From Pitchfork -Remember January, when the weather was cold and Jenny Lewis brought the country rockin’ heat with the Watson Twins on her solo debut, Rabbit Fur Coat? Even if you forgot, Lewis and the Watsons are back with a reminder in the form of a tour. They’ll begin in Denver at the end of September and cruise east until they hit Washington, DC in the middle of October.
You are where you tour:
09-30 Denver, CO – The Fillmore
10-01 Omaha, NE – Sokol Auditorium
10-03 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
10-04 Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
10-05 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
10-06 Detroit, MI – St. Andrews
10-07 Toronto, Ontario – Trinity St. Paul Church
10-08 Buffalo, NY – Center for the Arts
10-09 Boston, MA – Berklee Performance Center
10-10 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
10-12 New York, NY – Town Hall
10-13 New York, NY – Town Hall
10-14 Northampton, MA – Academy of Music
10-15 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Video: Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins: Rise Up With Fists
One of the appeals of country and roots music is it’s feeling of time-worn familiarity. The rough croon about lost love and bottomless whisky glasses feel like a well worn leather chair. But sometimes someone comes along and fucks the whole thing up. Yeah all the bits are there, fiddle, crooner, stand up bass, dobro – but things are well, all askew. These guilty parties dwell in the lands of country and some hyphenated shadow region – electonica, jazz, and (shudder) rap. Jim White, Buck 65 and Hank III are examples of these genre straddlers, now they have company with Suger Hill recording artist