ACL 2022: spill tab

 Saturday at noon.  5 choices on at this time. First up is best summed up by this article:

As ethereal as it is gritty, and as lighthearted as it is deep to the core, spill tab has landed, serving up multi-genre bedroom beats. The moniker of Claire Chicha, spill tab is a French Korean American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, now pouring distinctive, duality-drenched tracks with producer David Marinelli straight out of LA. 

In the interview she explains how she got the name:

The first summer marinelli and I started hanging out and making music, we were also going to a shit ton of shows in LA and subsequently drinking so much alcohol. One of his friends was a bartender and explained how a spill tab is a bar tab designated for spilled drinks but mostly for giving free drinks to friends and I found that so freaking cute. 

"Grade A" sounds like a lot of songs.  It's got that Max Frost/Mobley/Portugal the Man beat going.

This reminds me of Billie Eilish. It rocks at the end.

 

ACL 2022: SZA

 Friday at 8pm.  Yes, I'm out of it. Solána Imani Rowe aka SZA is huge. Her songs were all over the "Insecure" soundtrack.  "Quicksand" is one example.

We can check her out after watching The Chicks.  

ACL 2022: Omar Apollo

Friday at 7pm.  The 6pm slot has Nathaniel Rateliff and James Blake along with a techno band Big Gigantic.  Billy Strings and Carly Rae Jepsen are also on in this slot.  

I'm not sure how this is worthy of the 7pm slot.  He's ok.  R&B/Hip-hop/ballads/latin music. Kind of all over the place.  

This was one of the better songs I heard.

ACL 2022: Benee

Friday at 5pm.  One for the kids.  It's the moniker of 22 year-old Stella Rose Bennett from Aukland, New Zealand.  She won every award you can win at the New Zealand Music Awards. Multi-platinum sales, too.

Indie pop.  She's slotted in between Zach Bryan and Nathaniel Rateliff.  

This video has 293M views. 

ACL 2022: L'Impératrice

Friday at 5pm on the Tito's stage.  Dance pop from Paris.  "Voodoo" is pretty funky.

This song reminds me of Daft Punk's "Get Lucky"

Could be a fun dance party in the tent.