Gone Madigan

Over the course of two nights at St. Louis’ now-defunct Lucas Schoolhouse in 2007, the Bottle Rockets performed two live sessions for a more-or-less “unplugged” album that would be released that fall. For whatever reason, the recordings of those concerts have remained on the shelf until now; “Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening,” is being released today.

Among the headliners of this year’s Twangfest is The Baseball Project, a switch-hitting supergroup featuring Steve Wynn (late of the Dream Syndicate and currently a solo artist); Scott McCaughey, (Young Fresh Fellows, Minus 5); Peter Buck (R.E.M., Minus 5); and Wynn’s wife, Linda Pitmon (Golden Smog, Miracle 3). Currently, Buck’s R.E.M. bandmate, Mike Mills, is touring in his stead.)