Chicago songwriter and guitarist James Elkington—who has collaborated with everyone from Richard Thompson to Jeff Tweedy to Tortoise—recorded his sophomore album at Wilco’s Loft

hang gliding off the cliffs at Fort Funston

half-melted

Yet as much as the band has grown and matured via everything they've endured

Music in this kind of ephemeral moment is much less about active creation and more about discovering something which is already there in the air

SETTING - Setting LP Straight Edge Chicago songwriter and guitarist JamesThe North Carolina trio Setting brings together their substantial collective skills as musicians and their collaborative mindset to bear in their inventive and rich improvisations. Known for work in Mind Over Mirrors, Califone, Black Twig Pickers, Pelt, Peeesseye, Sylvan Esso, and Jake Xerxes Fussell, multi instrumentalists Jaime Fennelly, Nathan Bowles and Joe Westerlund subvert expectations while creating a sense of wonderment. Their intricate