In addition to my contributions here, I write the Weekender over at Little Village, help out with social media for the Mission Creek Festival and enjoy things that blow my mind.

Brad Oberhofer released a fantastic EP in 2009 and has continued to steadily gain critical attention. He will make his biggest splash yet with the release of Time Capsules II, his first full length effort which was produced by Steve Lillywhite who has worked with such acts as U2, The Rolling Stones, Morrissey, and others. The [...]

As their latest effort, Love at the Bottom of the Sea and subsequent Mission Creek show approaches, Magnetic Fields hit us with their first single from the new record. “Andrew In Drag” is a song about falling in love with a man who jokingly dressed in drag once. It’s short, poppy, upbeat and kind of tragic [...]

North Carolina folksters and Iowa City favorites, Bowerbirds are to release their 3rd studio album on March 6th. And guess what? They’re hitting up Mission Creek later that month. The trio has been gaining momentum ever since their fantastic 2007 debut, Hymns for a Dark Horse, and their indie cred is only on the upswing. [...]

Magnetic Fields just announced the release of their latest effort, Love at the Bottom of the Sea. Their tenth studio album is scheduled to drop on March 6th, just a few weeks before their Mission Creek Fest debut at the Englert on March 28th. Stephin Merritt, the songwriter and driving force behind Magnetic Fields has [...]