When you've been waiting for twenty years to see a concert, there's essentially no hope of being truly objective when talking about the show. But that's just the way things are.

Taste of Chicago kicks off this week. I forsee myself completely undoing my attempts to eat healthy. Thanks a lot, Chicago.

"Kentucky Pill" is the first single off of his new album, Been Listening. He comes from the same school of new British folk artists like Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons, and Noah and the Whale, so you should definitely love him and his music.

Jocelyn Scofield's one of those gems who has put out a handful of solid covers and is now forging a career for herself with original music. Check out her understated yet powerful cover of Lady Gaga's "Speechless".

While Freelance Whales' music consists largely of jangly, glockenspiel-filled pop-rock songs, Peter Wolf Crier offers a dark, sometimes frantic, lo-fi counterpoint.

This Week in Great Music: 6/14 - 6/20

In front of a huge crowd of 11,000+ spectators, She & Him provided a breezy summer soundtrack for the evening.

One of my favorite things about the city of Chicago is the large number of street festivals, block parties, etc., that take place all summer long. If you can't find something to do on a weekend here, you're probably just not looking hard enough.

This Week in Great Music: 6/7 - 6/13

May was a month for revisiting old favorites. Not too many new discoveries this month, but a lot of good songs got played around here nonetheless.

This Week in Great Music: 5/31 - 6/6

The Low Anthem's album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, came out in 2009 (2008, if you count the album's self-release), but I've only recently discovered it, and now I'm wondering how I managed to miss out on this album for almost a year. This is "Charlie Darwin", the track which kicks off the whole album, which is sad and gorgeous and haunting.