Having seen Micah P. Hinson and Sarah Jaffe open for Will Johnson only about 20 times, I can highly recommend checking them out as they release new CD’s along with Dove Hunter tonight at Stubb’s.

The new Hinson album, which is called Micah P Hinson and the Red Empire Orchestra, is streaming in its entirety on LastFM right now, and I must say it’s entirely fantastic, and that now three LP’s in, Hinson somehow continues to release albums that are everything I could ask for in a pseudo-folk record. The new album is available on Jade Tree Records in the US and Full Time Hobby in the UK, where he’ll be touring all fall (see below for dates).

As excited as I am to see Hinson again, the real excitement tonight is for the long awaited release of the first real EP from Denton folkstress Sarah Jaffe, titled Ever Born Again. Jaffe you may remember from when she opened for Centron-matic/South San Gabriel at their Austin unveiling of Dual Hawks this past summer, or any number of other times she been through Austin recently. I’ll be honest: Jaffe may be my favorite artist coming out of Denton, or even all of Texas, at the moment. If you had to “classify” her, you might tag her as ‘folk’, if only to account for her knack for terribly perfect lyrics and love of a big acoustic guitar. You can hear most of the EP on her myspace right now.

Judging from the few tracks I’ve heard off Dove Hunter’s debut album The Southern Unknown, they sound like an oddly Southern version of Califone, which is of course a very good thing. The album, which was named Most Highly Anticipated Album of 2007 by the Dallas Observer, has been generating enough hype to kill a small child. I haven’t heard the full album yet, but from what I’ve been reading it lives up to the hype quite nicely.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to the ATM to stock up on cash for all these great albums tonight.

Show Info:
Micah P. Hinson / Sarah Jaffe / Dove Hunter
At: Stubbs (inside)
August 9th, 2008
Doors: 9pm
Tickets: $8 (via Front Gate Tickets)

Micah P. Hinson UK Tour Dates:

15th august 2008 palais du grande large - la route du rock, st. malo, france
31st august 2008 electric picnic, stradbally
2nd september 2008 club ifor bach, cardiff
3rd september 2008 holy trinity church, leeds, uk
4th september 2008 academy 2, liverpool, uk
6th september 2008 frig & fiddle, cheltenham, uk
7th september 2008 bestival, bbc stage, isle of wight
9th september 2008 junction 2, cambridge, uk
10th september 2008 bodega, nottingham, uk
12th september 2008 end of the road festival uk
2nd november 2008 stereo glasgow uk [0844 847 2487]
3rd november 2008 the cluney newcastle uk [0191 230 4474]
4th november 2008 ruby lounge manchester uk [0161 832 1111]
5th november 2008 glee club birmingham uk [0871 472 0400]
6th november 2008 scala london uk [020 7833 2022]
8th november 2008 thekla bristol uk [08713 100 000]
9th november 2008 wedgewood rooms portsmouth uk [023 9286 3911]
10th november 2008 norwich arts centre norwich uk [01603 660 352]
11th november 2008 the zodiac@academy oxford uk [0844 477 2000]
12th november 2008 hanbury club brighton uk [01273 606312]