Old Songs For The New Town

Eye Weekly(both the print version and online version) has gone through a complete redesign, and while I'm going to miss the old layout which I thought was simple, attractive, and easy to read, a week from now I probably won't even care that it changed. Read the editorial regarding the redesign. The only aspect of the redesigned layout which I don't particularly like is the concert listings. The Concert Chart is an eyesore, but at least they didn't totally get rid of the simple listing-by-day. However, it is a pain in the ass that the user has to scroll down more than half way down the page just to get to the new Concert Announcements.

Toronto-via-Vancouver country-gospel-indie rocker Jon-Rae Fletcher snags the cover and accompany cover story for the new issue of Eye Weekly. Jon-Rae Fletcher and The Choir have a show tomorrow with openers The Silt and Castlemusic at The Music Gallery. Tickets $8 in advance at Rotate This and Soundscapes. I still haven't decided whether I'm going to go although I've been meaning to check out Jon-Rae Fletcher and The Choir. I saw Jon-Rae Fletcher with The River this summer at Lee's Palace, but I've heard that Jon-Rae's shows with The Choir are quite the experience. Any time you have a 17-member Choir on stage backing a 'rock' band, you know it's going to be a joyous occasion.

After being tipped off by Brooklynvegan and From Blown Speakers about Morcheeba dates for New York City(Dec 1st) and Vancouver(Dec 5th) respectively, I was disappointed not to find any info for a Toronto date. Over at the Morcheeba message board, thetiger97(second post from the top) has a list of other tourdates including Washington DC(Nov 30th) and San Francisco(Dec 7th), although as Deeply Disturbed(third post from the top) says maybe the band can fit in a Toronto date between the New York City and Vancouver dates.

The Straight speaks with humble Metric frontwoman Emily Haines who doesn't see herself as the next Gwen Stefani. The article also mentions that she's almost finished work on her solo album.

New York Magazine has a Q & A with Matt Pond Pa. They also show some love for the new Broken Social Scene album.

Watch/listen to Supergrass' live acoustic session from today on Morning Becomes Eclectic.