Concert Recap: English Teacher and Guiding Light Bring Brit Rock to 29th Street Ballroom
Brit-rock outfit English Teacher ignited the crowd at 29th Street Ballroom’s stage on Sept. 19 with support from local punk opener Guiding Light.
Photos by Charlotte Keene

Guiding Light vocalist Elise Cook belts the 2024 hit “Lost” during her band’s opening slot at 29th Street Ballroom.

Guiding Light’s Cook performs offstage in the pit, shouting out tunes from the band’s debut EP S/T EP like “Stimmen” and the unreleased “Fear.”

From left, Guitarist John Morales, drummer Daniel Powell, and bassist Rachel Kirk open for English Teacher as the beloved Austin band Guiding Light.

Guiding Light’s Cook performs offstage in the pit, shouting out tunes from the band’s debut EP S/T EP like “Stimmen” and the unreleased “Fear.”

Powell focuses on keeping an energetic pace with his band’s frenetic punk performance of tracks from its five-song debut.

Guiding Light’s Cook performs offstage in the pit, shouting out tunes from the band’s debut EP S/T EP like “Stimmen” and the unreleased “Fear.”

Brit rock band English Teacher opens with the titular track from its 2024 debut album, This Could Be Texas, for its show in the state’s capital.

Brit rock band English Teacher opens with the titular track from its 2024 debut album, This Could Be Texas, for its show in the state’s capital.

Frontwoman Lily Fontaine rocks out on the keyboard during English Teacher’s live rendition of “Broken Biscuits.”

Fontaine rocks out on the keyboard during English Teacher’s live rendition of “Broken Biscuits.”

Fontaine rocks out on the keyboard during English Teacher’s live rendition of “Broken Biscuits.”

Drummer Douglas Frost starts English Teacher’s set playing melodic piano for a slow build tune, “This Could Be Texas.”

Fontaine vocalizes during “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab” while working her magic on an electronic effect machine.

Bassist Nicholas Eden balances his pacing between English Teacher’s slower love croons, like “You Blister My Paint,” and fast punk hits, like “R&B.”

Fontaine jerks in time with the rhythm during crowd favorite “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab.”

Brit rock band English Teacher opens with the titular track from its 2024 debut album, This Could Be Texas, for its show in the state’s capital.















