Sat. June 12

 Yes, we first got to know Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," the book by Truman Capote and the movie starring Audrey Hepburn. But there's been another Holly Golightly, scuffling about the indy rock scene for a while. A little soul, a little blues, with a killer attitude. "Ain't nobody gonna love like the devil do!" she sang in "Devil Do." She was born in 1966 in London and grew up in a bohemian household. She was fed a diet of psychedelic, blues, and soul music. Her partner in Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs is Lawyer Dave (quite possibly a much of a lawyer as Dr. John is a doctor.). Dave was raised in Texas on a diet of religion, country blues, and forbidden heavy metal. (They live together in rural Georgia. They sound like they should live in rural Georgia.) They've been called “a glorious example of what rock n roll should be" by NME. Word called them a "10 year overnight sensation." They've got a new album, "Medicine County" and they're back at one of their favorite local haunts, the Middle East Upstairs Saturday June 12. Listen to them, and you may have found thoughts of the Lux & Ivy combination that drove the Cramps. (Not as confrontational of course, but in spirit. They're more likely to banter than ... well, do the stuff the Cramps did on stage.)

Backstory: Having never sung a note before, Holly kicked off her musical career in the legendary garage band Thee Headcoatees. (She was also the girlfriend of drummer Bruce Brand.) After four years as a Headcoatee, Holly started a solo career, whilst still singing with the band. Her first full-length record, released in 1995, was "The Good Things." Holly primarily writes her own material, interspersed with a wide range of cover songs by such artists as Willie Dixon, Ike Turner, Lee Hazlewood, Wreckless Eric - who'll be at T.T.s with his wife Amy Rigby June 27 - and Bill Withers to name a few. Although her sound has remained remarkably consistent throughout her career, each record has a quality that sets it apart from the others.

Aside from her own records, Holly has also made guest appearances on various other projects over the years, from bands such as Mudhoney, and the White Stripes. In fact, due to her initial collaboration with The White Stripes, she was then invited to sing a duet with frontman Jack White on the track “It’s True That We Love One Another,” which then appeared on the Stripes breakthrough album "Elephant." It was this exposure that gave her a much wider audience for the future.

A few albums later brought Holly to her 2007 release, "You Can’t Buy A Gun When You’re Crying," in collaboration with long-time friend and US touring companion Lawyer Dave. The two became the collective Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs and have been making records together ever since. This particular album of songs was recorded at home and it is packed with great tunes and eccentric themes.

"Medicine County" was recorded in an abandoned, recently foreclosed-upon church near to home, this album features twelve new tracks: eight originals by Golightly & The Brokeoffs alongside traditional numbers like “Blood On the Saddle” and “Jack O’Diamonds.”

In describing the new album, Holly says it seems peppier than their last full-length, probably because she and Dave cut the tracks during a rare period of downtime: "There's only one slower song on it, which I didn't notice until afterward. I just think we had more energy than usual. We hadn't been recording in the middle of a tour, which we had to do for the last record and we had the opportunity to sift through potential tracks and decide. It was a case of [the raucous songs] being the ones that stood out as the ones we wanted to put on it. Having a bit more time makes it different than the other records."

The album - called by Vanity Fair"a decades-old sound that you would find on the soundtrack for a Tarantino film” — kicks off with “Forget It,” a track Holly says, “is for people to roller skate to...” Then, “Two Left Feet,” a song that Holly advocates “for anyone who can’t dance… which has alternatively become known as our porno number.” Among other tracks includes a chilling version of “Blood On The Saddle,” a childhood favorite of Lawyer Dave. “We felt we could bring some real conviction and passion to this song” Holly says, “gleened from our first hand, personal experiences.”

While there’s a spectral quality to those traditional songs and others on the album, they offer some levity and a sharp lyrical wit on tunes like “Eyes in the Back of My Head,” in addition to the album’s title track (“100 miles from nowhere, everybody needs a drink”). As Vanity Fair describes the lead off track, Forget It as “milky keyboards written in a standard key, crisp snare drums, and [Holly’s] whisky-soaked voice that sounds like it’s being played from a dusted-off record.”

They're with Muck & the Mires, Big Light and Viv. Show starts at 9. Tickets: $13.

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