Hootenanny

Carolyn Mark has a honkin' bunch of tour dates coming up over the next couple of months. There's some west coast dates in early March, followed by New Mexico/Texas/Arizona dates mid-March(including a stint at SXSW), and then some Ontario dates starting at the end of March. Check Carolyn's official website for tour date details, but for your convenience, below are her Ontario tour dates which she's dubbed "Hootenanny Revue 2006!"[photo courtesy of Mint Records]:

march 30 kingston, ON The Elixir
march 31 wakefield, ON t.b.a.
april 1 montreal, QC Main Hall
april 2 quebec city, QC t.b.a.
april 5 hamilton, ON Casbah
april 7 toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
april 8 clearview, ON Avening Hall
april 9 maberly, ON Maberly Hall
april 15 kitchener, ON Starlight Room

John Vanderslice has some tour dates in these parts including April 20th in Guelph at The Bookshelf eBar and April 21st at El Mocambo. Openers for both dates is Wooden Wand. Check out John's website for more tourdates. [thanks to Neiles Life for the heads up]

Yer Mam!'s most recent Mix Tape includes a download of a rare Broken Social Scene tune, "Jimmy & The Photocall (Accelerator Radio Session)".

Stereogum has a download of BSS' cover of children's song "Puff The Magic Dragon" which is included on the upcoming Paper Bag Records compilation, "See You On The Moon", a collection of children's songs, although not all covers.

E-zine KyndMusic interviewed Justin Peroff and Andrew Whiteman of Broken Social Scene when the band was in New York City recently for a three-night stint at Webster Hall. [via Live Music Blog]

Metromix speaks briefly with Matt Pond of Matt Pond PA, who in the face of lineup changes, and more recently, stolen gear and van problems, still remains positive about the band.

Henry Daily Herald examines The Flaming Lips upcoming album, "At War With The Mystics". And FYI, contactmusic.com says the album has leaked.

The Wedding Present performed a live session on KEXP yesterday February 21st at 3 pm PST and performed "Suck", "Crushed", "Go Out And Get 'Em Boy!, and "Always The Quiet One". Listen to the session through the 14-day archive.

Mazarin performed a live acoustic session for BBC 6 Music's Gideon Coe yesterday February 21st and performed "At 12 to 6" and "Another One Goes By". Listen here(session begins about 1 hour and 40 minutes into the program; link is only good for a week).

Billboard speaks with Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs about their collaboration on "Under the Covers Vol. 1," a 15-track set of '60s remakes which'll be released on April 18 through Shout! Factory.