Whereas we used to know them by the Trail of Dead, now we know them by their ability to write memorable songs and make high-quality albums. Austin's ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead has been giving copy editors fits for years — not to mention pissing off the owners of the clubs they trashed en route to becoming a must-see live act. (The Bottleneck's ceiling has never quite recovered from a circa-2003 lashing.) The group's rapturous arena rock answers the question: What if the Trans-Siberian Orchestra were actually a bunch of punk rockers in black T-shirts who loved Mission of Burma? With the equally epic Secret Machines hitching along, Monday's twin killing will be all that and a broken guitar neck.
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