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Raven Sings The Blues 20th anniversary weekend Night 2

The Reds Pinks and Purples Longstanding champions of melancholy jangle and bruised indie, The Reds, Pinks and Purple swerve toward bigger sounds, specifically citing California by American Music Club and 16-Lover’s Lane by The Go-Betweens. Eschewing the myriad pitfalls of those who translate intimacy onto a grander scale, the new record only amplifies the anguish and anxiety that crested out of his quiet comforts in the past, burning them into celluloid wonders rendered in vibrant hues.

Simon Joyner A perennial favorite around here, Simon Joyner has tattooed his insightful missives across the better part of the last few decades. There’s always been a bittersweet vulnerability to Joyner’s works, but on his latest he’s balancing grief with self-forgiveness, and doing so with the kind of skill many lesser songwriters could easily fumble.Tough Love is another high water wader from Joyner, a songwriter never content to let his legacy be behind him.

**Jeanines **The band’s brand of indie pop; fed on a steady diet of ‘60s folk and ‘80s jangles, wrapped tight in bittersweet sighs, never ceases to be just the sound you need at any given moment. The early albums were scuffed with a scrappiness that tied them tighter to the ‘80s DIY of Dolly Mixture, Marine Girls, and Talulah Gosh, but as they’ve progressed the sound has thickened. Guitars chime in perfect clarity and the vocal harmonies have gone from tin whispers careening around the room to lush and layered embellishments that feel more indebted to ‘60s folk circles.