FULL STREAM: Best Coast - Fade Away (Jewel City)

Stream Best Coast's upcoming mini-album Fade Away, due October 22 on Bethany Cosentino's own Jewel City label:

Aaron Carter Coming To Fortune Sound Club

THE Aaron Carter is coming to Fortune Sound Club on Nov. 24 for only TWELVE - yes, TWELVE - dollars! I don't know what a "Y2K Party" in 2013 is, but this might be goofy. Visit Fortune's website for more details.

Andrew W.K. To Release "Party Bible"

Someone better review this book for me:

The National - "All the Wine"

Forget the rain: Not even the shittiness of the PNE Amphitheatre was able to dampen the National:

Sonic Life

Fifth best show I've ever seen. I was sore for a couple of days. The best part: Every. Song. They. Played. Was. A. Hit:

Julia Holter - "In the Same Room" (Live)

Julia Holter was one of my favourite shows of the year. As good as this video is (not from the show I saw), imagine it with a violin and saxophone too. 

Read my live review, with photos by Jon Vincent of Labless, at Vancouver Weekly.

Don't You Just Love This Photo of Neko Case?

Diane Birch Announces New Album Speak a Little Louder (Oct. 15 on S-Curve Records)

Four years after Diane Birch's debut album Bible Belt, my favourite album of 2009, she finally returns with her full-length follow-up Speak a Little Louder on Oct. 15, again on S-Curve Records. The fact that I could be seeing her in Seattle a week after Loretta Lynn is the stuff of dreams. Listen to the title-track, "Unfked" and "All the Love You Got" here.

The Fleshtones Coming To Pat's Pub Nov. 15

Of all places. $20 + s/c: