Kehlani

Talk in Tongues (Fri., 11:30am, HomeAway stage) L.A. multi-instrumentalists garnish New Wave makeover with effervescent psych-pop.

The Last Bandoleros (Sat., 2:45pm, Tito’s Handmade Vodka stage) San Antonio sons of Tejano royalty bring Tex-Mex rock & roll into the 21st century.

Night Drive (Sun., 11:45am, Austin Ventures stage) Houston/Austin duo puts modern verve into vintage synth-pop.

Kehlani (Sun., 2:30pm, BMI stage) Twenty-year-old survivor of America’s Got Talent pulls old soul out of contemporary R&B.

Muddy Magnolias (Sun., 6:30pm, BMI stage) New York’s Jessy Wilson meets Mississippi’s Kallie North to cook rock/blues/soul-hop gumbo.

This article appears in October 2 • 2015.

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Michael Toland started writing about music in 1988 on the Gulf Coast, moved to Austin in early 1991, and has inflicted bylines upon the corporeal and digital pages of Pop Culture Press, The Big Takeover, Blurt, Amplifier, Austin.citysearch, the Austin American Statesman, Goldmine, Sleazegrinder, Rock & Roll Globe, High Bias, FHT Music Notes, and, since 2011, The Austin Chronicle.