I probably listened to Lucero‘s latest album, “That Much Further West” about ten times yesterday. There’s a quote on the top of their website from Rolling Stone that says, “The country album the Replacements never made” and that about sums it up. Great whiskey soaked rock songs to warm you up during these cold Ohio nights.
A small pressing of the album came with a bonus disc of 12 demos, live and alternative versions of the songs that made the full length proper, and that disc is as good (if not better) than the real deal.
Here’s an MP3 from the album: “Tears Don’t Matter Much”. On their website you can find a bunch of live MP3s, too.
The band is on tour, catch them while you can:
04-12 Rocket Bar St. Louis, MO
04-13 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, IA
04-14 Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, MN
04-15 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL
04-16 Cactus Club Milwaukee, WI
04-18 Bernie’s Columbus, OH
04-19 Beachland Cleveland, OH
04-20 Small’s Detroit, MI
04-21 123 Pleasant St. Morgantown, WV
04-23 Valentine’s Albany, NY
04-24 Middle East-Upstairs Boston, MA
04-26 Knitting Factory New York City, NY
04-28 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA
04-29 Ottobar Baltimore, MD
05-01 Beale St. Music Festival Memphis, TN
05-06 The EARL Atlanta, GA
05-07 Blue Cats Knoxville, TN
05-08 Uncle Pleasants Louisville, KY
06-16 The Bridge Joplin, MO
06-17 Davey’s Uptown Kansas City, MO
06-18 Wakarusa Festival Lawrence, KS
06-19 Vino’s Little Rock, AR