RECOMMENDED Describing San-Francisco-based band Two Gallants as Americana wouldn’t do them justice. Throw Americana and folk into a blender with some handfuls of emo-punk, and what comes out are catchy songs, lyrically evocative and, well, good. And for a couple of boys from ‘Frisco, they capture the sound of the antebellum South with panache. Fresh off a tour with Against Me! and a few shows in Europe, one would think Two Gallants members Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel would be looking to relax, but that just isn’t their style. Clearly marking Wilco as one of its main influences, Blitzen Trapper also seems to suffer from a collective case of split personality. On the band’s latest album, “Wild Mountain Nation,” they seem equally comfortable playing pure classic rock one second as they do the next, expanding the genre’s limits with their experimental sound. (Daniel Honigman) Saturday, September 29 at Schubas
Brutal Finesse: A Preview of King Crimson at Ravinia There have been few new compositions from King Crimson these past two decades, but the live arrangements of songs from its catalog are often strikingly different than the recorded versions.
Cooling It: A Preview of Colleen Green at Cole’s Bar When Green strums power chords or chiming notes on top of her backing track, you might think you’re at Ramones karaoke night and Madonna is taking her turn.
