Song of the Day – KUTX

Austin's Cotton Mather returns with its first new music in a decade. "Child Bride" is influenced by ancient religious texts, but you don't need a divinity degree to fall in love with the sunny power-pop. Download it here.

Former True Believers guitarist Javier Escovedo returns with a punk/rockabilly hybrid on his new album. Download a song here and catch him at Spider House Ballroom next week.

Josh Ritter cites the influence of writers like Flannery O'Connor as much as Bob Dylan, and it shows. "Getting Ready To Get Down" is hilarious, sad, and poignant all at once. Download it here.

Austin's Halfways are a psychedelic group but with a big jazz influence, which you can hear on their debut EP. Download a song here and catch them tonight at Hotel Vegas.

Former Austinite Matt Drenik continues to impress with Battleme, a band that splits the difference between Queens of the Stone Age and Pink Floyd. Learn more and download a free song here.

New York's Yeasayer continues its experimental pop ways on the funky "I Am Chemistry." Learn more and download the song here.

Montreal's She-Devils sample old records and turn them into ghostly psychedelic pop songs, as if their record collection itself came to life. Learn more and download a free song here.

With each release, Austin's Emily Wolfe gets more electrifying. Her new single sounds like a cross between Joan Jett and Jack White. Download a Studio 1A version of the song and catch her at Stubb's tonight.

Austin singer-songwriter Dan Dyer blends soul with folk. Catch him at two shows this week and download the hilarious "It's Time To Bend" here.

If there's a genre to describe the indescribable Your Friend, "experimental folk" just might be it. Learn more and download a free song here.