- New Wedding Present!!! I'm giddy like a 13 year old girl who's parents scored her tickets for a Hannah Montana concert. The Steve Albini produced El Rey comes out on May 20, and two new songs are currently streaming on the band's myspace profile (Burning World has a third). Not surprisingly, they are awesome. Especially this one...
The Wedding Present - "Santa Ana Winds" (mp3)
- Friday night I was walking down Elliston and saw Walk The West on the marquee at Exit/In, and a flyer for F.U.C.T. on the wall at The End. It was like stepping into a time machine back to 1989, only now I'm old enough to get into clubs. Apparently this Spat Records compilation Return To Elliston Square is inspiring all the old Nashville bands to relive their glory days.
- Richard Ashcroft looks weird with short hair, but it's fantastic to see him onstage with Nick McCabe again, even though I didn't actually see it, just the pictures. My biggest wish for 2008 (or early 2009) is a Verve tour date close enough to drive to. Although this is one tour that might be worth a plane ticket, if that's what it took.
- Some free advice to opening bands... don't take down your stuff from the merch table until AFTER the headliner has played. Some people (like me) don't like holding things, so we wait until the end of the night to buy stuff. But if your CD isn't there, we can't give you our money and take it home with us. Which makes us sad, because we really liked you.
- The last three shows I saw last week all involved Merge Records artists. Weird.
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