Allen Thompson is a little bit Neil Young, a little Warren Zevon, and as American as rusty Chevys, bonfires, and Polaroids of your dad in cutoffs that are way too short. How can the piano-driven plea to a higher power ‘Everybody Knows’ not grab that little sentimental part of your bitter, hypertrophic heart? Go pretend you’re a human with real emotions and see him at the Basement tonight. – Terra James-Jura