Upcoming Concert::Dex Romweber Duo @ iS Venue, TONIGHT

Here's one for you garage rock/"insurgent" country/rockabilly surf fans as former Flat Duo Jets' frontman Dex Romweber, accompanied by his sister Sara on drums, hits Charlottesville tonight. The pair will be performing this evening at iS Venue as the recently formed Dex Romweber Duo, with special guests The Leeroys kicking things off. 9pm. $7.

The Dex Romweber Duo released their debut album Ruins of Berlin earlier this year on Bloodshot Records and the album features guest appearances by the likes of Neko Case, Cat Power, and the legendary Exene Cervenka. Also joining the duo on Ruins of Berlin is Southern Culture on the Skids' guitarist Rick Miller, who teams up with Romweber on the surf rock instrumental "Lookout" which is included below.

During the last half of the 1990's no single record company fueled my love for alt-country more than Chicago-based Bloodshot Records. Proudly proclaiming themselves as the "Home of Insurgent Country", Bloodshot has been a base to a roster of artists whose musical spirit sits squarely at the crossroads of punk and country in all the right kind of ways. And in the end, it's that spirit that has made Bloodshot one of my all-time favorite record labels. I gotta say that Bloodshot seems like the perfect place for Romweber's brand of stripped-down, fire and brimstone rock and roll which mines the borderlands of genre for music's beating, bloodied heart.

MP3: Dex Romweber Duo--Lookout
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Purchase: Dex Romweber Duo--Ruins of Berlin