ESB PLAYLIST 4/1/05

whew. what a show today. made up for the blunders last week.

next week is our fundraising show (see previous entry for details and hearty begging), but in two weeks, we're gonna do a two show special on the upcoming live gigs in toronto. LCD Soundsystem / MIA? check. Black Mountain? uh-huh. Dead Meadow and No Dynamics at Santa Cruz? believe it. Out Hud and Hella? you got it. Regina Spektor? oohh baby, we love her! we're going to try and attend all of them and bring you frontline reports of the carnage. in the meantime, go to the horseshoe tonight and see Mayor McCa's farewell Canada show. he's moving to England for a while and we'll miss him dearly. he hits the stage at 9:30, so come early.

on with the playlist!

GLASS CANDY - Brittle Women
RACHID TAHA - Rock El Casbah
RACHID TAHA - Tekitoi
RACHID TAHA - Ya Rayah
* this guy has been all over the blogosphere after a profile in the New York Times. i would love to hang with him in the levant and drink some flavoured coffee while discussing his self-professed (and not unfounded) influence over the Clash.listen to some tunes here.

RUSSIAN FUTURISTS - Our Pen's Out of Ink
CARIBOU - Barnowl
* these guys are going on tour this month with the Junior Boys, and while they're at it, they're both releasing new albums. gotta love our canuck solo electro musicians for their ability to crank out the tunes.

FEIST - Nothing in This World Can Stop Me Worryin' Bout That Girl
FEIST / ALBIN DE LA SIMONE - Elle Aime
FEIST / JANE BIRKIN - The Simple Story
* hot off the trail of some really important gigs over the past week in the States, Leslie Feist gets two nices profile from The Tofu Hut(scroll down until you see a pretty lady with black hair playing guitar).

MINIBOSSES - Castlevania 3
MINIBOSSES - Megaman 2
* huge huge thanks to steve kado fro introducing me to this band on a lonely wednesday night at sneaky dee's about a month back. these gusy rework video game soundtracks into prog rock anthems.

SIKTRANSIT - Hey You Listen Here Buddy
* another new one from the genius. he'll be posting his latest material on his blog real soon.

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