The Nineties don’t feel ready for a nostalgic revival, but bands keep raiding their older siblings’ CMJ New Music Monthly samplers for inspiration anyway. Little Deaths, debut from Nashville quartet Idle Bloom, could’ve been released on Mammoth or Caroline circa 1993. Fortunately their combo of power-pop hooks and overloaded guitars cooks as savory now as it did then. Olivia Scibelli’s pretty voice slices smoothly through the six-string racket. Contrasting dulcitude and distortion in classic alternative rock style, the uplifting sweet ‘n’ sour roar of “Hive” and “Disease” are strong reminders of what made the sound fresh the first time around. (Tue., March 14 @ Sidewinder (Inside), 10:45pm)

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This article appears in March 10 • 2017.

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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.