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Short-term shelter ain’t just part of a discreet routine for affairs and flings. Naw, as an integral piece to any touring musician’s itinerary, lodging has found a cozy place in the songwriter space, ranging from themes of post-breakup lifelessness (“Heartbreak Hotel”), raunchy encounters (“Chelsea Hotel #2”), and tour torpor (“Holiday Inn”) to whatever the hell “Hotel California” is about. That said, the humor intrinsic to a hotel setting (ya know…where depending on your chain preferences you might end up in near-identical rooms no matter your place in the nation) rarely shines through.
But if there’s one person who can appreciate the comic side of musician life (even in motel minutiae), it’s Austin’s Jomo Edwards of Jomo & The Possum Posse. Most folks know Jomo from his virally successful 2011 Guy on a Buffalo YouTube series. But Jomo’s not just a one-trick marsupial. And after three studio full-lengths, a live LP, and an EP of hip-hop covers, him and The Possum Posse certainly aren’t playing dead anytime soon either.
In fact, for their fourth studio offering Yesterday’s Coffee, they may have even stepped their game up by handing production duties over to Shinyribs’ Kevin Russell. So naturally, shortly after the album drops, Jomo & The Possum Posse open for Shinyribs themselves 8PM tomorrow at Radio East. And if you really want to curb that Jomo FOMO, catch The Possum Posse 5PM today for a free in-store performance at Waterloo Records. In the meantime, we’ll get you checked into “La Quinta”, which evokes the bleary-eyed elevator ride up that’s defined so many wind-downs – ideal for a Side A closer. And given its place in the ranks of treasured Texas staples spawned in San Antonio like H-E-B and Academy, it’d be no huge surprise if “La Quinta” scored The Possum Posse an ad placement on behalf of their corporate namesake.
Either way, with pizzicato plucks, six-string stabs, wailing organ, a bridge fit for a continental breakfast, and a chorus so catchy you’ll be singing it all the way to the front desk, “La Quinta”‘s earned Jomo et al. a complimentary stay in the Presidential Suite for sure.
Previous episodes
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2136 - Jomo & The Possum Posse: “La Quinta” Wed, 08 May 2024 - 0h
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2135 - Honey Luck: “Red Line” Wed, 08 May 2024 - 0h
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2134 - Steel Gemini: “Only Freak” Tue, 07 May 2024 - 0h
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2133 - Jana Mila: “Somebody New” Sun, 05 May 2024 - 0h
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2132 - Henry the Archer: “ViolinT” Thu, 02 May 2024 - 0h
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2131 - Mikky & The Doom: “Garbage, USA” Thu, 02 May 2024 - 0h
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2130 - Emily Shirley: “Morning Light” Wed, 01 May 2024 - 0h
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2129 - Grandmaster: “Castle Door” Tue, 30 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2128 - Trip Cigs: “Comeback Kid” Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2127 - Rett Smith: “Sunsets” Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2126 - Viben: “Pablo Picasso” Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2125 - Ruel Thomas: “I Am Today” Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2124 - Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors: “Suffering” Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2123 - Melotheory: “Breathe” Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2122 - Myia Thornton: “Never Good 4 Me” Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2121 - Rhythm&Truth and Sakari: “Bring It All Back” Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2120 - Tone Royal: “Alone” (feat. Daddy NAT) Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2119 - Felt Out: “Crash Inside It” Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2118 - Tagua Tagua: “4AM (Acústico)” Fri, 12 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2117 - Faaris: “Taken Not Given” Wed, 10 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2116 - Adam Sultan: “The Great Divide” Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2115 - Flicker Vertigo: “Midnight Fantasies Upon Prospect Hill” Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2114 - Mountains in Stars: “Hazards of Loving Creatures” Thu, 04 Apr 2024
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2113 - Nané: “Always On My Mind” (Live in Studio 1A) Wed, 03 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2112 - The Watters: “Set to Cruise” Tue, 02 Apr 2024
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2111 - Reyna Tropical: “Sauvecito” (KUTX Live at Scholz Garten) Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 0h
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2110 - The Reverend Shawn Amos: “It’s All Gonna Change (For the Better)” Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2109 - Riders Against the Storm: “Black Girl Payday” Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2108 - James Mastro: “The Face of the Sun” Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2107 - Nakia: “Thrill-O-Matic” Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2106 - Giulia Millanta: “I Dance My Way” Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2105 - SPRINTS: “Literary Mind” (KUTX Live at Scholz Garten) Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2104 - Sinkane: “How Sweet Is Your Love” (KUTX Live at Scholz Garten) Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2103 - Kassa Overall: “Make My Way Back Home” (KUTX Live at Scholz Garten) Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2102 - ttt: “The Line” Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2101 - Nick Teale: “Half Genius” Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2100 - Polarizado: “Pagan Love Call” Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2099 - Broken Gold: “Bad Days” (feat. Alejandro Escovedo) Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2098 - Elle Shimada: “RESOLUTE” Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2097 - Kev Bev: “History Books” Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2096 - KONZI: “Red Velvet Room” Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2095 - Wild Heaven: “What You’re Looking For” Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2094 - Ana Zae: “Lifted” Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2093 - Scott H. Biram: “No Man’s Land” Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2092 - Sweet Limb: “Meditate” (feat. Norman BA$E) Sun, 03 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2091 - Scott Ballew: “Mutiny” Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 0h
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2090 - Anna Tivel: “Disposable Camera” Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 0h
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2089 - The Peterson Brothers: “Family” Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 0h
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2088 - Autumn Cymone: “Slippery” (feat. James Barmore) Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 0h
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2087 - Tigers Eye: “Goodbye Again” Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 0h
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