Elizabeth’s Records, Lost Weekend Records, and Dreadful Sounds all have something planned for vinyl fans this holiday weekend. Get out and spend some money on some vinyl, plenty of great deals to be had.

Big band, small venue – this is going to be a good one. Starwood Presents And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead at Ace of Cups on Saturday, July 13.

This Friday night, Speed Governor lifts the lid off their meat-and-potatoes rock platter with an album-release show at KOBO. To whet your appetite, the trio’s made the 9-song album, which is heavily indebted to the mid-90s indie rock sound, available to download and/or stream.

These observations are based on my experience at ROTR and filtered through my own musical history and sensibilities. You will almost definitely disagree with some or all of what follows.

80s UK New Wave artists The Fixx and Wang Chung are co-headlining a show at the Hollywood Casino in July.

While some dictionaries point out that whoop represents a loud-but-muffled or possibly distant sound, the Urban Dictionary offers up this gem:

whoomp: 1. (n)(obs.) the place where it is 2. (n) the place where it was.

Lillian Axe, with original member Steve Blaze (guitars), returns to Columbus in June.

Always wanted a seat at the table? Now you’ve got one. Listen to Way Yes percussionist Tim Horak talk about Passion Pit, MTV, Fall Out Boy and EYE.

Tim Easton and Megan Palmer return to Columbus on Friday night for a Columbus Songwriter Session performance at Shadowbox Live. Plagued by a sleepless night due to a restless daughter, Tim found some time to answer questions I sent him via email.

All about Bell’s Two Hearted Ale, Hemingway’s Lies, the nature of reality and why the hell anyone would eat an onion sandwich.