by Tim McMahan, Lazy-i.com

Apologies to whomever I spoke to Saturday night at the Digital Leather show at O’Leaver’s for not sticking around. I showed up at around 10, in time to catch Peace of Shit, but began to feel sick after downing a beer. It must have been something I ate. Regardless, I missed DL and POS, and hopefully will get a chance to catch both bands again in the very near future.

Good shows are becoming more and more rare these days, probably due to the onset of winter, so it’s a real bummer whenever I miss a chance to see any band. That said, tonight at The Bourbon Theater in Lincoln it’s The Hold Steady with Company Of Thieves and Omaha’s own Filter Kings. I’m not a huge Hold Steady fan, but if I were in Lincoln I’d still probably go to this one. $16, 8 p.m.

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Depressed Buttons, the new project featuring Baechle, Fink and Thiele of The Faint, is giving away its latest single, “Ow!” on Facebook and Pitchfork

. Their debut EP, QWERTY, comes out Dec. 7 on Mad Decent. Check it out.

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So I see iTunes now sells Beatles songs. Why is this news?

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Tomorrow, right here at Lazy-i, another in a series of interviews with Tim Kasher. Be there.

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