the playlists for October yet again

The Bettie Serveert phone interview went off with a hitch, no typo, as I had trouble wrestling with the mechanics of our legendary board. Once everything settled down though, we had a lovely talk with Ms. Carol VanDyck of said band, who called from a van that just happened to be in Rochester (Henrietta, in fact). Why can't we get bands to stop here, I ask you? Anyway, the new CD, Bare Stripped Naked, is destined to be an underrrated gem from this year, so check it out.

Once again, an attempt at organizing a playlist or three:
10/9: Viva Voce, Grizzly Bear, Tanya Donnelly
10/16: Hidden Cameras, Sadies, Noel Ellis
10/23: Califone, Tortoise, Quitters

And in the too-good-to-be-true dept, a DVD of Neko at Austin City Limits comes out Tuesday, to what seems like relatively low fanfare. I'll be checking all the same.