Marie / Lepanto (Will Johnson & Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster of The Water Liars)@ Waterloo Records

Followed by Erika Wennerstrom (formerly of Heartless Bastards) @ ABGB

Unfortunately I only saw the last half song but got a free Lagunitas IPA and we ran into our new friend Jay. Hi Jay!

Fortunately Rob heard on KUTX 90.1 that Erika Winnerstrom (formerly of the Heartless Bastards) is playing the ABGB tonight. So here we are.

This was their first show as a band together and they’re about to embark on their first tour. They played several Heartless Bastards songs with some new tunes included. Erika’s voice is consistent and strong as ever. She seems to have more wisdom in her performance somehow.

Erika’s solo album Sweet Unknown will be released March 23rd.

She said they will be playing several SXSW shows in Austin but nothing is set for California yet.