My friend Neil Lipuma of White Shoe Records hosted the second annual Brooklynbretta Fest on Sackett Street yesterday, featuring a day-long lineup of local acts, along with BBQ and beer

I’ve known about whiteboy hip-hop duo Grand Buffet for a long time through my Pittsburgh friends, though I never had the chance to see them live before last night’s midnight

Austin, TX, 9.15.07 Stubb’s Clubs DeVille and Mohawk   Sparrow House The Rosebuds  With Hot Freaks bloggers on stage St. Vincent

6th Annual Austin City Limits Festival, 9/14/07 Del McCoury M.I.A. Bela Fleck Blonde Redhead   Manchester Orchestra Peter Bjorn and John   Joss Stone Spoon Me at Sunset The Gotan

Randall’s Island, NYC, 9.9.07 Montgomery Gentry Matisyahu Guster Warren Haynes (guitarist for The Dead, Govt. Mule, and The Allman Brothers) Counting Crows The Allman Brothers Band Dave Matthews with Tim

  Flying home from Austin now, after a breakfast of migas with my brother and his family. Driving to the airport, I heard WFUV music director Rita Houston interviewed from

Tonight’s pic comes courtesy of the Hot Freaks show at The Mohawk on Red River tonight, featuring the excellent Rosebuds, followed by the less-impressive St. Vincent (pictured). Earlier, my friend

I’m down in Austin, Tx for the 5th annual Austin City Limits Festival – of which this will be my 4th. (My brother and his family live here, so that