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Ok, I decided to skip The Decemberists show tonight at The Phoenix since I'd already seen them at the same venue earlier on this year. That show is one of my favourites of the year and it'll be hard to top that. Chartattack spoke to the band leader Colin Meloy guitarist Chris Funk who freely admits that while the band's been busy and have experienced some success, they're "...not a band that sells through the roof, like the Arcade Fire, who hang out with David Bowie or Death Cab For Cutie who hang out with the O.C. cast."

Apparently, The Decemberists' hometown of Portland, Oregon is fertile ground for indie musicians. Montreal, you had your 15 minutes.

I'm a little disappointed that with today being John Peel Day there weren't any Toronto shows organized, or at least I hadn't come across any. On a John Peel-related note, Guardian Unlimited examines John Peel's twenty favourite albums. Guardian Unlimited had posed this question to Mr. Peel in 1997 who freely admitted at the time that had they asked him a week later he very well may have chosen an entirely different list. Also, Revolution reports that John Peel's son Tom Ravenscroft will carry on the legacy of his father and promote new musical talent on a website devoted to new music. The site, whose URL will be Johnpeelmusic.com, has been created as a joint venture between John Peel's record label, Dandelion Records, and Universal Music.

eye's Stuart Berman speaks favourably about locals The Diableros opening stint for Tangiers at Lee's Palace last week. They have a recently record album entitled "You Can't Break the Strings in Our Olympic Hearts" for which Mr. Berman advises "Enterprising A&R reps would be wise to make a deal with these devils." I saw The Diableros when they opened for The Two Koreas at The Boat this summer, and let's just say they made a good first impression. They'll be opening for UK's Art Brut at Lee's Palace on November 13th. While you're over at the band's website, they also have mp3's available for download to tide you over while you wait for the album to be released.

PopMatters profiles Toronto's The Deadly Snakes.

Preceding their sold out show at the Kool Haus, Death Cab For Cutie are scheduled for a chat at the 102.1 the edge studios on Saturday October 15th at 4:10pm! They'll also be performing live!

Peaches will make a hometown appearance at The Drake Hotel in Toronto on November 5th as part of TAAFI's Boner Alternative Rock Party. [via Beggars Group Canada]