Brent performs double duty, performing lead vocals with The Normans (as Beat Happening) and lead guitar with Black Before Red (as The Smiths).

Celebrated Austin trio Benko hosts the event with the songs of REM, along with Luxuriator (Camper Van Beethoven), Ariel Abshire (Yaz), The Distant Seconds (Robyn Hitchcock), and Mistress Stephanie and the Man-Shees (Siouxie and the Banshees).