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[ROCK] The Lone Star State’s self-professed purveyors of “red dirt metal,” Texas Hippie Coalition dispense with the more melodic, southern-fried-friendly aspects of their sound in favor of a something more menacing on much of Dark Side of Black (Carved Records), out last April. Front man Big Dad Ritch supplies ample aggro-growl, while Timmy Braun (drums) and John Exall (bass) churn out a bottom-end that’ll have the foundation next door trembling. Guitarist Cord Pool is joined on tour with new addition Nevada Romo to deliver twice the six-string crunch. The lead single, “Rise,” is a clear indication of the band’s new direction, but remnants of the red dirt still peak out from beneath the metallic thud with “Knee Deep,” “Shakin’ It Baby,” and “Hit it Again.” Feel the foundation of Town Ballroom rumble when they pull into Buffalo this Friday, August 5, with one-man-wunderkind Scott H Birham in the opening slot.