Empire Presents: Big Bill w/ NSFWHO? & Wet Dip in the Control Room
Empire presents Big Bill with NSFWHO? and Wet Dip on August 28th, 2025 in Austin, TX.
About the Artist: Big Bill is a rock band from Austin, Texas. Founded upon the songwriting of brothers Eric and CodyBraden, Big Bill immediately earned a rave cult following with their crawling-up-the-walls raw energy and idiosyncratic, endlessly catchy punk songs. They played their first show in 2012 and their lineup and sound have evolved many times. The lineup now consists of Eric Braden on vocals, Alan Lauer on bass, Alex Riegelman on guitar, and Jeff Olson on drums.Generally, Big Bill pairs propulsive music coupled with a singularly weird point of view (in this case via the sped/up Buddy Holly vocals of primary singer/songwriter Eric Braden.) Their songs can evoke the weirdo punk of Dead Milkmen and Devo, the self-aware new wave of The B-52’s and Talking Heads, or, especially as their sound has matured, the strange softness of The Clean and even Elliott Smith.