The Austin 100: blushh

By Stephen Thompson

Published March 5, 2019 at 5:01 AM EST

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Genre: Rock

Why We're Excited: To hear blushh's "I'm Over It" is to be transported directly to the '90s in the span of less than 20 seconds. Shab Ferdowsi knows just how to rip into a fuzzy, rousing chorus with maximum efficiency and force — you can just imagine a stadium full of people rising up in unison to shout along — while still conveying universal truths about emotional labor and frustration. "I'm Over It" is there to perfectly sum up your lousy day, while invariably improving it.

Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)

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