the holidays start today

Kasabian have confirmed they’re one of the acts headlining Glastonbury 2007!

In case you missed it the other night, Pitchfork has the details on the Colbert VS Decemberists battle. There’s also a link where you can watch the entire cameo-filled episode.

Stereogum has posted his 2006 Gummy Award winners!

The Guardian has a bunch of musicians talking about their highs and lows.

CBC has their Top 100 of 2006!

I still have to finish my Christmas shopping so I think my Christmas vacation (from blogging) will start today...

I hope everyone reading has a very

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

happy thursday tomorrow

I LOVE Jarvis Cocker's video for "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time". SIMPLY AMAZING!

Arctic Monkeys are talking to Dizzee Rascal about a collaboration on their next album.

Because it's a slow news day... Some of my recent favourite YouTubes: here, here and here.

OK so there might not be a post tomorrow as I'm going last-minute Christmas shopping after work followed by Happy Mondays DJ night. Maybe I'll see you there.

me and the nme

So the good news is that apparently I'm quoted in the NME Yearbook this year. The bad news is that I'm quoted blasting my beloved Morrissey and using lots of colourful language. Ah well!

Kaiser Chiefs will drop the first single, "Ruby", from their new album in mid-January. Looking forward to it.

Lady Sov thinks men should wear bras to, uh, protect themselves from stray bullets.

Chart's listed their Best Overlooked Albums in 2006.

Muse will be supporting My Chemical Romance on a Spring US tour. Uh, I'm not as diaappointed with this pairing as I probably should be.

Hey ladies! The Sex And The City movie is back on!

Remember to watch Colbert VS The Decemberists tomorrow on The Colbert Report! I'm gonna have to drink lots of tea to stay up so late! ;)

happy mondays coming thursday

Happy Mondays are in town playing a DJ set on Thursday! I'm ridiculously excited so I hope to see a few familiar faces there!

Kaiser Chiefs are playing a few North American dates in April! Someone remind me when tickets so on sale so I can make sure I'm at the Toronto show!

Arcade Fire have named their new album 'Neon Bible'.

Kylie Minogue will not play Glastonbury 2007 after all! Ah well, it's for the best as I prolly couldn't afford the trip anyway!

Pitchfork staff have listed their Top 100 Tracks of 2006.

The Verve take the prize for writing the saddest song ever!

Time Magazine has announced that I am their Person of the Year. Don't worry, you're Person of the Year too!

screw you outer space!

The Guardian has “The definitive top 10 albums of the year”.

CBC looks at the year in music too.

The Rakes will release a new album, "Ten New Messages", in March. Something to look forward to.

Click here to download The Knife’s Christmas single “The Christmas Reindeer”.

There's a party at Union Station tomorrow night!

I’ve been feeling pretty terrible the past few days... Perhaps I'm just extra-sensitive to solar flares?

you'll shoot yer eye out

The Music have made their live return in Leeds! Glad to see their back in action!

Mike Skinner (The Streets) is giving away £1000 he won at a casino? Wha? Didn’t he have a serious gambling problem? What’s he doing at a casino?

As a young’n Brandon Flowers (The Killers) almost lost an eye shooting his BB gun at pictures of Saddam Hussein. How “American” of him.

The Stooges are trying to make a comeback!

Pitchfork has listed their top 25 music videos of 2005! I haven’t seen half of them.

Evel Knievel is suing Kanye West. Well done old chap.

Sassafraz caught on fire today. “Summer” from The O.C. might be a suspect… hahahah.

when squirrels attack!

Arcade Fire have announced 5 Montreal shows in the new year.

Torr has a link to Brett Anderson doing a bad cover of Christina Aguilara. Great find.

This is scary! I always knew squirrels were evil!

we don't care about no grammys

The Grammy nominees were announced today… but they’re all shit so I’m not going to bother.

Pete Doherty made his big fashion debut! (In a parking lot!)

Alex James has been hinting at a Blur reunion.

The Flaming Lips have had a street named after them in their hometown of Oklahoma City.

Fuck yeah! There’s an orchestral Super Furry Animals album on the way! (After their next “speaker blowing” album!)

Lily Allen wants to add a puppy to her tour rider. Because clearly she’s awesome.

Britney Spears says “Thank God for the Victoria's Secret’s new underwear line”. You’re about a week too late hun!

I'm taking tomorrow off for Christmas shopping - maybe Monday too! (You'll deal!) Happy weekend when it comes!

finally! music news!

Stereogum’s awesome today. Stereogum’s posted NME’s top albums and singles of 2006. Awesome picks!

Stereogum says The Killers Christmas song is actually quite good.

Details on the new album from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Steregum has two new tracks.

Respect to Warren Hill of Montreal for knowing his rare Velvet Underground recordings!

Pete Doherty: makes people plunge to their deaths. (Says tabloids.)

Robert Smith (The Cure) has a mean case of writer’s block.

The Fall have completed a new album due out early next year.

The Modern Age has a preview from Nigel Godrich’s new TV show.

Lily Allen admits she was a drug dealer… but a bad one.

Razorlight and Cooper Temple Clause might be radioactive.

it's only natural

Not a whole lot of music news on the wire today…

The Guardian examines The Killers new video for “Bones” directed by Tim Burton. Sounds like a great video… shame the song is shit.

Audrey Hepburn’s dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s was auctioned off for £410,000 (about $923,000 Cdn). Even I would argue that it’s worth every penny for such an iconic piece of fashion.

Hey boys there’s a Victoria’s Secret special on TV tonight… But you’re only allowed to watch for the purpose of getting gift ideas!

Also, wear your White Ribbon tomorrow boys! And if you don’t have a white ribbon you can just substitute by forever showing respect for the women in your life ;)

Reason #284674 Clubland scares me.

I’ll be back tomorrow with better dirt (hopefully)!

hitting the crack pipe one more time

Pete's escaped jail time once again. He was just fined for his drug posession and lost his license for a few months.

Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos showed up at the Mint Records Christmas party in Vancouver on Saturday night.

Paul McCartney and Morrissey have made the final shortlist to be named Britain's greatest living icon. The winner will be announced December 16th.

Russell Brand will host next year's Brit Awards. I look forward to seeing what all the fuss was about!