By Chad Taylor
soundcheck@dmcityview.com

Last week, we talked about Hath No Fury and their unusual fan mail. This week, it would appear that it’s become a serial case. Industrial metal outfit September received an envelope at a recent show, addressed directly to “Wonderful Vocalist Lucas Brighton,” care of House of Bricks. Brighton forwarded me a scanned copy of the three page letter, and it’s definitely from the same person, displaying the same handwriting and curious period abuse of Hath No Fury’s letter. Brighton said the letter also came packaged with “some small handouts about my presumed close relationship with alcohol and how it relates to my presumed lack of relationship with Jesus.” At press time I’d heard rumors that Black Storm Alice had received a similar letter, but haven’t gotten to look at it. So congratulations once again, anonymous letter writer: You’ve piqued my curiosity.

Nitefall on the River has added three more names to the summer lineup: mark your calendars for Ingrid Michaelson ($25), performing with Greg Laswell on Thursday, July 12 at 7 p.m.; Grace Potter & The Nocturnals ($25-$25) on Thursday, July 26; and Andrew Bird ($32) on Tuesday, August 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased now through ticketfly.com, or at the Wooly’s boxoffice.

The semi-finalists for the Wellmark 80/35 Play-In have been announced. The semi-finalists will each play live on IPR’s Studio One at 7:30 p.m. on various days. Online fan voting will be held until May 25, and the three finalists will be announced on May 31, with the eventual winner getting a slot on the festival’s main stage Saturday, July 7. Studio One has already played host to Ladysoal on April 30, Emperor’s Club on May 1, and The White Elephant on May 2. Remaining acts are: The Beat Strings (May 3), Seedlings (May 7), The Wire Frames (May 8), Holy White Hounds (May 9) and Love Songs For Lonely Monsters (May 10).

Oregon based singer-songwriter Beth Wood comes to the Ritual Café on Friday, May 4, in support of her eighth album, “The Weather Inside.” Show starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $10.

SoundNotes’ pick o’ the week: Hank III comes to Wooly’s on Saturday, May 5. Tickets are $20 in advance/$22 at the door and are available through ticketfly.com, or at Wooly’s. The show starts at 9 p.m.

The Des Moines Community Orchestra performs its spring concert on Sunday, May 6, at the Sheslow Auditorium in Drake’s Old Main. The show starts at 2 p.m, and admission is free.

Dirty Rotten Imbeciles comes to the Vaudeville Mews on Monday, May 7. The all-ages show starts at 5:30 p.m. and tickets are $15. Dark Mirror opens.

Former American Idol contestant Casey James plays People’s on Wednesday, May 9, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance/$15 at the door.

And finally, a shout out to Greg Waldrop of DMI Photography. He took the Superchief photo featured in last week’s Sound and does some good work. CV