Little Waltz

Prior to going out with Final Fantasy for a Canadian/US west coast tour in October, Basia Bulat has a few Ontario dates lined up including a CD Release party in Toronto on September 22 at a venue TBA. (Check her MySpace for all tour dates.) The CD in question is her debut album "Oh, My Darling" which is finally getting a Canadian release through Hardwood Records on September 18[the album was released earlier this year in the UK through Rough Trade]. I'm not sure if Basia's still performing September 12 at Yonge-Dundas Square since it's no longer listed at her MySpace although it's still listed on the Yonge-Dundas Square Calendar of Events.[photo from here]

Local indiepoppers The Airfields have a few upcoming shows including August 16 at The Boat (as part of Pitter Patter Nights) and August 26 at Kensington Market as part of Pedestrian Sundays for a Psych Fest which will also include other local bands including The Adorables, The Easy Targets, The Hoa Hoa's, and more.

North Carolinians Bowerbirds are set to open for The Mountain Goats for the upcoming tour which stops in Toronto September 25 at Lee's Palace[via Pitchfork]

North Carolina's The Avett Brothers have a solid North American tour schedule(see their MySpace) from this month through to November with a stop in Toronto at the Horseshoe Tavern on October 7.

Of Montreal hit the road for an extensive North American tour this fall according to Pitchfork, the closest which it will come to Toronto being on October 10 in Buffalo, NY at The Tralf.

Pollstar lists a few upcoming Massey Hall shows including Ben Harper & Piers Faccinni for a two-night stint September 28-29 and Sinead O'Connor on October 20.

According to Chartattack, Ottawa's The Acorn's second full-length "Glory Hope Mountain" is set for release on September 25 through Paper Bag Records and are planning to support it with a fall tour. Check out the Chartattack link for the track listing.

Reader Colin Ryan posted over at Stereogum some thoughts, photos and video of The White Stripes' secret-show ONE-NOTE set that took place yesterday in St. Johns, Newfoundland prior to the band's proper gig that night(of which A Quiet Revolution has a review, photos, and video of).

Long time no hear from Toronto garagey-rock-pop trio Magneta Lane, but according to a recent MySpace blog post they've amicably parted ways with their label Paper Bag Records and have no plans for touring until their new album is completed and recorded.

Feist was on BBC 6 Music's Gideon Coe program this past Monday and was interviewed and performed a couple of songs for the program. Listen to the session here[about 1 hour and 40 minutes into the program; program is only archived for a week]. Or else new-ish blog All I See Is Black And White And Red has mp3's of the session(which include live versions of '1234' and 'The Park) already available for download.

Gear up for Spoon tomorrow(July 18, 2007) when they perform a live session(including songs off their most recent album "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga") for Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15 PST[2:15 EST]. Listen here.