event Langhorne Slim
Also Playing: Dawes and Austin Lucas
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Wed Nov 11
8 pm,
Langhorne Slim, Dawes, and Austin Lucas at Mohawk Patio
It's hard to tell if Langhorne Slim has much more substance or originality than your average singer-songwriter on record, but either way, he undoubtedly has presence, especially when playing live as part of a tight little trio. His third album, the new Be Set Free, does put surprising urgency into the material—Slim is able to push his high, reaching voice up to the front even as producer Chris Funk (of The Decemberists) layers more strings, horns, and swelling background vocals atop the unassuming folk- and pop-based songs. The fact that he keeps so much spring in his step on a more elaborately arranged album is a good sign that Slim hasn't lost his thrust as a live performer. California quartet Dawes trades on the sun-dappled country-rock sounds currently rattling around Laurel Canyon, but the urgency in frontman Taylor Goldsmith's voice belies his post-punk past, the same way that country convert Austin Lucas still carries traces of crust punk in his gritty Americana.
Mohawk Patio 912 Red River St, Austin, TX
It's hard to tell if Langhorne Slim has much more substance or originality than your average singer-songwriter on record, but either way, he undoubtedly has presence, especially when playing live as part of a tight little trio. His third album, the new Be Set Free, does put surprising urgency into the material—Slim is able to push his high, reaching voice up to the front even as producer Chris Funk (of The Decemberists) layers more strings, horns, and swelling background vocals atop the unassuming folk- and pop-based songs. The fact that he keeps so much spring in his step on a more elaborately arranged album is a good sign that Slim hasn't lost his thrust as a live performer. California quartet Dawes trades on the sun-dappled country-rock sounds currently rattling around Laurel Canyon, but the urgency in frontman Taylor Goldsmith's voice belies his post-punk past, the same way that country convert Austin Lucas still carries traces of crust punk in his gritty Americana.
Updated 10/28/2009
