Devonte Hynes went from being in band with one of the worst names ever - Test Icicles - to being a solo artist with one of the coolest sobriquets I can recall: Lightspeed Champion. Better still, after the shrieky Testies called it quits, the black Britisher split up with his girlfriend, got bummed out, and went to hang out with the Bright Eyes crew at Saddle Creek records in Omaha. The result is Falling Off Lavender Bridge, a pedal steel kissed breakup album packed with fetching tunes with such inviting titles as "Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk," "I Could Have Done This Myself," and "All To Shit." He plays downstairs at the World Cafe Live on Friday at noon, and upstairs at 8. Both shows are free.
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