Jason Poe, leader of the Austin band Jets Under Fire, is a Christian, but he doesn't believe in Christian music...

I missed almost a generation of Austin club music. It was not until 2005, when I toured 100 Central Texas music venues in a single month for a pair of XL cover stories that I discovered the next wave of club talent. I even encountered some acts well before the official music critics began to write about them. My most recent crush...

“You simply can't listen to "Just Like the Cold" without falling head over heels; it's that captivating."

Jason and the gang get interviewed by local Fayetteville AR DJ Brock Short.

“All these hours working late. All these moments making haste. All this rushing – always behind.” Is it cool to start a Friday dance party with these words? Why not? Remind us of the week we just left behind so we can get on with the weekend! “Let me stop, let me breathe, let me stare at the trees!” The music keeps me moving, and builds as the words build to the climax. Excellent appetizer to begin a night filled with music.

Anyone that loses their job and decides to be a professional musician for the remainder of their days, in my book, is a cool cat. That doesn't mean that every striving musician out there with a day job should give it up for the "cool cat" title, because it is possible to lead two lives. That's what Jason Poe is doing...