The daughter of Gordon “Sting” Sumner, Eliot Sumner formerly performed as I Blame Coco. Reclaiming her name on second LP Information, the songwriter/multi-instrumentalist stakes out darker, moodier territory than previously. “Dead Arms & Dead Legs” interrupts a perfectly good synth-pop tune with acid guitar noise, while “After Dark” paints its spritely synth licks with emotional amorality. The title track drives its message of infidelity into the cosmos with a relentless groove. Crooning in a voice deeper and richer than her father’s, Sumner masterfully subverts modern electro-pop anthemry by finding the dark cloud in the silver lining. (12:15pm, Samsung stage; Weekend One only)

***.5

This article appears in September 30 • 2016.

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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.