Check out Nneka in Chicago this Sunday at the Double Door. Local artist Jerome Holloway opens. I'm digging out my credit card to buy my tickets as we speak.

Derek Nelson has been gathering a following of fans, and pretty quickly at that, as he just released his first EP in October. Performing with a full band, he's headlining a show on Thursday at Lincoln Hall.

This week, my teenage years come back to haunt me.

Here's a mix of some songs I've been listening to this month. They're not all new songs, but for one reason or another, they've been getting steady rotation around here. Let me know what you think!

OK Go talks about embedding videos, the internet remembers Kate McGarrigle, and artists band together to support Haiti.