The Life Pursuit

As Pitchfork mentions, Belle and Sebastian's new album "The Life Pursuit" will also be released in a limited edition CD/DVD package with the DVD containing six performances recorded live on BBC Scotland. In the meantime, you can view those performances here(courtesy of BBC - Music Scotland - The Music Show).

The Onion A.V. Club interviews Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian. [via Waved Rumor]

And if you haven't seen it before(well I have, but I have no idea what VHS tape I've recorded this), here is Belle and Sebastian and their US television debut on Late Night With Conan O'Brien from several years back when they performed "I'm Waking Up To Us" . Ummm, I love the strings.

Eye Weekly speaks to The Sadies who give a glimpse into their 'extended family' who'll be making joining The Sadies for their two live shows at Lee's Palace on Friday and Saturday night.

Eye Weekly speaks with legendary UK punk pioneer Don Letts who will be making at an appearance at Harbourfront tonight for a discussion and where he'll be screening his new Gil Scott-Heron BBC documentary, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised".

Some more just announced tour dates for Neko Case at her booking company, Billions, although the only Canadian date so far is April 4th in Montreal at Club Soda.

Chromewaves and Tear That Hangs Inside My Soul Forever favourite, Dirty On Purpose are finally making their way over the border for a show in Toronto at Lee's Palace on March 6th. [via Inland Empire Touring]

The sold out Clap Your Hands Say Yeah(w/ openers The Brunettes) show which was originally to be at Lee's Palace has now been moved to The Opera House, surprise, surprise. Not sure if Rotate This or Soundscapes have a new batch of tickets yet, but you can always go the Ticketmaster route. I still expect this to sell out fast once again, so don't dawdle. Mind you, I haven't heard one note of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's music so at the moment ignorance is bliss. Although I fully expect to totally regret this if people after the show say this was the show of the year.

Gaze at the Coachella lineup over at chartattack . Canada represents this year with appearances be Wolf Parade, Metric and The Dears. As much as some people are complaining about this year's lineup, I have to disagree and say that it's pretty decent. Even if you're not a fan of the headliners there's still a tonne of other bands to see. And speaking as a past-Coachella goer(in 2004), it was all about being in California for me. I swear you'll have a blast, although I must mention that the parking situation(ie. getting out of the venue after the show) totally sucks.