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Cherry Coloured's posted that Goldfrapp's soundtrack for the UK movie, "My Summer of Love" will be released June 21st. Actually, Aeki Tuesday(via Arjan Writes) posted about this a couple of days ago, but Cherry Coloured's also posted a link to some tasty Goldfrapp mp3 remixes. Boo-yah!

In the meantime, the Goldfrapp web site reports that the new album "Ooh La La" will be released on August 22nd.

The Goldfrapp concert in Toronto at The Opera House several years ago still ranks as one of my top concert disappointments ever, what with Goldfrapp vocalist Alison Goldfrapp storming off stage like a cry-baby(not before throwing her beverage on the ground; or was that in the audience?), apparently because she wasn't satisfied with the sound or something. And as I remembered, the band had only played 7 songs or so. What a total ripoff. Ok maybe, not a total ripoff; those 7 songs sounded totally amazing. Still, I'm waiting for a return Toronto performance. I sort of lost track of Goldfrapp after the release of their slinky, electro-clash influenced 2nd album "Black Cherry". In actuality, I think I'd only heard the first single "Train" and just wasn't interested. The first album "Felt Mountain" was such a lush, trip-hop, masterpiece and I'm hoping the new album'll be a return to that. [photo credit: Polly Borland]
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Joe Pernice takes reign of the latest news update at The Pernice Brothers official website. So Mr. Pernice is on a diet, all the more difficult since he mentions living beside a Portuguese bakery. Hmmm, bread. Hey, has anyone spotted him and or Laura in downtown Toronto? Joe and Laura have designed a new Pernice Brothers t-shirt and the Pernice Brothers will be out on tour in North America this summer. As I mentioned before, Pernice Brothers have been confirmed for the Ottawa Bluesfest in July.

Pretty Girls Make Graves will be at The Mod Club in Toronto on August 25th. [from stillepost.ca]

I've been checking the NXNE site everyday for the past couple of weeks for the artist lineup and lo' and behold, chartattack beats me to the punch with the announcement. Actually, the NXNE site doesn't list an artist lineup as of yet. Grrrrr, insider info.

Yonge/Dundas Square'll be hosting some prime concert fare(all free btw!) including Quartertones(featuring the awesome turntablist skills of Toronto's DJ Serious) June 17 and LAL August 12. [from Pollstar]

Final Fantasy will be going on a short tour in Ontario(with one date in Montreal). He'll be at The Casbah in Hamilton, ON on July 22, 2005 according to Pollstar. eye says that Final Fantasy will be in Toronto at The Music Gallery on June 25th, tickets $8 advance at Penguin, Rotate This, Soundscapes or $10 at the door.

Believer Magazine will be releasing a compilation CD with its June 2005 issue. The bands involved were asked the question, "what are you currently listening to?" and whatever their answer was, is the song they are probably covering. Check out the tracklisting over at Suicide Girls featuring such Can-Con fare as Jim Guthrie covering The Constantines' "Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright)" and The Constantines covering Elevator's "Why I Didn't Like August '93". [link found via Technorati]