Nowhere Left To Go

I(Heart)Music made a reference that Toronto C86-style indiepop band The Airfields, who are currently still recording their debut full-length, might no longer be performing live. The Airfields' David Lush poignantly acknowledges this over at the band's MySpace site. And I only got to see half of the band's set when they opened for The Wedding Present back in March.

Listen: The Airfields @ MySpace
Listen: The Airfields @ New Music Canada

Jens Lekman won't be coming back to Toronto anytime soon according to his tourdates, but he will be a mere 2.5 to 3 hour drive away in Rochester, NY at Bug Jar on July 23rd. On a related Jens note, check out his Smalltalk May 16, 2006 diary post where he gets in on the indie vs selling out debate. He also mentions in that post that he's been told that there's a washing machine commercial in the US that has a song that sounds alot like "Sweet Summer Night on Hammer Hill". But considering that that song was an almost direct lift from Motown... If anyone knows which commercial Jens is referring to[in actuality, he says he hasn't yet seen the commercial], please drop me a comment.

Zero 7 have started a video podcast and you can download the first episode here. Unfortunately, I don't have an iPod Video...oh heck. According to an e-mail update from the band I received recently, the podcast video features Zero 7's Sam and Henry talking about their new album "The Garden", working with Jose Gonzales and Sia as well as giving a little insight into some of the production tricks they used on the album.

The Concretes(well, actually only lead singer Victoria Bergman and flute-playing pianist/glockenspieler Ludwig Rylander and guitarist Daniel Varjo) performed a live session for MPR: 89.3 The Current recently on May 15, 2006. Listen to the archived streaming session. They performed "Way of Life," "On the Radio," and "Lonely as Can Be".

Just In - Concert Announcements: Handsome Family will be at Horseshoe Tavern on July 15th, tickets onsale May 18th. Scottish indiepoppers Camera Obscura will be at Horseshoe Tavern on July 4th, tickets also onsale May 18th. [via ticketmaster.ca]