Jesse is one of my favorite people in Chicago. A few years ago, we'd run into each other at parties, but I rarely recognized him because he had a giant beard that obscured the details of his face. After the Reader wrote about his record label last year, I dropped him a congratulatory e-mail, and that led to back-and-forth missives, which led to our friendship. Anyway, Jesse's band The Narrator is releasing their full-length record next month, and
Pitchfork gave a favorable review to one of its singles. You can listen to the song there if you like.