Best Pandemic Polymath
Mobley
Mobley demonstrated his multi-instrumental musical prowess during a year ravaged by unprecedented uncertainty. The Austin dweller brought together a stacked roster of 30-plus local artists for a raw, collaborative visual album (A Home Unfamiliar) last July, then followed up with a one-man/one-van curbside tour to promote his “James Crow” single. Its sponsoring EP, February’s Young & Dying in the Occident Supreme, tackles a growing list of unjust practices common here stateside across 19 blistering minutes. He even went viral on Twitter after sharing a story about reconnecting a homeless woman with her sister. The ever outspoken independent artist only used the moment to promote empathy.
