The tenth anniversary show for Shoeshine Boy Productions was an opportunity to get to see local music, featuring four local (or local-ish) acts on the stage of the Double Door.

This song -- and The Right Now in general -- have so many things that I love: a local connection, a powerful female vocalist, catchy melodies, big sound, and a horn section. I'm in love, y'all.

If Peter Silberman had chosen to record Hospice in a studio, with all the technological wizardry and bells and whistles available to him, I think it would have come out sounding a lot like their show last month at Lincoln Hall.

It looks like a quiet week, but I find myself strangely busy. I'll be checking out the Laura Marling show tomorrow night, and Jerome Holloway's show on Friday. I saw him open for Nneka in February and thought he was really good, so I'm looking forward to seeing what he does with a headlining spot. Saturday also has some strong line-ups of local bands, both at Bottom Lounge and at the Beat Kitchen.

Peter Bradley Adams, formerly of eastmountainsouth, has been making beautiful folk-rock type music as a solo endeavor since 2005. There's something very soothing about his voice; it's one I could easily get lost in.

Robbie and Eliza traded songs back and forth, with each helping out with guitar and backing vocals on the other's songs. The whole night had the feeling of being in someone's living room, listening to people joke and tell stories and reminisce.

Yet another young British guy with a beautiful voice, who says on his MySpace that he "want[s] to go to America, buy a three piece suit, some boots and a trilby hat from Goodwill and tour Dairy Queens." A+, sir, A+. I don't know what's going on over there, but keep it up.

I can safely say that there's a show every night this week that I want to be at. I'm not going to make any predictions of where I'll actually show up, though, because that's just asking for me to spend all week sitting at the computer and playing Plants vs. Zombies.

The xx are a young band: singers Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim are just 20 years old, and they only have one full length album under their belts. But on stage, their performance is smooth, solid, and mature beyond their years, showing exactly why they've been generating a lot of buzz over the past year or so.

Dear Mr. Brosseau,I don't like watermelon, either. Let's be friends.

The Old Town School of Folk Music has released the main stage lineup for its 13th Annual Chicago Folk & Roots Festival, which will be taking place July 10th and 11th up in Welles Park (Lincoln & Montrose).

It goes without saying that the sold out crowd at Lincoln Hall absolutely loved Fanfarlo, the London-based indie rock quintet. Their album Reservoir was one of my favorites of 2009, so I was glad to get the chance to see them live, finally.