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Danielle Howle



It takes a lot of spunk to kick off your solo career with a live album, but former Lay Quiet Awhile frontwoman Danielle Howle has spunk in spades. Live at McKissick Museum (Daemon), released in 1996, showed the Columbia, S.C., native enthralling a hometown audience with her full-bodied voice and chatty charm. Four albums later, on Skorborealis (Daemon), Howle's band, The Tantrums, turns "Big Puffy Girl Handwriting" from a sassy novelty into a rollicking good time. It's the difference between teasing the girly girl till she cries and getting her to smile as you crack a joke over her head. On newer tunes like "Karaoke" and "Camaro Power," The Tantrums sometimes overwhelm the lyrics' good-natured humor, but the band gives "Sneaky A.M." and "Let the Angels Commit" a boost that lets them live beyond Howle's means. The singer is going it alone on this tour, so bet on her gritsy wit to carry the crowd.

Wed., March 12, 9 p.m., $7, with Django Haskins, Slo-Mo and Poor Luthers Bones, The Khyber, 56 S. Second St., 215-238-5888.

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