Broken Barns

A few concert announcements I've been sitting on that may have probably already heard of by now, but just in case you didn't:

Great Lake Swimmers perform an instore at Criminal Records(493 Queen St W) on Thurs Sept 27 at 7 pm. I'm thinking it's only going to be Tony Dekker and not the full band but then I could be wrong[via Stille Post] Oh just to let you know, Great Lake Swimmers will also be supporting Feist at her Hamilton, Kitchener, and London, Ontario dates on Dec 3, 4 & 5 respectively. Also via Stille Post, coming up this Saturday(@ 4:30 pm) at Criminal Records is a free acoustic show by Vice Records The Black Lips.

East coast favourites Wintersleep have a new record "Welcome To The Sky" coming out soon(the band's website is sort of cryptic about it) but you can hear a few songs here. They'll be in Toronto for a FREE CD release show at the Horseshoe Tavern on October 16 as part of 102.1 The Edge's Dave Bookman's Nu Music Nite.

Toronto's The Sadies, whose new record "New Season" just came out in Canada on Outside Records(and is out in the US on October 2 through Yep Roc), will be touring the heck out of their new album including back-to-back dates in Toronto - Nov 2 at Horseshoe Tavern and Nov 3 at Lee's Palace[full tour dates over at Outside Music].

Britpop band Athlete will be touring in support of new album "Beyond The Neighbourhood"(out in the US on September 25) and so far only have a few select dates coming up including Toronto at Lee's Palace on November 6. Tickets $17.50 in advance.

The Russian Futurists have a few west coast dates at the end of October then return home to Ontario for a few dates including a show at The Drake Underground on November 22. (The date's not listed at the MySpace but it is listed on the band's official site.)

Oh, and check out the very Pavement-y new song "Broken Barns" streaming over at The Diableros MySpace. The CD release party for their new album "Aren't Ready For The Country" goes down at the Horseshoe Tavern on October 26.

Old news but on their way to world domination, Arts & Crafts have signed The Constantines and The Stills. On one hand I'm happy, but on the other, Arts & Crafts now seems like one big indie monopoly. Remember when The Dears, The Constantines, The Hidden Cameras, oh and The Stills were all on different labels?