Ballad of The Tuscon Two

Bury Me Not reviews Howe Gelb's show at the Horseshoe Tavern from this past Sunday[via Zoilus]. I managed to check out Mr. Gelb's instore performance at Soundscapes from Sunday afternoon where he performed five songs solo with just him and his acoustic guitar. The photo at left is from the instore.

You can check out more of Mr. Gelb on Neko Case's new album "Fox Confessor Brings The Flood" which was released TODAY. And I know you all rushed out and bought it[like I did], right? The Toronto Star speaks with Neko about the new album[via LHB]. Pitchfork and PopMatters review the new album. And the new album's rockin' a 85/100 currently over at MetaCritic.

And by the way, Neko Case's official website is now online. Check out the smoky photo of Neko. (On a related note, Neko ranks a respectable 76[out of 100?] over at AskMen.com.) Stream the music from ALL her releases.

NPR has archived the audio recording of the recent Belle and Sebastian/The New Pornographers show from March 6 at 9:30 Club in Washington, DC[via Live Net Music]. Pitchfork interviews the band.

chartattack has a list of the musical acts that most impressed them during this year's Canadian Music Week. I'm really glad that Australian band The Gin Club made it into the top 10. I saw them twice during the festival and their alt-country musical goodness really impressed me.

Billy Bragg will be performing an instore and doing an autograph signing this Saturday March 11th at the HMV at 333 Yonge St. in downtown Toronto.

Supersuckers will be at Lee's Palace on April 20th[via Pollstar].

Regina Spektor will be in Toronto for a show at The Mod Club on April 24th[via Brooklyn Vegan].

And finally, there's some preliminary lineup info for this year's Over The Top Fest over at Stille Post[via suckingalemon]. I'm already disappointed that I'll likely miss the Asobi Seksu/Pas/Cal show at Sneaky Dee's on May 6th because I have a bachelor party to go to. I'd really also like to see Halifax's Jenn Grant who'll be playing The Boat on May 6th as part of the festival. She's been singing with The Heavy Blinkers recently[I fortunately saw her sing with them last year in Hamilton] and she has a totally excellent voice. She will be Canada's next supa indie gal, I swear.