I'd have thought Good Friday and Easter Weekend would have made for a slow news period, but concert/music news is coming more furiously than ever. Filter report about UK's The Boy Least Likely To's upcoming North American tour which'll include a stop in Toronto at Revival on June 10th. Bright Eyes, with opener Gruff Ryhs(of Super Furry Animals) will be at Massey Hall on June 14th[via Ground Control Touring]. Pollstar indicates that The(International)Noise Conspiracy and The Fever will be at Reverb on May 30th, while UK legends, The Yardbirds will be at Lee's Palace on July 11th; ok so The Yardbirds lineup doesn't include, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, or Jimmy Page. Hey, it's cool they're playing Lee's Palace and NOT Casino Rama. Finally, Chromewaves offers exciting news on upcoming Toronto shows for Calexico[July 5th @ Phoenix] and Mark Kozelek[July I'd spoken a few days ago about word of the The Fall's upcoming North American tour bypassing Canada entirely, and Pitchfork confirms that Mark E. Smith and company will only be hitting US cities. Damn it.
Filter reports that Sub Pop have signed their first ever South American act, a Brazilian six member outfit called Cansei de Ser Sexy(which translates to "Tired of Being Sexy"). Check out the band's sound at MySpace. Their dance-electro-rock sound isn't exactly my thing, but I can picture indie hipsters drooling all over this. They'll be touring from April through to August through Brazil, the US and Canada - no Toronto date yet surprisingly although their MySpace sites lists some Canadian dates including Ottawa(July 16), Calgary(Aug 2) and Vancouver(Aug 4). Southern Ontarians can always check out the band in Buffalo, NY on July 13th. [photo from http://../]
Ireland's The Belfast Telegraph spoke with Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew.
The Montreal Mirror spoke with the nerd-friendly Owen Pallett(Final Fantasy). According to the article, Owen's official website is temporarily down and MySpace has shutdown his MySpace site due to Owen copping a registered trademark. It seems The Law has finally caught up with Owen, but didn't we know it was going to happen sooner or later?
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