Louisville native Will Oldham, a.k.a. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billie, scores a review of Lie Down in the Light from C-J music writer J. L. Puckett.

This week’s Velocity cover story features a peculiar selection of clubs and performers in the Louisville area on June 27 and 28. Really peculiar, although I didn’t check their choices against Velocity’s ad list. Everybody has their preferences…but it’s really just impossible to get it all into one story, even a long one.

Momentum continues for now at LEO, with a stack of reviews as their contribution to the music scene, including reviews of King Sonic and Marion Square. Mat Herron plugs an upcoming Bodeco show.

Over at Velocity, Joe Lord has reviews of the latest Will Oldham project, Lie Down In the Light, Ben Solle’s Learning to Bend and Your Highness Electric’s (formerly Christiansen) The Grand Hooded Phantom for a hat trick of Louisville music.

J. L. Puckett, music writer at the Courier-Journal, has a review of the Elvis Costello show, along with remarks about Brigid Kaelin’s adventure in networking. He also has a positive review of Jon Ashley and the Little Triggers Walking Free CD as well as a review of a ‘legacy’ re-release of Carole King’s Tapestry album.

J. L. Puckett has a review of the B-52s show on Friday at Waterfront Park. He also wrote a preview of Wednesday’s Elvis Costello concert.

C-J music writer J. L. Puckett was forced to go to the Alison Krauss-Robert Plant and write a review. It’s a dirty job but …

Nick at Backseat Sandbar has a review of the Galactic/Boots Riley show at Headliners Tuesday night. With pix.

Nick at Backseat Sandbar took in These United States and Vandaveer at the 930 Listening Room on Friday and wrote up a review, with pictures.

Nick at the Backseat Sandbar got down to the Glasswords on March 22 and caught the Ferdinand Fox/Bryan Scary show, There’s a review with pix here.

Tickets to the sold-out Meat Puppets/Built to Spill were hard to come by, but the official Louisville Music Maniac Cory Greenwell had some, went, took pictures and wrote up a review..