Bands marinating in vintage guitars, well-kept tube amps, and cracklin’ 45s sealed in epoxy maintain Sixties rock & roll values. In the late Seventies, we’re talking Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers. Today, it’s the Shelters. In fact, Petty recognized these Angeleno kindred spirits, so he handed them the keys to his home studio, took them on the road with his reconstituted first band Mudcrutch, and co-produced their eponymous debut LP. Urgent anthems like debut single “Rebel Heart” recall simultaneously familiar and fresh radio sunbursts amidst crisp guitars, battering-ram drums, and finessed vocals. (Sat. 18, Sidewinder Outside, 10:55pm)

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This article appears in March 17 • 2017.

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Tim Stegall contributed to The Austin Chronicle 1991-1995, and was a staff writer 1995-1997. He returned as a contributor in 2013. He has also freelanced for publications ranging from Flipside to Alternative Press to Guitar World. He plays punk rock guitar and sings in the Hormones.