Snõõper, Three Drink Night, J'cuuzi

Snõõper makes music for haunted, pixelated video games and quirky independent action films. The Nashville-based band, formed in 2020, has quickly made a tradition of energetic, prop-enhanced Austin shows. Their sound, replete with basement-dwelling power chords, is propelled by zippy riffs and Blair Tramel’s one-two-punch lyric delivery. The percussion feels playful – a cowbell here, hand claps there – until the punctuated pounding gets serious, like a pillow fight gone spectacularly wrong. I don’t want to say too much about their mascot, just that it inexplicably embodies their deadpan fun, art-punk style. You’ll just have to see. – Caroline Drew