Noise Pop: Langhorne Slim’s gritty sweetness shines at Swedish American Hall
Langhorne Slim is an Americana dreamboat, a gritty tattooed maestro of musical sweetness. All alone on the Swedish American Hall stage Tuesday night, he conducted what felt like a ceremony, dedicated in all earnestness to love. “Love is alive,” he intoned in his opening monologue*, a conclusion arrived upon earlier in the day while “shvitzing” at the Kabuki spa in Japantown. Playing a host of tracks off his most recent release, last November’s Lost At Last Vol. 1, Slim offered a 14-song set plus four encore songs, leaving the crowd hungry for still more. Considering it’s only a three-month-old album, [...]
Ticket Giveaway: Lucero @ The Fillmore, 4/12/13
As we told you late last year, Memphis purveyors of alt-country Lucero are heading to The Fillmore this Friday, April 12, as they continue to tour in support of their most recent effort, 2012's Women & Work. But now, we have even better news: the fine folks at The Fillmore were nice enough to offer up a pair of tickets for us to giveaway to one lucky reader. To win two tickets to Lucero's show this Friday, April 12 at The Fillmore, be the first person to email contest@thebaybridged.com with "Lucero" in the subject line and your full name and [...]