Pitchfork reports that the reclusive Portishead will make their first full-on live appearance in nearly 10 years at the end of the year. The band will curate the 2007 edition of All Tomorrow's Parties' The Nightmare Before Christmas which takes place December 7-9, 2007 at Butlins Holiday Centre in Minehead, England. Part of the message posted at their website reads as follows, "We have always loved the All Tomorrow's Parties set up and we're happy our first shows will be there". My money is on Portishead appearing at next year's Coachella.
Pitchfork interviews Andrew Bird.
Until video pops up either on YouTube or the CBS website of Jesus and Mary Chain's performance of new song "All Things Must Pass" which they performed yesterday evening on Late Show With David Letterman, I'll leave you with video of the band's previous appearance on the Letterman show sometime in 1999(?), circa "Honey's Dead". Update: Letterman performance from a few days ago is now below:
YouTube: Jesus and Mary Chain - "All Things Must Pass" (live on Late Show With David Letterman - May 21,2007)
YouTube: Jesus and Mary Chain - "Far Gone And Out" (live on The David Letterman Show - 1999?)
Also aaron_C has some screen shots from JAMC's Letterman performance yesterday.
Brooklyn Heathen has a review of Frog Eyes' recent performance Union Hall in NYC recently. Plus she has a video clip from the show of Frog Eyes performing "Reform the Countryside". Expect a similar dose of pop eccentricity when Frog Eyes(along with Victoria, BC's Himalayan Bear, and Toronto's Jewish Legend) plays Sneaky Dee's this Thursday May 24.
Preceding their show at The Mod Club on May 25, Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts will perform an instore at Sam The Record Man(Yonge St.) earlier in the day at 5 pm.
New Zealand's The Veils with openers Chapel Hill, NC's The Comas arrive at the El Mocambo for a show on June 14[via Pollstar]
There'll be a double shot of Montreal at Whippersnapper Gallery in Toronto on Saturday June 23 when Montag's electro-pop and Miracle Fortress' Pet Sounds infiltrate the premises. I was little surprised to see the new Miracle Fortress album at Future Shop today; I listened to some tracks at the Miracle Fortress MySpace and track 4, "Maybe Lately" of the album has particularly caught my ear - it's like a collision between Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, and The Flaming Lips. Awesome.
To make up for their cancelled set at Lee's Palace[they were scheduled to open for Electrelane] from this past May 18, Portland, Oregon's The Blow will come back to Toronto on July 8 for a show at Horseshoe Tavern[via Stille Post].
If you're willing to make the drive to Buffalo, NY, the city's Lafayette Square is hosting free concerts every Thursday during the summer, some of the highlights being(and note, none of the following bands are currently scheduled to come to Toronto):
Jun 07 - Son Volt
Jun 21 - Violent Femmes w/ Mobile
Jul 05 - The Sam Roberts Band w/ Grace Potter and The Nocturnals
Jul 26 - Old 97's w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
Aug 16 - Soul Asylum w/ The Alternate Routes
Full Lafayette Square summer concerts schedule here.
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