Wastrels, The Apologists, Benny Everett with the Best Intentions

Name: Wastrels, The Apologists, Benny Everett with the Best Intentions
Start: 2025-01-25T21:00:00-06:00
Location: Crystal Corner Bar

Schedule

Sat, 25 Jan, 2025 at 09:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Crystal Corner Bar | Madison, WI

Wastrels have taken their sweet time, but the new album from the Minneapolis quartet is very nearly here, their first since 2019's Dangerous Summer. By the time they arrive in Madison, they will have put out a lead single, a music video, and by god, maybe even a whole-ass album! You can expect loud. You can expect dreamy. You can expect shoegaze. You can expect big intros and even bigger outros. If all goes according to plan, they will veni vidi vici the Crystal Corner stage once again--Ears ringing, beers clinking. No better way to close out a Saturday night
Born on the banks of the mighty Yahara, The Apologists came into being as the new millennium began. Many hours spent in basements with furrowed brows and bleeding fingers, they worked on a sound. Drawing from influences diverse as Johnny Cash to Johnny Thunders; P.J. Harvey to Dolly Parton; Gram Parsons to the Gang of Four. They crafted the sound and labeled it "garage country". Although. after 22 years of performances with hundreds of songs, both originals and covers that label seems limiting. They've played hundreds of shows both locally and throughout the midwest.and they have two recordings under their belt. With a strong following, the quartet plays driving, engaging music.with excellent guitar, a powerful rhythm section and some (sweet)harmonies You won't be sorry to see The Apologists. Just the opposite.

Benny Everett plays rock and roll with the best intentions. Not one to be pigeonholed, you’ll hear flavors of classic country, punk, folk, emo, jam, and new wave across his new album, Dreams Are Free. Recording live in a Northeast Minneapolis warehouse, Benny and his band the Best Intentions built upon the sound of 2022 effort, Anybody Home?, by embracing big harmonies, turning up the guitars, and expanding their sonic universe beyond Americana and folk rock. Benny is a songwriter who loves songcraft. Says Benny: “I like to work out a song zigging and zagging until it feels so exciting that I want to play and listen to it again immediately, over and over. That’s not always easy, but it’s my favorite thing.” Yes, dreams come for free, but you have to work to make them real.