Ohtis, Jordan Moser, Johanna Samuels

Ohtis—an alt-folk trio variously from Los Angeles, Detroit, and Chicago—call “Schatze” a “character study of the Selfish Antisocial Male.” Its call-and-response format is catchy and colloquial, like a DIY rock playground rhyme. “Schatz” is a term of endearment in German, but Ohtis borrowed the song’s name from a friend’s violently unfriendly cat (German: “Katze”). Listening to “Schatze,” one imagines that all the assholes of the world—ungrateful pets, disgraced celebrities, Donald Trump Jr.—might become briefly, astonishingly self-aware. What if they, too, could hear Chura’s acrid critiques ringing in their ears, exposing the angry, defensive little creature clawing its way out from inside each of us?

"Moser reveals himself as a contemplative, wandering soul, soaked in an age-old cynicism and plainspoken wisdom." (Secret Meeting, UK). Upon the closing of a career as a professional ballet dancer, Jordan Moser brought his other life-long passion of songwriting to center stage with his release of Long Night. Paste Magazine described Long Night as, "understated, but quietly vibrant and unexpectedly absorbing.”

Early on, Jordan Moser cut his teeth busking in New York City while pursuing his dance career. Arriving in Austin in 2007, he found himself playing his songs in any and every cafe, bar and venue in town. In 2017, Jordan and his band (Dailey Toliver, Molly Burch, Jeff Crozier) traveled to Fayetteville, Arkansas to record what would become Long Night. 2019 saw the release with a celebrated show at Austin’s famed listening room, Cactus Cafe.

Jordan Moser resides in Wimberley, Texas where he makes music in the hilltop writing shack of his late father-in-law— journalist, author and purveyor of the Texas myth, Billy Porterfield. Jordan Moser’s brand of literary folk-country is quietly wise, with memorable melodies and gut-punch lyricism.

Jordan Moser is currently finishing his second album, due in 2022.

Johanna Samuels

“Before making this record, I was feeling the furthest from myself that I ever had.” Reflecting on her forthcoming album Excelsior!, Johanna Samuels continues, “There was a lot of cognitive dissonance—wanting to pursue my music while also being able to feel good about who I am as a person. This record is a lot of me identifying what I don’t want to be.”

A wholly personal document, Excelsior! finds the LA-via-NYC songwriter exploring the nuances of her interpersonal relationships and the importance of listening to each other, understanding that a conversation doesn’t have to end because one person has to be right and the other wrong.

The album was recorded deep in winter, snowed-in at producer Sam Evian’s upstate New York cabin, soon to be called Flying Cloud. Recorded mostly live to tape with Samuels’ band ~ Harrison Whitford (guitars), Garret Lang (bass), and Sean Mullins (drums) ~ it was Evian's first full-length production at his new cabin studio. Excelsior! is as gently elegant as we’ve come to expect from Evian’s own records, but it’s driven by Samuels’ easy yet arresting melodicism and confidently vulnerable delivery.

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Doors 7PM

Show 8PM

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Captain Quackenbush's Coffeehouse, 5326 Menchaca Rd., Austin, United States