Austinist Show Preview: Lucero & Bobby Bare Jr. at Emo's tonight

Emo’s presents a southern style country-rock bonanza tonight. The wonderfully named Whiskey & Co. kick things off at 10 p.m. with authentic country sounds and impressive song titles such as “Nightlife” and “Happy Hour”, streaming readily on their MySpace page. When we last spoke with one of Nashville’s favorite sons, Bobby Bare Jr., we learnt of the upcoming Bare Jr. reunion in November, as well as Bobby’s desire to possibly incorporate the banjo in his recordings. Tonight, however, it will be his Young Criminals’ Starvation League taking centre stage with melancholy, melodious pop tinged with southern strains. Headliners Lucero were one of the first acts we caught at last year’s Fun Fun Fun Fest. The Memphis act’s brand of genuine alt-country and bittersweet lyricism should be a perfect soundtrack for despondent drinking to put one’s midweek malaise to bed.