Friday, October 13th
Adam Ostrar [Brawls in the Briar] – 8:00pm @ Museum of Human Achievement
A veteran band leader of the last twenty years, and a songwriter of considerable output, Adam Ostrar (formerly Adam Busch) now presents his second solo record “Brawls In The Briar”, after a career spent at the helm of art rock ensembles The Curious Digit, Manishevitz and SONOI.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Ostrar moved to Chicago in 1999 where he remained until 2014. During this time period as primary songwriter he released four Manishevitz albums on Jagjaguwar. He later formed the band SONOI with fellow Manishevitz alumni Ryan Hembrey and drummer Pierce Doerr. In 2015, after relocating to Austin, he began his solo career with “River of Bricks”. Many of those songs emerged during a period spent studying guitar with African music scholar Nathaniel Braddock, who began teaching him a variety of finger style forms by way of repertoire including African, American Primitive, and British Folk icons Bert Jansch and Davy Graham.
In 2017, Ostrar signed on with Super Secret Records. He headed out to Southwest Texas to record at famed music studio Sonic Ranch. Joining him in this project were Wil Hendricks (Califone), Michael Krassner (Boxhead Ensemble) and Stephen Patterson (White Rabbits, Spoon, Hamilton Leithauser). Ostrar meticulously edited and demoed versions until he felt the songs were fully fleshed out and were ready to record with the band. The recordings were cut live in five days with no rehearsals.
Softcore Villain [Single Release] – 9:00pm @ Sidewinder
It’s the second of two tracks Softcore Villain made with acclaimed producer Chris “Frenchie” Smith at the Bubble studio last month. It’s no angel. (Hint hint…)
