Since releasing his debut CD in 2005, Houston native Austin Collins has been compared to everyone from Americana legends like Uncle Tupelo and Steve Earle to alternative rock pioneers R.E.M. and The Replacements. When you listen to Collins’ latest release Wrong Control, you can hear the influences of Jay Farrar and Paul Westerberg … but you can also hear a sound that’s distinctly his own. 

Collins and his band, the Rainbirds, will land at McGonigel’s Mucky Duck on May 25.