Frog

Frog started in Queens in 2012 around Daniel Bateman and Thomas White. They are often described as a guitar band built around two or three people. Their 2015 album Kind of Blah, with "Judy Garland" and "Photograph," brought them a UK tour, which was filmed as the 2018 documentary Kings of Blah. Later records include Count Bateman, and Daniel's brother Steve now plays drums.

A standing indie rock show at a mid-sized room, with an early evening start. 29th Street Ballroom took over the old Spider House Ballroom space, and a group of Austin bar and venue operators now runs it. A food-truck lot is shared with Tweedy's next door, so dinner before the show is easy. The room is small enough that you can stand close to the band.

Frog has a loyal following and a catalog that goes back more than a decade, but it doesn't often play rooms this size in Austin. The ballroom suits a band like this, with a bar, a patio and a stage you can see from anywhere. It is a good pick for fans of literate, loose-limbed guitar songs.