Woman Like a Man to Take Her to Damien Rice Tonight

Damien Rice will perform tonight at Bass Concert Hall in support of his most recent work, 9, an album wrought with angst, anger and (not surprisingly) sexual frustration. Last year, we reviewed the album and were pleased with Rice for not letting the follow up to a brilliant work (his previous full-length, O) suffer the slump:

Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice has carried quite a weight the past four years. Ever since his debut release, O, in 2002, critics and fans have wondered how the tortured troubadour would follow up one of the most highly-regarded albums of the past five years.

“For me, it was like a challenge to make something that I felt was better than the first record,” Rice recently told KCRW’s Nic Harcourt. “It was annoying, as well, actually.”

Despite the pressure and expectations, Rice never seemed in a hurry to get his follow-up album finished, instead using his time to travel the world, play shows here and there and process his newfound fame. When we met Rice in 2003, he seemed a bit nonplussed by the attention and praise, and, at the time, we noted that we wouldn’t be surprised if we never heard from him again once the storm of praise for O eventually died. . . continue reading

Sounds wonderful, doesn't it? Well, Rice puts on a pretty emotional live show, as well. We'd love you to check it out tonight, and all you have to do is give us some information. Good luck!

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Damien Rice
Wed., May 9
Bass Concert Hall (info)
8 pm
$39.50 / $29.50 (tickets)

Damien Rice Official
Damien Rice on Morning Becomes Eclectic
Damien Rice MySpace
Austinist's review of 9

Photo courtesy myspace.com/damienrice