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September 26-October 2, 2002 musicpicks Trailer BrideThere are two good reasons to hold a midnight hoedown in a cemetery: to summon spirits or to have a drunken good time. Either way, Chapel Hill's Trailer Bride is the logical house band. Melissa Swingle's songs are Southern Gothic tales haunted by snakes, outlaws and the "Ghost of Mae West," but she sings as though she's just swigged a whole bottle of Southern Comfort. Swingle knows a thing or two about conjuring music for those who aren't all there. The Mississippi-born frontwoman picked up a taste for juju while attending missionary school in the Ivory Coast and taught herself guitar while pregnant with her daughter. Like touring partner and Bloodshot labelmate Neko Case, Trailer Bride stays fresh with varied tempos and material that transcends genre. (Despite the ubiquitous banjo, "Thankful Dirt," from last year's High Seas, could almost pass as trip-hop.) Unlike a graveyard, the Tin Angel doesn't offer much room to dance, so there could be trouble if they play "Run Rosie Run." Tue., Oct. 1, 8:30 p.m., $12, with Neko Case, The Tin Angel, 20 S. Second St., 215-928-0770, www.tinangel.com. 
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