Everything From A To Z

Before they head out on a European tour with The Decemberists starting near the end of September, Land Of Talk have a few more North American tour dates lined up including a date at El Mocambo on September 4, with Cloud Cult supporting. Maybe I'll finally get to see LoT live. Check out their tour dates over at their MySpace.

Chartattack posted Great Lake Swimmers upcoming tour dates(GLS are in Toronto at the Phoenix on September 29). The Septmber 28 date is quite tempting with GLS playing with Final Fantasy AND Ohbijou in Guelph at River Run Centre. That might just be worth the 45 minute drive.

By now you probably already know that Voxtrot return to Toronto on October 9 for a show at The Mod Club. And as Chromewaves points out, everything(well Pitchfork) points to The New Pornographers show at the Phoenix being on October 21(not October 20) with support from Emma Pollock and also Benjy Ferree.

Aversion has the tracklisting for the new PJ Harvey album "White Chalk" coming out in the UK on September 24.

Just a little bit of local non-music news - Torontoist ran a story a few days ago that a TTC Station Modernization Progam is set to be underway with the planned restructuring and redesign of nine subway stations including Pape, Dufferin and Bloor-Yonge first then Victoria Park, Islington, Kipling, Museum, St. Patrick, and Osgoode. I'm particularly interested in Islington and Kipling since I usually board the subway at one of those stations. Prior to this news I never gave a second thought that the TTC subway stations needed a facelift or restructuring but come to think of it, not only do a lot of stations look like shitholes, but I believe some aren't even wheelchair accessible.

I'm assuming some of you've already seen that recent Zellers commercial which features a revamped version of The Alphabet Song('ABC'). Someone posted it on YouTube the other day. Zellers has been running ads over the last little while with some stellar music(songs from artists including Esthero, Joel Plaskett, The Salteens) and the new Alphabet song is maybe the best one yet...I think it's an original song actually. Open call to any teachers out there who teach their class to sing that new 'ABC' song and post it on YouTube. I'd LOVE to see that.

YouTube: "Everything From A To Z" - Zellers Commercial(2007)