This past weekend a few of us here at Aeki Tuesday volunteered our time at the Green Apple Music & Arts Festival. The festival started last year and has now grown to include Chicago and San Francisco with a total of over 200 events. Its goal was to raise awareness of Earth Day. The GAMAF provided environmentally friendly cups, napkins, paper towels and cleaning materials to each venue in the city in hopes these venues will notice the impact of such a practice. Artists such as Kaki King, Mason Jennings, Dave Matthews, Catie Curtis and a slew of other acts were part of this music festival.

Last Thursday night, the Mercury Lounge was packed with three great bands and lots of noise. The night was originally billed with four bands but we were only able to catch Vampire Weekend, Mahogany and Land of Talk.