Out of the Loop

Man, I've missed out on a lot of great new releases over the past month as I've been out of town. Time to remedy that with a big online order:

Handsome Furs- Face Control
Neko Case- Middle Cyclone
Dan Deacon- Bromst
Marisa Nadler- Little Hells

Also looking to check out:
Bonnie Prince Billy- Beware
The Thermals- Now We Can See
Royksopp- Junior
Swan Lake- Enemy Mine

. . . but I didn't want to spend that much money at one time! Time to get fully into 2009 and see what my new favorite albums will turn out to be.

Wicker Park Fest

Our thoughts on Man Man and the Thermals over on Radio Free Chicago- the pics are from Kirstiecat. I took a few pics as well, which I'll post up later this week- mostly of Maritime and Centromatic, who played earlier in the day.

Man Man!!!!!!!

I dare say this Wicker Park Fest Saturday lineup is the best street festival lineup I've seen in a long time:

Saturday, July 28th:
The Thermals
Man Man
Centro-Matic
Maritime
Catfish Haven
Skybox
Fancy Trash

And just down my street! I'm soooooooooooooo excited for Man Man; even though I find them to be a bit of a novelty on record, they are supposed to kill live. And I was going to buy tickets to see the awesome Thermals again at Subterranean on the 27th, but now I guess I don't have to.