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Billboard reports that the first pressing of Broken Social Scene's upcoming self-titled second album will include a 7-track bonus EP entitled "EP To Be You and Me". The EP will include the following songs: "Her Disappearing Themes," "Canada Vs. America," "Baroque Social," "No Smiling Darkness" / "Snake Charmers Association," "All My Friends," "Major Label Debut (Fast)" and "Feel Good Lost (Reprise)." Billboard also reports that you can download a limited-time free mp3 of "7/4(Shoreline)" via the band's galleryAC digital downloads website. Wow, I just listened to the mp3 and this studio version has way more ooomph(both in the instrumentation and the lushness of the vocals) than the versions that have been floating around the 'net for sometime. And it's Feist singing the girl part. I kinda wish Amy was singing the girl part too. And yeah, towards the end of the song, those horns kick in. Sweet. [photo from http://../]

Pitchfork has the details about the different formats that The Deadly Snakes new album "Porcella" will be released as. The album will be released on September 27th through Paperbag Records and will be available in standard CD format as well as a double-vinyl edition. Check out Pitchfork for tourdates, which include a couple in my neck of the woods: Toronto @ Lee's Palace on Sept 23rd[openers: Heartless Bastards], and Hamilton @ The Underground on October 17th[openers: Tangiers].

The Fall have added a couple more UK tour dates, this time in London on November 1st and 2nd. As I mentioned yesterday, there's a possibility Mark E. Smith will bring his merry bunch over to the US(and I'm assuming Canada) after the UK dates. Although, Miss Valerie states otherwise as she says her "husband"(I think that's her cheeky way of saying Pete Doherty) in Manchester is going on holidays to Barcelona in November with a couple of the guys in Mark E. Smith's band.

Thanks to suckingalemon for pointing out the details of the upcoming 5-year anniversary Three Gut Records show which is happening on August 20th in Toronto. There's an afternoon show, possibly between 2 and 5 pm at Club Tranzac and an evening show starting at 9:30 pm at Lee's Palace. Check out suckingalemon or the Three Gut Records website for the lineups and details. Alas, I'm planning to be in Vancouver at that time, so everyone have fun.

Mod-soul-pop rockers Novillero will be coming back to Toronto on September 3rd, 9th and 10th. Details TBA. Also The Organ have some upcoming US and Canadian tour dates, including dates between September 8th and 17th in Ontario. Again, details TBA, although a post over at stillepost states that The Organ will be at The Casbah in Hamilton ON on September 19th. The band are confirmed for the Ear To The Ground Festival in Toronto at Exhibition Place on September 18th.[info from Mint Records]

Speaking of Novillero, listen to(and or download the mp3 of) their nifty live version of Joy Division's "Ceremony" over at their MySpace website.

I hadn't caught onto the following info until a post over at stillepost pointed me in the right direction but Always Familiar posted several mp3's for download of tracks from The Diableros upcoming debut album. They are playing with The Jim Yoshi Pile-up at Sneaky Dee's on Wednesday August 17th.

Stuart Berman of eye and The Two Koreas is guest blogging at Always Familiar this week.

If you hadn't already downloaded You Ain't No Picasso's mp3 compilation indie covers mix, he's given you a second chance to download it here. And like your mother always told you, be sure to say "thank you".

Keren Ann performed a live sesson for BBC 6 Music's Gideon Coe program on Monday August 8, 2005. Listen to the stream here[around the 20:40:00 mark; only archived for a week].

Umm, I had planned to bring out the bicycle this evening before it got dark. Too late.