Silverada (performance & record signing)

Returning from their official album release at the Mother Church of Country Music, Silverada offers a hometown showcase at Waterloo Records for their eponymous debut LP under their new name. The recent Chronicle cover boys’ reputation as one of country’s best live bands somewhat belies their studio accomplishments, though, and the band’s 10th album continues to diversify their sound with more reflective moments pushing their hard backbeat bursts and provocative guitar riffs cutting through classic honky-tonk turns. Still, frontman Mike Harmeier’s songwriting runs heavy across restless roads and wild nights, with big hooks and crowd-howling anthems. – Doug Freeman