Photo courtesy of Nicholas Wong UT freshman geology student Philip Lupton and San Antonio high school senior Truett Heintzelman’s friendship started the summer of 2016 when they met at Laity Lodge...

South by Southwest is hands down the best destination to discover new bands. Enters Lowly.

With the release of her second LP “Wanderland” on October 17, 2001, Kelis drew us into her world of funky, alternative R&B and ushered in a new kind of R&B singer, one that was less inhibited and embraced genre-bending music. Sixteen years later, “Wanderland” is still a manifesto of unapologetic freedom.

I often wonder if “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” applies to albums. From band portraits to concept illustrations, I decided to dig up some bottom-dwellers in the CD clearance section to test my cover-examining skills.