The Vandoliers
June 22 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The collection of songs on Vandoliers’ fifth album, Life Behind Bars, offers a window into frontwoman Jenni Rose’s journey through addiction and gender dysphoria — a journey that has culminated in her decision to come out as a trans woman while working in the macho worlds of Texas country and punk rock. Ten years into their career, the band’s latest work is as upbeat and sing-along ready as ever, but with a little more stripped-down and intimate feel than their typical fare, in addition to being lyrically more substantive and, at times, more politically pointed. Bars is fearless and fun, a bold entry in a musical space that is still too often hidebound by tradition.
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The Vandoliers from Texas are the first to admit that they’re not really country, not exactly punk, but some amalgam in-between that defies categorization and doesn’t care to fit neatly in any box. Whatever you want to call it, it’s a hell of a good time live, which they’ve been proving all across the country during 2022, opening big shows for Flogging Molly and the Turnpike Troubadours, touring with another stellar live band in Mike and the Moonpies, and showcasing songs from their new self-titled album.
Deadly tight and full of piss and vinegar, The Vandoliers are one of the few bands that anyone would have the audacity to book on the Cain’s Ballroom stage to open for the Turnpike Troubadours’ first show back. – Trigger, Saving Country Music