A beautiful gatefold, Record Store Day 7-inch, its B-side takes the prize. The main program, a faltering live cover of the indelible Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks duet, makes the mistake of preserving the original’s tempo since not even Austin’s Shearwater can match the easy swing of the Heartbreakers, while Van Etten’s throaty approximation of Fleetwood Mac’s sorceress falls flat. Conversely, “A Wake for the Minotaur,” penned by Shearwater captain Jonathan Meiburg, swoons pure Fairport Convention on Brooklyn heartbreaker Van Etten caressing her partner’s otherworldly vocal billow, Richard Thompson meets Antony & the Johnsons.

This article appears in August 30 • 2013.

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San Francisco native Raoul Hernandez crossed the border into Texas on July 2, 1992, and began writing about music for the Chronicle that fall, debuting with an album review of Keith Richards’ Main Offender. By virtue of local show previews – first “Recommendeds,” now calendar picks – his writing’s appeared in almost every issue since 1993.