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[ATTENDED: May 12, 2026] Truman Sinclair

My wife does not care for opening acts.  I always make her sit through them (and sometimes she admits she likes them).  But this show happened to be on a night that she had something to do right up until we were about to leave.  So, I said I didn’t care if we missed this first opener Truman Sinclair, but I did want to see Momma.

So we left probably 30 minutes later than I normally like to leave.  And we hit ZERO traffic.  And parking was easy and there was no line yet so we wound up seeing all of Truman Sinclair’s set.

I’d never heard of the guy, but he had a youthful charm (he’s 23) and a really good sense of melody.  He’s from Chicago but lives in L.A

His second song sounded a lot like a Neil Young song (the chords and harmonica are similar to Heart of Gold).  Although his voice sounds nothing like Neil’s

His songs were mostly slower (Sit By the Fire–I’m not very fond of lines like “I’ve got you you you you you,” but whatever.

I liked his more upbeat songs more (no surprise).  Dustland had a little more pep to it as did Speeding Bullet Train.  Joel Roberts was a story song about a murderer.

He ended with Bang Your Boots a stomping song that was a lot of fun.

My wife and I enjoyed him and we were amused that he was playing all of this folk music while wearing a Slipknot shirt.  I’m fairly surprised that WXPN hasn’t jumped on his bandwagon yet.  I can see him taking off in the right circumstances.

§ single (2026)
≅ Rivers of Sugar and Blood (2026)
∀ American Recordings (2025)
¶ Pale Moon Pale Horse (2024)

λ Creature of Habit (2026) [played all but Same and Another Beautiful Day]
Ψ Things Take Time, Take Time (2021)
§ single (2018)
¥ Tell Me How You Really Feel (2018)
$ Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
⊗ How to Carve a Carrot Into a Rose (2013)
Œ I’ve Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris (2012)

Kurt Vile albums
⇓ b’lieve i’m goin down… (2015)
∞ Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011)

Kurt & Courtney
Lotta Sea Lice (2017)