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Styrofoam Winos – 2025 Nelsonville Music Festival Sycamore Session
By: Emily Votaw
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NELSONVILLE, Ohio (WOUB) – Nashville-based Styrofoam Winos brought their eclectic indie-rock sound, which fuses elements of classic rock, jam-band improv, and rootsy Americana in the Little Feat style, to their Sycamore Session, recorded on the Creekside Stage at the 2025 Nelsonville Music Festival on June 21. The session features six songs from Real Time, the band’s second full-length album, released last fall on Sophomore Lounge.
The trio — Lou Turner, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel — open both the set and the album with Angel Flies Over, a warm, rambling tune nodding to the late folk icon Michael Hurley. Hurley’s music shaped the festival; he performed almost every year. He passed away at 83 in April, and this year’s festival closed with a sprawling, all-star Michael Hurley Tribute set.
The Winos’ session continues with Magic Mind, which delivers jangly indie-rock textures, seamlessly leading into Dial Tone, which builds from a low-key groove into a Pavement-esque jam. This playful energy flows into the upbeat Rollin’ With You, while Tree Is Brown adds psychedelic elements to their country-tinged sound, finishing with the raucous Don’t Mind Me.
Setlist
0:10 – Angel Flies Over
4:43 – Magic Mind
9:17 – Dial Tone
14:00 – Rollin’ With You
17:34 – Tree Is Brown
22:19 – Don’t Mind Me
Director – Andie Walla
Technical Director – Keagan O’brien
Editors – Dylan Panchal and Leo Yane
Camera Operators
Anna Aldis
Kat Carlson
Sydney Holl
Wes Piai
Daniel Schwartz
Audio Production Team
Gavin Buchanan
Mairin Fitzpatrick
Joseph Turiano
Artist Relations Team
Luka Martin
Jillian Schatzley
Mia Voice
The Sycamore Sessions are presented by the Nelsonville Music Festival in collaboration with WOUB Public Media and the Ohio University Scripps College of Communication’s School of Media Arts and Studies. The videos are created by Media Arts and Studies students under the guidance of Producer and Host Josh Antonuccio, Audio Supervisor Adam Rich, WOUB Arts and Culture Editor Emily Votaw, and Director of Photography Andie Walla. All performances were filmed during the 2025 Nelsonville Music Festival, a production of Stuart’s Opera House.