Sunday, October 05, 2025
i'm glad that we stayed here for awhile/that we were here for awhile
A short one this week.
Album of the week
Idlewild - Idlewild
If I'd been in a different headspace, I might have talked about the frenetic pop-punk that Snõõper put out on Worldwide this week. But Idlewild, at this point, feel so familiar that this one hit me like a warm hug. I'm actually not much of a hugger, but it's finally fall and it felt good to bundle myself up in something.
Song of the week
Remember Sports - Across the Line
The emo-pop/punk thing this band does so well, paired with the lil' twang in Carmen Perry's voice is my kryptonite.
Classic of the week
The Constantines - Young Lions
I've loved this song for so long. There's so much meaning packed into it and so many moments from years gone by crammed into the 4-minutes for me. Pretty recently, it started to make me think of something different and it's just weird to think about how something that's been a certain way for so long can suddenly become something else entirely.
More heat
Suzie True - Every Dog
"We used to drink at house shows/just to feel like we weren't alone... chain smoking in the backyard/fingers barely touching/I look up at your face/and I wish that you would touch me."
The first verse of this one really made the nostalgia machine fire into overdrive for me.
Dorothy - 50s Song
A pretty little tune that's true to its name.
Jennifer Walton - Miss America
Thanks to the great music writer, Laura Snapes, for tweeting for the first time in almost a year to give props to her current song of the year, this devastating ballad about how Jennifer Walton found out about her dad's death while in an airport hotel room.
upcoming shows
2/8 Twin Sister, Eleanor Friedberger, and Ava Luna @ the Media Club
2/9 David Choi @ the Rio
2/10 Secret Chiefs 3 and Dengue Fever @ the Rickshaw
2/13 White Buffalo @ the Media Club
2/14 The Ballyntines and Pleasure Cruise (TT) @ the Biltmore
2/18 Grimes w/Born Gold @ Fortune (early)
2/18 Cruel Young Heart, Young Liars, the Oh Wells, and Matiation @ the Dodson Rooms (AA)
2/18 Cursive w/UME @the Media Club
2/19 The Asteroids Galaxy Tour w/Vacationer @ Venue
2/20 Veronica Falls w/Bleached @ the Media Club
2/26 DJ Krush @ Fortune
2/29 Trevor Hall @ the Media Club
3/6 Slow Club w/Signals @ the Media Club
3/7 Cloud Nothings w/Mr. Dream @ the Media Clubr
3/8 Islands @ the Rio
3/10 Memoryhouse @ the Waldorf
3/17 William Fitzsimmons @ the Biltmore (early)
3/18 Magnetic Fields @ the Vogue (AA)
3/21 Plants & Animals>/b> @ the Rickshaw
3/22 Drive-by Truckers @ the Commodore
3/23 White Rabbits @ the Biltmore
3/23 Loney Dear @ the Media Club
3/24 Sharon Van Etten and the War on Drugs @ the Biltmore (early)
3/25 Nada Surf and An Horse @ the Rickshaw
3/27 The Ting Tings @ the Commodore
4/5 House de Racket @ the Electric Owl
4/6 Chairlift w/Nite Jewel @ the Electric Owl
4/7 Heartless Bastards @ the Media Club
4/8 Metronomy @ Venue
4/8 Gotye @ the Vogue (AA)
4/9 Cults @ Venue
4/10 First Aid Kit @ Venue
4/10 Andrew Bird w/Laura Marling @ the Vogue (AA)
4/13 The Odds and the Grapes of Wrath @ the Rickshaw
4/14 The Joel Plaskett Emergency @ the Vogue (AA)
4/24 School of Seven Bells w/Exitmusic @ the Electric Owl
4/26 Justice @ the PNE Forum (AA)
4/27 M83 @ the Vogue (AA)
4/27 Yukon Blonde @ the Commodore
4/28 Neon Indian @ Venue (early)
5/6 Delta Spirit w/Waters @ the Electric Owl
5/9 Yann Tiersen @ the Rickshaw
5/11 Great Lake Swimmers w/Cold Specks @ the Commodore
5/12 The Boxer Rebellion> @ the Biltmore
5/27 Coeur de Pirate @ Venue
legend:
AA = all ages
DG = @damaged goods
DFTK = @dirty for the kids
FJW = @fake jazz wed
EN = @easy now
GD = @glory days
HL = @higher learning
JH = @junior high
JY= @junkyard
RRPP = @rocknroll pizza party
SD = @shindig
TT = @toonie tuesday
NW = @no worries