Those most-excellent Bigger Lovers have
offered up a “new” mp3. It’s called “Needy”, comes from the How I Learned To Stop Worrying sessions,
and is described as sounding like something off Locust Abortion Technician. Judge for yerself:

They’re shooting for early March for their new record’s release.

The AMC channel has a promo that’s set to The Pernice Brothers’ “Weakest Shade Of Blue”. At first I thought
I was just dreaming it, but then I saw it again.

Thanks to Frank Chromewaves, I now know
that my absolute favourite Nova Scotian Rock Star, Joel Plaskett,
has a new record out on the 21st. It’s called Truthfully, Truthfully, and there’ll be
a special-edition double-cd version w/ 2 extra songs available at shows and via the website.

And my other favourite Canucks, Royal City, continue to prove
to me that they can Do. No. Wrong. Their reworking of the Str*kes’ “Is This It”, from
the Rough Trade 25th-Anniv comp, is incredible.