Columbus, This Is Your Weekend (6/14-17 / 2007)

THURSDAY
— Second Thursday of the month is always a delightful time for our monthly donewaiting.com Happy Hour at the Surly Girl Saloon. 7-10pm, me and Slaybaugh DJ and play all sorts of stuff. I have new (old) Monkees vinyl and it will be played, oh yes.

— Tortoise kick off their U.S tour at the Wexner Center, a sort of warm-up show for their Bonnaroo performance.
MP3: Seneca by Tortoise

— Down the road on High Streeet, Melt Banana is at Little Brother’s. This is the last amazing show at the club (as we know it) before it shuts down.
MP3: Rough Dogs Have Bumps by Melt Banana

FRIDAY

I just go the Grave Blankets 7″ in the mail and they definitely bring the rock. Expect a proper review later this month.

SATURDAY
The National returns to Columbus, this time playing The Basement. Now, I don’t have beef with the venue, but I’m not totally convinced that’s the best place for this show. Case in point: as of today, tickets were still available. Granted, I know that some bands don’t sell out in Columbus like they do in other cities, but this band has a great wave of buzz around them, and people still don’t know about the show. I think in another venue (Wexner? Skullys?), the word would have gotten out better. Needless to say, I’m selfishly happy about it because it’s less crowd to get in the way. It’ll probably have a great walk-up crowd, so all of this will be moot.

I saw The National at Pitchfork Festival last year and was really impressed. Can’t wait to hear the new album translated live.
MP3: Fake Empire by The National
BUY: “Boxer” on Amazon.com