WXPN Welcomes: Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
Milkboy Philly
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Philadelphia
Thursday, November 7 at 8 pm EST
Rock
Concert Venue
Thursday, November 7 at 8 pm EST
Rock
Concert Venue
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**WXPN Welcomes:**
**Sarah Shook & the Disarmers at MilkBoy**
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Doors: 7:00 PM | Show: 8:00 PM
21+
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Please Note: MilkBoy’s stage is located on the 2nd floor and is standing room only. All patrons must be able to walk the flight of steps in order to enter the venue, as there is no elevator in the building.
**About Sarah Shook & the Disarmers**
https://www.disarmers.com/
North Carolina’s River Shook (fka Sarah Shook) sings with a conviction and hard honesty sorely lacking in much of today’s Americana landscape. Always passionate, at times profane, River stalks/walks the line between vulnerable and menacing, their voice strong and uneasy, country classic but with contemporary, earthy tension. You can hear in their voice what they've seen; world weary, lessons learned—or not—but always defiant. Writing with a blunt urgency, River's lyrics are in turn smart, funny, mean, and above all, uncompromising. Sly turns of phrase so spot on they feel as old and true as a hymn. Anger that's as confrontational as it is concise. Humor that's as wry and resigned as a park bench prophet.
The Disarmers hit all the sweet spots from Nashville’s Lower Broad to Bakersfield and take River's unflinching tales out for some late-night kicks. At times, it’s as simple and muscular as Luther Perkins’ boom-chicka-boom, or as downtown as Johnny Thunders. The Disarmers keep in the pocket, tight and tough.
This is a 21+ event