Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Keep It Like a Secret

We’ve been in love with Joe Pug since the release of his debut EP, Nation of Heat, in 2008. And now it seems the secret is out. Media outlets from the Washington Post to NPR have picked up on and espoused the many-splendored virtues of the Austin-based songwriter’s latest record, The Great Despiser. Fortunately, there’s more than enough Joe Pug to go around — though we’ll always have “I Do My Father’s Drugs,” won’t we, Joe? Touring behind that new album, Pug plays the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge on Wednesday, February 20. Songwriter Bhi Bhiman opens.