You are definitely slacking as a underground music nerd if you haven’t drunkenly “whoa-oh-ohhhh’d” along to the rootistic-punk aggression of Throwrag or been brought to tears by one of the stripped down, heartfelt chorales of Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss.
Wheeler doesn’t need a stage under his feet to be onstage, it just naturally happens whenever he engages you. He thinks, feels, and expresses himself in the same manner that Kerouac wrote On The Road: rapid fire stream of consciousness, using the microphone as his typewriter and the audience as his paper scroll, continually feeding the story and the soul of all attending.
I won’t divulge any details of Wheeler’s sins or wayward days – that’s his song to sing, but I will guarantee that every ounce of pain encountered in his life, whether self-inflicted or circumstantial, comes through in every note, expression, or lyrical twist of his performances. Having brought more tattooed faces to tears than any prison chaplain or parole board, the strength of his lament is so great that you will long for salvation even if you haven’t sinned.
This revelry will only be heightened by an incredible, all-star lineup of Austin talent: Emily Gimble, Billy Pitman, Hunt Sales, and Michael Archer are his Reluctant Messengers.
Fri., March 11