This record has been out for a year now and continues to move me beyond words. Bravo, Wussy.

Wednesday with Tortoise, Thursday with Nas and an orchestra

"Water bright as the sky from which it came" 💀🌹⚡

My first Wilco show, 20 years ago tonight, a scorcher from the Ghost is Born tour that raised $250K for Riley Children's Hospital.

Had the joy of seeing the great Bonnie Raitt with my parents and daughter in Cincy last night. Her voice is as astounding at 75 as it was in my childhood, deep and wide, and she still absolutely tears it up on a Fender Stratocaster. Will surely wind up among my favorite shows of the year.

In an unstable world, it's nice to know there are still things to rely on, like J. Mascis shaking your bones into dust with a Jazzmaster. Killer show in Cincy last night

I intersected with the cosmic power of Black Sabbath just once, on a perfect autumn Indiana night. The sound they made together was still primal, colossal, perfect. The contradictions of Ozzy just made him more loveable. The fearsome frontman and the babbling, enthusiastic goof: one and the same.

Saw Metallica twice this weekend and let me tell ya, folks. Metallica rules.

Saw Yo La Tengo last night. Gonna do it again three times in the next four days. What could be better? Spring has sprung in the Midwest. Just the perfect band in every way.

Looks like Bob is headed out on the Outlaw Tour with Willie again this summer. June 22 in Cincy with Nathaniel Rateliff and Bruce Hornsby. Three nights on the east coast with Wilco and Lucinda Williams...yowza.

Went up to Columbus last night and caught the Truckers in all their ragged glory. This loop through Southern Rock Opera is a special thing indeed, big and sprawling and messy, speaking to 2025 as powerfully as it did to 2001 and 1978. In the trees, angels and fuselage.

Starting to pull together my Big Ears plans and falling deeply in love with Esperanza Spalding's discography all over again

Got to see Bobby and the Wolf Bros with the Cincinnati Symphony last night. All fun, occasionally great ("Dark Star," "Lost Sailor"), once transcendent ("Days Between"). The most interesting part was the ways that the arrangements were built to allow for improv, and Jeff was COOKIN' last night.

I saw Big Bend last night, whose incredible "Last Circle in a Slowdown" is one of my favorite albums of 2024. Amazed at how this sound breathed and bloomed into the room. Nathan Phillips's vision intersects late Talk Talk at a very specific point but continues on that vector into its own world.

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like. Happy bday, Neil

There was a perfect intersection of my mid-20s, the years Megabus still functioned (well) across the Midwest, and some of the best years of Pitchfork. I was broke but could swing the weekend for under $200 crashing on a couch. Bjork in the thunderstorm is among my most significant music memories.