Cadillac Dust

Weewerk artist, Elliott Brood are set to release their first full-length album entitled "Ambassador" on October 4th. It seems I've been on a bit of a alt-country/folk kick as of late. Elliott Brood's music is described on the Weewerk's site as "Death Country - dark, gritty folk music built around whiskey". It seems it's been the summer of alt-country in Toronto and Elliott Brood nicely fits into that mold. Unfortunately, I missed their set when they performed at the recent T.O. Twang Festival at Harbourfront because I was watching Carolyn Mark's set. However to make up for that, Elliott Brood have a bunch of Toronto appearances lined up for this fall including:

Sep 08 @ TD Centre(Dominion Courtyard) [free show]

Sep 17 @ Ear To The Ground Festival

Oct 05 @ Soundscapes instore [free show]

Oct 14 @ Horseshoe Tavern

Check out the artist's official site for more Ontario fall tourdates, as well as European tour dates.

Check out the artist's page at the Weewerk site for audio samples.[photo credit: Michael Sutherland]
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If you're lucky enough to get a ticket to this, this should be interesting: Pitchfork reports on Architecture in Helsinki's fall tour dates which brings the 8-piece to Toronto on October 1st at...and now take a deep breath, Rancho Relaxo. Logistically, this seems like a nightmare with a band that large in such a small club, not to mention the buzz behind the band at the moment which most definitely will make this a hot ticket. I'm not sure why the tiny Rancho Relaxo was booked of all places(well, if I had to guess, it's because Black Mountain are already booked for Lee's Palace on October 1st.). This is sure to sell out fast.

Ted Leo fansite, Timorous Me is hosting the video of the performance of that as-yet-untitled new song which Ted Leo performed at the Seaport Music Festival. [video courtesy of Dan Dickson] It's a QuickTime file; I've tried playing the file on my computer but the video component of the file isn't displaying, even after I downloaded and installed a newer version of Apple QuickTime. If anyone gets the file working properly, drop me a line.

I'd like to thank Bella for uploading onto their website, the video for the interview they did on Muchmusic's "Going Coastal" on June 26, 2005. They are a fun indiepop band from Vancouver who I'd discovered earlier in the year and was fortunate to catch their set when they performed at The Drake Hotel in Toronto during NXNE.

Strange double-bill, Sinead O'Connor and Sly and Robbie will be at the Kool Haus on December 3rd, according to Pollstar.

Finally, Billboard reports that that the final Guided By Voices concert which occurred on New Year's Eve of 2004 at Chicago's Cabaret Metro is set to be released on DVD on November 15th through Plexifilm.