Sarah Shook is not on that Outlaw Country Cruise we’ve been talking about in this week’s previews, but she should be.
The Chapel Hill songwriter’s 2017 debut LP (Sidelong) was a welcome smattering of witty, unabashed honesty, and its follow up (2018’s Years) hammered the message home in a very convincing, and convicting, way. Shook, just 33 years old, writes songs that stalk the line between in peril and on-guard, and her sound is an occasionally unwieldy stew of country, punkabilly and bare-bones bluegrass or roots music. It’s also tailor-made for a night of drinking whiskey.
Expect all of that to go down at this mid-week treat of a show where Fever Beam — a St. Petersburg cowpunk and retro-rock band — opens for an audience that is sure to leave having a new favorite local band to support.
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers w/Fever Beam. Wed. Jan. 30, 8 p.m. $9-$12. Crowbar, 1812 N. 17th St., Ybor City. aestheticized.com.
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This article appears in Jan 24-31, 2019.