Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women

(Yep Roc)

Getting closer to his sensitive side, L.A. roots godfather Dave Alvin chose for this May release to record with an all-female band, including Austinites Cindy Cashdollar, Sarah Brown, and Lisa Pankratz, on material featuring Ana Egge’s “River Under the Road” and Amy Farris’ “Anyway.” All that talent still adds up to a disappointment filled with gauzy arrangements and magnified by Alvin’s rare lackluster vocals. (Saturday, April 18, 6:45pm, Hill Country Stage.) **

This article appears in April 17 • 2009.

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