Dutch jazz sax player
Benjamin Herman - Rollo III
Benjamin Herman - No Idea
Benjamin Herman - Kwela P Kwana
Benjamin Herman - Hypochristmastreefuzz
Benjamin Herman - De Sprong O Ramantiek Der Hazen (The Romantic Jump Of Hares)
Benjamin Herman - Brozziman
Seattle folk-rock and Americana singer-songwriter and his longtime fiddler pal Alisa Milner perform with several members of Richmond Celtic-rockers Carbon Leaf.
Ian McFeron - Good Morning I’m Still Here
Ian McFeron - Anna Behind The Veil
These brainiacs moved to Tennessee when they were finished with Berklee and started a sort of Jack-White-gone-folk indie rock project which served briefly as Devon Sproule’s backing band the last time they came through town. 6 Day Bender frontman Luke Nutting’s garage rock side project Red Rattles and songwriter James Moore open.
The Young Republic - Tennessee Mornings
The Young Republic - Black Duck Blues
The Young Republic - Alchemist
You can tell Ted Leo has finally realized he’s the de facto king of indie punk rockers because these days he feels at liberty to prattle on with arguments talking up the value of recorded music like it’s still 2002. Sorry dude, for better or worse, that ship has long since sailed. (Hope you guys like the free MP3s we dug up for you, by the way!) But a sobering point to consider: lately he has started hinting at… well, not retirement, exactly, but possibly slowing down and finding a day job, just as a matter of economic necessity. And if an artist with Leo’s history can’t afford to keep his operation afloat even with a new record as widely praised as The Brutalist Bricks, how many other independent musicians can reasonably hope to do so? Go see this, and just know that if you steal the rest of the album this time, it’ll be on your head when his next tour turns into a Pharmacists-free solo acoustic outing. Be sure to show up on time or you’ll miss out on Screaming Females leading lady Marissa Paternoster showing her band how to earn their name.
Ted Leo - Even Heroes Have To Die
Ted Leo - The Mighty Sparrow
Screaming Females - Arm Over Arm
Alt-rockers gone folk in the grand tradition of classic 1960’s Laurel Canyon bands like the Byrds and Buffalo Springfield — a good match, given that current Laurel Canyon folk figurehead Devendra Banhart has taken openers Vetiver under his freakishly hairy wing. Also featuring midwestern acoustic folk duo Peter Wolf Crier.
Vetiver - Strictly Rule
Vetiver - More Of This
Vetiver - Everyday
Solo acoustic outing from Aaron Freeman consisting of covers and songs by his eponymous cult-fave wacko rock band.
Electronica rock improv trio. Malian-American rock fusion crew Toubab Krewe opens by furiously picking both koras and guitars.
The New Deal - Don’t Blame Yourself [featuring Feist]
Extraordinarily witty folk and rootsy blues from the popular Austin washboard-and-saw band, who are hanging it up after fifteen years with this “Spanks For Everything” farewell tour due in part to the recent departure of beefy former frontman Wammo.
The Asylum Street Spankers - Why Do It Right?
The Asylum Street Spankers - Wake And Bake
The Asylum Street Spankers - Song With No Words
The Asylum Street Spankers - Some Of These Days
The Asylum Street Spankers - The Minor Waltz
The Asylum Street Spankers - No Song Sad Enough
The Asylum Street Spankers - My Baby In The C.I.A.
The Asylum Street Spankers - Monkey Rag
The Asylum Street Spankers - Lee Harvey
The Asylum Street Spankers - High As You Can Be
The Asylum Street Spankers - D.R.I.N.K.
The Asylum Street Spankers - By And By
The Asylum Street Spankers - Breathin’
The Asylum Street Spankers - Blade Of Grass
The Asylum Street Spankers - Be Like You
The Asylum Street Spankers - Leaf Blower
The Asylum Street Spankers - My Baby In The CIA
The Asylum Street Spankers - Be My Husband
Solo pop project from Spinto Band frontman Thomas Hughes built out of cheap drum machines and keyboards — including, he tells us, “psychedelic explorations about pixelation,” which is about as perfect a crazy song premise as you reasonably could hope for. With more 60’s-inspired bedroom pop from ROAR.
Carol Cleveland Sings - Blink At Surprise
Carol Cleveland Sings - Lioness
Carol Cleveland Sings - Say Something
Roar - Christmas Kids
Roar - I Can’t Handle Change
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Alt-country and burly honky-tonk Southern rockers delivered with punk bravado
Porter Hall Tennessee - Crazy Inside
Porter Hall Tennessee - Don’t Bury Me
Porter Hall Tennessee - Middle Tennessee
Porter Hall Tennessee - Miracle Woman
Porter Hall Tennessee - Satan On The Run
Porter Hall Tennessee - Golden Chain Of Hate
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Rich harmonies, haunting lyrics and a banjo has turned these former rockers turned into an acoustic bluegrass quartet, but they’ve come back around on their newest album Wildwood with the addition of a drummer. Somewhat, at least — at the live shows, you’re still way more likely to see four dudes hovered around a single microphone.
Chatham County Line - Crop Comes In
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Lush, forceful, and unexpectedly dense shoegaze duo descended from My Bloody Valentine. Manorlady and the Fire Tapes open.
Manorlady - Red Juice
Manorlady - Trees
Manorlady - Lost Dogs
Manorlady - International Boys Club
Manorlady - Boy And Flippers
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Rootsy Americana and classic rock. North Carolina songwriter Lyndsay Wojcik opens.
The Brian Patrick Band - Tumbleweed
The Brian Patrick Band - Nowhere Left To Fall
The Brian Patrick Band - It Hurts Me More
The Brian Patrick Band - Don’t Believe In Me
The Brian Patrick Band - California
The Brian Patrick Band - Big Muddy
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Blues-influenced atmospheric acoustic folk songwriter.
Birdie Busch - Hometown Boredom
Birdie Busch - Mystical
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Cabaret-influenced retro garage-pop trio. Also featuring Caninos.
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Country rock. The Hill And Wood open.
Sons Of Bill - Broken Bottles
Sons Of Bill - Joey’s Arm
Sons Of Bill - Rock And Roll
The Hill And Wood - I Can Say What You Want
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If the thought of music as a family affair appeals to you, you’ll be pleased to learn that in addition to being part of the backing band for She & Him, the lovely ladies of this somber and shadowy retro Appalachian folk-pop duo are also the nieces of legendary songwriter Harry Chapin. You know — the guy who wrote Cat’s In The Cradle. Half-sister and onetime third member Jessica Craven is the daughter of legendary horror film director and Freddy Krueger creator Wes Craven; even though she’s currently on hiatus, the melancholy creep factor is still in full swing thanks to morbid lyrics that beg for awful fates to befall them — all beautifully harmonized, of course.
The Chapin Sisters - Palm Tree
Montreal singer-songwriter NEeMA and Teddy and the Roosevelts open.
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The former leader of sensitive millennial indie rockers Pedro The Lion struck out on his own last year with his much-ballyhooed debut LP as a soloist. It represented, in addition to the obvious break with his old band, Bazan’s dramatic skeptical spiritual U-turn, which of course proved problematic for the latent Christian tendencies that had been layered beneath his previous releases. Curse Your Branches tells the story of his struggle in song, so be advised that there may be some heavy commentary in the between-song banter here; this is a man who once said of Pascal’s Wager — the idea that assuming there is a hell is safer for your eternal soul than questioning — “If this is what the Supreme Being of the Universe resorts to in order to get people to do his bidding, then I’m gonna f*cking stand up to him and tell him to f*ck off.”
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Country and Americana modeled after Merle Haggard, Gram Parsons and the Carter Family.
The Corn Hog Association - You’re Running Wild
The Corn Hog Association - Sin City
The Corn Hog Association - No Depression
The Corn Hog Association - Knoxville Girl
The Corn Hog Association - Dim Lights
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Reverb-drenched distorted garage rock. Adam Smith’s noise rock band Great Dads opens.
DOOMSTAR! - Rainbow Bloodsucker
DOOMSTAR! - End Of The World
Great Dads - Pray To Your Riches
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Sedate Iron and Wine-style acoustic indie folk-rock quartet with sparse vocals, lush strings, and occasionally an unusual instrument like celesta or saw, even when they’re playing a Nirvana cover (that’s the newest single). Vermont singer-songwriter and steadfast Ani/Righteous Babe devotee Anais Mitchell opens.
Horse Feathers - Belly Of June
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Energetic upbeat piano-pop singalongs. Fellow indie-pop buzz bands Drink Up Buttercup and Via Audio open.
Jukebox The Ghost - Hold It In
Jukebox The Ghost - Good Day
Jukebox The Ghost - Victoria
Jukebox The Ghost - Empire
Drink Up Buttercup - Ladies
Drink Up Buttercup - Mr Pie Eyes
Drink Up Buttercup - Gods And Gentlemen
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Springsteen-enamored rock singer-songwriter. Swedish pop-rock sensation Moneybrother opens.
Moneybrother - Down At The R
Moneybrother - Born Under A Bad Sign
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Impossibly prolific songwriters Jason and Maryline Pollock celebrate the release of their latest album; we’ve lost count at this point. French Girl reflects on the long-distance relationship that developed in the years right after the couple first met in 1997 — “the hardship and rewards of a love worth fighting for,” as Jason eloquently puts it — and the release show will feature Bobby Read on sax and local folk songwriter Terri Allard on backup vocals.
The Pollocks - Perfume
The Pollocks - Medication
The Pollocks - Changeless
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Charlottesville-bred country singer — “I went to Monticello High School but dropped out and don’t regret it!”, he writes. “Though I’m now studying for my GED and hope to become a truck driver within the next year.” This perhaps explains the source of the sinister undercurrent that pops up when he dispenses with the lighthearted lyrics and honky-tonk jangle and instead starts singing about chains and torture chambers, but unfortunately it’s pretty hard to feel sad for a guy named Corndawg so you almost expect him to flip that into a tribute to the new Saw movie or something. With Futurebirds and local songwriter Megan Huddleston’s folky Hackensaw-approved project Mister Baby.
Jonny Corndawg - The Life Of A Bear
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