Boooo I suck so bad - 28

Yes I've been away for a while.. don't you know what the Christmas season is like???

Here's the last video of the year:
The Coral "Put the Sun Back"


All I want in 2008 is for this band to come to Toronto.
Cheers to the new year!

Meow. - 7

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Reminder: Joel Plaskett's six nights at the Horshoe Tavern, Toronto
  
• Bonnaroo Festival confirmed
• Mountain Goats 2008 dates
  
• Ani DiFranco mid-winter dates
• Underworld reschedule tour
  
• Wilco North American tour
• Warped Tour news
  
• Atlas Sound North American tour
• These Silhouettes Canadian dates
  
• Art Brut 2008 dates
  
• Spice Girls add dates.. just in case you wanted to know
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Bauhaus - Go Away White, March 10
• Dead Meadow - Old Growth, Feb. 5
• Silversun Pickups - Remixes, Dec. 11
• Old News: New Weezer NOT coming out April 22.
• HOWEVER: Alone, Rivers Cuomo's collection of solo demos, Dec. 18
  

TODAY'S SPECIAL
Grammy News

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Land of Talk "Speak to Me Bones"

I'll remember those good times - 3

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Super Furry Animals North American tour
• Band of Horses 2008 dates
• Bonnaroo news (with Zeppelin!)
  
• Australian VFest in the works
• Radiohead dates
• Raised Fist Canadian dates
  
• Mars Volta dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Blood on the Wall - Liferz, Jan. 22

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
U.K.
U2 - 'The Joshua Tree Remastered And Expanded Edition
N. America
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Rufus Wainwright -Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall
Nick Drake - Fruit Tree
James Brown - The Singles, Vol. 4: 1966-1967

TODAY'S SPECIAL
Rock and Roll High School for real!

Work BLOWS - 20

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• More Bjork dates
• More Springsteen dates
  
• The Walkmen 2008 dates
• The Kooks U.S. tour
  
• Foo Fighters add Canadian datesf

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Kate Nash - Made of Bricks, Jan. 8
• Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride, Feb. 19
  

TODAY'S SPECIAL
RHCP taking 'Californiacation' to the courts

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
NIN - Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D

I MET JAMIE OLIVER - 16

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
The Stills "Destoyer"


YEAH I TOTALLY MET JAMIE OLIVER AND IT WAS THE BEST 30 SECONDS OF MY LIFE.

Ehh I'm lazy today - 14

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Foo Fighters 2008 dates
  
• Office US tour
• Band of Horses 2008 dates
• Iron Maiden 2008 world tour
  
• Andrew Bird adds dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• the White Stripes - Conquest b-sides thinger, Dec. 18
  
• Cadence Weapon - Afterparty Babies, March 4
  

TODAY'S SPECIAL
Music World goes bankrupt

*high five!* - 13

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• David Gray North American dates
• Dresden Dolls winter tour
• Bruce Springsteen adds more dates
  
• Los Campesinos! world dates
  
• Gallows U.S. tour
• Van Halen 2008 dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• WEEZER ALBUM SIX APRIL 22
• Led Zeppelin - Mothership and the Song Remains the Same on vinyl, March 2008
  
• Metric - Live at Metropolis, Feb. 12
• Muse - the Haarp Tour live CD/DVD, feb. 19
  

TODAY'S SPECIAL
Norman Mailer dies at 84

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
N. America
Incubus - Look Alive DVD
The Hives - The Black and White Album
Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre
LCD Soundsystem - 45:33

Video of the Week - 9

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Razorlight "In the Morning"


Show this Sunday at the Phoenix in Toronto \m/

Not chatting with Murdoc - 8

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Handsome Furs Ontario dates
• DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist 2008 (?) dates
  
• Idlers Canadian dates
  
• More Peter Bjorn & John dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Radiohead - In Rainbows, Dec. 31
  

TODAY'S SPECIAL(s)
My Bloody Valentine reunite
and
Priest jailed in stalking of Conan O'Brien
and
The Blood Brothers break up

Camera case=finished! - 7

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• the Rumble Strips extend U.S. tour
• Hot Chip 2008 dates
• Cold War Kids U.S. dates
  
• Girl Talk 2008 dates
  

TODAY'S SPECIAL
Beatles movie Help to screen at 32 Canadian theatres

Mashed Potatoes - 6

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Joel Plaskett Emergency Toronto showcase (yes, old news..)
  
• Kristeenyoung dates with Ted Leo
• Sufjan Stevens January dates
  
• Meat Loaf cancels entire tour
  
• Blind Melon continue toour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Jason Collett - Here's to Being Here, Feb. 5
  
• the Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath, Jan. 28
• Radiohead - In Rainbows, Jan. 1
  
• Switches - Lay Down the Law, March 18
• Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust, Nov. 12

TODAY'S SPECIAL
Radiohead "In Rainbows" stats (guilty)

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
U.K.
The Drones - Custom Made
Gorillaz: D-Sides
Delays - Love Made Visible EP
N.America
Neko Case reissues
Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
The Black Swans - Change!
Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down DVD
Jay-Z - American Gangster

My teef hurt - 5

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Magnetic Fields tour
• Morrisey tour in the near future, forgets Canada
  
• A Place to Bury Strangers on tour
• Bon Jovi dates, hah
  
• Some PJ Harvey gigs
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Switches - Lay Down the Law, March 18
• Loney, Dear - Sologne reissue, Dec. 4
  
• Radiohead boxset, Dec. 10
  

TODAY'S SPECIAL
First writers strike casualty: Late Night (BOO.URNS)

Video of the Week - 2

TIME WARP
So this is two days late for Halloween.. whatEVER.

Holy cancellations! - 1

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Led Zeppelin postpone reunion show
• Smashing Pumpkins cancel some shows
  
• Decemberists cancel rest of tour
• Reactivated Pylon fall tour
  
• The Cribs cancels North American tour
• United Steelworkers of Montreal Canadian dates
  
• Peter Bjorn and John U.S. dates
• Bionic and Trigger Effect Canadian dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Interpol - Our Love to Admire deluxe edition, Nov. 19
• Nine Inch Nails - Y34RZ3ROR3M1X3D, Nov. 21
• Cat Power - Jukebox, Jan. 22
  

TODAY'S SPECIAL
We Are Scientists drummer quit!

Happy Halloween - 31

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• TOOL expands tour
• Okkervil River expand tour
  
• Silverchair expands tour
• Stars 2008 dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Radiohead - In Raibows "discbox", possibly Dec. 3 (on XL Label)
• Pink Floyd - Oh By the Way boxset, Dec. 4
• I Hate CD's: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection Vol. 1 - Dec. 4

TODAY'S SPECIAL!
Robert Goulet dies at 73

A dirty town gets me down - 30

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Two B-52's shows in the U.S.
• Iron and Wine 2008 dates
• Razorlight make changes to U.S. tour
• A Northern Chorus Canadian dates

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• B-52's - Funplex, Feb. 26
• The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead, Jan. 29
• Rufus does Judy at Carnegie Hall, Dec. 4
• Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, Feb. 19
• Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree, Feb. 25
• Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down DVD, Nov. 6

Today's Special!
First Nirvana track to be used commercially

Let's do the time warp a-gain! - 29

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Caribou extends tour
• Travis U.S. tour
• Bon Jovi takes over the world
• Stevie Wonder extends tour

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Sons and Daughters - This Gift, Jan. 29
• Magnetic Fields - Distortion, Jan. 15

TODAY'S SPECIAL!
Woodstock museum to open

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
U.K.
Jimmy Hendrix Experience - Live at the Monterey DVD
Time for Heroes: Best of the Libertines
Ray Davies - Working Man Cafe
N. America
Buck 65 - Situation
Smashing Pumpkins - the Umpteenth Unnecessary Edition
Enter Shikari - Enter to the Skies
Arrested Development - Since the Last Time
Britney Spears - Blackout

Video of the Week - 26

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Cuff the Duke "The Ballad of Poor John Henry"

Gah! I've been busy! - 23

Today's Special!
Illegal download site shut down in police raid

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
U.K.
The Duke Spirit - Ex Voto EP
Battles - Tonto EP
N. America
Cuff the Duke - Sidelines of the City
Tokyo Police Club - Smith EP
Ryan Adams - Follow the Lights EP
Euros Childs - the Miracle
Scum of the Earth - Sleaze Freak
The New Rivals S/T
Coheed and Cambria - No Word for Tomorrow
A Place to Bury Strangers S/T
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
LittleSunday - Can't Wait for Tomorrow
Plants and Animals - With/Avec EP

Video of the Week - 19

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Blog Action Day! - 15

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• the Courteeners Winter tour
• Cornelius 2008 tour
  
• What's he Building in There? Eastern Canadian dates
• Beach Boys Spring U.K. tour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Alone - the Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, Dec. 11 OMFG
• Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up, Oct. 23
  

Today's SpecialS

• iPhone contains hazardous chemicals and materials
• Air pollution linked to Bronchitis in preschoolers
• Energy Alternatives
  
• Canada not listening to lead environmentalist
• Electronics Recycling
  

ba ba ba badadadadadadada - 12

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Deborah Harry North American tour
• BANG! festival postponed
  
• the Cribs North American tour
• the Cult extend tour
• Some Flatliners dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Nine in Nails - Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D, Nov. 20
• Hot Chip - Made in the Dark, Feb. 4 & 5
• Black Mountain - In the Future, Jan. 22
  
• Arrested Development - Since the Last Time, Oct. 30
  

Today's Special!
Paul McCartney and Heather Mills set for court battle

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Minus the Bear "Knights"

Brain eating amoeba - 10

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Robert Pollard dates
• Wallflowers expand tour
  
• the Avengers co-headline with the Pansy Division
• Stevie Wonder fall tour
  
• Radioslave fall tour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Cat Power - Jukebox, Jan. 21
• Johnny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood, Dec. 18
  
• Britney Spears - Blackout, Oct. 30
  

Today's Special!
Yoko Ono joined by Ringo Starr for Peace Tower unveiling

TL/RX - 8

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Soulsavers fall tour
• Decemberists cancel U.K. dates
  
• Ben Lee North American tour
• Thurston Moore adds dates
  
• Castanets U.S. tour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• ABBA - The Album reissue, Nov. 26
• Enter Shikari - The Zone, Nov. 12

Today's Special!
Pete Doherty did not attempt suicide

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
U.K.
The Hives - the Black and White album
British Sea Power - Krankenhaus? EP
N. America
radiohead.com
the Hives - some sort of fancy iTunes thing
Giantees - Tomorrow's Eager Hands
British Sea Power - Krankenhaus? EP
She Wants Revenge - This is Forever
Deborah Harry - Necessary Evil
Craig Cardiff - Good Night (Go Home)
So They Say - Life in Surveillance
Sydney - When We Were Safe
Beirut - Flying Cup Club

Also just a side note, October 15 is "Blog Action Day" and this year's theme is the environment. Along with your regularily schedule program, I'll also sprinkle some environmental knowledge into that day's blog. Yay! *hugs tree*

Happy Thanksgiving! - 5

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Modest Mouse North American tour
• Ben Lee North American tour
  
• Some Be Your Own Pet dates
• John Mellencamp adds dates
  
• Justice North American dates
• Pepper fall dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Scum of the Earth - Sleaze Freak, Oct. 23
• Euros Childs - the Miracle, Oct. 23
  
• Coheed and Cambria - No Word for Tomorrow, Oct. 23
  
• Britney Spears - Blackout, Nov. 13
  

TODAY'S SPECIAL!
Music fan fined $222,000 for file sharing

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
the Hives "Tick Tick Boom"

Seriously, watch them live if you get the chance

Tick Tick Boom - 4

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Pipettes reschedule North American dates
• Feist expands tour
• Sigur Ros adds dates
• Plants and Animals Canadian dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Sons and Daughters - The Gift, Jan. 29
• The Drones - Custom Made, Nov. 5
• Plants and Animals - With/Avec EP, Oct. 23
  
• Nirvana - MTV Unplugged DVD, Nov. 20
• Sigur Ros - Heima DVD, Nov. 20
• The New Rivals S/T - Oct. 23

Today's Special!
Exclusive Radiohead interview Part II

House - 2

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Sondre Lerche fall tour
  
• Athlete U.S. dates
• Voxtrot reschedule dates
  
• the Verve U.K. dates
• Kanye West "World" dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• INCUBUS - LOOK ALIVE DVD, Nov. 13
  
• Jay-Z - American Gangster, Nov. 6
• Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full, Nov. 6
  
• Neko Case reissues, Nov. 6
• Sydney - When We Were Safe, Oct. 9
  

Today's Special
Radiohead exclusive interview

Subtract the Bear - 1

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• The Pipettes cancel most of their North American tour
• M.I.A. adds dates
  
• Meat Puppets add dates

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• RADIOHEAD - IN RAINBOWS, Oct. 10
  
• British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?, Feb. 12
• AC/DC - Plug In DVD, Oct. 16
  
• Giantees - Tomorrow's Eager Hands, Oct. 9
• Beirut - Flying Cup Club, Oct. 9
  

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
The Cult - Born Into This
the Ramones - It's Alive: 1974 - 1996 DVD
Wintersleep - Welcome to the Night Sky
Bob Dylan - Dylan
Most Serene Republic - Population
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction
the Pipettes - We are the Pipettes
PJ Harvey - White Chalk

Today's Special
Kanye West starts a blog!

Goin' to a party - 28

Today's Special!Concert death not linked to moshing, coroner says

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Supergrass "Pumping on Your Stereo"

Henry the horse - 27

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Kevin Drew extends tour
• Black Mountain Canadian dates
  
• Black Francis fall tour
  
• Battles North American tour
• Jay Reatard North American tour
• VHS or BETA extend tour
  
• New Young Pony Club fall tour
• Apollo Sunshine North American dates (scroll down)
  
• Arctic Monkeys fall tour
• Worldwide commemorative events set to honour Pavarotti
  
• Apostle of Hustle tour with Do Make Say Think

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Bob Dylan - Dylan, Oct. 2
  
• The Black Swans - Change!, Nov. 6
  
• Battles - Tonto EP, Oct. 22
• Black Mountain - In the Future, Jan. 21
  
• So They Say - Life in Surveillance, Oct. 9
  

Today's Special!
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2008 induction news

New cellphone, alriiiiight - 26

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Lollapalooza 2008 news
• Some Corb Lund Canadian dates
  
• Bonde de Role cancel some shows
• The Shins add more fall dates
  
• Ed Harcourt cancels some U.K. dates
• Craig Cardiff Canadian tour
  
• Spoon cancel three dates
• Dinosaur Jr. fall dates
  
• Sex Pistols add U.K. dates
• Andrew Bird adds fall dates (scroll down)
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Duke Spirit - Ex Voto EP, Oct. 22
• Craig Cardiff - Good Night (Go Home), Oct. 9
  
• Ray Davies - Working Man's Cafe, Oct. 29
• Corb Lund - Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier! - Nov. 13
  
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Today's Special!
Mistrial declared in Phil Spector murder trial

Err.. about yesterday... - 25

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• More New Pornographers dates
  
• PJ Harvey U.S. listening parties for new album
• MORE Queens of the Stone Age U.S. dates
  
• The Jesus and Mary Chain add U.S. tour
• Silverchair U.S. dates
• !!! cancel some Europe dates
  
• Mike Doughty fall tour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• LittleSunday - Can't Wait for Tomorrow, Oct. 23
  
• Deborah Harry - Necessary Evil, Oct. 9
  
• Killers - Sawdust B-sides comp., Nov. 13f
• Most Serene Republic - Population, Oct. 2
  
• Wintersleep - Welcome to the Night Sky, Oct. 2

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace
Weakerthans - Reunion Tour
Queen Latifah - Trav'lin' Light
Múm - Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy, Let Your Crooked Hands Be Holy
Jose Gonzales - In Our Nature
Joni Mitchell - Shine

Today's Special!
And the Polaris Prize goes to...

There goes my hero - 21

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Lemonheads U.S. tour
• Iron and Wine extend U.S. tour
  
• Broken Social Scene North American tour
  
• The Whip European tour
• Alice in Chains adds dates
  
• Patrick Wolf adds dates

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live At Monterey DVD, Oct. 29
• the Ramones - It's Alive: 1974 - 1996 DVD, Oct. 2
  
• Delays - Love Made Visible EP, Nov. 5
• Time For Heroes - The Best Of The Libertines, Oct. 29

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Foo Fighters "The Pretender"

...because I unfortunately missed them in my town for the first time since 2003.

Today's Special
Dave Grohl is my hero

Thirsty - 20

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Queens of the Stone Age extend tour
• Les Breastfeeders Canadian tour
  
• Even more Modest Mouse dates
  
• Hot Hot Heat U.K. tour
• Sleddogs Canadian tour
  
• Spoon add dates
• More Van Halen dates

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• A Place to Bury Strangers, Oct. 23
• She Wants Revenge - This is Forever, Oct. 9

Today's Special!
Canadian dollar climbs to parity with greenback

Bananas - 19

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Toronto's Indie Week news
• Klaxons do North America
• Jimmy Eat World maritime tour
  
• Tokyo Police Club Canadian dates
  
• Gallows cancel upcoming U.K. dates
• 50 Cent postpones European tour
  
• The Union Tour 07 news
• Hey Rosetta! Canadian tour
  
• Charlotte Hatherley U.K. acoustic tour
• Phosphorescent tour
  
• The Hylozoists Canadian tour
  
• Fiery Furnaces U.K. dates
• The Go! Team dates
• Enon fall dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Funeral for a Friend - The Great Wide Open, Oct. 15
• Tokyo Police Club - Smith EP, Oct. 23
  
• Enon - Believo! reissue

Today's Special!
Radiohead catalogue available for download

Rainbow Suspenders - 18

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Sex Pistols reunite on Nov. 8
• Smashing Pumpkins extend tour
  
• The Rumble Strips go on tour with Cold War Kids
  
• Tunng North American tour
• Plain White T's do North America
• More Modest Mouse dates
  
• Queens of the Stone Age U.K. tour
• Man Man North American dates
  
• the Wombats U.K. tour
• British Sea Power dates
  
• Paolo Nutini goes on without Winehouse
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Ryan Adams - Follow the Lights EP, Oct. 23
• Gorillaz: D-Sides, Nov. 5
• British Sea Power - Krankenhaus? EP, digitally on Oct. 8 + 9
  
• Hadouken! - Not Here to Please You, Nov. 12
• Club 8 - The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming, Nov. 13
• albumsix.com
  

Today's Special!
Dave Grohl does it again! <3

FIRST! - 17

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Ozzy and Rob Zombie do Canada
• Maximo Park do North America
• Willie Nelson U.S. dates
  
• Some British Sea Power dates
• Jose Gonzalez extends tour
  
• the Polyphonic Spree does the U.S.
• Les Savy Fav extend tour
  
• 50 Cent cancels European tour
• Buck 65 Fall tour
• Feist extends tour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCMENTS

• The Cult - Born Into This, Oct. 2
• Queen Latifah - Trav'lin' Light, Sept. 25
• Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre, Oct. 23

NEW RELEASES
N. America
Simian Mobile Disco- Attack Decay Sustain Release
Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
The Donnas - Bitchin'
Ben Lee - Ripe
Simon and Garfunkel - Live 1969
Dropkick Murphys - the Meanest of Times
U.K.
Joy Division back catalouge


Today's Special!
Dave Grohl talks Courtney Love