Nightlife / Stephanie Depasquale

Another great show from Daytrotter

| Sunday, July 20, 2008 | () comments

Stephanie De Pasquale

Leave it to Daytrotter to never disappoint when it comes to live music.

I recently caught the tail end of the Justin Townes Earle show at Huckleberry’s Pizza Parlor in Rock Island last week. And from what I saw, I was very angry at myself for locking my keys in the car and missing the first half of his act.

Earle, who is the son of Grammy-winner Steve Earle and whose middle name comes from Townes Van Zandt, played a mix of originals and songs by the men whose names he shares.

His originals were country, but not in the vein of today’s country, which sometimes borders on pop. It was a much older country but thankfully absent of Southern twang.

And that’s why I enjoy going to Daytrotter shows: You always get high-quality music that you’re not hearing on the radio.

This week, Daytrotter brought in The Dodos, with Suzannah Johannes and The Lonelyhearts, to Huckleberry’s.

The Dodos are labeled as folk artists, but their drummer, who has a background in metal, plays hard, driving rhythms on hand drums to match the fast and intense guitar. The result is nothing close to traditional folk music.

To hear the band’s music for yourself, visit their MySpace site at myspace.com/thedodos. To read more about The Dodos, go elsewhere on qctimes.com/goanddo or look in the July 10 issue of Go&Do.

Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com.