So Lead Me To The Harbour

I was checking out Harbourfront Centre's website and they finally have a sneak preview of their upcoming summer festival season! Many of the festivals from last year which I attended will make a return this year such as "Beats, Breaks & Culture: Toronto Electronic Music Festival"(July 8 - 10), "Hot & Spicy Food Festival"(July 29 - August 1) and "Masala! Mehndi! Masti! An Explosive South Asian Arts Festival"(August 3 - 7). I'm hoping the "Gobsmacked Festival" from last year(featuring free shows by Broken Social Scene, The Hidden Cameras, King Cobb Steelie and others) will make a return this year. A interesting new festival this year is "T.O. Twang: All Things Alt Country"(Aug 12 - 14); as I mentioned yesterday Carolyn Mark has already been confirmed. The "Canada Day Extravaganza"(July 1) should be good also as Feist is scheduled to perform at Harbourfront that day according to her website. Full details for all festivals are still to be announced and I'm hoping that there'll be some decent live acts this year. [photo from http://../]

Neko Case'll be coming back to Toronto on July 7th for a show at Harbourfront! More Neko Case tour dates can be found at billions.com.

Bradleys Almanac has graciously provided an mp3 download of John Doe with Neko Case performing "Highway 5" live on Late Night With Conan O'Brien.

Sloan will be interviewed and will be performing a live session for KEXP on May 6th(noon, Pacific Time). [info from sloanmusic.com]

Watch a video of The Dears performing "Lost In The Plot" live on Last Call With Carson Daly. [link courtesy of Aeki Tuesday]

There's a lot of good streaming live sessions over at Minnesota Public Radio including sessions from Stars and Apostle of Hustle. Check it out. [link from More Cowbell]

chartattack has news about The Creeping Nobodies who'll be heading back to Fun City Studios in New York to put the finishing touches on their third album.

eye has a Q & A with Martha Wainwright whose debut CD just came out yesterday.

A new fan expresses his love for controller.controller. Word.