Merchants of Soul

Stereogum discusses a theory that a friend of his overheard at a party, which goes that Spoon's "Gimme Fiction" was meant to be listened to in reverse track order(last song to first), but was sequenced backwards on purpose as some sort of inside joke, pop masterpiece. Methinks I should burn the CD in reverse track order and see if this theory has any legs.

Mp3 blog, Pimps of Gore runs down the early history of Spoon and has some mp3's of songs from some out-of-print Spoon releases. Apparently, the band's "Telephono" is difficult to find, and even if you found it on the web it'd cost you. I guess I should consider myself lucky for finding a NEW copy in a bargain bin for $1.

I'll admit, I'm late onto the Spoon bandwagon, but I can say most definitely that "Gimme Fiction" is the killer album of the year so far.[photo from http://../]
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The most recent update at Three Gut Records recounts as best they could, highlights of the label's illustrious career. Oh man, if I had Marty McFly's Delorean right now and could go back to November 2001 to that Sufjan Stevens/The Hidden Cameras/Royal City show at Lee's Palace.

Stuart Berman of eye compiles an essential Three Gut Records tracklist.

Just a reminder that the record label's 5th anniversary/farewell shows are going down in Toronto on August 20th at Club Tranzac in the afternoon(between 2-5pm) and in the evening at Lee's Palace. I'm actually considering heading down to Hamilton tonight(since I've booked the day off from work tomorrow) to see The Constantines at The Underground, which'd give me the opportunity to see Joel Plaskett at Harbourfront on Saturday night.

Thom of Radiohead has a blog. Be prepared for weirdness. [from the oh so quiet show] Productshop NYC offers more info on this latest endeavour of Thom's.

Just came across this...a download of Feist's recent live session for World Cafe is available courtesy of a poster at Feist's message forum.

Remember this thread? Well the Hamilton "September Shows" Stillepost thread is hopping with some great shows scheduled for that month, some recent announcements including:

Julie Doiron @ The Casbah on Sept 15th

The Stills w/ The Ladies & Gentlemen @ The Underground on Sept 16th

Gentlemen Reg will be opening for The Organ @ The Casbah on Sept 19th

The Willowz will play @ The Underground on Sept 19th

Plus, Whitey Museum at Stillepost says Japan's, The Zoobombs will play The Underground, with Yep Roc's Ian Moore opening, on September 21st.