DreamGaze ATX w/ Magnet School, Bloody Knives, Lacing, Since Always, Dethgaze

Dreamgaze favors amp-torturing guitars and whispered confessions rather than vocal hooks and forthright sentiment, an aesthetic given wide berth over two nights on Red River. Friday’s Lone Star pedalboard abusers feature Austin’s Magnet School, whose 2016 album The Art of Telling Truth is one of Texas’ finest contributions to the genre. Propulsive ATX fuzz merchants Bloody Knives, Chattanooga traditionalists Lacing, Houston shimmers Since Always, and Brownsville psych janglers Dethgaze emerge first. – Michael Toland