Oklahoma indie rockers Evangelicals are hitting the road on a short summer tour this month which will bring the band to the Triangle.
The band will open for Lilac Shadows at Kings Barcade in Raleigh on Saturday, June 15. Companion and Jenny Besetzt are also on the bill. Tickets will be $6 at the door.
Evangelicals hasn't released a new album since 2008's The Evening Descends. Check out the music video for "Midnight Vignette" from the album below.
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band played a phenomenal set Saturday night at the Cat's Cradle.
Oberst and the five members of the Mystic Valley Band played an amazing set to the sold out Cradle crowd, mostly from his newly released self-titled solo album. The energetic, passionate set kept the crowd engaged, some of which were from as far away as Buffalo.
Highlights of the set included the foot-stomping tune "NYC - Gone, Gone," "Souled Out!!!," a blues standard "Corrina, Corrina" and "Cape Canaveral." Mystic Valley guitarists Nik Freitas and Taylor Hollingsworth even got a chance to take the lead on a song each. Hollingsworth belted out "Central City" from his album Bad Little Kitty while Freitas sang the song "Sun Down" from his recent album aptly titled, Sun Down.
The band was tight and sounded amazing all night. Kudos are definitely due to the band's front-of-house sound engineer who mixed the best sounding show I've heard at the Cradle.
Local buzz band I Was Totally Destroying It was the first of two openers Saturday night. The band played a raucous set of pop tunes which was okay, but not phenomenal. They have a lot of energy and potential. I'd like to hear what they sound like in a few years.
Oklahoma band Evangelicals was the second opener of the night. These guys have built quite a buzz but there set was disappointing. Frontman Josh Jones' vocals were so drenched with reverb and echo that it was just irritating. There may have been some good songs under the wall of noise, but it was hard to tell.
Conor ruled the night, though, proving that maybe he doesn't need to use the Bright Eyes name anymore — as a solo act he's just as good or better.
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Check out Oberst's brand new video for "Souled Out!!!" below.
As we previously reported, Conor Oberst will release his debut solo record on August 5 via Merge Records. You can now stream two new songs, "Danny Callahan" and "Souled Out!!!," from the self-titled record on Connor Oberst's website.
Oberst has also announced a big tour to coincide with the album's release that includes a stop at Cat's Cradle (we should all be thankful that Merge Records is in Chapel Hill and all their great artists stop in the area).
Oberst and his band will play the Cradle on August 9, just four days after the album is released. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 20 via etix.com and will be $25. Oklahoma band Evangelicals will open the show, so it'll be a night of solid music. Check out "Skeleton Man" (mp3 no longer available) from their album The Evening Descends.
Oberst's Mystic Valley Band is composed of Taylor Hollingsworth and Nik Freitas on guitar, Macey Taylor (of The Grenadines and Taylor Hollingsworth) on bass, Nate Walcott (of Bright Eyes) on keys and trumpet and Jason Boesel (of Rilo Kiley and Evergreen) on drums. It's quite an all-star band.
For a complete list of Oberst's tour dates, go here.
Oklahoma indie rockers Evangelicals are hitting the road on a short summer tour this month which will bring the band to the Triangle.
