Listen (Listen, Listen)

I'm really digging Halifax band Wintersleep's song and video for "Danse Macabre". (if you have trouble playing the video through the above link go here[scroll down to 'W']). It's currently a featured music video on the Muchmusic website. Hey, why aren't these guys playing NXNE? I've been checking out their songs samples at New Music Canada, and for a band that's mining indie rock territory, there's some nice subtle nuances to their sound. The vocals remind me of a rough-hewn Lou Barlow. The band's website says the band'll be on a cross Canada tour(actually from Victoria to Montreal) in July and they'll be in these neck of the woods again in Toronto on July 21 at a venue TBA and Hamilton at The Undeground on July 23rd. ...oh, and btw they have some of the most gorgeous CD artwork ever.[photo from http://../]

From dimeadozen.org and purelivegigs.com, check out the following torrents(links courtesy of Largehearted Boy):

The Arcade Fire: 2005-05-20, Berlin [flac]
The Arcade Fire: 2005-05-21, Vienna [flac]
Stars: 2005-04-02, KEXP [flac]

The Siren Music Festival website has a new design which probably means a lineup'll be introduced soon. I've been hoping to go for the last couple of years. Maybe this year perhaps. It'd also give me a chance to visit New York City.(Is it possible to be in love with a city you've never been to?) [thanks to daily refill dot com for the reminder]

The NXNE site's been updated. Under 'Music - Bands', you can now check out weblinks to artists' and bands' websites and under 'Music - Venues' you can check out some posted set times. I've been checking out some of the bands' and artists' websites, sampling some of their music. I think I'll be able to scrape together a list of artists I'd like to check out. I'm still debating whether to stick to relatively unfamiliar artists or whether to just see tried and true artists like The Dears at The Phoenix on June 10th.

No it's not a live recording of Saturday's Decemberists concert at The Phoenix in Toronto which I went to, but here is a live recording of their show in Toronto at Lee's Palace on June 6, 2004. [I came across this link through a bit of web surfing; thanks to We Saw A Chicken for providing the mp3's]