Recommended Shows Worth Your Musical Bandwidth This Week

Lomelda, Katy Kirby, and Christine Renner lead the live pack

"...into the ethereal like Roky Erickson himself. – Raoul Hernandez Lomelda, Claire Puckett..."

July 16, 2021 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Taft Enters “A Door Within A Door”

New single from Austin crooner teases live-recorded collection

"...softer sonic direction from Austin songwriter Taft Mashburn. The ex-Lomelda member steps onto the platform of Cosmic Dreamer, expanding..."

Feb. 18, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Alexalone, All Together

Soft-spoken guitarist details world-building Polyvinyl debut – with help from bandmates

"...Read, known in indie music circles as the artist Lomelda, a folk-inflected singer-songwriter on Brooklyn label Double Double Whammy...."

Aug. 6, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...Brooklyn label host to likeminded Texas acts Hovvdy and Lomelda, caught up to Skirts for 2021 sophomore Great Big..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Finding More Eaze in the World of Experimental Pop

Austin composer Mari Maurice details her nonhierarchical obsessions

"...(specifically Fender's audience-perplexing six-string Bass VI) in Alexalone and Lomelda. The two bands, which share members, cut a joint..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Musical Top 10s of 2021

One writer's favorite Austin-sourced albums, songs, and such from the last 12 months

"...Alexalone, nestled around the kitchen table at band member Lomelda's house, during my only in-person group interview of the..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Austin Imprint Keeled Scales Partners With Polyvinyl Records

New joint office expands the local label landscape

"...in signing Alexalone, rock project of Alex Peterson (Hovvdy, Lomelda) – also announced late last month. Abad explains: "Both..."

June 4, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

How a Genetic Disorder Drove Abby Solomon to the Forefront of Science and Music

After supplying a scientific breakthrough, this Austinite improves one show at a time

"...indie rock subset occupied by Austin acts including Hovvdy, Lomelda, and Ama engross her...."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Pillowcore Duo Hovvdy Captures a Lifetime's Worth of Nostalgia

Lo-fi locals release sophomore LP Cranberry

"...the twosome, supplemented live by labelmate Hannah Read of Lomelda and sometimes a drummer, who weave downtrodden rhythms through..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Gay Place

The Contemporary Austin kicks off a QTPOC film series for the month of May

"...Alex Napping LP Release w/ Lomelda, Caroline Says, Ama Celebrate the release of Mise en..."

May 5, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Eddie Taylor's 100th birthday, Dry Cleaning, and Terry Allen highlight our recommended shows

"...spent years touring with local indie exports Hovvdy and Lomelda while issuing their own heavy guitar music as Alexalone...."

Jan. 27, 2023 Music Column by Raoul Hernandez

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

A few fests, Nineties Brits, AfroTech, and more shows worth seeing

"...that mirror the changing landscapes of Texas. To start, Lomelda muses with Hannah Read's extraordinary lo-fi confessionals, beautifully tender..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Music Column by Kriss Conklin

Faster Than Sound: Infinite Hellscape Brings Austin Eclecticism Into Focus Under West Texas Stars

Camping at the first-year Austin/Marathon/Ft. Davis fest

"...like locked-in Alexalone – announcing their last show with Lomelda's Hannah Read as third guitar, violist/vocalist More Eaze –..."

Sept. 23, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

La Doña, Wet Leg, Wolf Eyes, and Chris Patrick Added to SXSW’s 2022 Music Ranks

… along with 302 other acts from around the world

"...Graham. Austin’s alexalone, post-rock universe of former Hovvdy and Lomelda bassist Alex Peterson, debuted on Polyvinyl Records last year...."

Jan. 26, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Gift Guide for the Music Head on Your Holiday List

What a fan, finger drummer, or Austin nostalgia freak may want for Christmas

"...After touring with Texas bands Hovvdy and Lomelda, Alex Peterson's Polyvinyl debut world-built with shades of noise,..."

Dec. 3, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Captain Quackenbush’s and Outer Heaven Disco Club Make COVID-Delayed Debuts

New musical hubs launch in former Strange Brew and Dozen Street spaces

"...Mari Rubio, and new Austin resident Hannah Read of Lomelda onstage, offered an improvised 45-minute post-rock immersion in the..."

July 2, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...brought on by touring with acts like Hovvdy and Lomelda, local artist Alex Peterson flips on the faucet. The..."

July 17, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

SXSW Music Steps Up Ninth Artist List

Japanese Breakfast, Broken Social Scene, Ambar Lucid and 154 others

"...Lomelda (Los Angeles, CA.)..."

Feb. 21, 2019 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Live Music Recommendations for the Weekend

Your weekend soundtrack to new fall beginnings.

"...empathic outlook. Texan Hannah Read’s rich poetics join as Lomelda, and Detroit songwriter Stef Chura opens with bristly guitar..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Music Post by The Music Staff

Sun June's Regret Pop

The quintet rewrites the classic tapestry of an “Austin sound”

"...In the same vein as fellow locals Lomelda, Hovvdy, and Molly Burch, Sun June rewrites the classic..."

June 8, 2018 Music Feature by Libby Webster

SXSW Music Review: Hatchie

Harriette Pilbeam’s Aussie newcomers refresh shoegaze

"...label Double Double Whammy (home to Austinites Hovvdy and Lomelda). Friday, that meant the only recognizable material was broken..."

March 17, 2018 Music Post by Libby Webster

99 Austin Acts at SXSW Music

Support the home team!

"...bristling of clever, cutting, frustrated lyrics. – Libby Webster Lomelda..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

SXSW’s Big Third List

YFN Lucci, Wyclef Jean, Ought, and 572 more

"...Lomelda (Silsbee)..."

Jan. 10, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Top 100 Austin Albums of 2017

Top 10s? Feh! Multiply that by 10 – locally.

"...30) Lomelda, Thx (Double Double Whammy)..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

The Return of Jack Wilson

New video precedes long deferred third LP

"...Jonathan Meiburg), and with support from drummer Andrew Stevens (Lomelda, Alex Napping) and bassist Chris Cox (Dana Falconberry, Feverbones),..."

Dec. 12, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Lomelda

"...of Beaumont, she began cultivating work under the moniker Lomelda during high school. On her first release for sensitive..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Music Review by Rachel Rascoe