Texas Is The Reason in Atlanta

Texas Is The Reason is a New York City post-hardcore and emo band formed in 1994 by guitarist Norman Brannon, drummer Chris Daly, singer-guitarist Garrett Klahn and bassist Scott Winegard. The quartet released a self-titled EP in 1995, followed by its only studio album, Do You Know Who You Are?, on Revelation Records in 1996. Texas Is The Reason toured the United States and Europe before breaking up in 1997. The band reunited for two shows at Irving Plaza in 2006, returned for further hometown dates in 2012 and completed a European tour at London’s Electric Ballroom in 2013.

Algernon Cadwallader is an American emo and indie-rock band formed in Yardley, Pennsylvania, in 2005. Its intricate guitar lines and urgent vocals are captured on the albums Some Kind of Cadwallader and Parrot Flies, while “Spit Fountain” became one of the band’s best-known songs. During its original 2005–2012 run, Algernon Cadwallader toured clubs and DIY venues in the United States and Europe. The original lineup reunited for a North American tour in 2022, its first shows in a decade, including two hometown performances at Union Transfer in Philadelphia.