Hailing from North Carolina, Bryan Cates is a lo-fi powerhouse. Putting his own grimy Southern edge onto 60s garage revival, Cates describes his music as sounding like “saying goodbye to no one” on his Myspace. This proves fitting as he juxtaposes jangly tunes with a somewhat mournful delivery on tracks such as “Black Cloud” and “Don’t Wanna Be a Lawman.”
This year, Band of Horses already hand-picked Cates to open for them on a number of July dates. He will be joining them again at Live on the Green on October 7.
