Guero

I wanted to post this yesterday. Some of this may be old news, some of this may be new news, but it's all you're getting. (BTW, just came back from a good-to-great Bettie Serveert show at the Horseshoe in Toronto. Photos and a review to follow likely this weekend. I'm exhausted.)

As reported by filter magazine, Beck will be releasing 3(that's right, 3) versions of his new album "Guero": standard CD format; as an expanded LP containing four remixes by the likes of Boards Of Canada, Octet, Dizzee Rascal and Royksopp, and as a two-disc collection featuring music videos for the tracks "E-Pro" and "Black Tambourine" and a 5.1 audio mix. [Beck photo from http://../]

Yet another Arcade Fire torrent, this time of their recent show in Philadelphia on January 31, 2005.[link from Largehearted Boy]

If you have 5 minutes(maybe 10 minutes) to spare, take the music nerd test! On the scale of 'music-nerdiness', I scored 44.92754%, which classifies me as a Major Music Nerd. Hmmmm, I actually thought I'd score higher. [link from melodynelson]

More Cowbell's posted the dates for the upcoming Josh Rouse tour which includes a stop in Toronto on April 5th @ Lee's Palace.

Canadian electronic artists, Caribou and Junior Boys are going on tour together through the U.S. and Canada in the spring which'll bring them to the Toronto neck o' of the woods for a show at the Horseshoe on April 28th. The tour will wrap up in Hamilton, ON at The Casbah on June 10th. [from Pitchfork]

The Bloc Party gig in Toronto on April 2nd has now been moved to The Opera House, according to Rotate This. Originally, planned for The Mod Club, then moved to Lee's Palace, and now The Opera House. This show's gonna be big.