This week,
City Weekly asked some questions of the local music community—whether they're players themselves, simple fans, or the kind of people who work in other capacities like managing venues, booking shows and otherwise doing the work to make our music scene what it is. We asked: "With almost a year of pandemic upon us, what are y'all are looking forward to most this year, whether the pandemic ends or not? Trying for hopefulness here, or at least some forward-looking-ness."
Landon Young (@oklandon), local music fan: "I'm looking forward to starting new band(s) and hopefully seeing a live show before the year's end. 2020 taught me to not take live music and venues for granted—especially when touring artists are involved. I think it's going to be wild once things are cleared. The album-to-tour cycle is broken, so anybody that's released an album in the previous two to three years will likely try to tour at the same time. Fewer venues exist, so there'll be stacked shows every night in large cities."