What is it about Megafaun’s Phil Cook and bad weather? In 2009, he recorded his self-titled debut EP during a particularly violent thunderstorm, which added ominous static to the tune “D.L.’s Holler.” Earlier this year, he set his second set, Hungry Mother Blues, to tape during an ice storm, as if playing guitar, dobro and […]
Stephen Deusner
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Essay: Lucero sophisticates
Lucero plays the Lincoln Theatre Thursday, Sept. 9, with American Aquarium, Max Indian, John Howie & the Rosewood Bluff and Ponderosa. See Related Events below. Last October, following the release of their sixth album, 1372 Overton Park, Lucero played a sold-out show in New York City. The response was curiously enthusiastic: The mostly male audience […]

