Lou Ford/Buschovski The Ford boys' music evidences a finely wrought, pared-down style of songwriting that's almost Carveresque (or at least Lish-like) in its spareness. Busch's swirling lyrical worlds are positively Pynchonian, vaguely conspiratorial and often overwhelming in their shit-stirrin' scope. Lou Ford's put out three records and an E.P. in the past dozen years. Busch has put out, well, none, officially, but I once got three different complete demo records from him in as many months. Point being, of course, that no matter how you arrive at your voice, you have to find your own road. (Just make sure it leads to Snug tonight.) Snug Harbor (Timothy C. Davis)
Bo Bice The former Idol runner-up is one of a handful to still be holding on to a record contract. Not a bad feat, considering who was recently dropped winners Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard and runner-up Blake Lewis. Doesn't mean that Bice is that much better, but only that he's survived so far. He paved the way for Daughtry and whoever recently won ... can't remember his name. Oh, David Cook. Ha! Yeah, everyone else will likely forget soon, too. Bice is touring in support of his sophomore release, See the Light. Sorry, but he might be at 14:59 and counting ... Neighborhood Theatre (Jeff Hahne)