Phosphorescent w/ J. Tillman and Mark Waldoch

Before recording under the pseudonym Phosphorescent, Brooklyn-based musician Matthew Houck traveled the world playing under the moniker Fillup Shack, releasing the album Hipolit in 2000. Houck soon changed his recording name to Phosphorescent, an exploratory alt-country guise under which he released A Hundred Times or More in 2003. Several albums later, Houck paid homage to one of his most enduring influences on the 2008 Willie Nelson tribute To Willie, which he followed up with a batch of outlaw country originals this May on Here’s to Taking It Easy. Opener J. Tillman had already released a slew of folky solo albums before he joined the Sub Pop indie-folk ensemble Fleet Foxes in 2008, and that band hasn’t slowed down his solo output any. His Steve Albini-produced seventh solo album, Singing Ax, is scheduled for a September release.