Kevin Bronson on December 16th, 2010

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When I talked to Matt Vasquez earlier this year for a story about Delta Spirit, he was pretty aw-shucks about the side project he had in the works with Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and John McCauley of Deer Tick. “We’re thinking about calling ourselves the Traveling Bill Murrays,” he said at the time. “I’m not sure how serious it is – maybe we’ll do something when all our bands don’t have records coming out.” That time is nigh. The trio has taken the moniker Middle Brother, and the flannel-shirted brethren have a self-titled album coming March 1 on Partisan Records. Their first live show is Monday at the Troubadour, and, yes, they are serious enough that a 2011 tour is in the works.

||| Live: The Invisible Children Holiday Benefit, on Monday at the Troubadour, features performances from Middle Brother, along with Guards, Cass McCombs and Blake Mills.