Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)

Download the new music video for Broken Social Scene's "Ibi Dreams of Pavement (A Better Day)". [via donewaiting via the Panda Canoe] It just so happens that George Vale is again the video director and the music video is listed over at his website. However, I couldn't access the video at his site so I suggest that you jump on the download link above, since it's a yousendit link and it'll probably be gone by next week. (If anyone misses downloading the video, you can contact me by e-mail and I'll be happy to post it up through yousendit.)

The war uniform motif of the new Broken Social Scene music video nicely segways into my next topic. My friend and I watched "Jarhead" yesterday. I'll spare you the formal review but I will say it was well-acted, visually stark, and it provided a unique perspective of 'war'. In addition, the soundtrack was fairly of the times(early 90's) and featured a selection of songs by Public Enemy, Naughty By Nature, Nirvana, Tom Waits, Bobby McFerrin, and others that within the context of the film added an additional emotional element. The Virginian Pilot recently posted an article by The Associated Press which examines some of the songs used in "Jarhead". My favourite musical moment of the film was hearing "Something In The Way" by Nirvana, apparently the first time one of their songs was used in a film.

NME reports that Supergrass will be kicking off a world tour starting in Toronto with a show at Kool Haus on February 6, 2006. Rest of the dates over at NME. [via Rock Snob]

chartattack speaks with Vancouver-based indie-synth pop band Bella who admit they don't feel like part of the Vancouver music scene.

Laura Veirs performed a live session yesterday for Morning Becomes Eclectic. Listen to or watch the session.

Finally, I was over at the Matt Pond PA website which is currently featuring short profiles of each of the members. Matt's in particular stands out: "Matt enjoys these things, in no particular order: swimming, rice and beans, Maker's Mark, pants, a cat named Pickles, Crime Mob, potato pancakes and Canada." Matt, you slay us. BTW, their single "Halloween" is one of my favourite singles of 2005.