The conclusion of the three-part mini-series known as The Good Life's Eastern Nebraska Tour is performed tonight at Sokol Underground with Drakes Hotel and Mal Madrigal. $9, 9 p.m. It's the last significant show before Christmas, so get it in while you can.

In other indie music news, Pitchfork has posted their annual top-50 for the year (read it here). There are a few surprises, one of which is that Joanna Newsom wasn't No. 1. A glance at the various lists around the 'net indicated that Ys is maybe the most-lauded album of the year. It didn't even make my list, though, which goes online next Wednesday along with the usual Year in Review story that you've all been waiting for. And for the first time in a while, no Creek band made the Pitchfork list (but I may be wrong about this -- were any Creek releases in the '05 Pitchfork list?).

See you at the show (I'm really gonna make it this time).

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