Former Shame That Tune cohost, Nerds on Tour podcaster, and Baby Teeth front man Abraham Levitan just wrote Gossip Wolf to say he’s getting back onstage—it’s been five years since he played a full show. He admits he might be having a midlife crisis, and says he’s been writing “insanely specific” songs about fatherhood that could “yank the term ‘dad rock’ into a strange and awkward new dimension.” He’s also hoping to re-form Baby Teeth! On Wednesday, August 1, at the Hungry Brain, Levitan plays two sets of “mostly solo glam piano and vocal, some karaoke-style with backing tracks—I’ll essentially be live-auditioning new material for once and future bandmates.” For now, Levitan is performing as simply Abraham: “unadorned, biblical, and terrifying.” But this wolf doesn’t expect he’ll “sacrifice” quality by playing alone!
Last week Chicago rapper-producer Encyclopedia Brown and beat maker Diaz Millenia dropped Art Never Spoils (the material was written between 2006 and 2009), an album for fans of syllable-packed raps and lackadaisical boom-bap. v
