Stereogum — Earlier this morning it was Kate from Toronto on the Broken Social Scene beat. Here, a reader named Renee witnessed new Spoon during the band's three-night stand at Stubb's (7/9-11) and thought to forward the details (thanks, readers). The new son... more info

Stereogum — We got the word on this one from a reader named Kate, who informs us of the following: Broken Social Scene were going to have a show on the island in Toronto but because of the city strike they had to cancel it. As an apology of sorts last night ... more info

Quick Before It Melts — Last week I finally got my hands on a copy of This Book Is Broken, Stuart Berman’s detailed (and authorized) account of the Broken Social Scene story. It is as much a visual representation as it it a textual one, combining candid photos and scrapb... more info

Guardian Music — They made their name with spiky, angry songs perfect for sweaty clubs. Now Metric are finding their lighter side. Will the band's fans go for it?"Let me ask you something," says Jimmy Shaw, leaning across the table. "If the record were called Distanc... more info

JamBase — Images by: Dave Vann Rothbury Music Festival :: 07.03.09 :: Rothbury, MI King Sunny Ade Femi Kuti Nas & Damian Marley Bill Nershi - The String Cheese Incident Keller Williams with The String Cheese Incide... more info

Said the Gramophone — Faux Hoax - "Your Friends Will Carry You Home". Pastiche means many things. Okay so Faux Hoax's "Your Friends Will Carry You Home" sounds like a pastiche of the music of BARR. And Faux Hoax are themselves literally a pastiche - pasting together membe... more info

Stereogum — That "secret" hometown show with Feist which gave us "Forced To Love" has also yielded this vaguely uplifting and sprawling (i.e. Broken Social Scene) track. Good quality video at Singing Lamb. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Explosions in the Sky @ Sasquatch 2009 (more by Chris Graham) Explosions in the Sky, Constantines and Castanets are playing Central Park Summerstage on Tuesday, June 30th. Tickets for that, which is not one of the NYC park's free shows,... more info

Stereogum — First Feist joined Grizzly Bear and her old Broken Social Scene pals in Toronto. Now, continuing her goodwill mission, she's ventured all the way to Los Angeles to reprise her Wilco (The Album) contribution "You & I." (Thanks for the tip, Ed.) T... more info

Bradley's Almanac — Tonight Andrew Kenny returns to town with his Austin-based combo The Wooden Birds for their second area show at TT the Bear's in just three months. The TT's stage is a very familiar one to Kenny, who played there many times with his former band, Ame... more info