I saw a lot of really good shows, some of my favorites were Andrew Bird at the Pygmallion Festival in Urbana, I had never seen him live before, he performed solo and completely blew me away, I think he’s from another planet. Tim Fite at Union Hall in Brooklyn was also a revelation, he’s one of the best showman out there. And I just saw the Dirty Projectors at Nice n Sleazy in Glasgow, they were fantastically complex and beautiful. As far as records go, I’ve been listening to In Rainbows way too much, I can’t help it, it’s just really really good. I think it has some of their best songs ever, especially Nude, All I Need and Arpeggi. I’m not so excited about the last two tracks though, I listen to the first eight and call it an EP. I just love the Grizzly Bear Friend EP as do most self respecting Brooklyn hipsters, and I bought the Loney, Dear record last week and am loving it’s popiness. I like the new Jay-Z record a lot too. I’m behind on my record shopping though, I still haven’t heard the new Iron and Wine for instance, so I’m not ready to claim a favorite record until I do some more listening!