A Little While Longer

The New Deal are playing a show at The Mod Club on Friday Night and if I weren't just getting over a bad cold, I'd so be there. As Eye Weekly mentioned bassist Dan Kurtz is now living in the UK dedicating some time to his own band Dragonette, so The New Deal's shows in these parts will be less frequent. So, so, sad. [photo from http://../]

Listen: The New Deal @ MySpace

Thanks to Just Keep Bloggin' for pointing to CTV Etalk who have an interview segment with Amy Millan high atop the CN Tower.

Here's a torrent(registration required) of Broken Social Scene's set at the recent Olympic Island show in Toronto from June 24, 2006. [via Largehearted Boy]

Thanks for From Blown Speakers(via Brooklyn Vegan) for leading me to the video of the live set Metric did for Rolling Stone recently. Includes a cover of Elliot Smith's "Between The Bars" which you can also currently download an mp3 over at From Blown Speakers.

Listen to Neko Case as she's interviewed by and performs a live session for NPR's World Cafe.

Three Imaginary Girls have a couple of new features on their site: indieRSS is a onestop location for interesting music blog and news links. imaginary podcasts which is their contribution to the podcast craze featuring their favorite artists from the Pacific Northwest.

Say Hi To Your Mom have another track from their upcoming album "Impeccable Blahs"(released July 25th) available for download:

MP3: "Blah Blah Blah"

And lastly, a couple of concert announcements courtesy of NOW:

- Victoria Williams, Mark Olson, Colin Linden, Luke Doucet, Melissa Mcclelland and The Supers - Orphans Of God Songwriter Circle @ Palais Royale, doors 7 pm, tickets $30
- The Cardigans @ Lee's PalaceThe Opera House, tickets $20 Update: Onsale now at Rotate This.