Turn The Music Up

The Coast speaks to Toronto-based artist Shary Boyle. I saw her most recently when she provided a beautiful overhead projection visual performance during part of Jens Lekman's recent show at The Music Gallery in Toronto.(The photo at the left is from that show.) Her work is rather unconventional and it is stunning for that reason. She layers slides, utilizes mirrors to project images onto the ceiling, injects movement with her images and adds drawings-on-the-go during the visual performance. Her work is just so alive. I'm so glad to have experienced it. I get a lump in my throat just thinking about it. I think it was also her that provided a visual projection performance during Final Fantasy's sets when he opened for The Arcade Fire during the three-night stint at Danforth Music Hall earlier this year. I stand corrected; it wasn't Shary according to Katie in the comments.

Blog Party has video of Final Fantasy performing a live cover of Bloc Party's "This Modern Love". [via More Cowbell via The Smudge of Ashen Fluff]

The Over The Top Fest 2006 launch party will take place Wednesday January 11, 2006 at the Great Hall (1087 Queen St. West @ Dovercourt) and will feature performances from Final Fantasy w/ string quartet, Akron/Family and Great Lake Swimmers. Tickets $12, at Rotate This and Soundscapes. [info via Stille Post]

If you can't wait till January for Great Lakes Swimmers, they'll be playing a show at the Rivoli in Toronto on December 14th. [via Villains Always Blink]

Belle Orchestre are playing an early show and a late show tonight at The Music Gallery in Toronto and while I haven't made up my mind about going yet, I've been hoping to decide based on a live set of the band that I've been listening to which Bradley's Almanac recorded and posted earlier this week. Check it out.

NOW gives Bell Orchestre's album "Recording A Tape The Colour Of The Light" top marks.

The Straight speaks with Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene who admits that their new album is "a slow burner".

FFWD Weekly speaks with Brendan Canning of Broken Social Scene who could be laying the foundation for a red-headed rock revolution with his stated interest in working with New Pornographer Carl Newman who he met at a music festival in Chicago this past summer.

MTV News speaks with Carl Newman of The New Pornographers who mentions that he is currently in the process of writing the next record and there are band talks about recording the album in the first half of 2006.

The Houston Press speaks with Metric's Emily Haines about pop and 'politics'.