16 Nashville, TN @ The Basement
11.17 Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree
11.18 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
11.19 Orlando, FL @ The Social
11.20 St Augustine, FL @ Cafe Eleven
11.22 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks

Photos and words by Kyle Rother

Every year’s end, just before and after the holidays, the live scene around Austin tends to slow to a dramatic halt. I feel like I’ve written that same line in different forms every year. In the past it was terribly slow, with no “great” local bands to speak of, just small acts to make you smile. Recently however, Emo’s and other clubs along Red River have been doing their best to brighten the oft gloomy skies of the Austin winter, with their annual free week of shows that has in the past offered one or two good sets of warmth amidst the new year with acts such as Sound Team and The Lemurs doing their best to start of the year with hope.
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