Edna's Stewart's eponymous west-side soul food restaurant will close as of August 1; an oral history by Amy Evans of the Southern Foodways Alliance offers a picture of what we've lost.
This week's Early Warning include Atmosphere, Big Boi, High on Fire, Delorean, Jonsi, Maserati, Bob Mould, Surfer Blood, Of Montreal, the Thermals, and Titus Andronicus.
Tim Kinsella talks Cap'n Jazz, "Bartok rockers" Reds and Blue finally release their first album, Kings of Leon get a thumbs-down from the pigeon community, and more.