Blacklisted

Good Luck to Jack(of blog The Other Side of Country) in his efforts to infiltrate this years CMAA's with a good dose of deserved nominees like Neko Case, Robbie Fulks, and Drive-By Truckers. And while he's at it maybe we can start a petition for the Grand Ole Opry to lift the life-long ban on Neko Case ever appearing on their stage.

The River Cities' Reader Online talks with Neko Case and her double life as a singer and Pornographer.

And just a reminder again to Canadian fans, Neko plays Toronto @ Harbourfront on July 7 and in Ottawa at the Cisco Systems Bluesfest on July 8. [photo from [http://../]

Said The Gramophone's posted the mp3(and written a review) for The Arcade Fire's "Power Out(August Session)" which is one of the b-sides for the new "Power Out" single, released in the UK this week.

chartattack talks to Tony Dekker, frontman for Great Lake Swimmers.

Mr. David Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz will be making a live appearance at the downtown Toronto HMV store(333 Yonge St.) this Saturday May 28th between 3 pm and 4 pm, for an autograph session. Also appearing will be Danger Mouse, who produced the latest Gorillaz album. Prior to the 3 pm to 4 pm autograph session, the pair will be at radio station Edge 102.1 at 2:20 p.m. for a live in-studio interview. [from chartattack]

Hey, Beck's opening for The Rolling Stones when they play Toronto on September 26. [info from liveDaily via prefix magazine]

Tomorrow(May 27th), the following live sessions will be broadcast on KEXP(all times are PST; for US/Canada EST add 3 hours to times below):

The Dears: Friday May 27, 11:00am
Of Montreal: Friday May 27, 1:00pm
Camper Van Beethoven: Friday May 27, 3:00pm

M.I.A. will perform live on Late Night With Conan O'Brien tomorrow night. Pound For Pound has some links to some live M.I.A. downloads, including an mp3 of her performing the wicked "Bucky Done Gun" on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show.

Metric is suppose to perform a live session on XFM tomorrow. Anyone know what time?

I thought that this post was interesting and reflected some of the same sentiments I have towards concert-going in Toronto nowadays. Really, why do shows never start on time, especially on work nights?