A lineup of some of Austin’s best young guns. Lingering between an understated vitriol and worn resignation, Mice & Rifles’ ominous Americana conjures a nostalgia for lost highways as Kevin Brinkkoeter’s solemn, Cash-like vocals boom atop pounding rhythms and suave pedal steel. Leatherbag, meanwhile, has recently cranked the amps on his restless folk ballads, retrofitting the fourpiece with a Velvet Underground crunch. New outfit Loose Leaves fires first. – Doug Freeman