Portland can kick a little honky-tonk, too, y’all. Mac Cornish comes down from the Northwest to keep the dance floor moving with her classic country sound from this year’s debut album, Never Made Much of a Lover, but it’s her slower ballads that truly stand out. The songwriter’s rich, low-ranging vocals can at times power like a more country-cut Erika Wennerstrom, especially on dusky turns like “Pescadero” or the slightly dark desert psych twangs of “Sylvia Anne.” Cornish takes the early slot at the Eastside honky-tonk while the Swindlers and the Shinglers roll on into the AM. – Doug Freeman
