Kurt Vile & the Violators, Jessica Pratt

Kurt Vile is the reincarnation of The Traveling Wilburys. Bedraggled and smirking, his meandering, country-western tinged guitar and banjo tunes alternate between lazy, spacy and driving. Electric fingerpicking atop acoustic rhythms highlight his Dylan-meets-Malkmus mumble-drawl, create the ambiance of sitting on a porch during the fall and smoking a pipe (several of his songs mention porches). Vile, former War on Drugs lead guitarist, released Lotta Sea Lice last year with his Australian counterpart and semi-doppelganger, Courtney Barnett. He’s on tour behind his seventh album, Bottle It In, released in October. With Jessica Pratt.