JUST ANNOUNCED: The Breeders Live at the Commodore Ballroom

WHAAAAATTTTT!!! Aug. 31, ~$30, on sale May 10. Touring in support of the 20th anniversary of Last Splash. This can't be missed:

Boom Goes the Night

Toronto's jet-engine punk rockers METZ storm the Biltmore tonight with White Lung and Cindy Lee in tow as support:

Jack White on Perfectionism

The Guardian: What life lessons did you take from working in the upholstery business?

Jack White: Well, from Brian's shop it was perfectionism to the hilt – to the last nail and the last tack. He's got it down to the last wrinkle. And I just recently rebuilt my shop in Nashville, so I've got it back going again. But I learned to take a step back from perfectionism: that there's beauty in not achieving it. The pursuit of it is interesting, but the actual achieving of it can be a disaster at times – especially with technology, and the sounds that come from trying to achieve perfect recording. There's a balance going on there. I'm glad I had perfectionism in the mix, because I think a lot of artists don't get that in the mix. Like, if you come up through punk you think: "Well, I can just do anything – and it's punk!" But if you have a mix of that with the perfectionist side, then something interesting can happen.

Read the full interview at The Guardian.

Homesick #9: White Lung - "Saint Dad"

Opening for METZ on Friday at the Biltmore. Always a great show:
  Homesick #9: White Lung - "Saint Dad" from INTOTHEWOODS.TV on Vimeo.

Random Access Memories: The Collaborators, Featuring Chilly Gonzales

Chilly Gonzales is one of my favourite artists. Him working with Daft Punk is a dream collaboration. Finally, we get his episode of Random Access Memories: The Collaborators:

Going Vinyl

Almost two years later, I finally have the means to listen to my vinyl copy of Fore! by Huey Lewis and the News:

Sept. 4. They're Back.

I'm bringing earplugs this time because they taught me there is such a thing as too loud. The best part? It's $25 instead of $60 this time.