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Brian Wolff is a guitarist and singer/songwriter currently based in Austin, Texas. Born in upstate New York, Brian moved to Austin in 2012. His musical style draws influence heavily from Classic Rock, 90’s Alternative, and Americana. His songs are marked by big guitars and impactful rhythms complete with thoughtful, introspective and unique lyrics.

In Summer 2021, Wolff formed his current band, Brian Wolff & The Howlers and teamed up with producer-extraordinaire, Frenchie Smith, to get to work in the studio. His debut EP, The Punch, was released in June 2022 and quickly earned multiple features on KUTX’s “Song of the Day”.

His sophomore EP, The Golden Age, was released in July 2023 to a packed house at The Pershing in Austin, Texas. It has received airplay from radio stations and playlists all over the world, including the single Talk to Me which garnered a spot in Sun Radio’s regular rotation.

In the summer of 2024, Brian Wolff & The Howlers performed at Spiedie Fest in Binghamton, NY, sharing the festival stage with Chris Young and Shaboozey. They built a tour around it and were found performing around the US that summer. Shortly after, they were awarded a grant from Austin’s Live Music Fund. They’ve just completed recording their debut full-length album to be released later this year. It’s safe to say things won’t be slowing down for Wolff and/or The Howlers anytime soon!

For over 7 years, Central Texas-based musician Gus Clark has been fronting his own band, “The Least Of His Problems”, as an accomplished vocalist, songwriter, band leader, and multi-instrumentalist. After spending his youth riding freight trains and hitch-hiking across the country and back, making his living busking on the street, Gus returned to his family trade of woodworking, making custom solid-wood furniture with his father. Before long it was clear that he needed to pursue a full time career playing and singing for people across the country. Gus pays beautiful homage to a deep well of golden-era American music traditions, blending 1950s and 60s honky tonk and classic country, with influences from Tex-Mex, Western-Swing, pre-WWII blues, Zydeco and R&B while adding a unique and contemporary style all his own. In a voice that combines unique sincerity with pitch-perfect emotive richness, Clark delivers classic barn-burners, good-time dance tunes, bittersweet heartbreak ballads, and more, taking listeners on a journey through American music, baring his soul, distinct personalty, and inimitable presence. His remarkable tenor and powerful musical presence are guaranteed to both wrench hearts and propel listeners onto the dance floor, whether Clark performs solo or backed by his rock-solid honky tonk band.

From the shadows of the Austin music scene, a power trio called Souls Extolled emerges with their unique fusion of 70s psychedelic, ska punk, indie rock and metal. Their music has been featured on hundreds of radio stations nationwide and has been written up in Broadway World, Indie-Music.com, and KUTX 98.9 to name a few. In 2022 they leapt onto the national scene as the Seraphic War EP and MMXXII received significant airplay across the US, along with their first national tour rocking 25 American cities from coast to coast! Today, Souls Extolled is unstoppable. They are on a relentless tour, headlining festivals, and preparing for their next album slated for 2025. With a growing fan base, fondly termed 'The Restless Kind', it's evident: Souls Extolled stands on the threshold of musical greatness.