Urban Heat (performance and record signing)

Off the pop and sizzle of their official first full-length, The Tower, Urban Heat drops into Waterloo Records for a foundation-rumbling performance. The band has proven their sound has a deeper belly than the shallow waters stereotyped of Eighties post-punk. “I feel like there’s definitely a segment of the population that’s really rooting for us, like hardcore,” frontman and guitarist Jonathan Horstmann told the Chronicle last year. The trio will find those fans – and then some – are still rooting for them. The Austin Music Award-winning band and TikTok viral sensation has impacted an audience far beyond those Austin City Limits, proving they just do things bigger in Texas. – Cy White