Meg Myers is raw, visceral alt-rock. There’s an angst, a ferocity, and a delicate femininity somehow all wrapped up in her songs. Her lyrics feel like they want to brood, then yell, then intimately share. She’s backed by some catchy, heavy tracks — which is often recreated by a live band on tour. She released her debut EP, “Daughter in the Choir,” in 2012, shortly after her single “Monsters” which bumped her into the public’s eye, and followed up with a second EP, “Make a Shadow,” in 2014. Born in Nashville and now living in Los Angeles, Myers is working on her first full-length album due out later this year.
Meg Myers will perform with Rise Against, Islander, and Night Riots on Saturday, May 16, as part of 94.1 The Zone’s Bonzai concert at the Main Street Armory, 900 East Main Street. 6:15 p.m. $39.95. mainstreetarmory.com; megmyers.com.
This article appears in May 13-19, 2015.
Ahhh, you’ve summed up everything that is wrong with popular music today in one sentence. “She’s backed by some catchy, heavy tracks — which is often recreated by a live band on tour. ” OFTEN? And what the other times? She sings karaoke over a backing track? Why not forget the whole thing and put an mp3 player on a stool on stage and they can have a slideshow of pictures of the “performer” behind it?