(Black Orchid) Reviews: Bottle Rockets, Mandolin Orange, Savaging Spires

Bottle Rockets – Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening With (Bloodshot) This 'unplugged' Bottle Rockets set was recorded in a 19th century schoolhouse in their hometown of St. Louis. The only remaining original members are leader Brian Henneman and drummer Mark Ortmann, but Henneman is the heart and soul of the beast, and their best songs have a transcendent quality that hovers above the concept of the band itself, as long as Henneman's singing. In some wa...

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