March 10, 2023

Doors at 7:00pm, show at 8:00  $10

Bristlehead is a 4-piece band comprised of members of Semi Twang, Paul Cebar and The Mosleys doing original pop music and other stuff we like.

“On the surface Mike Fredrickson’s new album Home for Lunch is another chapter in a long collection of albums that walk a tightrope stretched between catchy pop and twangy country music. Yet, as is often the case with Fredrickson, there is more to the picture than meets the eye.

Home For Lunch CD Release @ Linneman’s, 8 p.m. Friday March 10 with Alex Wilson

The songwriter and bassist’s story has been recounted before: a 1990 appearance on “Saturday Night Live” with The Spanic Boys, performing a weekly Riverwest residency with The Mosleys, joining Robbie Fulks and Paul Cebar’s bands and a career as a painter whose artworks not coincidentally grace most of his CDs.

“Artists are like houseplants now,” Fredrickson lamented in a 2020 interview. “We sit on the porch and hope somebody walks by and waters us once in a while.” (shepherdexpress.com/music/artists-beating-covid-19/mike-fredricksons-covid-era-song-everyday-reflects-anxiety- )Yet that attitude certainly has not reflected on his artistic process and work ethic. Every day he punches the clock and paints, then plays music. He puts himself in a routine that allows the muse to find him; whenever she calls he is ready.”  – Shepherd Express music writer Blaine Schultz–

Doors at 7:00pm, show at 8:00  $10