The acid-rock blues of “Candy Rain” combines the dizzying rush of “Helter Skelter” with a dab of Mike Posner – while the psych-folk “In My Eyes,” is a heroes ode written specifically for the late great Kobe Bryant, that sounds like an old damaged cassette tape and occupies the spiritual ground between The Band’s “The Weight” and Jimmy Cliff’s “Rivers of Babylon.”McLaren’s come a long way from busking outside his favorite rock clubs, hoping to get generous contributions to his “Weed Fund” tip box. Now he’s headlining those same clubs, selling hundreds of tickets throughout the Midwest. INNOCENCE is McLaren’s path from adolescence to adulthood, knowing that you must leave the former for the bittersweet losses of the latter. —
Doors: 6:00pm
Show: 7:00pm
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