Bad Veins release party for their new (and very solid) album The Mess We’ve Made. I could tell you how awesome these guys are, but I shall defer to Zan who writes lots better about the matter: Support Your Local Poet. (She also has better photos and does it all classic with real film.)

Exemplary 3 record set design. The 45′s are a little awkward, but the rest of the package is nice. I’ll have to ask Tom how the music is.

I went to Coachella 8 years ago and it was pretty neato. Machine gun rollcall: Sahara Hotnights, Stellarstar*, Black Keys, Junior Senior, Beck, Kinky, Death Cab for Cutie, Pixies, Radiohead, Sebastian, AIR, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Bright Eyes, Mogwai, Prefuse 73, Sage Francis, The Cure. I’ve since grown a little weary of large music festivals. They [...]

A long day of crunching numbers. A feeling of accomplishment. A visit with a friend. A beer. A music stand.

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit at Southgate House.

At Music Hall this time around, and I enjoyed it muchly. Favorite part was the closing number, Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks done super unplugged with the crowd singing along. Pretty dang awesome really.

Tim Hecker, performing at the sixth MusicNow Festival in Cincinnati. I’m sad I missed the first night, where Megafaun, Shara Worden, yMusic, Fight the Big Bull, and Justin Vernon apparently brought goosebumps to the audience. No matter, I did make it for night two and was not disappointed. Owen Pallett Little Scream