Everyone’s unfurling their year in review and from what we’ve seen so far, the past twelve months have been pretty productive across the Live Music Capital! Case in point: Austin’s Barbara Klavin, AKA Barb. We’ve brought up Barb a couple times already, so you might already know the lowdown. But since it’s been a bit since we touched base, we’ll catch you up the big year that Barb’s had.

Not long after the release of her debut EP Vintage Love last September, Barb hit a few impressive milestones for someone who’s still an up-and-comer; she played The Drop In at The Long Center, played a festival out in sunny San Diego, and completed her very first tour. And on top of those live accomplishments (plus a promising 2025 that includes a New Year kickoff January 23rd at Hotel Vegas and an opening slot for Max Frost at Scoot Inn in March), Barb padded out Vintage Love and her 2023 introductory singles with another split trinity of studio tunes.

Building on the already sunny sounds of July’s “Just Say So” and August’s “Lately”, this morning’s “beside you (so boring!)” is alt-pop perfection plain and simple, punctuated by Klavin’s inspiring vocal performance, punchy-and-percussion-driven production, and as always, six-string licks that just absolutely rip.

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