All this week, KUTX profiles the Ones To Watch—seven must-see artists at SXSW 2024. Hosted by Jody Denberg and produced by Art Levy.
Austin psych-rockers DAIISTAR landed on our radar last year with initial singles that led up to the righteously-entitled debut album Good Time. Produced by Black Angels frontman Alex Maas and engineered by White Denim’s James Petralli, Good Time came out on the influential London label Fuzz Club. Tours with the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre followed as the band’s, um, “star” continues to rise.
In an era when a lot of new bands don’t even have a guitar player, DAIISTAR is a bit of a throwback, making music that dates back to the time of Austin’s psychedelic pioneers Thirteenth Floor Elevators. The quartet – KUTX’s Artist Of The Month last October – isn’t merely a revival band as evidenced by the way their songs have grown and evolved when performed onstage.
