Not too much to report today, but a couple of gems are circulating your local independent record store.--- Stop by and take a look-see. If anything, pick up some of the new-ish releases you neglected to purchase over parade-packed July. For example, Eagle Twin's The Unkindness of Crows will melt your face (especially when Gentry gurgles a series of eerie "begats" - and prepare you for their Aug. 14 performance opening for the mighty Sunn O))) at Avalon.

In the Beginning was the Screa...

Speaking of Eagle Twin, local poet/musician/occasional City Weekly contributor Curtis Jensen will be leaving our fair city to attend grad school in NYC. Before he takes off, he'll share with us one last spectacular reading at Ken Sanders on Aug. 6. Stay tuned for more info.