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Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Moody Amphitheater in Austin, TX – Loud Hailer Magazine
On a warm March night, alternative-indie rock band, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, thrilled eager fans with their return to Austin, TX.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise is known for their eclectic influences and unique sound. They are made up of musicians Ela Melo (vocals), Darrick “Bozzy” Keller (guitar/vocals), Ethan Goodpaster (guitar), and Jess Haney (drums). They have been making music since 2013, and their most recent release was a single titled “Sixteen.” In total, they have five studio albums and are hopefully working on another.
Opening for Rainbow Kitten Surprise is Southern California-based band Common People. The band consists of members Nicky Winegardner (vocals/guitar), Konrad Ulich (vocals/bass), Cormac Cadden (drums), Asher Thomson (guitar), and Sam Belzer (guitar). Their garage-rock sound caught the eyes of Red Light Management, and in addition to Rainbow Kitten Surprise, they have opened for big-name artist Cage The Elephant. Their debut single “Thank You” gained traction last year, in 2025. Since then, they have released a few more singles, but fans are still eagerly waiting for an EP or debut album.
Common People came onto the stage with great energy. They performed their song “Ready or Not,” along with a few other originals. Mid-set, they took a second to thank and praise Rainbow Kitten Surprise for having them join them on tour. Sadly, Austin will be their last stop on Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s tour. Following, they performed an awesome cover of The Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?” At around the 40-minute mark of their set, they closed with their newest single, “Dear Worry.”
Rainbow Kitten Surprise opened their set with “Hell Nah” from their most recent album, bones (2025), and “Our Song,” a single from 2020. Many fans at the barricade held signs that applauded the band. They also waved LGBTQ+ and Transgender Pride flags. Ela announced to fans that this would be the last stop on their 2026 bones Tour before they took a well-deserved break. At the end of May, Rainbow Kitten Surprise will pick back up their tour in Europe and before returning to the US for a few more shows. Their set continued, and they played songs such as the newer 2025 single “Espionage” and the throwback “All’s Well That Ends.”
Before beginning their latest single, “Sixteen,” Ela introduced it as the most emo song they’ve ever made. Towards the end of their show, they performed a quick three-song acoustic run of “Texas Hold’em,” “Bare Bones,” and “First Class.” As the night came to an end, Rainbow Kitten Surprise shut it down with an encore of the closing track from bones, “Tropics” and “It’s Called: Freefall,” their 2018 top-hit from the album How To: Friend, Love, Freefall.
Fans can expect their favorite band to come to Austin sometime soon, as it seems Rainbow Kitten Surprise tours here pretty regularly.
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AUSTIN, Texas – Barton Springs Pool will reopen to visitors this week.
What they’re saying:
The City of Austin said the pool will reopen on Tuesday, June 23, for the early morning regularly scheduled “swim at your own risk.”
The pool had closed on June 15 due to severe weather.
City staff removed large tree branches, aluminum cans, fishing hooks, and other debris from the water.
The team also cleaned off decks and reinstalled the diving board in preparation for the pool’s reopening.
The Source: Information from the City of Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — A high-stakes vote this week could shape what Texas public school students learn in social studies for the next decade, as the State Board of Education considers proposed new standards that supporters say will strengthen civics instruction and critics call deeply flawed.
The board begins its meeting Monday morning to review the proposed social studies standards and is expected to vote Friday.
FULL STORY | Texas education board to vote Friday on proposed social studies standards
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