When she showed up in Austin at 19 years old, Brennen Leigh immediately established herself as a honky-tonk and Western swing acolyte, carrying the torch for the music into a new generation. Now in Nashville for nearly a decade, she has honed her songwriting into tight, whip-smart tunes that are not so much throwbacks as they are modern takes on a purer country sound. New album Don’t You Ever Give Up on Love reels in heartbreak and rebounds, delivering instant barroom classics that wink wryly between tears. Rebecca Patek and Lonesome Heroes bookend the local release show. – Doug Freeman