Heart full of holes

Those kids are absolutely joyous, performing like seasoned pros, although they're just getting started. The show outside Pittsburgh was the first night of their tour and it happened only hours before their record "Restless" was released on John Prine's label. So you can imagine how stoked they were. The bass player, Manoa wore his homemade Nudie suit. Palmyra would fit right in at Solid Sound. Work that kidsmoke magic!

Palmyra

A favorite bistro in Pittsburgh closed last Christmas and, as promised, reopened last week with a new menu, but kept most of the same staff and the same friendly neighborhood vibe. I walked in for brunch today to the strains of Pecan Pie. Sweet indeed!

Schrödinger's president

MJ Lenderman

Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets

Finom

Vampire Weekend

Spoiler alert

Wilco at wonderful Wolf Trap!

That was my first ever Lucero show, so I can't tell you whether it was above or below par, but the table of hardcore fans next to me seemed stoked. There was plenty of banter from Ben Nichols; he hung out in the lobby after the show and talked with several of us and was a good sport shaking hands and posing for photos. All-around great show IMHO.

Lucero

From NPR: Wilco's pop masterpiece Summerteeth was released 25 years ago today. Watch them perform songs from the album in their 2016 Tiny Desk concert. https://www.npr.org/2016/02/22/467676506/wilco-tiny-desk-concert

A pretty nifty look at the thinking behind the last few Wilco albums: https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/wilco-dbpm-records-list?utm_source=notification

Looking forward to seeing some of Joe's friends this Saturday . Hope you all can make it!